Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia (PHDI) Bali – Hindu’s highest council in Indonesia – urged for Hindu, especially for its young generation at “Pengrupukan” night on March 15, 2010 or a day before the holy day Nyepi Caka 1932, to conduct ogoh-ogoh parade in order. This kind of effort is needed in order to keep conducive [...]

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One day before Galungan, a penjor is erected in front of the house entrance gate. Hindu communities in Bali believe if from the height one will be easier to get composure and self-enlightenment. The height is associated with mountains, equals to penjor and a curved bamboo pole to make penjor’s is the mountain symbol.

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With the exception of cultural uniqueness and allurement of its nature, Bali is also abundantly rich in traditional arts. Balinese arts are closely associated with religious rites of Hindus in Bali so the art of dance and gamelan music remain to exist up to the present. Within its performance, dance does not only function as [...]

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As a tourist destination, Bali bears some nicknames given by tourists. One of them is the Island of a Thousand Temples. Inreality, there must be more than this number. In bali, there are approximately 500 villages. Suppose that each village supports three obligatory temples (puseh-desa and dalem temple) they will totally come to 1500. Assuredly, [...]

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Scenting fragrance of insence sticks and assorted colorful flowers are filling up the atmosphere of Bali everyday. It enables the Hindus to concentratetheir minds on their work and worship. When you go on a trip throughout this island, you will encounter many Balinese people presenting oblations on varied shrines and places where they do activities. [...]

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The ancient Balinese left us their thoughts, must knowledge and information regarding their past activities through the tradition of writing inscribed massages onto pieces of palm-leaf, better known as lontar manuscripts. On one such lontar one of the topics found inscribed was concerning herbal ingridients for beauty care.

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Some religious ceremonies in Bali are usually completed with sacred or wall dances. They are closely related to the procession of the ceremony. By its absence, it may be considered incomplete, as this dance constitutes a part of the ritual itself. And, of course, they are always performed in sacred places like at temples and [...]

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The Young Hindu Award Committee again awarded Hindu lenders engaged in education, government, culture, health care and the environment. “They received the award after strict selection by a team formed by the committee,’ event coordinator I Gusti Ayu Diah Werdhi Srikandi said here Friday.

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As many other countries across the Asian region, Indonesia was once also under occupation of a colonial government. It lasted for some 4.5 centuries or some 13 generations. What a long time that was!
This period came to an end in line with the conclusion of the 2nd World War, where conflicts seemed to spread out [...]

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All ethnics in Indonesia have gangsing or spinning top toys, they are only differentiated by their raw material in use and the technique to make it. In North Sumatera, the gangsing is known as gansiang. Meanwhile, theYogyakartans distinguish this spinning top into two in terms of its shape. A taller one is called gangsing lanang [...]

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