Balische Slavin "(Balinese slave) by Cornelis de Bruyn, circa 1711 Bartele Gallery.
Traders colonizers brought from the coast Coromandel Hinduism to Java. the religion was adopted by the Majapahit kingdom in the eastern part of the island. Bali was a vassal state of Majapahit and was out of the UK to safe haven for refugees, as Islam is the predominant religion was.
are the original inhabitants of Bali of Bali Aga. Although a few Bali Aga villages remain today, must be assumed that the two groups socialized freely and Henceforth mixed. Bali and the Balinese people to leave their own equipment largely. the Dutch, who first appeared in 1597, were not really colonizers, a colonial power, yes, but even that was a slow and tedious process. The process went something like this. put the government of the Dutch East Indies, more than 300 years after the brothers De Houtman made a first contact with the island, it is the Compagnie (Dutch East India Company, VOC), and after 1800, when the company went bankrupt and was dissolved to become, the administrative and governmental power remained on Bali
over the centuries the Balinese kings a recalcitrant and annoyingly persistent lot -. a view depending of course on. All nine of them: Klungkung, the most powerful empire, Karangasem, Mengwi, Badung, Bangli, Tabanan, Gianjar, Buleleng and Jembrana. had numerous expeditions that trade agreements should be sent, Dutch ships plundered not adhered to, to ensure that the fines for various forms of anti-VOC and other misconduct have been paid - in one case the staggering sum of 75,000 guilders ... that would be millions when converted to the present Euro - and generally to force the power of the colonial government. One wonders, however, the priority was given to Bali in the colonial policy of the Netherlands.
card held regions of VOC / colonial government
The VOC and later the main interest of the colonial government was the trade, and as far as Bali was the main raw material slaves were concerned. The importance of this can be seen from the fact that the number of Balinese was in and around Batavia 13,000 in 1778th Apart from the slaves, the island had little to offer. It lacked the spices of Banda and Ambon, and the large foreign-owned goods (eg. As coffee, tea, rubber) of Java and Sumatra. Because these commercially interesting areas their own brand of rebelliousness, Dutch dominance in Bali would not have been a priority. The nine kingdoms thus continues unencumbered to govern their part of the island in its way by outsiders. Or nearly so, because sometimes had (regularly, in fact) they do battle with the pesky invaders course-depending on one's point of view-an attempt to impose their rules and laws.
In 1815, after the British handed the Netherlands East Indies back to the Dutch colonial government seemed more interested to be in Bali. Was it a genuine interest or do they feel annoyed by the attitude of the kings? If the government commissioner H. A. van den Broeck was sent to Bali to assess the state of affairs, he met with suspicion and unwillingness to continue the relationship, where he had four years earlier stopped. Only in 1826 has the Raja of Badung expressed its willingness to enter into a contract with the Dutch and a representative of the colonial government permit to establish a residence in Badung. This readiness would have, however, taken at a distance of salt and the representative was in 1831
"Isle de Baly" (Bali) by Antoine Prevost recalls and Jacob Van the Schley, circa 1746-1770. Bartele gallery.
Only in 1839 did recognize all the kings Dutch sovereignty agree, for example, the right of the king took stranded on its coast to the salvaged cargo from ships. But whatever agreement was signed, its actual enactment was poor. The kings (all nine) were stroppy and unruly and showed in no uncertain manner that they are not to colonial power is not superimposed on them agree. complains The colonial government about the fact that the representatives of the colonial government were not received in a friendly and polite manner, a Dutch ship was looted, and not respond to the Raja of Buleleng by the Governor General on a letter and they all lead to a number of expeditions perpetrators and practice the government's right to punish. Some of them were successful, a number not.
Supremacy of the Dutch was not fully established until the twentieth century, as in 106, the marching Raja of Badung, together with the members of the nobility, some of his wives and children, and the Royals in the shots the Dutch troops, death on a clipping of his royal power and turn prefers the Dutch with his knee. This Puputan was repeated later in Klung two years. And were deported after a few more unruly elements to Lombok, law and order was established. Again, this depends on a view would, but Dutch sources the day report that the common people were not sad to go the Kings to see, along with the lack of legal certainty and the constant state of war had spawned.
The fact that the population even easier felt could be true. According to anthropologist Clifford Geertz is the Balinese, who seek the entrepreneurial drive for opportunities and take advantage of changing conditions. One of the changes that the more despotic rules of Rajas replaced with the Dutch colonialists, was tourism. Although negligible by today's standards, the number of tourists was big enough to justify the first travel guide in Bali. To illustrate the Balinese entrepreneurial nous started The guide, GH Faber, noted that carvings of quality have always been difficult to find, to have as carvers and traders noticed that tourists were undiscerning in their appreciation of the products, would prefer , virtually mass produced to produce inferior work and thus improve their cash flow, the tourism industry served, some of which in 1930 grown and grown and continues to grow 264 buses and 787 car hire are.
The 136 trucks, 
The beach of Kuta, 1930
Kuta, which in those days a quaint fishing village with a beach and a government cabana was in swimwear change has outgrown itself. Hotels, home stays, restaurants, bars, cafes, shops and stalls souvenirs, beach wear, handicrafts and about everything a tourist may require, have sprouted, namely to not only sell in Kuta. What's more, thousands of foreigners residence was added on the island to find the official papers permits and licenses fairly easy to get, in any case, when compared to other places in Indonesia. In other words, the local government welcomes those who bring money and acts accordingly.
I can not help but wonder, could have been as much easier and less painful (for both sides) of the historical process of colonization and subsequent awakening of the economic and political independence, when the VOC and later let the colonial government had the kings their flotsam hold rights and sent tourists and cruise ships instead Navy flotillas and marines.
[1] Peddlers and Princes, social development and economic changes underway in two Indonesian cities, Clifford Geertz, The University of Chicago Press, 1963. A comparative study of two Indonesian cities Modjokuto, a city in East Java, and Tabanan, a court of the city in the southwest of Bali.
[1] BALI, het land of duizend temple, GH von Faber
Source: Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-indie, Martinus Nijhoff, 1917
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