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Sang Hyang Dedari (Trance Dance)

This dance is normally performed to entertain the gods and the goddesses to appease
them or to ask for their blessings. A bad harvest or an outburst of an illness may warrant
such a dance. The preparation for this dance may take months, as prepubescent girls who
have never danced are trained to relax their mind to be able to get into a trance state. Day
after day they visit the priest at the local temple to receive their lessons. When the priest
concludes that they are ready, and the time is right, the dance will be performed in the
court of the temple.

Dressed in elaborate attire and immersed in the smoke of burning
incense, the two young girls slowly dance as the accompanying chant of the village
women gradually relax them to get into trance. The gods and the goddesses will enter
their bodies as they enter trance, and they will dance with movements that they have not
mastered in their normal state. They may act and sound like a horse or a monkey; at
times, they end up dancing while balancing their back on a piece of bamboo supported by
two men on both ends. When they collapse, the village women will chant to ask the gods
and the goddesses to peacefully leave the bodies of the young girls. If they refuse,
dancing will continue until they agree, at which point the girls will simply collapse

For the average rural Balinese, the working day is not long. Their expertise at coaxing bountiful harvests from the fertile volcanic soil leaves them lots of quality time to chat or to prepare elaborate cultural events. In the towns, the working day is longer, but although routine observances may be less elaborate, they are undertaken with no less devotion.
In villages life is concentrated under the tropical vegetation of palm, breadfruit, mango, papaya, and banana trees. The centre of a village has an open meeting space, temples, the town market, perhaps a former prince's home, the kulkul (hollow tree-trunk drum used to sound a warning or call meetings) tower and quite likely a big banyan tree. The banjar (local division of village consisting of all the married adult males) continues the strong community spirit by organising village festivals, marriage ceremonies, cremations and the local gamelan (traditional Balinese orchestra). The headquarters is the open-side bale banjar (communal meeting place of a banjar) where you might see a gamelan practice, a meeting, food being prepared for a feast, or men preening their roosters for the next round of cockfights.
In the more urbanized south however, life embodies many of the same hassles of modern life anywhere. There's traffic, noise that drowns out even the loudest barking dog and various social ills such as drugs. There is though still a concept of village life under it all in that people are part of a greater group beyond their immediate family. This is important as women are finding much to do outside of the home, whether it's work or even cultural activities, Child care becomes an adult responsibility, not just a family or maternal one. In the end, an air-conditioned mall fills in for the village banyan tree as a meeting place for many.

Bali is commonly described as a heaven for its cheery, offering-proffering residents but it is a romanticism worthy of a tourist brochure at best. Life is often hard and the average Balinese person has a hardscrabble existence that would be familiar to people worldwide. However, the Balinese do excel in one key area - they have an undeniable talent for making use of every resource on the island: bamboo, vines, flowers and shells for their imaginative offerings; European perfumes, international CDs, brand-name clothing for rip-off copying. Even the tourist is a resource to be painted, oiled, massaged, manipulated, tattooed or plaited.

Balinese life centres around the village, and increasingly, the suburban neighbourhoods of the south. Every activity - from producing crops to preparing food, and from bargaining with tourists to keeping the youth employed - involves everybody. It is impossible to be a faceless nonentity on the island. This involvement with other people in the village extends to tourists. To make you feel welcome, Balinese will go out of their way to chat to you. But they won't talk about the weather or even the football. They are interested in you, your home life and your personal relationships. Chatting in Bali can get rather personal but is never with malicious intent.

The last ceremony, Pitra yadnya,Ngaben (cremation), is often the biggest, most spectacular, noisy and exciting event. Because of the burdensome cost of even a modest cremation ceremony, the deceased are buried, sometimes for years, and disinterred for a mass cremation with the cost shared among families. Brahmanas (high priests), however, must be cremated immediately.
The body is carried in a tall, incredibly artistic multitiered tower made of bamboo, paper, tinsel, silk, cloth, mirrors, flowers and anything else colourful, on the shoulders of a group of men. The number of tiers of the tower depends on the importance of the deceased. The funeral of a rajah or high priest may require hundreds of men to tote the 11-tiered structure.

