Indirect Rule Through Royalty Balinese

Indirect Rule Through Royalty Balinese

Another aspect of "preserving" Bali was that the traditional rulers were maintained. As on Java, the Dutch adopted a policy of...
Shipwrecks, Opium And Death Balinese

Shipwrecks, Opium And Death Balinese

The Dutch found excuses to take on these kingdoms in a series of diplomatic incidents involving shipwrecks and the opium trade. These cul...
The End Of Traditional Rule Balinese

The End Of Traditional Rule Balinese

Not long after the cataclysmic eruption of Krakatau in 1883, on the other side of Java, a series of momentous struggles began amongst the...
Calling The Soul Balinese

Calling The Soul Balinese

DiggingDue to the huge amount of time and expense involved, a cremation is usually postponed for months or even years. In the meantime th...
Purification And Deification Balinese

Purification And Deification Balinese

When the corpse has finally been reduced to ashes, the flames are doused and the family hunts for bone fragments, forming them into a sma...
Release Through Fire And Water Balinese

Release Through Fire And Water Balinese

Ngaben Arriving at the cemetery, the effigy or body is taken down and a pair of birds set free - symbolic of the soul's release. On a...
Rites For The Ancestors Balinese

Rites For The Ancestors Balinese

Life, death, rebirth. This cyclical conception of existence lies at the very heart of Balinese Hinduism. During each life on earth the et...
Bitter Memories

Bitter Memories

Most Balinese have family or friends who were involved in the conflict in one way or another, but few will talk about it today, so exte...
Mayhem And Mass Murder

Mayhem And Mass Murder

Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, social divisions which had crystallized during the Revolution continued to widen. Political conflicts...
Proklamasi The Dutch

Proklamasi The Dutch

Complacent in their cocoon of colonial supremacy, were shocked when the Japanese invaded the Indies in 1942, so shocked that they gave u...
Batubulan Village

Batubulan Village

Batubulan is an artistic countryside in west part of Gianyar regency. The identity and image as an art village, Batubulan has been famou...
Bali Bird Park

Bali Bird Park

Find yourself at the Bali Bird Park to witness the largest and finest collection of Indonesia n birds in the world plus fantastic birds ...
The Procession Balinese

The Procession Balinese

On the day of the cremation, once the sun has passed the zenith, loud gong music plays and a lively procession heads off to the cemetery....
Artifacts And Early Foreign Influences Balinese

Artifacts And Early Foreign Influences Balinese

The early history of Bali can be divided into a prehistoric and an early historic period. The former is marked by the arrival of Austron...
Hindu-Javanese Influences Balinese

Hindu-Javanese Influences Balinese

It is assumed (but without proof so far) that the Balinese were in contact with Hindu and Buddhist populations of Java from the early part...
Reconstructing The Past Balinese

Reconstructing The Past Balinese

Because ancestor veneration plays such an important role in Balinese religion, many groups possess family genealogies, known as babad. ...
Stone Sarcophagi, Seats And Altars Balinese

Stone Sarcophagi, Seats And Altars Balinese

Pejeng Though precious little is known about the long, formative stages of Balinese prehistory, artifacts discovered around the island p...
Courtly Literary Genres Balinese

Courtly Literary Genres Balinese

Much of the diversity displayed by Balines for literature today has historical roots. Written sources can be found in the following lang...
A Rich Literary Heritage Balinese

A Rich Literary Heritage Balinese

Three languages are spoken on Bali : Balinese and its dialects, Indonesian , and a kind of Old Javanese called Kawi. Contacts with Hind...
Kinds Villa Bintang Resort & Spa

Kinds Villa Bintang Resort & Spa

Kind Villa Bintang Resort is a beach front resort located on the beautiful golden sandy beach of Nusa Dua Bali .It has beautiful tropic...
Breezes Resort & Spa

Breezes Resort & Spa

An expansive four-tiered swimming pool is the centrepiece of this resort , set in lush landscaped gardens in popular Seminyak . The lavi...
Inna Kuta Beach Hotel

Inna Kuta Beach Hotel

A super beach location in Kuta and near everything but still peaceful makes this a top choice. A short walk outside the hotel brings y...