Bali Photo of the Day ~ Balinese Girls perform Traditional Dance

Om Swastiastu Samua!

Today's photographic treat from Bali features a troupe of beautiful young Balinese girls performing traditional dance in Jimbaron, Bali.

Beautiful young girls perform traditional Balinese dance in Jimbaron, BaliI appologize for the graininess of the image as I had to take it with my iPhone and it was fairly dark. Nevertheless, I had to share the expression on the adorable girl's face toward the back as she looked over to us.

This shot was taken while on our Bali Art and Culture Tour. We will be leading more traditional art and culture tours in the future and we will be staying at this increadible new Eco-Resort. Check them out. The facilities feature a state of the art spa, a huge open air yoga studio, and they serve organic healthy and delicious food that they grow in thier own organic permaculture garden. We can't wait!

Bali Photo of the Day ~ Tirta Empul and The Sacred Springs of Tempak Siring

Salamat Pagi Samua! (Good Morning Everyone)

Today we bring you a photograph from Tempak Siring Temple. Tempak Siring is home to the most holy natural spring in Bali called Pura Titra Empul. Pictured are a local group of Balinese Hindus giving offerings to the sacred springs. After the prayers are completed they will ceremoniously bathe in each of the spouts (except one that remains for the deceased).

Balinese Hindus take part in a ceremony at Tempak Siring Temple, the home of Pura Tirta Empul, the most sacred springs in Bali

Our recent Art and Culture Tour paid a visit to Tirta Empul for a very special private cleansing ceremony. It was very moving and brought several of us to tears. More on the ceremony and Tempak Siring coming soon in a blog post. More photos from Pura Tirta Empul and the sacred springs can be seen here.

Bali Photo of the Day ~ A Woman brings her Offering to Temple

Todays Bali Photo takes us to a small village in central Bali called Keliki.

Keliki Village is well known for its painting style which depicts Balinese village life in the 1930's. The works are full of small details and the works are often miniature. A detailed painting can take over a year to create and may contain thousands of people in everyday activities such as going to temple much like this woman is doing here. Other depictions may include cremation ceremonies, cockfights, preparing of offerings, dance performances, etc.

A Balinese village woman brings her offering to the local temple

Offerings for the Temple Odelon

This kind woman worked for a couple days with her family to create a beautiful offering that she is taking to the local temple for the annual Odelon Ceremony. A Temple's Odelon is the anniversary of the temple and occurs every 210 days as that is the lenght of the Balinese calendar.

Bali Photo of the Day ~ Bali Beach Ceremony

Today I have a nice shot from a recent Art and Culture Tour. After a long day of visiting temples, partaking in ceremonies and the like, our tour headed to Jimbaron Beach in South Bali for their famous seafood feasts as it was the last day of the tour. Typically we will head to Jimbaron for a farewell seafood dinner but this time there was a surprize for us. There were hundereds of people on the beach having a ceremony and a concert celebrating the recent environmental efforts of the local youth organization. There were floats, banners, flags and all sorts of celebratory accutemount. We got many fantastic photos and here is one...

A beach ceremony on Bali's Jimbaron BeachWe would love it if you could share this post with others.

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