Bali, 16th September 2020 – As plans go, it was pretty simple: get up early as usual and head up to look at the new …

In which photographer Rio Helmi sneaks away from worldly duties to get a glimpse of the massive procession on foot from Batukau high up in …

In my close to half a century of living in Bali I have never been to Buleleng for Pagerwesi. I’ve always heard (and parroted) people say …

by Eddie Dobbins. Photos by Suki Zoe   The theme for this year’s Ubud Writers & Readers Festival was ‘Sangkan Paraning Dumadi’, or ‘Origins’ – …

When I was born, this country was in its childhood. By the time I was a teenager, people still talked about Indonesia as being a …

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 …

The temple ceremony at Taman Pule in Mas falls every 210 days on Kuningan. The temple, classified as “Pura ring Jagat” – loosely translated as …

Most villages in Bali perform a Melasti (or also know as Mekiyis) ritual cleansing of their communities anywhere between 4 to 2 days before Nyepi, the day …

text and photos by Rio Helmi A couple of years ago today (on the Balinese calendar that is) I penned a blog post here about …

Just about everyone who spends more than a week in Bali will run into a major temple ceremony. Nearly all of these ceremonies are what …