Padangbai
Padang Bai is a delightful fishing village and port situated on the East coast of Bali about one and a half hours by car from Bali airport.
Despite being an extremely popular holiday destination and world renowned dive base it remains a very traditional Balinese village. This makes Padang Bai a unique location in Bali.
White sand beaches, amazing snorkeling and dive sites plus, some of the most beautiful countryside in Bali makes Padang Bai an ideal base to explore East Bali and experience Balinese culture.
History:
The location of Padangbai is in a rural and isolated bay named Padang, which has been used as a harbour since years ago. The name of Padangbai was taken from this bay and by the influence of the Dutch language, the frase ... [readmore]
Makepung
Balinese Grand Prix, Bali Indonesia.
Makepung that in the Indonesian language means romp, is the tradition of buffalo race which has long been attached to the people of Bali, especially in Jembrana regency. This tradition was a game originally made the farmers on the sidelines of plowing activities at harvest. At that time, they quickly clashing with buffalo race is attached to a cart and driven by a jockey.
Increasingly, activities that initially it was fun growing and increasingly popular among many. Now, Makepung has become one of the cultural attractions of the most interesting and many watched by tourists including foreign tourists. Not only that, the program buffalo race has become an annual event tourism in ... [readmore]
Tenganan, Romance Bali long time ago.
Tenganan the village who have their own uniqueness in Bali, a village located quite remote and is located in Karangasem regency. To reach this village by road and is about 60km from downtown Denpasar, Bali. The village is very traditional as it can withstand the current era of change very fast from technology. While facilities and infrastructure such as electricity, etc. into this Tenganan village, but customs house and the original will be retained as a permanent exotic. This is because society has Tenganan customary rules are very powerful village, which they call the "awig-awig" they've written since the 11th century and was updated in year 1842.
Tenganan Village area has approximately 1,500,000 hectares, the resort ... [readmore]
Penglipuran Village, Bali Indonesia
Penglipuran traditional village located in the Bangli district which is 45 km from the city of Denpasar, the village is also customary to this tourism object is very easy to follow. Because it lies on Main Street Kintamani - Bangli.
Penglipuran Village also looked so beautiful, the beautiful of this can we feel so enter the village area. Catus pata on areas that are entering the border area Penglipuran Indigenous Village, there are village hall, community facilities and open space for landscaping which is the welcome area.
This village is one of the rural areas in Bali, which has a regular arrangement of the traditional village structure, traditional fabric blend with lots of open spaces of beautiful ... [readmore]
Legong Dance – Integrity
Legong is a classical balinese dance group that has so many and very complex motion tied with percussion accompaniment structures said to be the influence of gambuh. The word comes from the word Legong itself, consisting of "Leg" which means a elastic or flexible dance, and "Gong" which means or refers to the gamelan. Legong thus implies a bound dance (especially its accentuation) by the accompanying gamelan. The gamelan that used to accompany the dance called Gamelan Semar Legong Pagulingan.
Legong developed in the royal courts of Bali in the second half of the 19th century. It is said that the idea started from a prince of Sukawati, during his illness saw two girls dancing gracefully accompanied by a beautiful gamelan in his dream. When the ... [readmore]
