Except for oral tradition, Balinese community also has written traditions. It is inseparable from the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism in Indonesia during the ninth to tenth centuries. At the time Devanagari and Pallawa script were widely used to perform written inscriptions immortalizing important events.

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Pendet Dance was once at issue in tourism domain. The dance belonging to Hindu community of Bali was displayed in a promotion package of Malaysian tourism without prior permission to the government of Indonesia where as the dance itself purely belongs to Bali and Indonesia. The following is the brief history of pendet dance in [...]

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Kehen Temple is situated on a small hill side in northern part in Bangli at Pekuwon sub village, Cempaga Village, Bangli Regency about 45 km from Denpasar. This great temple in the middle of Bangli stores several essential inscriptions declared as an Indonesian cultural heritage.

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The presence of the Portuguese and Dutch in Indonesian waters, created an impact on Indonesian shipping technology due to an exchange of technological knowledge between the Portuguese and the natives. A member of the Dutch East India Company or Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie’s (VOC), willem Lodewycksz, joined the first expedition led by Cornelis de Houtman, [...]

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The name of I Made Taro is virtually identical to Balinese games and folk tales. His persevering endeavors in the cultural discovery and conservation, chiefly tha traditional games, songs and folk tales of Bali is no more worried.

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“What is in a name”, said William Shakespeare. However, for the Balinese, a name is very important. We believe it can influence the caharacter of the bearer. Therefore, we avoid using names having a bad connotation or denoting a cruel figure in a story. If you learn a Balinese name etymologically, you may encounter that [...]

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Goa Lawah Temple is a part of the Sad Khayangan temple, which is one of the six biggest temples in Bali, adhered to by all Hindu members in Bali, and containing some unique stories. It is located at the border of Klungkung – Karangasem road, at Pesinggahan village, Dawan sub district, Klungkung regency, or about [...]

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Barong Landung is a barong that takes a human shape with a tall and large body. Landung in the Balinese language means tall. In general, a barong has four legs. However, barong landung has two legs and hands like a human. Its height is some three meters, and an adult man should enter inti its [...]

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Dynamic and rhythmic Barong and Kris dances are performed regularly on stages around Denpasar and Batubulan. Travel agents offer this attraction to travelers as a starter program before resuming city tours in the afternoon. At the climax of the storyline, a group of men in half costume impressively stab themselves by kris daggers while in [...]

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Ten kilometers west of Denpasar you’ll find the village of Kapal, the location of Pura Sada temple, which belongs to the category of “Kahyangan Jagat” temples, the kind of temple used by everybody regardless of their origins. The temple consists of three courtyard: the main or intemost courtyard (“Utama Mandala”), the middle courtyard (“Madya Mandala”), [...]

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