New generation shuns Balinese script<\/p>\n
Antara, Bangli<\/p>\n
Most of the younger generation in Bali are no longer able to
\nwrite or interpret the traditional Balinese script, observers
\nsay.<\/p>\n
Most texts and teaching originating from Bali's cultural
\nvalues, a heritage that mixes philosophy with Hinduism, could no
\nlonger be understood by young people, the Utpati Krama Ritual
\nArts meeting in Selat Susut, Bangli, was told on Monday.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the forum, which was initiated by the Pasraman
\nPradesa Bangli (PPB) institution, Balinese cultural observer
\nWayan Wista said that lessons in Balinese calligraphy and
\nlanguage were taught in nearly every elementary and high school
\nin Bali.<\/p>\n
However, only a limited number of students ended up able to
\ngrasp the language, especially the Balinese script, Wista said.<\/p>\n
Artist and Pulo Candani Wisnakarma art workshop founder Ketut
\nPradnya said this inadequate knowledge meant many youngsters
\ncould become distanced from their roots.<\/p>\n
\"Why is that so? Because the Lontar scripture and the Buhun
\nholy books on Balinese culture are written in the Balinese
\nscript,\" Pradnya said.<\/p>\n
Most of the Balinese people's core values and philosophies
\nwere also written in the script, Pradnya said.<\/p>\n
Concern over this increasing ignorance has led Pradnya to
\ncooperate with the PPB in an effort to encourage youth to revive
\nthe use of the writing.<\/p>\n
\"We have gone through the initial steps to foster a feeling of
\ncompassion toward the script that is inherited from our
\nancestors,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The program targeted interested students and would be taught
\nas an extracurricular subject in schools, Pradnya said.<\/p>\n
\"We will adjust the times (for study periods) so that the
\nsubject will not interrupt other lessons.\"<\/p>",
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