Happy New Caka Year 1932 – Nyepi Day March 2010
Every religion and culture around the world, has its own way to define and celebrate their new year. For example, the Chinese for Imlek and celebrate it, have, as they called it in their own language, “Gong Xi Fat Choy”. Muslim societies have their Muharam years, and some of the people around the world using the Gregorian calendar, celebrate New Year on January 1.
Ogoh – Ogoh Festival in Ngerupuk Day March 2010
Ngerupuk loved one days before Nyepi, at that time there will be a lot Ogoh Ogoh around every street in Bali. After some time walking Ogoh Ogoh incinerated in the nearest cemetery. Ogoh-Ogoh symbolize the bad element that must be destroyed and a positive element for the environment,. Moreover, the street, the celebration took place in every home Bali Hinduism. The celebration, including a fire in front of each house and the noises in the house, who believed he sends all the bad element in the house.
Denpasar Festival 28-31 December 2009 To Mark Old And New Year 2010
Denpasar municipal administration will hold Denpasar Festival 2009 from December 28 to 31 to attract thousands of visitors at the end of the year-celebrations.
The annual event, formerly Gajah Mada City ceremony will take place Catur Muka Monument, Jl. Gajah Mada, Jl. Veteran and Puputan Badung Square. The mayor’s assistant I Gusti Ngurah Edy Mulia said he expects that the event was re-claim a share of the city business center in Bali. “We also changed the name of the event in honor of the citizens and allow greater public participation.”
Pendet Traditional Balinese Ritual Dance Performed During Temple Ceremony
Pendet is a traditional Balinese dance, in which the offer be made to purify the temple or theater as a prelude to ceremonies or other dances. Pendet is usually performed by young girls, who bowls of petals, which are cast handfuls in the air at different times in the dance. Pendet can be seen as a dance of greeting, to welcome the public and to invite spirits to a concert to enjoy.
Bali Batik The Excellence of the Balinese People
The Batik of Bali provides another venue of showing the artistic excellence of the Balinese people. Their beautiful designs, inspired by the religious mythology of everyday encounters, spread throughout the world. Originally stimulated by Javanese motifs, dominated by wayang and other mythological characters, contemporary batik artists have also experienced artistic development that paints.
Dokar Balinese Traditional Transportation
Today, people tend to choose the use of things that are more practical, fast (no time to waste) and cheap. This is also true for the means of transport they use. The streets are now crowded with cars, buses and motorbikes, and there are no trains and metros in Singaraja. The town is still crowded from time to time. Most people use cars and motorbikes, as their vehicles. However, if you go on the market Anyar morning, to be exact in durian Street, you’ll see some dokars parked there. Dock is two rounds of horse-drawn cart. Passenger capacity is a maximum of five (small) people.
Bali Cremation
Hindu funerals in Bali are intensely suggestive ceremonies of great cultural and religious significance. The funerals are centered on the cremation of the body requires a complex apparatus and characterized by a great result known as ngaben or pelebon. This practice is considered essential if the 5 elements that make up the microcosm of the human body should be returned to their original residence, the macrocosm of the universe. The five elements, Panca Maha Bhuta, I am the earth (pertiwi), water (apah), Fire (Teja), Air (Bayu), and ether (akasa).
History of Bali Arts Festival
When tourism began after 1965, that the Balinese cultural guidelines, if tourism would be accepted, it was a cultural tourism, or “pariwisata Budaya”. As the Balinese put it: “Tourism should be in place for Bali instead of Bali for tourism”. In time, this idea is the national policy as part of a larger regional cultures for national purposes.
