Bali

Nowadays it’s quite difficult to find origin Balinese life since there are many progress in the society. Well, at least if we compare with 20-30 years ago. So, many people who had ever came to Bali, miss the origin atmosphere. That’s why Bali Classic Centre (BCC) was established, to help people feel the atmosphere. It also [...]

This week, Malaysia made a ‘hot’ movement, by claiming Pendet Bali as Malaysia’ traditional dance. This claim made many Indonesians angry and protest to Malaysia government, especially the dance was inserted into Malaysia tourism commercial break. After couple days, Indonesia government took an action, by sent a protest note to Malaysia government. Indonesia Minister of Culture [...]

Well, many Indonesian people, especially Indonesian youth, don’t know what Jegog is. Jegog is one of Balines traditional art. During president campaign, jegog got a special attention since many campaign team hire jegog artists to perform during the campaign. At least, this is what happened to Tingklik, one of jegog artists from Jembaran, Bali. The attractive and [...]

One of destination is cartoon museum Indonesia which is located in Kuta, Bali. You can find more than 800 cartoons from Indonesian artists, such as GM Sidartha, Gatot Eko Cahyono, and Janggo Paramartha. Even it has more than 800 collections, it doesn’t show them up in the same time. Regularly, each 3 months, they publish 176 [...]

You know what, during this vacation, there are many tourists invaded gallery art in Bali. For example, Guwang gallery art in Gianyar. The visitor is more or less than 4 times, yupp… FOUR TIMES, than usual visiting season. Those tourists bought many things, Balinese textile, clothes, and many more.

Bali has many traditional dancings. Jegog is one them. Actually, Jegog is not only about dancing, but combined with silat (a traditional martial art). But, still, the dancing is dominate the show. The Jegog name was inspired from the traditional musical instrument. Recently, this show was performed in Denpasar. The show was opened by dag, a [...]

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. [...]

When travelling to Bali, be sure to visit Kopi Bali, located on the Bypass Road in Sanur. It’s said to be the “hang out of choice for Bali’s coffee aficionados.” Have no doubts on the subject: Kopi Bali takes its coffee seriously. Coffee machines of every shape and size are displayed down the length and breadth [...]