Calendar of Events to be Held in Bali in 2020


If you already have an agenda for a vacation to Bali in 2020 with your friends or family, I really have interesting information. Vacationing will be more fun when spent not just just relaxing but also learning the culture. Bali is known as Paradise Island or Island of Heaven not because of no reason. Its beautiful and well-preserved natural resource wealth is its main attraction.
I have input for you to visit the Bali event celebrations while on vacation in 2020. Visiting Bali event celebrations will add to the impression of your vacation being unforgettable and add to your cultural insights.

1. Galungan Festival in Karangasem, Bali (19 February – 22 February 2020)


This Galungan holiday is a celebration of the creation of the earth and all of its contents. The Balinese people highly respect and view the Galungan celebration as a very important celebration.

Various preparations were made with joyful local people. Hindus in Bali will go to the temples around their homes during the celebration of Galunggan. Dominated by white clothes, Balinese women will carry offerings on their heads. You will certainly find many find penjor decorations along the streets in Bali. Penjor is a towering pole that is equipped with mushrooms and decorations such as fruits, vegetables, rice, coconut, and so forth.

2. Bali Spirit Festival (24 Maret – 31 Maret 2020)

Bali Spirit Festival is an international celebration that offers yoga, dance and music experiences.

This event will give you insight into rejuvenation and inspiration by providing various yoga, meditation, healing, dance and music classes that take place in one week. You will also find workshops that focus on health, spirituality and self-development. Feel this event is very self-described or in accordance with what you need? Come along!

3. Ubud Food Festival (17 April – 19 April 2020)
For you culinary lovers, the Ubud Food Festival is a place to visit celebrating the Bali event which is perfect for you to visit. You will be served a variety of the best culinary choices that can spoil your tongue. Not only Balinese culinary that you will find in this festival but also other culinary archipelago that have tempting taste. You can add insight about the culinary world at this festival because there will be a panel discussion involving speakers such as cooks, national and international culinary industry players, even gastronomic experts.

Very exciting right? Not only your stomach is made full at this festival but you will also be made full by a variety of knowledge about the culinary world, the comestible industry, and the cultural stories behind the delicious delicacies that you will find there. You can also bring home unique crafts or cooking equipment at this festival that can be used as attractive souvenirs.

4. Bali Kite Festival (To Be Announced – Agustus 2020)


This festival usually takes place in the dry season when the wind is blowing hard enough so that the kite can fly well. This kite festival is an international festival held in the area of ​​Padang Galak Beach, Sanur, Bali. In addition to being a nostalgic venue for kites when it was small, this festival is also suitable to be one of the child-friendly tourism choices.

The place to celebrate this Bali event will amaze us with the diversity of kites that are displayed with various types of patterns, colors, and sizes. Bob really wants to go there! If you go there, don’t forget to invite!

5. Ubud Village Jazz (To Be Announced – Agustus 2020)
As the name implies, the Bali event celebration venue called Ubud Village Festival is held in the Ubud area. The combination of beautiful Ubud Bali background and jazz music that plays beautifully no longer need you to doubt. After the Ubud Food Festival which shows its strengths in the culinary field, Ubud offers an experience to enjoy music that is not less exciting.

This festival presents a variety of top-flight jazz musicians in the country and international musicians to spoil your ears. Bali is able to show that the diversity of art and culture can be well received here. Not only traditional music events, international music events with contemporary music nuances can be an attraction for tourists to explore diverse music experiences at this festival.

There are so many choices of Bali event celebrations that you can visit in 2020. Confused choose one and want to visit more than one? It makes sense if you think so. Bali is indeed unbeatable in terms of its interesting festivals and events.

Don’t forget to plan your financial management properly to be able to visit various event celebrations in Bali.

Bali Memories Spectacular Art Exhibition

 

The second edition of the annual contemporary art exhibition Art Bali was officially opened on Saturday (12/10) at ITDC Nusa Dua, Badung, Bali. With the headline Spectulative Memories, this exhibition which presented selected works from 32 Indonesian and foreign artists was held for 3 months, works from 13 October 2019 to 13 January 2020.

