Vivid dresses and gold headpieces shimmer as Balinese dancers gracefully perform the classic legong, gambuh and other spectacular local dances at the immensely popular Bali Arts Festival. The Bali Arts Festival or commonly known as 'Pesta Kesenian ...

Pagerwesi Days 27 April 2011 Balinese Hindus celebrate Pagerwesi ceremony every six months based on Bali's calender system (210 days). Pagarwesi means "iron fence," and is a day to strengthen one's fortification against evil. The offerings to the Gods ...

Yogyakarta. Mount Merapi has broken its own record after erupting nonstop for more than 24 hours, and geologists are now calling this episode the mountain’s worst since the 1870s. After erupting and spewing heat clouds since Wednesday morning, the mountain unleashed its most extreme volcanic activity yet on Thursday, sending ash seven ...

Money can buy a house, but not a home. Money can buy a bed, but not sleep. Money can buy a clock, but not time. Money can buy a book, ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has an elusive dream — developing Bali as one of the world’s art and cultural center. Carrying tradition: Male dancers from Bangli regency perform a traditional dance during the opening ...

Pendet Dance was once at issue in tourism domain. The dance belonging to Hindu community of Bali was displayed in a promotion package of Malaysian tourism without prior permission to the government of Indonesia whereas the ...

Bali News: Bali Hotels Association Issues Security Statement (7/27/2009) Following the bombing of two Jakarta hotels on Friday, July 18, 2009, the Bali Hotels Association issued the following security statement: The Bali Hotels Association would like to convey its deepest sympathies and sincere condolences to the victims and families involved in the ...

“Bali is an idyll; a strange oriental idyll, wonderful in line and color. We must not compare it to any other idyll. Bali is itself. Bali is Bali and nothing else” (Louis Couperus, a Dutch writer and journalist, wrote in the Haagsche Post, quoted from Shavit 2004:33, italic by the ...

KUTA—‘Simple, unique and friendly’ are the catchphrase carried by Harris Riverview Kuta, one of tourist accommodations on offer by Harris Hotel in Bali. General Manager of Harris Riverview Kuta, Sebastien Menesguen, in the press conference among the Grand Opening Ceremony said that Harris Riverview offered different accommodation from other hotels. ...

Bali does not only offer the magnificence of nature and unique culture. It also has other allurement namely skillful hands of spa therapists. The wellness treatment becoming one of the favorite activities is liked best by both domestic and foreign tourists. “Spa in Bali is excellent. It is not only ...