| List of articles
related to Bali culture, Bali religion,
Bali architecture, Bali costumes, Bali art
and so forth. Hopely these articles could
give a better understanding about Bali and
comes together to conserve our heritages.
Have a nice surfing at this site. |
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The natural
environment is now suffering increasing
damage due to uncompromisingly excessive
exploitation. For the Balinese, conserving
the environment forms part of their religious
duties according to Hindu teachings. Read
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Balinese traditional
costumes, for instance, were simple: men
mainly wore simple sarongs headdresses,
while women wore kamben for a lower garment
with a chest covering. Read
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Cuntaka
(roughly translated as pollution), which
occurs in the macrocosm, generally is caused
by uncontrolled behaviors and cultimate
in disaster. Read
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As you drive
down to the road of Bali you may notice
statues or shrines wrapped in white and
black chequered fabric which is called “Poleng”.
Stone statues, shrines on sharp corners,
bridges and other dangerous places wear
this special dress during times of festival
or ceremonies. Read
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The Balinese
Hindus have a special day devoted to
the goddess of knowledge, Saraswati. Saraswati
is God’s manifestation of knowledge
and wisdom. Read
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When chatting
with the Balinese of the 1945 generation,
they will probably tell much about their
activities then. One of them is cultivating
a cotton plant. Read
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“Shopping”
is a word that can make some people very
enthusiastic and especially when doing it
in Bali. Bali is known as warehouse of unique
handicraft. But the questions now are: What
handicraft worth shopping for? Where to
go and how much to pay for it? What should
we know about it? Read
more about shopping tips in Bali |
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Between friends,
people just exchange a snort wink of the
eyes (kejit). Read
more Balinese salutation........ |
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Balinese avoid
dark or black clothing as the color is often
associated with black magic, evil spirit
and peace disturbance. In contract, white
is believed as the color for peaceful spirit.
Yellow (pr golden yellow) also is a favorite
as this represents God Wisnu, the preserver
of the universe .Read
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Nasi
means cooked rice and this is the simplest
form of food in Bali that you can get. Wrapped
in banana leaf, nasi jingo consists of one
scoop of rice plus sambal chili condiment,
a small portion of beef or chicken. Read
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This Question
often arises from curious visitors, learning
that the Balinese barong
is not far different from – and yet
as equally cultivated as – its Chinese
counterpart. As if both popular performances
were established by two different communities
not too far apart and during the same period.
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One
can not discuss Bali and rice agriculture
without mentioning subak, an organization
of local farmers who help to control and
govern the rice fields.
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For fist time
visitor to Bali, there are many questions
they ask such as; “why is the statue
dressed” and “is what offerings
are given, should they be flower or fruit?”.
Throughout Bali Island there are many dressed
statues. Read
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Balinese
Hindus make great use of symbols for various
manifestation of the Almighty in their worship.
Two examples are Arca statues and sacred
object called Pratima.
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The Subak
is an independent organization aimed to
ensure that the distribution of water is
made equitably. No farm must be given more
or less than their fair share. Read
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Temple festival
can be a small ceremony with limited number
of offerings or it can be very big one with
many offerings which are compulsory, takes
months to prepare and cost a lot of money,
energy and time. Read
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Surfers
have explored and ridden remote spots throughout
the islands, with a scattering of treasures
still remaining to be found. Those discovered
are autonomously baptized, sometimes in
disregard to their native local names, and
then accepted as a whole. More... |
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Traditional
Balinese healers, called Balian, study various
healing theories from the Usada palm leaf
scriptures, called lontars.
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