Art and Culture Archives - travelling BALI

Jul162024 by baliadminNo Comments

Tumpek Landep Metal Cerremony

The Tumpek Landep ceremony in Bali is a significant religious event dedicated to Sang Hyang Pasupati, the god of metal. It is part of the Balinese Hindu calendar and is observed every 210 days (which is based on the Balinese Pawukon calendar system). During Tumpek Landep, Balinese Hindus offer prayers and blessings for objects made of metal, such as tools, vehicles, and other mechanical equipment. The ceremony is meant to honor and show gratitude for the role these objects play in daily life, as well as to ask for divine protection and guidance in using them responsibly. Families and communities gather at temples or their homes for prayers and rituals conducted by Hindu priests. Offerings are made to invoke spiritual energy into the metal objects, ensuring their functionality, dura...

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 Sea Silence Day

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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

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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 baliadminNo Comments

Bali’s Nine Temples

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The 9 Key Directional Temples (Water and Mountain Temples), the Must See Temples, and the most popular, Undiscovered Temples and Hidden Beauties, and general explanations about Balinese Mentality and Caste Division. The direction toward the mountains, called Kaja the most significant direction. The direction toward the sea is Kelod. The direction toward the sunrise, Kangin, is found in most secondary shrines Bali's 9 Key Directional Temples That Face A Variety Of Mountains, Lakes or Oceans are: Pura Besakih (Mother Temple), located on the western slopes of Gunung Agung in East Bali Pura Lempuyang (Lempuyang Temple), located on the slopes of Gunung Lempuyang, near Amlapura in East Bali Pura Luhur Batukaru (Batukaru Temple), located on the southern slopes of Gu...

Jan12024 by travelling BALINo Comments

MAKEPUNG LAMPIT

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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

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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...

Jul172023 by baliadminNo Comments

The Gambuh Dance

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Beyond the beaches, the beautiful views, the temples and ceremonies, and other interesting tourist activities that Bali has to amaze its visitors there are also many dances that can be enjoyed. The elegance of movement the charm of the dancer and beautiful melodies are all a part of Balinese dance performances Some dances that you might see at tourist sites are dances meant to entertain, but some dances are only performed for ceremonial purposes and these dances are more difficult to witness because they are only danced for certain religious ceremonies under certain conditions. Balinese dance is classified into three categories: Wali dance, Bebali dance, and Bali-Balihan dance. Wali dances, such as Sanghyang dance, Baris dance, and Rejang dance, are dances that have a sacred function...