Along the way, the group confuses the deceased's spirit so it cannot find its way back home. They shake the tower, run it around in circles, throw water at it and generally make the trip anything but a stately funeral crawl. Meanwhile, the priest halfway up the tower hangs on grimly, doing his best to soak bystanders with holy water. A gamelan sprints behind, providing an exciting musical accompaniment.
At the cremation ground, the body is transferred to a funeral sarcophagus which corresponds to the deceased's caste, a black bull for a Brahmana, white bull for priests, winged lion for a Ksatriya, and elephant-fish etc. for a sudra. Finally, it all goes up in flames and the ashes are taken to the sea to be scattered on the waves. With the material body well and truly destroyed, the soul is free to descend to heaven and wait for the next incarnation.

The first ceremony of Balinese life takes place when women reach the third month of pregnancy, with offerings to ensure the wellbeing of the baby. Twelve days later women are 'purified' through another ceremony. After 42 days, offerings are made for the baby's future.
The much-repeated Balinese names - which are gender neutral - carry a symbolic meaning, indicating social status and birth order. Low caste Balinese name their first child Wayan, Putu or Gede; the second is Made, Kadek or Nengah; the third is Nyoman or Komang; and the fourth is Ketut. The fifth, sixth, seventh and eight children re-use the same set. The large number of Balinese named Anak Agung, a name denoting the child of a royal concubine, attest to the fertility of the Balinese rajahs (princes).
A child goes through 13 celebrations, or manusa yadnya. At 105 days, the baby is welcomed to the family and its feet are allowed to touch the ground for the first time - ground is considered impure, so babies are held until then.
At 210 days (first Balinese year) the baby is spiritually blessed in the ancestral temple and there's a huge feast for the family and community.
A rite of passage to adulthood is the tooth-filing ceremony, when a priest symbolically files a teenager's (around 16 to 18 years) upper front teeth to produce a pleasing line. Crooked fangs are, after all, one of the chief distinguishing marks of evil spirits - just have a look at Rangda mask! No-one may marry unless their teeth have been filed.

Every Balinese is expected to marry at a relatively young age. In rural areas this can be the late teens, and in the urban south it's after formal schooling is completed or a solid job secured. In general, marriages are not arranged, although there are strict rules that apply between the castes.
The respectable way to marry, known as mepadik, is when the family of the man visits the family of the woman and politely proposes. The Balinese, however, like their fun and often prefer marriage by ngrorod (elopement). Nobody is too surprised when the young man spirits away his bride-to-be. The couple go into hiding and somehow the girl's parents, no matter how assiduously they search, never manage to fine her.
Eventually the couple re-emerge, the marriage is officially recognised and everybody has had a lot of fun and games. Elopement has another advantage; apart from being exciting and mildly heroic, it's cheaper.

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This area is like a giant bowl, with the bottom half covered by water and a set of volcanic cones jutting out of the middle. Sounds a bit spectacular? It is. On clear days – vital to appreciating the spectacle – the turquoise waters wrap around the newer volcanoes, which have obvious old lava flows oozing down their sides. The road around the southwestern rim of the Gunung Batur crater is one of Bali’s most important north–south routes and has one of Bali’s most stunning vistas. Most people
intending to do some trekking stay in the villages around the shores of Danau Batur, and plan an early start to climb the volcano.
Even day-trippers should bring some sort of wrap in case the mist closes in and
it hits 18°C.

Orientation
The villages around the Gunung Batur crater rim have grown together in a continuous, untidy strip. The main village is Kintamani though the whole area is often referred to by that name. Coming from the south, the first
village is Penelokan, where tour groups stop to gasp at the view, eat a buffet lunch and be hassled by souvenir-sellers. Penelokan is also where you can take a short road down into the crater. From here, a road loosely follows the shore of Danau Batur, linking the villages of Kedisan and Toya Bungkah. You can travel between the Gunung Batur and Danau Bratan areas using
a beautiful mountain lane

This very important Hindu-Buddhist temple was founded in the 17th century. It is dedicated to Dewi Danu, the goddess of the waters, and is actually built on small islands, which means it is completely surrounded by the lake. Both pilgrimages and ceremonies are held here to ensure that there is a supply of water for farmers all over Bali.