This time the Bali Art exhibition presents visual art works in various medium presentations such as paintings, installations, and works with new art media. The total works are 49, consisting of 25 two-dimensional works and 5 three-dimensional works and 19 works are installation / multimedia / video / and other media.

One of the works belongs to artist I Wayan Sujana ‘Suklu’ who responds to the theme of the exhibition by exploring his personal memory of an agrarian cultural memory. He uses bamboo as a medium of expression.

 

Art Bali is designed as one of the large-scale and international-level art exhibitions in Indonesia with the aim of developing and developing the arts and culture ecosystem in Bali in particular. Art Bali is also intended to inspire and foster public appreciation for the development of artistic works by artists and increase public interest in always visiting art events including contemporary art. Aside from being a public education, Art Bali is intended to help encourage Bali tourism. Therefore, this exhibition was held for three months.

 

The works in this exhibition gave birth to his own event. He has shaped many realities with various possible transitions. The memory of time has a perspective that is not merely expressed by a large force but displays small pieces that have not had time to be excavated or have not even been found. We always need new efforts to understand the reality that occurs today in order to realize and celebrate humanity. memory can be translated as memory, and this memory appears neurotic. However, these days memory has shifted, especially because of technology, memory is no longer determined by what can be remembered but what is in the cloud. Nilu emphasized that technology is a new extension of human memory today.

 

Tickets :
Foreigners IDR 150 thousand 
Indonesian citizens IDR 100 thousand

 

Record The Date – The Festival Takes Place During August

Record the date Traveller

kite festival

The Island of the Gods not only presents hotels or Instagenic cafes that continue to attract tourists to come. There are many exciting events that are held throughout the year.  Besides tourism, the Bali government often makes annual festivals to attract tourists to visit. Not only to attract tourists but also preserve local culture and customs.

Bali’s annual festival is now one of the attractions and must be looked forward to for those of you who want to experience a different way of vacation. Bali has long been hosting local and international festivals, so it’s a shame if you miss it.

So, for the Friends Traveler vacation to be more memorable, this is an event in Bali in August 2019 that is interesting to visit. Note the date, traveller.

1. Mertasari Kite Festival (13 August 2019)

Mertasari kite festival

Mertasari Kite Festival which will be held on August 13, 2019. The location is at Mertasari Beach, Sanur Kauh Village, Denpasar District. The event starts at 07:00 until 18:00 WITA. The event was that visitors were served hundreds of beautiful kites in the air. Bali Kite Festival is an annual moment in Bali which is usually much awaited by tourists. The festival began in 1979 with many participants from the International Kite Flying Club. During the festival, thousands of participants and kite lovers will flood the arena and bring kites of various styles, colors, and sizes.

2. Kuta Sea Seand & Land Fest ( 15-19 August 2019 )

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Kuta Sea Sand & Land Fest is held on 15-19 August 2019 at Kuta Beach. The event will be filled with cultural parade treats. The paradigm starts from in front of the main Garuda beach. In the afternoon, visitors will be treated to the exotic sunset of Kuta Beach which is accompanied by beautiful traditional music.

3 . Ubud Village 

Ubud village jazz festival

On August 16-17 the Ubud Village Jazz Festival will be held, which will feature a jazz concert. This event will be held in Ubud Village and will be attended by no less than 30 famous musicians. Starting from Indra Lesmana until Nancy Pontoh will be the filler. Now don’t miss the date especially for those who love  jazz if you miss this moment.

 

 

 

 

4. Tanah Lot Arts Festival ( 18-20 August 2019 )

The annual Tanah Lot Arts Festival will be officially opened with the performance of Rejang Sandat Ratu Segara Dance by 1800 dancers. Rejang Sandat Ratu Segara is a Balinese sacred dance dedicated to Mother Earth. The previous year, the opening ceremony had set MURI’s world record as the largest number of dancers in the world.

Tanah Lot Arts Festival 2019 itself is a cultural festival from Tabanan Regency. The festival takes place in Tanah Lot, a famous and very large temple complex on the waterfront. Tanah Lot is also one of the most visited tourist destinations in Bali. The main objective is to increase tourist visits to Tabanan Regency. For the event, it is filled with performances of dance, culture, and culinary. There are also coffee festivals and exhibits from Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Watch how magical it is!

