Talk:Galungan

Kuningan
Yes, Kuningan needs a disambig... &mdash; Davenbelle 09:21, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe we should combine this article w/ Hari Raya article because galungan is also one of the celebration festival (Hari Raya)141.213.240.242 15:12, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Galungan is a Balinese holiday that occurs every 210 days and lasts for 10 days. Kuningan is the last day of the holiday. Galungan means "When the Dharma is winning." During this holiday the Balinese gods visit the Earth and leave on Kuningan. just as the article says, it's not an Islam celebration festival, and it's totally unrelated. So combining this article with Hari Raya is out of question. Aldnonymous (talk) 04:25, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Copyvio?
This edit appears to be copied directly from this blog entry. Jpatokal (talk) 18:18, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Read his comment "All materials compiled from: Wikipedia and BaliBagus.com" Aldnonymous (talk) 17:49, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Galungan and Diwali have the same roots and it should be referenced to in the wiki article
A reference to the similarities with Diwali and other forms of Hinduism should be made to make it easier for others to see the relationship. I am an Indonesian Hindu working at the Embassy of Indonesia abroad, so I speak with some authority when I tell you that Kuningan Day (Galungan) and Diwali have the same roots and are hence similar. They are both based on the idea of the victory of good over evil - any differences are cultural and not religious.

The format of the festival is the exact same, the differences are part of the local cultural adaptations (be it calendar or the way the celebration occurs) much like Sri Lankan Deepavali is different from Nepali tihar or Gujarati Diwali - which are all based on the same idea and principles that Galungan is. I don't see why you keep disputing this fact.

At no point in the article is it being stated that they are the same festival, only rightly that they are similar and related.