Many friends of mine (non Balinese) often asked me, how many God do Balinese people worship actually? When I said only one, obviously they replied hell no as they heard that Balinese people got bunch of God, to name a few, god of the rain, god of the fire, god of the sea and so [...]

Cemetery is very important aspect in Balinese society. It is the integral part of Balinese social cycle of life. If you are a Balinese and are having problem with local cemetery rules, you are in a very very big trouble. You can not use the local cemetery and can not bury the dead body. In [...]

Bali is beautiful. Surely it is. The landscaping, the sceneries and also the beaches. As the main tourism destination in the world, Bali has become the major source of income for the Indonesian. The government will do almost everything just to make the dollars keep coming from this source which including spreading such bombastic [...]

“What is in a name?”, thats a famous quote from Shakespeare but you can not asks Balinese people juts like that using that quote. What is in a name (of Balinese people?) There is a lot of rules and meaning deep inside a Balinese name. Balinese naming system consist of specific rules and meaning [...]