Every year the local government of Bali hold a cultural parade event called Bali Art Festival, locally known as Pesta Kesenian Bali. It is believed to be the best moment of Balinese people for showing their very utmost of art and cultural performances. The government spend a huge budget to finance this cultural event, of [...]

Recently,  a commercial on television about women underwear is really disturbing me. Even I feel that the ads has insulted my existence as a Balinese. The ads makes me feel that being Balinese is all about women and underwear such bras, panties and so on. The ads is coming from an underwear company (balicompany.com) called [...]

The coconut tree rule is my own term and some of you might wonder what the heck coconut tree rule is. It is referring to a rule in Bali stating that any building on the island must not higher than coconut trees. This rule is belong to a Perda a.ka Peraturan Daerah (literally: local regulation) [...]

Bhisama is a religious decree, a local Indonesian/Balinese term referring to a kind of informal regulation regarding to Hindu related issues which is issued by the Hindu Dharma Council (PHDI/Parisadha Hindu Dharma Indonesia). The members of council is mostly consisting of Hindu highest priest and also important people in Indonesia Hindu society.
One of the Bhisama [...]

I read a local newspaper today and I know finally the Bali bombers’ execution day is getting close. Amrozi cs will be executed to death anytime soon regardless their lawyers’ last effort to avoid the death penalty. A rumor has been flourishing among Balinese people regarding where the execution ideally shall take place: [...]

Bali has a unique way in preserving the environment as it has been integrally combined in their culture and religious values. Most of Balinese people do not realize that somehow they have been participating in the environment preservation. Then I thought, Bali might be the future home base (branch office) for the Green Peace, an [...]