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Highly notable is the Annual Arts Festival, which interestingly takes place from every second Saturday of June to the second Saturday of July. This Annual Arts Festival is a celebration of exhibitions and performances of various kinds of artworks and cultural achievements, including the absorbing Kite Festival.

Culture of Bali

Ramayana Dance

This highly entertaining...

Barong Dance

Set to the Gong Kebyar - a...

Cremation Ceremonies

The Ngaben or Cremati...

Museum Antonio Blanco

Philippine-born artist Ant...

Legong Dance

Also accompanied by the Go...

Museum Agung Rai, Ubud

Sprawling all over six hect...

Museum Subak, Tabanan

Tabanan is a region popula...

Ulun Danu

No less stunning is the mo...

Bali Aga Rites

The Tenganans practice an a...

Museum Manusa Yadnya, Taman Ayun

Just as its name impl...

Museum Gedong Kirtya, Singaraja

This wonderful museum in Si...

Museum Gedong Area, Gianyar

Located in the Bedulu...

Bali Events and Calendar

Nyepi
The saka calendar has a major festival called Nyepi, or the final d...
Cornerkick - Visual Art Exhibition - Lodtunduh Ubud Bali
 Cornerkick Visual Art Exhibition ( 5 July - ...
Bali Spirit Festival 2011
Bali Spirit Festival - The Bali Spirit Festival is an festival hel...
Odalan
You would think with all the Bali Life-cycle ceremonies, the 10 da...
Arts Festival
Highly notable is the Annual Arts Festival, which interestingly ...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival will run from October 7-11, 2009
Dear Visitors,If you have an interest in spending a day or two enjo...
Galungan and Kuningan
Bali's most important festival is the Galungan festival. It is a f...
Saraswati
Bali and the Balinese also celebrate Saraswati, a day devoted to ...

History of Bali

Colonial rule and Dutch rules
The puputan caused quite a stir in Europe and the United States and...
Of early traders and olden kingdoms
Bali was busy with trade from as early as 200 BC. The prasasti, or...
Mighty Majapahit and Golden Bali
1343 AD, is an important date in Bali's history. It was then that ...
Of foreign tricks and trade
Bali was unknown to Europeans until the end of the fifteenth centur...
Independence
Throughout the 19th and 20th century relations with the Dutch were ...
Since the Beginning of Time
Bali has been inhabited for a long time. Sembiran, a village in no...