Family Travel Guide: What to Do in Bali with Children
Renowned as a travel destination with its nature, culture, adventure, Bali offers various Bali activities to experience, values to teach, warm people to meet, or anything to enrich the children in effort to learn about what a real life is. Here are 5 ...Read More
The Day of Silence- The Uniqueness of Bali
Ogoh-ogoh is a giant statue representing villain that later will be burnt after the parade
March 21, 2015 is valued by Balinese people as the first day of a new year based on Balinese Saka calendar. They make it as ...Read More
Metajen- Blood to Discharge the Evil
Metajen or cockfighting becomes an essential part of cultural tradition in Bali
What comes in your mind if you hear about cockfighting? Animal cruelty? It does not work that way in Bali. Metajen or cockfighting becomes an essential part of ...Read More
Odalan-Commemorating the Anniversary of a Temple
Odalan is the day to commemorate a temple anniversary. Balinese local people celebrate the day by arranging towers of grant offering called gebogan consisting different kinds of fruit, and by praying together to ask for God’s protection. This gebogan is ...Read More
Melasti, A Purifying Ceremony Before The Silent Day
Approaching the Silent Day or Nyepi, Balinese people occupy themselves preparing a ceremony on the beach. This is the moment to bathe “temple belongings” or ceremony equipments with ocean water. The purifying ceremony is named “Melasti” which is defined as ...Read More
Kecak: An Aesthetic Dance of Trance Ritual
“Cak,cak,cak” the sound was airing on that small amphitheater followed by a hundred men with their checkered pattern sarong-but were naked above the waist, raising their hands while their muscular feet stepping on the stage”
In 1930s, the scene is initially ...Read More
Galungan and Kuningan: Gods’ Visit to the Earth
If you have flown thousands miles to explore the Island of Gods, Bali, you should not miss one of the most important cultural religious ceremonies, Galungan. This special day is believed as the descent day of the Balinese Gods, including ...Read More
Tumpak Landep- Bless the Iron
Today, Hindu Balinese are celebrating Tumpak Landep- a special day when they are praying for weapons, vehicles, and all things made from iron. Celebrated every 210 days or 6 months in Balinese calendar, Tumpak Landep is to thank the God ...Read More
NYEPI, BALINESE SACRED NEW YEAR
Bali is known as the one of the exotic island in the world. Its people, culture, heritages and beaches are just glimpses of Bali’s advantage as the sought after holiday destination. Bali is the only place or island in the ...Read More
NGABEN: A GATE TO THE AFTERLIFE
Death is the climax periods of human’s life. The death will terminate the human’s life in the visible world. People often were not ready when they wondering if they have to facing the death, but with eagerness and good manners ...Read More