BALI ISLAND - INDONESIA

Bali Travel and Traveling: travel guide, destinations, Beaches, tourist guide, Traveling, Restaurant and Hotel. Bali is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Bali, to many is the land of a thousand gods, a thousand temples and a thousand dances, Land of Bali Adventure. Some others see the island as perhaps the last frontier, waiting to be discovered, for its beauty, its culture, its way of life. Others arrive here and undergo an experience, one that will etch a life-long impact and draw them back to its shores, again and again. Bali is situated approximately on latitude 8o South and longitude 115o East, and together with the nearby island of Lombok, are the most westerly of the Little Sunda islands. They are part of the nearly 13.700 islands that make up the Republic of Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelag0. The island of Bali remains fiercely attractive to the visitor. They come here in search of character; their own perhaps! More significantly the journey to Bali should be undertaken to seek an understanding of a way of life that is truly unique. Bali is renowned for its diverse and sophisticated art forms, such as painting, sculpture, woodcarving, handcrafts, and performing arts. Balinese percussion orchestra music, known as gamelan, is highly developed and varied. Balinese performing arts often portray stories from Hindu epics such as the Ramayana but with heavy Balinese influence. Famous Balinese dances include pendet, legong, baris, topeng, barong, gong keybar, and kecak (the monkey dance). Bali boasts one of the most diverse and innovative performing arts cultures in the world, with paid performances at thousands of temple festivals, private ceremonies, or public shows.

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