Tooth Filling ceremony

Bali’s Governor Made Mangku Pastika attended a “mass tooth filing” in Denpasar held on Sunday. The ceremony saw 344 people, predominated by ...

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Tumpek Landep

On Saturday, July 9, 2016, Bali celebrated Tumpek Landep – one of five separate Tumpek days that include Landep, Uduh, Uve (Kandang), Kuning...

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Cockfighting in Bali

Bali’s regional council (DPRD) is talking about possibly taking regulatory measures on one of the island’s most popular ‘ceremonial’ pastime...

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9 Balinese dances designed as Cultural Heritage by UNESCO

9 traditional Balinese dances have been designated as Cultural Heritage treasures by UNESCO at the 10th Committee on Intangible Cultural Her...

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Bali - temples excluded for tourists?

Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has proposed that temples be excluded as tourist destinations on the island to limit, or even prevent, tou...

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Bali - praying for Kuningan

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Pic of the week, babi guling......

On our way to Singaraja to celebrate Galungan with friends, we saw this ceremony at a small village, close to Siririt.

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Bali - Penyajaan Ganungan, Galungan cookies

Penyajaan Galungan for Balinese is always a day full of cookies, Bali is covered with cookies. As its name suggest, the words “penyajaan” is...

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Bali - Galungan and Kuningan, the most important Balinese days

Every day is always a celebration for Balinese Hindus. But as the biggest and most important holidays, Galungan and Kuningan, are getting cl...

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Bali - the Dulang

The tight schedule of ceremonies for Hindu families in Bali has increased demand for ritual paraphernalia, turning its making into a lucrati...

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Bali flower island

Fields of marigolds can be seen across Bali during the dry season as farmers take advantage of the constant demand for flowers to be used fo...

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Bali - mass cremation

In Balinese Hindu culture, Ngaben, or the cremation ritual, is viewed as a way to send the deceased to the creator and is part of the Pitra ...

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Bali - the shrine of Sangket

Bali is a place with many unique tales and rituals. In the customary village of Sangket in Buleleng regency, the village residents have buil...

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In Bali everything comes in 3, a lesson in Balinese living

The Balinese conceive of everything as having a tri-partite structure (Tri Harta Karena). They are not alone in attributing three as a speci...

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Balinese offers

Offerings are called banten in Balinese. It is possible that the word comes from the Sanskrit word bali, which means tribute, obligation or ...

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Balinese and their offers

Fire, water, and flowers are the basic components of all offerings. No matter what the offering, it must be of the finest ingredients and ri...

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Bali - Barong Landung

Nearly all Balinese know the tragic love story between King Jayapangus, who reigned in the 12th century, and a Chinese princess. Yet it does...

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A Balinese ceremony for the new toll road

Foto: Bali Daily On Wednesday morning a religious ceremony to consecrate the island’s first toll road was solemnly performed. Hundreds of Ba...

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Christiano Ronaldo on Bali

Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid striker and media icon, was in Bali on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, to attend a tree planting ceremony in Bali...

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Bali - Royal cremation ceremony in Ubud

Ubud, the town dubbed the island’s cultural mecca, host a pelebon (royal cremation) today as the Ubud royal family bids farewell to one of i...

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