ABSTRACT
The island of Bali is world-famous for its graceful Hindu temples, exquisite dances, and colorful cremations. Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) has achieved international renown for its small population of Pun an Dayaks, who are celebrated for their supposedly religious concern for the rainforest. Tourist brochures regularly juxtapose images of Java's majestic Hindu-Buddhist edifices alongside photographs of bloody animal sacrifices and quaint ancestral effigies from among the Torajans of Sulawesi. In cities across Indonesia, travelers can encounter gaudy Chinese temples not far from stately Christian churches. With its several hundred ethnic groups residing on some 6,000 inhabited islands, there seems to be no end to the diversity of Indonesian religions and cultures.
