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An animated crowd fills the streets. People are shouting, laughing, and smiling. Men carry bamboo platforms with towering towers and statues of animals on their shoulders. The statues spin and sway. A…

Every year in February and March, the island of Sumba hosts the Pasola Festival: an ancient ritual war game. Men in traditional costumes engage in battles on horseback to shed blood on the ground, whi…

Tumpek Landep, occurring every 210 days, holds a significant place in Balinese culture.

On this day, Balinese people bless the metal objects they use daily in their lives and work. However, the metaphorical significance of Tumpek Landep extends far beyond mere reverence for metal.

Learning acceptance here can take just a couple of weeks, experiencing long-held emotions in a single session, believing in the existence of spirits and guardian angels after a few initial moped rides…

«Bali beauty rituals have been forming over centuries and are based on traditional JAMU medicine. Knowledge about beauty, plants, and their impact on the human body has been passed down from generatio…

Melukat is one of the sacred rituals in Bali that uses water as a means to purify a person. The purpose of melukat is to cleanse the body, mind, and spirit, and to eliminate any negative influences.

A wedding is a significant event in Balinese society. It is one of the yadnya rituals designed to harmonize the material and spiritual worlds.

The wedding, or pawiwahan, becomes sacred because it involves the participation of three important witness forms: gods, beings from the underworld, and humans.