An Ogoh-ogoh Review
It’s time for the annual ogoh-ogoh review. For the last decade (at least) Ubud puts on quite the show – the annual ogoh-ogoh parade. Rio …
It’s time for the annual ogoh-ogoh review. For the last decade (at least) Ubud puts on quite the show – the annual ogoh-ogoh parade. Rio …
The arching bamboos poles, ornately decorated, that transform the streets of the island are back. It’s the Galungan and Kuningan season again. penjor are as …
Magic, depravity, spiritual ambition, sensuality, and love ― The Painted Alphabet binds mythic and modern time together in a rich, slyly suggestive novel based on …
There are plenty of holy days in Bali, and they are really more busy days than holidays. words and photos Rio Helmi The modern …
So what is the view that the “average person” sees in this maelstrom of building and economic boom going on in Bali these days? The …
by Ibu Kat The River People are getting annoyed. Their domain is the deep ravines that slash Bali’s topography from north to south. These …
By Shelley Kenigsberg Within moments of meeting Sofie Laguna and talking about story, books and writing, I was struck by her deep understanding of and …
Her TED talk has been watched by more than a million people, and now her new autobiography, ‘The Girl With Seven Names’, is introducing people …
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. …
Every 210 days the Balinese religious holidays of Galungan and Kuningan recur, pegged to the ‘pawukon’ calendar. There has been a lot of conjecture which …