Circle K Next Door
by Diana Darling “Good morning, this is the Ubud Royal Public Works Customer Service Desk, how may I help you?” “I’d like to have a …
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Breaking the Silence – Five Decades Later
by Catriona Mitchell Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, Roger Paget has been studying Bali for six decades and lecturing around the archipelago for fifty years. …
Living on the Street, Disguised as a Man: How Nila Started From Zero
by Catriona Mitchell Nowadays Nila is the owner of the well-known restaurant and farm, Sari Organik, located in the rice-fields of Ubud. But she’s a …
Penjor – What They’re Telling Us
by Diana Darling It’s amazing what you can learn at the Amandari. In one of their in-house publications, we read this (excerpt) about penjor, the …
Ubud Village Jazz Festival is coming to town!
It’s official! On 9 & 10th August, the first Ubud Village Jazz Festival will be held at ARMA. 22 international and Indonesian jazz bands are …
Barong Season
by Diana Darling “I hit a barong driving home from the supermarket.” “Oh my …
Rare Gamelan and Dance, with Mekar Bhuana
by Catriona Mitchell Ethno-musicologist Vaughan Hatch has been studying and documenting classical and archaic Balinese gamelan intensively since 1997, and is showing no signs …