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Brahma Vihara-Arama Largest Buddhist Temple in Bali

mades — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:07:00 +0000

Brahma Vihara-Arama in Banjar, North Bali is situated on a hill with splendid views over the coast. It is a smaller replica of the famous Buddhist Borobudur Temple in Java. If you are visiting this temple is definitely recommended on Waisak Day (Buddhist New Year) Brahma Vihara-Arama, better known as Banjar Buddhist Temple is known [...]

Bali Art Festival XXXIII 12 June – 10 July 2011 Starting Point Toward World Art Festival

mades — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:51:28 +0000

Pesta Kesenian Bali (Bali Art Festival) was 32 times held by the Government to maintain balinese art and culture since 1979. This year, the Bali Art Festival will be held during 12 June until 10 July 2011 at the Art Centre, Denpasar, with various daily activities. Art galleries, performances of dance, competitions, marketing and much [...]

Happy New Caka Year 1932 – Nyepi Day March 2010

mades — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +0000

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 [...]

Ogoh – Ogoh Festival in Ngerupuk Day March 2010

mades — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:35:00 +0000

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 [...]

Denpasar Festival 28-31 December 2009 To Mark Old And New Year 2010

mades — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:38:09 +0000

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 [...]

Pendet Traditional Balinese Ritual Dance Performed During Temple Ceremony

mades — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:35:00 +0000

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 [...]

Bali Batik The Excellence of the Balinese People

mades — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:54:40 +0000

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. Modern batik [...]

Dokar Balinese Traditional Transportation

mades — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:06:57 +0000

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 [...]