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How to Recognize the Real Arts of Bali Gallery in Seminyak

How to Recognize the Real Arts of Bali Gallery in Seminyak

The Arts of Bali gallery is an art gallery at Jl. Raya Seminyak No. 42, Kuta, Badung, Bali 80361, owned and curated by Putu Sucipta. It sells original Balinese paintings,…

Gebogan Bali: How the Offering Tower Is Built, Layer by Layer

Gebogan Bali: How the Offering Tower Is Built, Layer by Layer

A gebogan bali is a towering offering built from fruit, rice cakes, and flowers, stacked in a cone shape on a wooden base and carried on a woman’s head to…

Lotus in Balinese Art: Padma, Padmasana, and the Nine Gods

Lotus in Balinese Art: Padma, Padmasana, and the Nine Gods

Lotus in Balinese art, called padma in Sanskrit and Kawi, is far more than a decorative flower: it lends its name to Bali’s holiest shrine, sits at the center of…

Pura Ulun Danu Beratan: Bali’s Temple Behind the 50,000 Rupiah Note

Pura Ulun Danu Beratan: Bali’s Temple Behind the 50,000 Rupiah Note

Pura Ulun Danu Beratan is Bali’s water temple on the shore of Lake Beratan in the Bedugul highlands, built around 1633 by a king of the Mengwi kingdom to honor…

Mahabharata Kamasan Painting: Bali’s Version of India’s Epic War

Mahabharata Kamasan Painting: Bali’s Version of India’s Epic War

A Mahabharata Kamasan painting depicts scenes from the Mahabharata, the 18-book Sanskrit epic about a war between two royal families, painted in Kamasan style: flat wayang-shaped figures, natural pigments, and…

Bhoma Bali: The Guardian Face Carved Above Every Temple Gate

Bhoma Bali: The Guardian Face Carved Above Every Temple Gate

Bhoma Bali temple gates almost always carry the same fierce carved face above the lintel: bulging eyes, bared fangs, and a mouth caught mid-roar. That face has a name. Bhoma…

Kelingking Beach: The T-Rex Cliff of Nusa Penida in an Original Painting

Kelingking Beach: The T-Rex Cliff of Nusa Penida in an Original Painting

Kelingking Beach is the cliff-top viewpoint on Nusa Penida, an island off Bali’s southeast coast, known for a limestone headland whose silhouette is widely compared to a dinosaur’s head and…

Baris Dance: Bali’s Solo Warrior Performance

Baris Dance: Bali’s Solo Warrior Performance

Baris dance is Bali’s warrior dance tradition, performed either as a sacred group ritual called Baris Gede, honoring temple deities at ceremonies like Odalan, or as a solo showcase called…

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