Bali Art & Culture
All about art and Balinese culture
Mekare Kare – Pandanus Fight at Tenganan
Tenganan Pegringsingan village is a famous place as a history civilization museum Bali. Where’s the community obey to the Awig – awig ( Balinese rules ) such as married only with man or woman in their village, no divorce, traditional architecture of house, thatch roof, and soil fence. This village become one of the Bali Tours direction and... Read More
Sanur Kites
Look above you as you walk through sanur in the late afternoon, and you‘ll see what appears to be a flock of huge, colorful bird hover -ing in the wide sky. These are in fact the fruits of the neighborhood’s favorite pas time: kite flying. But the flying is only a small part of the fun. Much more goes into this traditional sport than meets the... Read More
Nak Bali mean Balinese
In Bali a lot more than you’d imagine. when you take Bali Tours, When you first arrive, you will probably notice that a surprising number of people you meet a named Wayan, Made, Nyoman or Ketut. This is because all Balinese, regardless of sex, a given one of four names corresponding to them birth order: Wayan or Putu for the firstborn, Kadek or... Read More
Bali Topeng or Mask Dance
Topeng in Balinese language mean Mask, Mask Dance is a kind of balinese traditional artistic dance…
Topeng or Mask dance is performed during ritual procession, There are many Kind of mask dance, one of them is Topeng Pajegan, this dance was played by a dancer, he only change the mask according to the character in the story and then Topeng sidakarya... Read More
Balinese Odalan ( Temple Festival )
There are are many kinds of temple ceremonies, In Bali
The Balinese Temple ceremony is called Odalan, To say the least, its is difficult to imagine any where with more. Regardless of its specific purpose, each odalan is a colorful spectacle designed to please their hindus deities. when odalan the hindus people meke Banten / Gebogan and many kind of... Read More
The Ritual Of Tumpek Wayang
The People who are born on that day have to make a different cermony. The ceremony is special ceremony and hold a wayang sapuh leger ” Shadow Puppet ” peformance. Acording to Lontar Sapuh Leger and Dewa Kala ( a small vertical book in which the ancient Hindu teaching are written, whitch is made of dried, pressed, and blessed palm leaves... Read More
Buda Kliwon Pegatwakan
Buda Kliwon Pegatwakan is The end of Galungan celebration series, this day held on Wednesday is a day of Buda Kliwon Wuku Pahang or Buda Kliwon Pegat Wakan. on this day all of equiptment that was used in Galungan and Kuningan Day will remove and cleaning, likes Penjor, Tamiang. all of that equiptment is offered with small offering and burned. that... Read More
