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The Spa
Pita Maha Resort and Spa proudly offers Pita Maha Private Villa Spa where you can relax your mind and rejuvenate your body. The healing session of Private Villa Spa gives a new definition to a complete health treatments, relaxation of mind and rejuvenation of body with its special menu based on ancient healing beauty [...]
Ngerebeg Ceremony
Hundreds of children, mostly of 3 to 15 years of age, gathered in the inner courtyard of Duwur Bingin Temple, in Tegalalang village on Wednesday (4/22/09). They dressed in traditional clothes some of them were bare-chested. They had painted their faces and bodies with colorful images and pattern and each of them carried a slender [...]
Balinese Religious Procession
If you happen to stay in Bali long enough or during the propitious days, you will likely to encounter a religious procession. Lines of Balinese, men and women, young and old, walk down the street with their Sunday-best cloth (mostly white, especially for men). The women carry offerings and paraphernalia of the ceremony, while the [...]
Naga Banda
To shed a better light on Naga Banda, here is a short story on the origin of Naga banda and why it is used in a royal cremation.
King Waturenggong, the king of Bali, held a grand ceremony in the capital city of his kingdom, Gelgel. One of the requirements of the ceremony is that a [...]
One day before cremation (Pelebon) of Tjokorda Gde Agung Suyasa
Tens of thousands of locals and tourists are expected to flock to the tiny resort village of Ubud, Bali, on Tuesday to witness the Palebon (cremation ceremony) of three members of the Ubud royal family.
Among the royals to be cremated is Tjokorda Gde Agung Suyasa, who formerly headed the Ubud royal family and was Bendesa [...]


