The Christmas Spirit lives in Canggu, Bali — pandemic be damned! — even in the Bali adaptation of a green pine Christmas tree. An ex-pat […]
Bali Culture and Traditions
Galungan is the most important religious and civic event in the Balinese calendar, celebrated on November 10 -20, 2021. This ten day fiesta celebrates both
The wedding took place earlier. The Serenity extravagance was the follow-up formal Celebration. Serenity in Canggu. This Bali town has so much to offer: from
The social milieu of Bali is a bizarre swirl of ancient, local practices and unhinged Westerners. You tell me: is this extreme faddiness or am
August, 2021 This is the anthropology section of the Indonesian Travelogue — Part One: The Indonesian Supernatural World (before Hinduism or Islam.) Buckle up: We are goin’
Bali Hinduism has two main pivots: completeness and balance. These two elements are seen in all aspects of Bali life. For example, the completeness of
In September 2021, we went to Lempuyang, one of the main temples in Bali. I went with new friends, the Umariawans, a Bali family kind
Note: the preview photo is a statue in the capital of Bali, Denpasar, commemorating the 1906 ritual suicide, called puputan in Balinese, of the royal
Background info: Bali has thousands of Hindu temples, big and small. Like India, a Bali “temple” does not need to be the structural equivalent of
Part II Speechless — Hindu Cave Temple on the Island of Nusa Penida Made Talking to Alter Assistants (exact title unknown) in the Chinese Temple