Musical Ritual and Ritual Music

Abstract

This article explores music as a religious ritual accompaniment within the realm of Balinese Hinduism in Bali, Indonesia, and the spiritual dimensions of music as a “tool” and a “ritual” in itself, within the Hindu-based Siddha Yoga practices and philosophies of sacred sound and the devotional worship of arati.

Keywords

• musical ritual
• spiritual tool
• sacred sound practices
• arati
• gender wayang