The temple is truly beautiful, with classical Hindu thatch-roofed meru (multiroofed shrines) reflected in the water and silhouetted against the often cloudy mountain backdrop - one of the most common photographic images of Bali.
A large banyan tree shades the entrance; walk through manicured gardens and past an impressive Buddhist stupa to reach the lakeside.
For an almost surreal experience, take a quiet paddle across the lake and see Ulun Danu Bratan Temple at sunrise - arrange it with a boatman the night before.
The Perama Ulun danu eating house in the grounds has a pleasant outdoor terrace and the usual Indonesian and Western dishes.

Bali got a wave of publicity in 2006 when the world record for the most surfers to ride a single wave was set at kuta beach, fifty-three people from around the world shared the moment.
If that news highlighted Bali as an incredible surf destination, it was but one of many super-lative stories that could have been written. Jaded travellers the world over arrive in Bali and have their world-weary ways stripped away by the place that invented the word "unique"

Many try to pigeon-hole Bali as a cliche, but look a little deeper and you'll find a pervasive culture and beauty. Tiny offerings, with their brilliant bits of fresh flowers found in even the tiniest of niches, dance perfomances, magical with their grace and charm. Lyrical local music playing live in even the most obscure corners.
Balinese culture is no after-thought overlay, shucked on by only a few it is a fundamental part of everyday life and it intrigues and entrances everyone who visits.

The beauty is a part of this cliche, but what can you do? Wild beaches stretching off to the horizon, rice terraces increadibly green and sinuous in their beauty, lush tropical forests where your biggest worry is a ripe fruit hitting your head.
And these are just some of the images you'll savour.
And then there are the people. A cliche you're unlikely to find a more joyous and delightful people anywhere! Travel here is just so easy. Whether in the resorts of the tourist areas or the remote corners of Bali, you'll find it a breeze to catch your own personal wave here, no matter what form it may take.

To get started for Bali, all you really need is a ticket. (well maybe also a visa,passport, some money, but you get the idea.) The entire island is just so well set up for visitors, the Balinese are so welcoming and the climate and weather are so agreeable that you really can just hop on a plane and go. If bali reward the spontaneous traveller, they also reward the traveller who plans. in bali especially, you can stay at exquisite place, experience unique aspects of the culture and tailor your trip to a remakable degree with advance work. If you want to make time for real discoveries or just discover some good bargains, you can reap the rewards of forethought.

Whatever your travel style, you'll find the real obstacles to independent travel in this part of the world are few. The islands are used to travellers of all stripes, English is widely spoken and the people truly live up to the shop worn cliche of friendly.

The best time to visit Bali, in terms of the weather, is during the dry season(april to septemper). The rest of the year is more humid, cloudier and has more rainstorms, but you can still enjoy a holiday.
There are also distinct tourist seasons that affect the picture.
The European, American and Japanese summer holidays bring the biggest crowds-july, august and early september are busy.
Accommodation can be very tight in these months and prices are higher. Many Australians, arrive between Christmas and early january, when airfares to and from Australia are higher and flights can be booked solid.
The school holidays in early April, late june to early july and late september also see more Australians, most of them on package tours to resort areas in southern Bali.

Many Indonesians visit Bali around the end of December and during some Indonesian holidays. Outside these times Bali has surprisingly few tourists and there are empty rooms and restaurants everywhere. Balinese festivals, holidays and special celebrations occur all the time, and most of them are not scheduled according to western calendars, so don't worry too much about timing your visit to coincide with local events.

