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| The Ancient Bali village |
Bali, the flow of time is graceful and endless. Hence, few records have been kept, and it is uncertain when humans first arrived on the island. But there legends are often more vivid than any historical text, and Bali has her share to document the island's unique beginings.
It seems a mischievous prince (Manik Angkeran and Naga Besuki tales) was once banished to the east tip of Java by his father, the king, who then drew a line across the sand between them with his cane. The crevasse filled with seawater to create the once impassable Bali Strait between the two islands and separated them forever; some say the strait was filled with tears of sorrow rather than ocean saltwater. About the settling of Bali, however, there is a little human evidence prior the stoneinscription of the ninth century A.D. With the tenth century, though, came an era of Javanese influence, from culture and kingdoms to dawn of Hinduism on the island.
