Nyama braya

The Balinese people could come and sit together to perform Ngayah (lit. 'Balinese communal work') due to the sense of Nyama braya.

Nyama braya (from Balinese ᬜᬫᬩ᭄ᬭᬬ) is a form of ethnoreligious Balinese socio-moral stance, commonly adhered by the native Balinese (incl. Bali Aga) in the Indonesian island of Bali, where the Balinese prioritize the sense of Tat Twam Asi (lit. 'considering that all people are naturally not a stranger to each other'), which correspondence as one of the efforts to implement Tri Hita Karana (ᬢ᭄ᬭᬶ​ᬳᬶᬢ​ᬓᬭᬦ), the three fundamentals in Balinese philosophy, which believed as the source of everlasting joy or happiness (by improving good relationship with God/deity, another people, and giving back to the nature). These Nyama braya in Balinese society also could be seen as a form of ethnic kinship, ethnic collectivism, or ethnic brotherhood.

Nomenclature

The Nyama braya (ᬜᬫᬩ᭄ᬭᬬ) is a Balinese-origin phrase, roughly translated as "inclusivity". With nyama (ᬜᬫ) itself literally means "brotherhood", and braya (ᬩ᭄ᬭᬬ) means "the relatives". The term Manyama braya (ᬫᬜᬫᬩ᭄ᬭᬬ) also used colloquially as a verb to describe "an act or establish or take part in society, so one-self could be included".

Overview

Nyama braya is beyond the cultural abandoned-concept, it served as a social integration amongst the Balinese, or even to the non-Balinese. The Nyama braya is centuries-old, and was thought arose when multiple foreign influences widely spread and started to divide the Bali unity (e.g. civil wars between each Balinese monarchs, etc.), the diverse influences were later filtrated and unified under the same Nyama braya stance itself; where the Balinese people of different faiths and backgrounds could come together under the same sense of brotherhood.

See also

• Rewang
• Tri Hita Karana