HARI RAYA IBU DEWI SARASWATI
Saraswati Day is celebrated at the very last day of the Balinese Pawukon calendar, being the Saturday of its last week, Watugunung. Dewi Saraswati is generally referred to as Goddess of 'Science & Knowledge'.Dewi Saraswati is the female counter-part of the Balinese god Dewa Brahma, the manifestation of the Almighty Infinite Spirit as the Creator.
The spiritual symbolism of Saraswati The materialistic world views that dominate the modern world we live in, have caused considerable mis-interpretations of the religious symbols found in Balinese Hinduism. The main reason for this is a general loss of the ability to think in 'parallels', to communicate in symbols and analogies. Instead, modern man tends to interprete most religious symbols literally.
