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Oct32024 by travelling BALINo Comments

Experience the Magic of Flavors at Queen’s Tandoor Seminyak Bali

An Unforgettable Moment We enjoyed an extraordinary moment at "Queen's Tandoor Restaurant" in Seminyak, Bali. As one of the most renowned dining spots with an international reputation, Queen's Tandoor offers more than just Indian cuisine, it’s a blend of culinary art, warm service, and an enchanting Balinese atmosphere. With over 110 menu options, one dish completely captured our hearts and palates, leaving me eager to return for more A Signature Dish That Captivates the Senses Queen’s Tandoor boasts a selection of over 110 dishes, rich in flavor and texture, but one dish stood out and stole the spotlight. "Its presentation was stunning, and the taste was simply extraordinary", a perfect harmony of authentic Indian spices balanced with international flavors. Every bite felt like an embra...

Jul72024 by travelling BALINo Comments

Penglipuran is a traditional Balinese village festival

Art and Culture, Events

Penglipuran is a traditional Balinese village located in the Bangli Regency of Bali, Indonesia. The Penglipuran village is renowned for its well-preserved Balinese culture, architecture, and way of life. The Penglipuran Festival celebrates the unique cultural heritage of this village and typically involves various traditional performances, rituals, ceremonies, and cultural activities. During the Penglipuran Festival, visitors have the opportunity to witness traditional Balinese dance performances, music, processions, and ceremonies that showcase the rich cultural heritage of the village. The festival often includes events such as traditional music performances, dance competitions, art exhibitions, culinary showcases featuring local cuisine, and demonstrations of traditional crafts such ...

Jun292024 by travelling BALINo Comments

BALI’S MOST EXCLUSIVE – HEAVEN ON EARTH

Accommodations, Deals

Bali offers guests from all over the world the highest standard in hospitality, products and services. You can get the highest standard of in services and quality and know that for some, they must constantly re-invent what is extraordinary. For guests who are looking for an unimaginable luxury experience, you will find in this section companies that offer this and so much more. These exclusive companies with established experience and quality, offer indulgence which is impossible to describe in words. “Bali’s most Exclusive” guarantees you will get it all and more. We proudly present a deeply personal brand of luxury that is ultimately experienced from the comfort of your very own private villa for two. The property is the perfect base from which to enjoy island life and spend leis...

Jun292024 by travelling BALINo Comments

DENPASAR TO UBUD

Bali Road Trips, Thing To Do

The road from Denpasar to Ubud can be described very easily with four words, “The Road of Art “. On the trip from Denpasar to Ubud, about 26 kilometers, you will see a big selection of traditional arts and crafts. Many of the craftspeople work outside and invite visitors to watch their skillful hands as they carefully make beautiful creations. Stonemasons, silversmiths, goldsmiths, puppet-ers, woodcarvers, painters dancers, and dancers can all be seen on this almost magical trip through an artistic dream world. Batubulan, the village of Stonemasons, provides an interesting first stop on your trip. Figures carved from stone can be seen everywhere on the road. The stone carvings, all of the highest quality, require a strong hand to carve images out of a block of stIn Celuk, the w...

Jun292024 by travelling BALINo Comments

Bali’s Sea Silence Day

Art and Culture

NYEPI SEGARA A LOCAL TRADITION IN NUSA PENIDA, NUSA LEMBONGAN AND NUSA CENINGAN Once a year, people on Bali Island celebrate Nyepi Day. Nyepi comes from the word Sepi in Bahasa Indonesia or Sipeng in the Balinese language which means quiet. For about 24 hours all people in Bali stop all their activities and the busy island becomes quiet, calm, and peaceful. No electricity, no entertainment, no fire and not traveling. The island becomes very quiet and everybody remains U each of their houses. No clubs, no shops or restaurants are open. Hotels or other types of accommodation are still open and continue their operation but in quiet and very low sound and less lighting during the night. This Nyepi day is to celebrate the coming of the new Caka year as the Balinese Hindu calendar. ...

Jan12024 by travelling BALINo Comments

Bali’s Undiscovered Temples

Art and Culture

Bali's Undiscovered Temples and Hidden Beauties - # 1 - Masceti Temple in Bali (Pura Luhur Masceti Bali) – Lord Vishnu’s regular Temple Masceti Temple (Pura Masceti), is located on the northern shore of Masceti Beach, Medahan Village, Blahbatuh Subdistrict, Keramas, Gianyar. The trip to Pura Masceti from the famous Kuta area takes about a 1 ½ hours. Masceti Temple was one of Lord Vishnu’s regular worship destinations, (In Balinese religion Vishnu is described as the maintainer of the Universe). Once, Vishnu was in a relationship with Lakhsmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth, prosperity (material and spiritual), fortune and the embodiment of beauty. Both spent a lot of time together at Masceti Beach as they liked this area very much, they went to enjoy the scenery but also to have dis...

Jan12024 by travelling BALINo Comments

Minimum 2 temples of 6 temples must see in Bali

Art and Culture, Bali Road Trips

1. Tanah Lot Temple in Bali (Pura Tanah Lot) – The Temple on its little rock Tanah Lot Temple (Pura Tanah Lot), Bali’s only off-shore temple, is located 13 kilometers southwest of Tabanan, in Beraban village, about a 1 ½ hour tour from Kuta. Tanah Lot Temple (Pura Pakendungan is the ancient name for Tanah Lot) dates back to the 15th century and sits gracefully on its little rock, waiting for the low tide so it can welcome Balinese worshipers. Legend says, Tanah Loth Temple was built by Sanghyang Nirantha one of the last Brahman priests who arrived from Java and got plenty of followers very quickly. Bendesa Beraben, the local ruler, who was afraid of losing control, ordered the Nirantha to leave. The Newcomer then used his magical powers to split the rock that T...

Jan12024 by travelling BALINo Comments

MAKEPUNG LAMPIT

Art and Culture, Events

Bali’s Wet and Muddy Buffalo Race ARTISTRY from the traditional Balinese is varied and also very diverse. In Jembrana (West Bali) they have many examples of traditional art among which is Jegog (a beautiful form of traditional dance) and Makepung (the art of buffalo racing). Why might you ask is Makepung a traditional art form? Well because of its highly decorated, colorful buffalo and jockeys plus its traditional significance to mark the end of the rice harvest. Another form of buffalo racing in Jembra- na is Makepung Lampit where the buffalo race is held in wet muddy rice fields. Unlike Makepung which celebrates the end of the rice harvest, Makepung Lampit is to mark the start of the rice season – the planting of the rice. So before the planting of the rice, they race the buffalo i...

Jan12024 by travelling BALINo Comments

Balinese Caste System

Art and Culture

Balinese Caste Division Due to the enormous amount of Balinese Temples in Indonesia and their different levels of importance and meaning, the following summary will create an overview of Bali’s 9 directional temples ( that face the water or mountains), the most popular and important temples, and finally some hidden and sleeping beauties, that are more or less worth an exploration. To understand the Balinese a little better, we start with a general introduction to their mentality and an explanation of the Caste Division.Every village in Bali has several public temples and every Balinese home at least one little house temple as the Balinese are enormously religious. It can probably be said that the Balinese are the most religious people in the world. Official numbers prove that...

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