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Showing posts with label About Bali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label About Bali. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Kuta "Sunset" Beach

Being one of the most beautiful beach on Indonesia, Kuta is the most famous vacation destination on Bali. It's also the most interesting destination for tourists of many country. It's lying on Denpasar, capital city of Bali. There are many souvenir shop, restaurant, swimming pool, bathing and sunbathe place.

Kuta is known as sunset beach, the opposite of Sanur Beach. You can see very beautiful sunset on evening. You could see the picture below :





The pictures above showed Kuta was saying goodbye to the sun.

Kuta is quite well known beach in the world, especially for tourists that very like surfing. You can surf on a perfect wave there. If you get interested, you can visit Kuta beach on Bali, Indonesia. And I hope you will enjoy your vacation there.



Are you interested with the wonder of Kuta? If you are, please visit us and enjoy the moment in Kuta. Happy winter holiday..!!

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Monday, December 1, 2008

Sanur the Romantic Sunrise

Sanur is one of many vacation destination in Bali. It takes place on south east Bali, about 30 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. It's a very beautiful town with a lot of famous resorts (such as Medina and Hyatt) and many beautiful view to offer.

Many Tourists from any country know Sanur as a beach. These opinion isn't wrong, because Sanur has many secrets of wonderful view, especially its beach. You can see the beautiful sunrise on the beach. Because of that, Sanur is known as sunrise beach, the opposite of Kuta.

You could see the difference beetween Sanur and Kuta on morning. On Kuta, the tourists still asleep. But on Sanur, morning is a great time and very fantastic moment to see the beautiful of nature and the greatness of God. They could see the wonderful romantic sunrise there. So they come to the beach on morning.

Please enjoy the picture below :







The picture is small part of many beauty of Sanur. If you have interest in travelling, it's a great idea to visit Sanur and enjoy great moments there.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Bali the Beautiful Island

Bali is one of the most beautiful islands and province in Indonesia. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country. Bali is lying between Java and Lombok island. Althought it's not a quite big island, but it has a lot of secret of beauty, such as the view, art, culture and many more.

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Bali has many beautiful beach with very beautiful view and other place where you can get relaxed. Kuta is the most famous beach there. Many tourist come there for surfing and getting sun baked. The Tourism is being developed, so you won't get bored there because it has many vacation destination there. You can search in vacation destination category to get more information.





Most of Bali's people is Austronesian, who migrate originally from Taiwan. Culturally, Balinese was influenced by Indian and China, so the Hinduism culture is very strong there. 93,18% of Bali's population is Balinese Hinduism, and the most remainder is Moslem.


Bali is renowned for its art forms, such as dancing, panting, woodcarving and many others. Balinese dances and reflect the stories of Hinduism such as Ramayana with strong influence of Bali's culture. Famous dances form Bali are Pendet, Legong, Kecak, topeng, Barong, and Baris.






Most Balinese are Hindu. Every year, Balinese celebrate the new year of Hindu called Nyepi. They celebrate in the spring by a day of silence. On that day, there aren't any people on the road. Every body have to stay at home, and the tourist stay at hotel to respect the religion.

On the preceding day large, colorful sculptures of ogoh-ogoh monsters are paraded and finally burned in the evening to drive away evil spirits. Other festivals throughout the year are specified by the Balinese pawukon calendrical system.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Culture in Bali




Balinese culture was strongly influenced by Indian and Chinese, and particularly Hindu culture, in a process beginning around the 1st century AD. The name Balidwipa has been discovered from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong charter issued by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 913 AD and mentioning Walidwipa.

It was during this time that the complex irrigation system "subak" was developed to grow rice. That's a very famous irrigation system in Indonesia originally foro Bali.

Some religious and cultural traditions still in existence today can be traced back to this period. Every year, Balinese celebrate the new year of Hindu called Nyepi. They celebrate in the spring by a day of silence. On that day, there aren't any people on the road. Every body have to stay at home, and the tourist stay at hotel to respect the religion.

The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293–1520 AD) on eastern Java founded a Balinese colony in 1343. When the empire declined, there was an exodus of intellectuals, artists, priests and musicians from Java to Bali in the 15th century.

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