Bali Picnique

WAYANG KULIT               On an island where cinema screens and TVs haven't yet percolated through to the smallest villages, a w...

BALINESE CALENDAR OF EVENTS There are two traditional calendars in Bali in addition to the Western or Gregorian calendar. The Hindu sa...

THE RAMAYANA Written in Sanskrit around the fourth century BC, the 24,000 verses that comprise the Ramayana have since fired the imagin...

Tari Sanghyang ( Trance Dances )            The state of trance lies at the very heart of traditional Balinese dance. In order to maint...

           A great wave of artistic experimentation hit Bali in the 1920s, particularly in north Bali, where a group of young musicians star...

           Featuring the most spectacular costumes of all the Balinese dances, The Barong-Rangda Dramas are also among the most sacred and ...

Barong - Rangda Dances                      Most Balinese dance-dramas have evolved from sacred rituals, and are still performed at re...