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Bali: Semarajaya Museum’s manuscript heritage

This dossier follows Semarajaya Museum’s activities in Klungkung concerning its ancient manuscripts and their preservation.

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Semarajaya Museum photographed in 2015.
Semarajaya Museum, February 2015. Archive photograph; it does not show the 2026 ceremony. — rheins / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ — 24 février 2015, redimensionnement.

Where things stand

On 31 October 2026, detikBali reports a Saraswati ceremony around the collection. No new restoration programme is announced.

Reported information

Bali: Semarajaya Museum honours manuscripts for Saraswati

Semarajaya Museum in Klungkung held a Saraswati ceremony around its ancient manuscripts on 31 October 2026, detikBali reports.

Semarajaya Museum photographed in 2015.
Semarajaya Museum, February 2015. Archive photograph; it does not show the 2026 ceremony. — rheins / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ — 24 février 2015, redimensionnement.

The museum’s head describes a spiritual tribute to a collection of about 200 lontar manuscripts. He distinguishes the ceremony from intensive physical cleaning, performed at spaced intervals to protect the inscriptions.

Saraswati honours knowledge in Balinese Hinduism. Bawaslu Bali documents other prayers in Bangli on the same day. These accounts describe local practices without establishing island-wide attendance figures.

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