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Healing the Balinese Way: What a Session with a Traditional Healer Is Like

What balian and usada are, what a visit usually involves, and how to meet a Balinese healer respectfully,...

Tenganan is one of Bali's oldest villages and one of very few places on earth where double ikat...

In Jembrana, farmers race pairs of water buffalo pulling small carts. What happens at a race, when to...

How Balinese palm-leaf manuscripts are made and read, what they contain, and what happens in a lontar writing...

Every July and August, giant fish, dragon and leaf kites fill the sky near Sanur. What the kites...

Galungan falls on Wednesday 17 June 2026 and Kuningan on Saturday 27 June. What the ten days look...

What actually happens at a melukat, what to wear and bring, the temple rules visitors should know, and...

Harmony with God, with people and with nature. How Tri Hita Karana shows up in temples, banjar halls...

The small palm-leaf trays on every Balinese doorstep are called canang sari. What goes in them, why the...