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Sunday, March 06, 2011
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From: Ravi
Date: Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:18 PM
Subject: (Jakarta, Indonesia) Hindu festival parade features Lord Nrsimhadeva slaying evil Hiranyakashipu
To : Pakistan Hindu Post (PHP)
Nyepi (Hindu festival) is celebrated in Indonesia - Parade features Lord Nrsimhadeva slaying evil Hiranyakashipu
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Sunday, March 06, 2011
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ravi
Date: Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:18 PM
Subject: (Jakarta, Indonesia) Hindu festival parade features Lord Nrsimhadeva slaying evil Hiranyakashipu
To : Pakistan Hindu Post (PHP)
Nyepi (Hindu festival) is celebrated in Indonesia - Parade features Lord Nrsimhadeva slaying evil Hiranyakashipu
Below is link -
(Photo : Ogoh-ogoh parade was held after the ceremony Tawur Supreme Kesange, Indonesia)
(Photo : Ogoh-ogoh was carried by dozens of people and with thousands of others in tow, Indonesia)
(Photo : Ogoh-ogoh was carried by dozens of people and with thousands of others in tow, Indonesia)
(Photo : Hindu womens during celebrated in Indonesia - Parade features Lord Nrsimhadeva slaying evil Hiranyakashipu, Indonesia)
Introduction : Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With over 238 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, and has the world's largest population of Muslims. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The Indonesian economy is the world's eighteenth largest economy by nominal GDP and fifteenth largest by purchasing power parity.
NOTE : Hinduism in Indonesia, also known by its formal Indonesian name Agama Hindu Dharma, refers to Hinduism as practised in Indonesia. It is practised by 93% of the population of Bali, but also in Sumatra, Java (especially by the Tenggerese people on the east), Lombok and Kalimantan. Only about 3% of Indonesian population is officially Hindu. In Java in particular, a substantial number of Muslims follow a non-orthodox, Hindu-influenced form of Islam commonly known as Kejawen/Agama Jawa and Abangan Islam.
Every Indonesian citizen is required to be a registered member of one of the six acknowledged religious communities (Islam, Christianity [i.e. Protestantism or Catholicism], Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism). Inspired by the Hindu Javanese past, several hundred thousand Javanese converted to Hinduism in the 1960s and 1970s. When the adherents of the ethnic religions Aluk To Dolo (Sa'dan Toraja) and Kaharingan (Ngaju, Luangan) claimed official recognition of their traditions, the Ministry of Religion classified them as Hindu variants in 1968 and 1980. The Parisada Hindu Dharma changed its name to Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia in 1984, in recognition of its national influence spearheaded by Gedong Bagus Oka.
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