Goodbye Daddy – The Life and Times of Nyoman Suradnya
Vale Nyoman Suradnya, a.k.a. Badung, larger than life, who had an even bigger heart and loved his hometown Ubud with every inch of it. The …
Posts tagged Ubud
A Matriarch of Bali’s Art World Passes – Gst Md Srimin
This piece by Wayan Juniartha previously appeared in the Jakarta Post before Gusti Made Srimin Suteja’s cremation. Nonetheless we found it to be still poignantly …
Remembering Carole Muller
by Diana Darling Older expats in Bali are mourning the passing of Carole Muller, who died in her sleep in Sydney at midnight 22 December …
URIP – AWAKENING PANDE I MADE DWI ARTHA
The goal of Yayasan TiTian Bali (YTB), a visionary foundation open January 2016, is to build a new eco system for Balinese art for the …
Pura Batur Sari’s Odalan: a Neighbor’s POV
Pura Batur Sari, on Jalan Suweta, Ubud had its latest Odalan this May. Long term resident and neighbour of the temple, Lyn Shwaiko lets us see …
What Keeps You on the Street…
Our intrepid art correspondent Richard Horstmann checks out the “WHAT’S NEXT” group exhibition in Ubud: In recent years the visibility of street art in Bali …
Ngaben Massal!
“Mass cremations or Ngaben Massal (or sometimes in Balinese referred to as ‘Ngerit’) have become a way of life in village Bali – it represents …
Why don’t they fix the traffic? (Ubud Backstage #3)
This is the third in Anthropologist Graeme MacRae’s series about Ubud. This time he looks at the special kind of Ubud jam that you can’t …
Interview: Putu Oka Sukanta
Putu Oka Sukanta, an important Indonesia literary figure slated to appear at this year’s Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, started his career writing poetry at 16. …
Int’vu: Tjok Raka Kerthyasa
Tjok Raka Kerthiyasa, member of the royal family of Ubud has served for years as the bendesa adat or head of the traditonal culture and …