Celeng

  • pig
Media
celeng
Kasar
Unknown [edit]
Halus
bawi
Northern Form
Unknown [edit]

Usage Examples

Panampahan Galungan akeh krama ring Bali ngorok celeng
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Egol-egol ikuh celeng.
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PROVERB

Very flexible, like the tail of a pig.

This does not refer to movement, such as flexibility in dancing. It refers to behavior. The tail of a pig is very easy to wiggle from side to side, but is is very difficult to pull it out. Suppose a man wants to marry awoman, but the woman does not wnat to marry him and want to avoid marriage. Or suppose someone want to borrow money from sonemone and that person does not want to lend the money. In each case the person of whom the favor is asked says somethng nice in order to avoid the unpleasant results. I.e. this person wiggles out of the situation by being flexible.
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Very flexible, like the tail of a pig.

This does not refer to movement, such as flexibility in dancing. It refers to behavior. The tail of a pig is very easy to wiggle from side to side, but is is very difficult to pull it out. Suppose a man wants to marry awoman, but the woman does not wnat to marry him and want to avoid marriage. Or suppose someone want to borrow money from sonemone and that person does not want to lend the money. In each case the person of whom the favor is asked says somethng nice in order to avoid the unpleasant results. I.e. this person wiggles out of the situation by being flexible." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.

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In Balinese:   Critayang jani ada bojog cenik matakon,

“Nang Cubling, basang apa ento kaumbah?” Nang Cubling masaut, “Basang I Lut.” I Bojog buin nyekenang, “I Lut ento celeng?”

Nang Cubling nyautin, “Tusing I Lut ento, I Lut, I Lut, I Lut...

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In Indonesian:  

In Balinese:   Daweg warsa 2016, pakardinnyane kapamerang ring pameran “ Bali Art Intervention #1” ngamolihang panilik duaning nyihnayang gambaran anak istri sane niman endas celeng, nyihnayang imaji kahuripan tradisi anak istri Bali kaduga pikayunan lan sosialnyane, sekadi murdan pameranne punika sane nyihnayang pakardi-pakardi anyar kristis ngenenin indik kakirangan pulo Baline.

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In Indonesian:   Pada tahun 2016, karyanya yang dipamerkan pada pameran "Bali Art Intervention #1" mendapat sorotan karena menghadirkan figur perempuan yang mencium kepala babi, menghadirkan imaji kehidupan kultural perempuan Bali dalam tekanan psikologis dan sosial, sebagaimana tajuk dari pameran tersebut yang menghadirkan karya-karya kritis mengenai sisi gelap pulau Bali.
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  1. ↑ Pawan, puisi Bali Wiki pukul 05.43
  2. ↑ Fred Eiseman Jr - Proverbs, 1987