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Bali Trekking Tours
Po.Box.1006.Kintamani.Bali
Telp/fax : +62(366)51378
24 hrs : +62 (81)338459739
Email : booking@pinehbalitours.com
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Bali General Information
General Information about Bali Island,
find out Where is Bali Island? how's Bali weather, lands, bali
beaches, population, flora and fauna, people, culture and Bali
Island Travel formalities; visa, passport validity, customs,
etc. Get the answers here! |
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Bali Island - where religion
is the source of traditional customs in everyday life. A vibrant
culture, unique arts and ceremonies, a gentle and friendly people
and spectacular scenery make Bali Island one of the premier
travel destinations in the world.
Come to Bali Island to learn for yourself how beautiful Bali
is. It needs more pages to describe the wonders and magic of
Bali Island in words. Here is a glance info about Bali Island.
Bali Island, Where, Width and Population
Bali Island is one of the 17,000 Islands of Indonesia, located
between 8 and 9 degree south of the Equator.
It takes 3 hours flight from Singapore or 5 hours from Sydney
or 4 hours from Hong Kong and 8 hours from Tokyo, those closest
cities in the pacific. There are direct and some connects flights
from Europe, North and South America as well as Africa.
A very narrow strait, called the strait of Bali, joins the Indian
(Indonesia) ocean and the Java sea, separating Bali Island from
Java Island.
Bali Island’s total area is slightly more than 2000 square
miles. According to the latest census Bali Island’s population
is three million five hundred thousand people.
Bali Island Topography, rice fields,
mountains and beaches
Bali mountain range is from Batukaru in the west and Gunung
Agung in the East while in the center there are lakes which
divides Bali Island into two plains, the Northern and the Southern
plains.
The Northern plain is much narrower, hilly and dry so that there
is no much wet rice culture possible and yet the people here
like in the rest of Bali Island live from agriculture.
The mountain in some places comes right to the sea, the coast
is swampy in the West, alternately sandy and full of pebbles
in the center and rocky in the East. There are few beaches here
good for swimming as well as snorkeling and diving.
The Gunung Batur is very active volcano. In this century it
erupted in 1905, 1926 and 1963 when it kept erupting till 1974.
One of its many craters once in a while emits smoke.
The highest Volcano - Mt. Agung was quite for more that 150
years, but it was certainly not dead yet. It erupted suddenly
in 18 February 1965 when Bali Island was about to have a big
purification ceremony, called Eka Desa Rudra, which is to be
held every 100 years. The previous eruption must be 1811, because
this was mentioned in the book, the history of Java, written
by Raffles, when he was Governor General of Indonesia.
The center part of Bali Island are most fertile and in these
regions the tourists can see the most beautiful rice field terraces.
This part of Bali is, no wonder, called the rice belt of the
Island. The South part lies white sandy beaches where mostly
hotels are located such as : Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, Kuta, Legian
and Sanur area. To the Southeast of central Bali lies the arid
island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan which used for snorkeling,
beaching by most of Cruises company.
Bali Flora and Fauna
Bali Island is though to be the last island of Wallace line
that separates the flora and fauna of Mainland Asia and Australia,
but in Bali Island there are no kakatoe birds, but one finds
plenty of them in the islands East of Bali, e.g. in Sumba and
Flores. A very few are found in Nusa Penida. There are more
snakes and beautiful myna colored birds. The Australian flora
and fauna are supposed to begin in Lombok, the island just East
of Bali. In Nusa Penida one occasionally sees the white kakatoe
and the Horned bill; a bird with very large beak, too big in
proportion with the head, and the body.
Bali Religion
Most population of Bali Island (90%) are Hindu and the others
are Catholic, Protestant, Moslem and Buddhist. The Hinduism
in Bali mixed with local tradition and culture, thus almost
everyday you can find ceremony or festival.
The Balinese will be accompanied by rituals from birth to death.
The birth is celebrated through the "penyambutan"
ceremony, The three Month ceremony when the child is allowed
to touch the ground an given the name. Every six month celebrate
otonan (birth day), after the adulation they have 'tooth filling'
ceremony then wedding ceremony.
As we are Hindu we have also Cremation ceremony, if some one
died we will cremate the death body. Common people said that
through cremation the soul can go the Heaven.
Temples, houses and other building are celebrated every 210
days (6 month) as the anniversary ceremony. You can easily find
ceremony almost everyday. This is one of the main reason why
travelers come to bali. |
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