by administrator-waka | Mar 20, 2020 | Bali History, Blog
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...
by administrator-waka | Mar 20, 2020 | Bali History, Blog, Waka Hotels and Resorts
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...
by administrator-waka | Mar 10, 2020 | Bali History, Blog, Waka Hotels and Resorts
©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...
by administrator-waka | Feb 17, 2020 | Bali History, Blog, Waka Hotels and Resorts
©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...
by administrator-waka | Feb 14, 2020 | Bali History, Blog, Waka Hotels and Resorts
©Courtesy of Instagram account @rama_mardhayiska Barong sai is another avatar of chi-ling, the Chinese mythical creature, which can be seen on the wooden doors of the Pancering Jagat Temple in Trungen, an ancient village that still exists at the foot of...
by administrator-waka | Dec 4, 2019 | Bali History, Blog
© Courtesy of Instagram account: @yoniuskono Textiles of a country reveal its culture woven in many different textures. And from these fabrics are sewn clothes that drape the body for social and religious functions. The patterns reflect a glimpse of history and faith....
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