The best time to visit Bali, in terms of the weather, is during the dry season(april to septemper). The rest of the year is more humid, cloudier and has more rainstorms, but you can still enjoy a holiday. There are also distinct tourist seasons that affect the picture. The European, American and Japanese summer holidays bring the biggest crowds-july, august and early september are busy. Accommodation can be very tight in these months and prices are higher. Many Australians, arrive between Christmas and early january, when airfares to and from Australia are higher and flights can be booked solid. The school holidays in early April, late june to early july and late september also see more Australians, most of them on package tours to resort areas in southern Bali.

In Bali, you can spend as much you want- there are fabulous resorts where a room costs US$500 or more a night, where dinner costs more than US$75 per person and you can be reborn in spa for US$100 an hour. at the other extreme, you can find decent budget rooms easily for 100,000Rp. and enjoy a fresh meal from a warung(food stall) for Under 20,000Rp. In short, Bali is a bargain for budget travellers and offers excellent value for those seeking every luxury.

In General, travellers who don't want air-con and hot water will discover they can get good rooms almost anywhere in Bali for under US$20, You can have an excellent three-course meal for US$12,(including a large bottle of beer) at many restaurants, while US$30 can get you a gourment delight at some of the finest restaurants around.

Transport is affordable- remember that Bali is a small island. Public minibuses, buses and bemo(small minibuses) are the local form of public transfort and they're very cheap- 50,000Rp will get you a cross the island. A rental motorcycle costs around US$10 or more per day, and a small jeep runs about US$20 per day. You can charter a car and a driver for around US$25 to US$50 per day.

Nearly every museum, major temple or tourist site has an entry charge of about 10,000Rp/5000Rp per adult/child,- it's a trifling amount. Galleries, bars and clubs are almost always free and the only place you'll really have to pay a premium is at a few attractions aimed at visitors such as animal parks, and adventure activities like river-rafting or water sport. Overall, it's possible to live a simple life for under US$10 a day. This gets you cheap room in Kuta, three solid meals at warung, one or more cold beers and all the free surfing you want on the beach. Spend more, say US$50 a day and you'll pretty much be able eat, drink or do anything you want while enjoying a great midpriced room. Bali really are that cheap.

You see signs by the side of the road as you drive around Bali that read "Bakso Babi". An innocent-sounding little pharase but one that shows a sea change of attitudes on the island. No, it's not a nascent Balinese political party or a powerful independence slogan or even a cheer for a beloved local leader, rather it's a sign advertising pork meatballs, but in Bali such seemingly simple things are fraught with meaning - those little meatballs sold from carts trolling through neighbourhoods or waiting for peckish drivers are usually made from chicken or beef, meats that go down well with people of any religious faith, especially muslims from the rest of indonesia.

Certainly the Balinese (90% practise their own fascinating version of Hinduism) have always loved pork. Just look at the babi guling joints all over the island where you can get the succulent and richly seasoned roasted young pork. But a vendor putting 'Bakso Babi' on his cart has found a subtle but clear-cut way of saying I'm Balinese, I'm not from java. And the Balinese are there munching away in support.

Called "Krama Bali", loosely "Bali for the Balinese", the recent uptick in declarations of a more aggressive Balinese identity are notable. The Balinese normally prize a form of modesty and restraint that some mistake for politeness verging on meekness. so when they say to the rest of indonesia 'you can't eat our meatballs' there's a lot more to it than what gets sold by the side of the road. Although it remains a remarkably tolerant society - there is no reported religious strife on the island - The Balinese can't help but feel threatened by forces in the rest of indonesia.

is one of the many fusion concepts hindu(weda) which is perfect with the local culture, so that the placenta produces works of religious art that is unique. In bali the barong and rangda is a symbol of truth and evil. But irrespective of that, question may show! Why the ancestors of bali peoples to symbol the barong and rangda unsurprisingly an horrific, Whether truth and evil equally horrific? The answer may be correct, because the only truth war crimes, at this time i'm remembering the story of war mahabarata where before the war began in the great war between crime against the truth, arjuna driving her car right in the midst of troops, between troops pandawa and kaurawa, thought to see both of them, and that time also get the knowledge and arjuna enlightment that is given by the god sri krisnha.

pura tanah lot is the most popular and most photographed temple in bali and especially crowed at sunset ok! Thank's for your visit

Only if the thought is in the wide awake then your life will be better, for that you must fertilize habit to listen, to most of us isn't a good listener, when you are listening to a speech from the first session will triggers some conversation within you. you continuously contradict or concur with. Have you daydream and listen without response or have any conclusions? to be able to improve your listening habits, have go to the beautiful place where's the beautiful place? Beautiful place that's in yourself, when you arrive at this place! Then everything becomes very beautiful, and wherever you go, there you bring the beauty of.