5 . Sanur Village Festival (21-25 August 2019)

This August, a stretch of white sand called Sanur Beach in South Bali will launch the 14th Sanur Village Festival which presents a variety of exciting festivals that will take place from August 21-25, 2019.

As always, the Sanur Village Festival 2019 promises lots of fun, delicious food and lots of fun and fun for everyone. Among the exciting events you can look forward to this year are: Fiesta Culinary where various vendors selling street food to 5 star hotels and restaurants will present a delicious food bazaar; Traditional arts and cultural performances from all over the island and other parts of the archipelago will also include a colossal ballet or traditional Balinese ballet.

A contemporary art party that includes body painting, on-site paintings, art and photography exhibitions, fruit carvings, and more; Exciting Games and Sports Tourism Competitions that will include marathon, futsal, tennis, golf, surfing, windsurfing, fishing, traditional boats and more; and don’t forget, an international kite festival featuring traditional kites from Bali and other parts of Indonesia and international participants.

The festival will also highlight environmental actions such as planting coral, releasing baby turtles to the sea, cleaning beaches, planting mangroves, and other environmental awareness education activities in addition to green living campaigns involving local residents and tourists.

6 . Tirta Gangga Festival ( 24-26 August 2019 )

There is also the Tirta Gangga festival held on 24-26 August 2019. The main objective of this one event is to promote the tourist sites of the Tirta Gangga Park which is known as one of the famous detonations in Karangasem Regency. Karangasem is not too well known, especially by domestic tourists. the festival is expected to introduce Karangasem as a tourist destination, especially for domestic tourists.

For those of you who are planning to travel to Bali this August, don’t miss the events above. Have a nice trip and your Instagram feeds will be more diverse.

There is also the Tirta Gangga festival held on 24-26 August 2019. The main purpose of this one event is to promote the Tirta Gangga Park tourist attraction which has been known as one of the famous detonations in Karangasem Regency. Karangasem is not very well known, especially by domestic tourists. the festival is expected to introduce Karangasem as a tourist destination, especially for domestic tourists.

For those of you who are planning to travel to Bali this August, don’t miss the events above. Have a nice trip and your Instagram feeds will be more diverse.

 

Jeruk Bali – Balinese Sweet Bitter Fruit

The Amazing Taste of Balinese Pomelo

The General of Jeruk Bali

Jeruk Bali or known as Pomelo (Citrus Maxima) is a type of grapefruit that has a larger size than usual grapefruits. The Jeruk Bali is shrub with  height of 5-15 meters. It has woody stems, upright, round, branched and brownish green. The type of leaf is single leaf with pinnate leaf bone. It has green leaves, oval or elliptical, tapered, flat edge and rounded base. 5-20 cm leaf length, leaf width 2-12 cm. Single flower and tubular, is in the armpit leaves. The Calyx is cup-shaped, yellowish-white or yellowish-green and the stamens  are cylindrical and white. The pistil is cylindrical and light green. The Corolla is white or yellowish white. The roots shape is a taproot and yellowish-white. The size of this unique fruit varies from 15 to 25 centimeters in diameter and usually weighs up to 1 to 2 kilograms. Continue reading “Jeruk Bali – Balinese Sweet Bitter Fruit”

News! Some Extra Flight from Ngurah Rai Airport for Eid 2016

Hello from Bali traveler! Hope you have a wonderful day. Today I would like to inform to you all travelers the good news from Indonesia. Before that we know many tourists come to Indonesia and not also the high classes of tourist come to Bali, there are also much of backpacker tourist come to Indonesia, except the tourist the local people also use the air transportation. Here is today I would like to inform you to the news for travelers who use the transportation like plane to going to the tourist destination in Indonesia. Well here is the good information for you traveler to get wonderful vacation in Indonesia.

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Pesona Budaya Mertasari |The Festival to Visit This August

Hello from Bali traveler! Hope you hope a wonderful day! If talking about Bali is the island of many beautiful scenery nature and culture tradition. Well, for the nature Bali is the best in the world. Mostly Balinese village has their uniqueness. One of the favorite villages in Bali is Sanur. Sanur is the beautiful village in Bali. Sanur has known by the tourists by the amazing, fantastic sunrise on the beach at morning.

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