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Another large traditional festival that kicks off at Kuningan is the Hyang Api Cockfight which is held in the public hall at the Pura Hyang Api in Kelusa Village, Payangan, Gianyar Regency. This ‘Super Bowl of Cockfighting’ is the largest ‘deity-protected’ cockfighting event on the island and includes thousands of gamblers a...
The first ‘Kuta Karnival - A Celebration of Life’ festival kicked off in 2003, the year following the first Bali bomb, created as a community recovery initiative to commemorate peace and create an international event that would represent the diversity of the Kuta area as well as Bali’s traditional arts. The success of the Kuta Kar...
Another one of the several sacred ceremonies held around the Kuningan holiday is Makotekan. It takes place only in Munggu Village, Mengwi and takes place from afternoon until night and is performed as a purification rite for the village that symbolizes the constant battle between good and evil. It begins with a procession of hundreds bearing sacred...
The next big step in the Balinese cycle of life is marriage which is regarded as the passage into full adulthood. Technically, there are three types of marriages practiced in Bali: Ngerorod, Memadik and Nyentana. The first and most common one is a sort of elopement in which the wife-to-be is ‘kidnapped’ by her su...
The next big step in the Balinese cycle of life is marriage which is regarded as the passage into full adulthood. Technically, there are three types of marriages practiced in Bali: Ngerorod, Memadik and Nyentana. The first and most common one is a sort of elopement in which the wife-to-be is ‘kidnapped’ by her sui...