Balinese people, from the island of Bali, Indonesia, are an amalgamation of Chinese, Indian, Arabs, and other groups coming directly to Bali or by way of Java. After several centuries, they adhere to their own distinct language and cultural forms.

Their language has a system of politeness levels. When addressing one another, they address the Hindu Brahman priests one way, address people of high social status, older people, or one's parents another way, while talk to those they consider of equal or inferior status in another way.

Their practiced form of Hinduism is quite distinct from other practiced forms of Hinduism in India. It is filled with more rituals and dramatic features, causing it to permeate the daily life of a Balinese person. As a result, they have interwoven their secular and religious life in such a way that one can say every little action of a Balinese has some religious connotation.