<![CDATA[This paper attempts to configure the meaning of cultural practices in the field of tradition in Bali including the cultural meaning of assertive, directive, expressive, commissive, and declaration that can be used as a model TO strengthen identity of Balinese people. In order to obtain valid data, participative observation taking the form of a focused group discussion was done in several locations in Bali. The data were then thoroughly analyzed based upon the theory of Natural Semantic Metalanguage originated by Wierzbicka (1999) with a model of Cultural Scripts proposed by Goddarad (2002). The result of analysis showed that: 1) cultural meanings found in verbal utterance of traditionally cultural practices in Bali could be derived from such functions of speech acts as: (a) assertive with cultural meanings of ngaturang to present and ngedengang to show ; (b) directive with cultural meanings of ngelungsur keslametan âto ask for safety, nuturang to advise, ngundang to invite; (c) expressive with cultural meanings of ampura to apologize and suksma to thank; (d) commissive with cultural meaning of mejanji to promise; and (e) declaration with cultural meaning of mutusang to decide; 2) Cultural meanings of Bali cultural practices could be configured using cultural scripts that can be used as a model to strengthen the identity of Balinese people.]]>
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