Denpasar Teaches Residents to Care for Lontar Manuscripts
Denpasar’s Library and Archives Service taught residents to clean and maintain lontar manuscripts before Saraswati, while a student writing program pr…
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Denpasar Museum Hosts Mesatua Competition for 26 Students
Twenty-six Denpasar junior-high students competed in mesatua at Museum Bali on Oct. 22, 2026. The event used Balinese storytelling to connect students…
What Bali’s October 23 Calendar Means for Farming and Livestock
Bali’s traditional calendar marks Oct. 23, 2026, as favorable for beginning livestock keeping and opening new agricultural land, while discouraging so…
Denpasar Leads Bali Violence Cases Through October 2026
Bali recorded 3.276 reported cases of violence against women and children from 2020 through Oct. 19, 2026. Denpasar had the highest total, while child…
Nusa Penida artists perform Barong Ket at Klungkung arts programme
Artists from Nusa Penida performed a Pejukutan Barong Ket at Klungkung’s AKSIKU 2026 arts programme in Semarapura on 22 October, as part of an inter-d…
How Bali’s education system is measured: participation, schools and data
Bali’s education system is tracked through participation, school facilities and administrative data. Official 2025 and 2026 records show what each mea…
Denpasar Festival Draws 117 Participants for Balinese Culture Contests
The 2026 Adiwara Festival at Universitas Mahasaraswati in Denpasar drew 117 participants, including 28 contestants in a provincial temple-dress compet…
Gianyar Consecrates New Government Centre Before Opening
Gianyar Regency held Hindu purification rites at the Padmasana of its new government centre before the complex entered official use. The programme con…
Karangasem Closes Mount Agung Routes for Pujawali
Mount Agung’s summit routes in Karangasem will be closed for 16 days, from Oct. 21 through Nov. 5, 2026, during a Pujawali observance at Pura Pasar Ag…
Gekrafs Bali opens creative festival in Denpasar
Gekrafs Bali will stage a three-day heritage creative festival at Inna Bali Heritage in Denpasar from Oct. 22 to 24, featuring performances, exhibitio…
Badung refines Yadnya Museum collections in Mengwi
Badung is refining exhibitions at the Yadnya Museum in Mengwi, with plans to explain five categories of Balinese Hindu rites through ceremonial object…
What country is Bali in? The island is part of Indonesia
Bali is an island and an Indonesian province in Southeast Asia—not a country. Here is how its political status, location, capital and time zone fit to…
Buleleng Opens Kawisesan Exhibition Through Oct. 26
A Kawisesan exhibition at the Sunda Ketjil Museum presents ancestral Balinese knowledge from Gedong Kirtya lontar collections through Oct. 26, 2026.
Gianyar Hosts Bali Textile Road Show to Promote Traditional Craft
Dekranasda Bali held a Wastra Hitakara fashion road show at Balai Budaya Gianyar on Oct. 20, 2026, combining traditional textiles, local design and Ba…
Udayana Commander Welcomed With Tepung Tawar in Mangupura
Mayjen TNI Made Putra Widiastawa arrived in Bali on Oct. 20 and received a tepung tawar welcome at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, including a Balinese ud…