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Spot great flocks of large, white herons (known locally as kokokan) sailing the sky and roosting for the night in a cluster of tall palm and bunut trees, before flying off north in the early morning light. The locals consider these egrets sacred, and it is forbidden to disturb their roost during the night. The herons made their first sudden app...
This unique thanksgiving ceremony, carried out annually to insure an abundant rice harvest, is held in Kapal Village, Badung Regency and takes place during the kerta masa (harvest season) for the Mengwi region that generally occurs every Sasih Kapat, or fourth month in the Balinese calendar (usually around September or October). Known by locals as ...
Located at the bottom of an immense canyon in the village of Tampak Siring, Tirta Empul is a temple considered to be a place for healing and purification through its many lake-fed springs, flowing with what is regarded to be holy water. Built in 962 AD, the main attraction of the compound is a long rectangular stone pool, filled with koi fish and f...
Pura Tirta Empul was built in 962 A.D. during the Warmadewa dynasty. Situated in Tampak Siring in a valley between two hills with two large springs, the water that emanates from this holy water temple is considered the most holy in the island. The temple consists of three courtyards and two rectangular spring-fed bathing pools, which are used...
Near the coastal towns of Candidasa and Amed and surrounded by kilometers of verdant rice terraces is the village of Tirta Gangga, the site of the famous water palace, a maze of pools and fountains surrounded by a lush garden and stone carvings and statues. Built in 1948 by Gusti Gede Djelantik the last raja of the Karangasem, this site of reverenc...
