Travel Cultural Island Of Bali  History Of Indonesia:
The history of Indonesia is said to be dated back relatively around 3000 BC , and most of the ancestors are believed to have immigrated from Southern china or the Pacific Islands bringing along with them their culture and their language autronesian which when merged with the language of the ancient Java-man resulted in the diversification of the language establishing atleast 200 different languages, all of which were derived from austronesian, although the main language of Indonesia is Bahasa Indonesia, mainly used for formal communication. The Dutch people had entered Indonesia in 1602, and they were able to colonize Indonesia until 1942 , although from 1602 to 1799, the country was ruled by the Dutch East India Company. However the Dutch people were not the first Europeans to enter and inhabit. Indonesia, the Portuguese and British and the french had been here before them, but all had come to colonize Indonesia for one purpose only; and that was to get a share of the natural resources such as the spices; gold and human resources as well . In 1948, Indonesia was given full independence from their Dutch government.Therefore overall Indonesia had been ruled by the dutch for almost 300 years. The Japanese had also occupied the islands from 1942 - 1945.
 History Of Bali:
Around 2000 BC, Austronesian people migrated to Bali from Taiwan, thus the Balinese language and culture have a close resemblance to those of the rest of Indonesia and also Phillipines and Oceania. However the 1 st century BC saw a strong influence of Indian and Chinese especially Hindu culture. The name Bali dwipa ("Bali island") has been discovered from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong charter issued by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 913 AD and mentioning Walidwipa. It was during this time that the complex irrigation system subak was developed to grow rice. Some religious and cultural traditions still in existence today can be traced back to this period. The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293–1520 AD) on eastern Java founded a Balinese colony in 1343. When the empire declined, there was an exodus of intellectuals, artists, priests and musicians from Java to Bali in the 15th century. The first European influence began when the Dutch explorer Cornelis de Houtman arrived in Bali in 1597, though a Portuguese ship had foundered off the Bukit Peninsula as early as 1585. The Dutch eventually gained political, economic, and colonial expansion all across Indonesia, however the Dutch control in Bali were able to exercise little influence over the island, and local control over religion and culture generally remained intact.  During World War II during which time a Balinese military officer, Gusti Ngurah Rai, formed a Balinese 'freedom army'. On 20 November 1946, the Battle of Marga was fought in Tabanan in central Bali. Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai, by then 29 years old, finally rallied his forces in east Bali at Marga Rana, where they made a suicide attack on the heavily armed Dutch. The Balinese battalion was entirely wiped out, breaking the last thread of Balinese military resistance. In 1946 the Dutch constituted Bali as one of the 13 administrative districts of the newly-proclaimed Republic of East Indonesia, a rival state to the Republic of Indonesia which was proclaimed and headed by Sukarno and Hatta. Bali was included in the "Republic of the United States of Indonesia" when the Netherlands recognised Indonesian independence on 29 December 1949. The 1963 eruption of Mount Agung killed thousands, created economic havoc and forced many displaced Balinese to be transmigrated to other parts of Indonesia. The pre-War Bali as "paradise" was revived in a modern form, and the resulting large growth in tourism has led to a dramatic increase in Balinese standards of living and significant foreign exchange earned for the country. A bombing in 2002 by militant Islamists in the tourist area of Kuta killed 202 people, mostly foreigners. This attack, and another in 2005, severely affected tourism, bringing much economic hardship to the island.
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