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The essence of an off-the-beaten track holiday trip
Can you imagine spending lazy vacation days to recharge your energy as a self-reward for your never-ending busy days at work? Some people have fun hanging out in popular, busy and trendy places. But others seek out unique and secluded resorts for their holidays to...
Why do people need inner healing after the pandemic?
In terms of what we need for living is not only about work, sleep, eating well, and social life. But somehow, there is a need to make our selves calm and reenergized. The daily routines and hectic schedule sometimes make us unhappy. When people do not have a relaxing...
Lord Siwa’s Flower in Bali
Courtesy of Instagram account: @betni17 Perhaps the most seductive aromatic ethereal flower of the isle is the Frangipani (Balinese: Bunga Jepun. Sanskrit: Kshirachampa or Milky Champa). The flower is made up of five petals representing the Panca Datu, (five elements...
Bali Will Prevail
Balinese Rice Terraces Courtesy of Instagram account: @michaelmatti In the last century Bali faced the wrath of the Dutch colonials, the sweeping political changes to the great nation of Indonesia and the devastating eruption of Mount Agung in 1962. In between the...
Symphony of Silence in Bali
Courtesy of beritasatu.com This year Nyepi will be observed on the 25th March, which falls on the first new moon of the month. It is the Day of Silence when, for twenty-four hours, the entire island will embrace the natural elements with silence from 6 a.m. Wednesday...
Ogoh-ogoh ― Monsters of The Imagination
Courtesy of Instagram account: @angligan On the penultimate day before Day of Silence (Nyepi) the entire island of Bali is transformed into one fascinating and scary ogre theme park of sorts. Every village boasts of giant effigies in the form of fantasy monsters with...
Sacred Cleansing by Tirta Amerta on the Island of Bali
©Courtesy of Instagram account @sulastudio Three days prior to Nyepi, the Day of Silence, the ritual of purification by Tirta Amerta (Water of Life) of all sacred objects from temples, Pratima shrines, Barong, Rangda etc. is elaborately performed on the seashore all...
Menjangan, The Unspoiled Island of Bali
Citied from Sensation Voyage Bali is a destination more and more visited every year. Passing from 1 million tourists in 2000 to more than 15 million in 2018, the Island of the Gods has above all become the island of tourists. It becomes difficult to find natural, calm...
Is there life after Satay?
What makes Satay the preferred dish for those foodies who dwell in the limelight of the charcoal grill? In Bali, Satay has become as ubiquitous as rice. The range of permutations and combinations for the discerning and not so discerning customers is unparalleled in...
The First Galungan
©Courtesy of Instagram account @andreasimanuell Legend has it that there was a king called Mayadenawa who ruled over parts of Bali, Makassar, Sumbawa, Lombok etc. He was a descendant of the Daityas, a race of giants, half brothers of the Devas. Manusmriti, the ancient...