Seraya Culture Festival to run from 5–7 November in Karangasem
Seraya Culture Festival will run from 5–7 November 2026 in Karangasem, with Gebug Ende performances scheduled daily alongside cultural, recreational a…
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Pagerwesi to be observed across Bali on 4 November 2026
Pagerwesi will be observed across Bali on 4 November 2026, concluding a five-day Hindu religious sequence, with celebrations on a Galungan-like scale…
Balinese calendar marks some rituals and construction unsuitable on 1 November
Traditional Balinese calendar guidance for 1 November 2026 marks weddings, cremation rites and some construction activities as unsuitable under severa…
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…
Gianyar holds consecration ceremonies at new government centre
Gianyar’s regency government held the main Hindu consecration ceremonies at its new administrative complex on 19 October 2026, with further procession…
Free mass Hindu ritual in Klungkung draws hundreds
Klungkung’s government and PHDI held free mass Hindu rituals on 10 October 2026, with hundreds attending and a plan to take a similar programme to Nus…
Galungan and Kuningan in Bali: dates, meaning and ceremonial context
Galungan and Kuningan follow Bali’s Hindu calendar, so their Gregorian dates change. Here is what the 2026 dates show and how the linked observances f…
Bali government schedules Tumpek Wayang ceremony at Sukawati temple
Bali’s provincial government will hold a joint Hindu prayer ceremony for Tumpek Wayang at Pura Kahyangan Jagat Er Jeruk in Sukawati on 10 October 2026…
Songan procession travels to temples in Klungkung and Karangasem
Desa Adat Songan began the Nyegara Gunung procession on 7 October, travelling from Pura Hulundanu Batur to temples in Klungkung and Karangasem before…
Songan holds closing stage of decade-long temple ceremony
Songan held the closing stage of its once-every-10-years temple ceremony on October 6, with a 10,000-person procession to Watu Klotok and Besakih sche…
Denpasar mass tooth-filing ceremony draws 157 participants
A mass Balinese Hindu tooth-filing ceremony in Denpasar drew 157 participants, including two Dutch nationals, as part of a wider collective religious…
Bali governor hands St. Regis CSR grants to arts and customary groups
Bali Governor Wayan Koster handed over St. Regis corporate social responsibility grants on October 1 to arts groups, customary organisations and templ…
Bangli’s 10-year Tawur Agung ritual reaches scheduled peak
The 10-year Tawur Agung Manca Wali Krama ritual at Pura Hulundanu Batur reached its scheduled peak on 26 September, with closing rites planned for 6 O…
Bali sets April 2027 deadline for Balinese script on signs
Bali Governor Wayan Koster has set the end of April 2027 as the deadline for businesses, offices, tourism facilities and public facilities to add Bali…
What are Bali’s desa adat and how do customary villages work?
Bali’s desa adat are customary institutions distinct from government villages, with a documented role in organising communal religious and cultural li…
