Taboo Language: One Way to Understand Balinese Culture
I Ketut Darma Laksana
ISBN : 978-979-8286-91-9 Published : 2009
Abstrak
This book aims
to give readers an idea that understanding language taboo is important in deep
Balinese culture maintainharmony in the lives of the people. How does people
maintain its harmony with fellow community members, with nature in their live,
and with God as the creator of nature with all its contents. Language taboo as
a ban on use language that can cause dissension in society such as blaspheme,
slander, and curse people whenever possible avoided. Likewise, it is expected
that people do not surround nature indulgence in profanity, especially with The
Creator because it can bring supernatural witnesses.