The first section establishes the historical development and narrative upon which the second proceeds. I utilize aspects of social network analysis, and material culture studies to illustrate how one particular Protestant denomination, known colloquially as the Bali Church (or Gereja Kristen Protestan di Bali, GKPB), has established and maintained this discourse vis-à-vis Protestant/Hindu music networks based on shared concerns regarding ethnic (Balinese) identity, described locally as “kebalian.” The main body of the dissertation is divided into two main sections, each consisting of two chapters. Through such interaction a shared, interreligious aesthetic discourse has emerged. Religiously mixed gamelan groups of Balinese Protestants and Hindus now regularly perform this repertoire, a stark contrast to the strict religious segregation of the early and mid-twentieth century. More specifically, it demonstrates how the regional tourist economy produced a largely artificial sacred/secular musical binary and how this distinction in turn fostered newly hybridized genres of Christian gamelan music and dance. This dissertation examines the role of twentieth-century performing arts in the transformation of Protestant/Hindu relations in Bali.
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