Take a trip back into time, up into the rice terraces of Tegalalang Gianyar. water springs at tirta empul temple
the water springs.

Ulun danu beratan temple ulun danu beratan temple is one of several important temples to the spirits, this temple located in candi kuning village of baturiti tabanan area, it's from denpasar about 50 km to the north following the road denpasar-singaraja, this temple very beautiful located on shores of lake beratan.

A man who does't have any emotions,that's like a dry wood, and it's not very good. You should make your life be intresting, iand that will make the people around you, to be close and comfortable with you!, and this will happen when you bring your self with prayer and service, listening to music,donation etc. Meal share the love and grief with others, is a way to change your thought patterns to be come universal, devlope your extitement to share with the universe, the trend call back to nature, most of us think more of what benefits will I get out of this world? And if more people are thinking what can I do for this world to be better,beautiful, peaceful, and if that are palestinian israel war go on?

Aspects of the arts in balinese culture, art and dance that the most prominent among the other types of art, because it has a past era of dance art developed with the good, the public be balinese. Various kinds of dance balinese showed a close relationship with religius activities and also showed on the theatre

social visa

If you have a good reason for staying longer (eg: study or family reasons) you can apply for a sosial/budaya(social/cultural) visa. You'll need an application form, from an indonesian embassy or consulate, and a letter of introduction or promise of sponsorship from a reputable person or school in indonesia, it's initially valid for three months, but it can be extended for one month at a time at an immigration ofice within indonesia for a maximum of six months. There are fees for the application and for extending the visa too..

the balinese go to the temple for pray, do you know prayer is a vital tool for your life? read more at here.. 'thank you for your visit to day, don't forget bookmark this blog, for you read tater. Good luck!

these questions are very,very precious.when these questions dawn in your mind,only then your life begins! But,when these questions come into your mind, don't be in a hurry to get an answer.Those who know will not tel you and those who tell don't know! so,what is most important is introspection about one's own life and how to improve the quality of life-this intention itself will open many doors for you to fell better about yourself.First of all,find out for yourself whether you are healthy. Health is... a disease-free body. a stress-free mind. an inhibition-free intellect. an obsession-free memory. an ego that includes all. a soul that is free from sorrow. These questions are the tools by which you can dig deeper and the answers come from within you.once these questions come into your life then you start"living" life rather than just existing. to know for what you are in this planet, you are not here for! You are not here to be sad. You are not here to blame. You are not here to be miserable. You are not here to worry. You are not here to show off. You are not here to get stressed out. You are not here to get irritated and irritate others...the list go on.

you are trying your level-best to understan your feelings and emotions, and you get into more and more and more confusion. This is what happened with psychology today. it tries to explain to you why you feel like the way you are feeling. The "why"arises always when you are unhappy. you ask "why this problem to me of all the people?" nobody ever asked,"why am I so happy?" you want to understand,"why am I not feeling good?" or"why am I angry?",or "why is this not happening?" the more you try to understand less and less. The mystery deepens, but an illusion comes as though "I know it".But that is for a short while. We ourselves do not know and we try to explain to others! stop your explanations; you explanations have put you into a soup and make other people also more confused. You don't know what is happening in your mind. Mind is like a roller coaster-it's a crowd. Just be in the simple and innocent state of"I don't know!".This life is a mystery-beautiful-life it. Living the mystery of life so totally is joy. Becoming the mystery is divine. You are a mystery! When you see life in this context, clarity dawns in your mind and your life improves.

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Sang Hyang Dedari (Trance Dance)

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