Understanding The Meaning of Garuda in Bali in The Perspective Thought of Postmodernism

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to understand the meaning of garuda in Bali Island, Indonesia from the perspective of postmodernism. So far, garuda in Balinese art and culture has rarely paid attention to the meaning behind the meaning of the use of garuda motifs in all aspects of contemporary Balinese society. Garuda in all aspects of life in Bali is highly respected and contains certain meanings. The meanings contained in the symbolization of garuda have various interpretations, depending on the subject of society that interprets this garuda. This is related to the culture of the use of bird symbols. From the description above, the method used to answer several problems in understanding the meaning of garuda in Bali from the perspective of postmodernism is with the library method and field survey to see directly about the motifs of garuda forms. library method by applying understandings from postmodern thinking to understand the meaning of garuda in Bali. For that, it is still necessary to observe more deeply so that the meaning behind the meaning of garuda can be understood more deeply. Based on the description above, it turns out that understanding the meaning of garuda in Bali from the perspective of postmodernist figures is very interesting. This interest is because each postmodernist thought contains a specific understanding to be able to analyse more deeply the meaning behind the meaning of garuda in Bali.