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 …

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 …

          by Diana Darling           “I hit a barong driving home from the supermarket.”   “Oh my …

by Diana Darling A keris is a long, snaky knife forged by priestly smiths according to formulas that remain to this day magical. As an …

by Catriona Mitchell It’s Galungan! And outside it’s almost as quiet at Nyepi (Balinese New Year’s Day, when the whole island shuts down): not the …

On the eve of Nyepi, the start to the new Icaka year, the tradition is to “ngerupuk” alias to make a lot of noise and …