Most of Bali’s people live in villages of 2,000 to 4,000 people on the fertile southern slopes of the island. It…

Stone Carving Stone carvings are mainly used to decorate temples and palaces. There is little difference between the iconography decorating…

In practicing their faith, Hindu communities try to achieve a spiritual balance of worship between Tattwa (philosophy), Susila (morals), and…

The natural world of the Balinese is one held in balance by two opposing forces: the benign, beneficial to man, and…

Just as the Legong is essentially feminine, the Baris, a traditional war dance, glorifies the manhood of the triumphant Balinese…

The Balinese believe that the individual soul is reincarnated into many lifetimes until, through numerous struggles and stages, it achieves…

Basically, the Ramayana Ballet tells the same story of Rama and Sita as told in the Kecak (see Kecak Dance) but without…

Pendet is the presentation of an offering in the form of a ritual dance. Unlike the exhibition dances that demand…

Nyepi is the Balinese New Year’s Day according to their calendar and is honored through obligatory fasting, inactivity, prayer, and silence throughout the island…

In legends, Legong is the heavenly dance of divine nymphs. Girls from the age of five aspire to be selected…

A serpentine stream of bodies coils itself, circle within circle, around a large, branching torch. The half-seen multitude waits in…