Bali

On Saturday, Hindunese in Bali celebrated Tumpek Landep, a special day in Hindu to sanctify sharp utilities (and weapons) such as keris, blade, and other relic weapons. The ritual using banten utility, young coconut leafes, flowers, and fruits combination. During that day, some assets that will be sanctified, such as machine, motor cycle, and other tools [...]

One Balinese traditional dancing, “Somya Rupa”, was performed on Bali Art Festival. President watched this show on the first night of the festival event. There are Minister of Culture and Tourism and Bali Governor accompany President watching the performance. The meaning of Somya Rupa is Holly Face. This dance was worked on Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) [...]

Here, some pics from Bali Art Festival. The pics were taken from here and here.

Today, Bali Art Festival is opening! The ceremony was attended by Indonesia President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, by hit kul-kul, a Balinese traditional instrument. This festival is the 30 times since it was held. This year it was held on Denpasar, in Renon region for exact place, with theme “Citta Wretti Nirodha” (control yourself to reach [...]

One of Balinese traditional dancing is Drama Gong which is combining almost all dancing moves. Drama Gong will be performed on Pesta Kesenian Bali/PKB (Bali Art Festival) on June 14. Drama Gong was becoming a superstar on PKB event since 1967 until 1990. For last 10 years, Drama Gong ‘dissappear’ from every art festival in Bali. [...]

For the first time, Balinese Flower Princess contest was held this year. This contest was held on Sector Bar, Sanur. There is about 75 children with age about 3-12 years old take participation and becoming a winner with total grand prize is about Rp 40 million (US$ 4,000). Through this contest, talented children can be chosen [...]

Banyu Pinaruh is one of ritual on Bali. We can find and see this ritual when Balinese finished celebrate Saraswati day, one of Hindunese holiday. On Banyu Pinaruh, Balinese will take a bath on beach, after they did the ritual in pura. This activity has meaning, they want to sanctify their body and soul. Some beaches are [...]

Garuda Indonesia re-open flight Nagoya-Bali, since there are many business prospects such as tourism or export-import trading. Of course, those prospects must be managed properly before they were launched as a product that will be offered to the customers. Export-import trading that can be done such as art (hand made), furniture, souvenir, and many more. For [...]

On June 7 2008, Hindu Balinese celebrate Saraswati Day, a day when the knowledge was coming down to the earth. This holiday was celebrated on every school in Denpasar. For celebrating Saraswati, Balinese were not only doing traditional dancing, but also clean up the soul of schools and books from the bad effects. By cleaning them, [...]

On July 7 - August 28 2008, in Beijing, some painters from Bali will participate in the exhibition,”The 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale 2008″. Those paintings was created by 6 best Bali painters which were selected before. One of the artis that his painting contribute on the event, I Wayan Sujana SSN, said the event will [...]