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About Bali

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Welcome to Paradise Island or Island of gods..One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, Bali for few years awarded as the world best island by The International Travel Magazine. Life in Bali is always related to "Tri Hita Karana" or a tripartite concept that include the spiritual relationship betwe en human and God, and their environment. The Balinese population of 3.0 million (1.5% of Indonesia's population) live mostly on the island of Bali, making up 89% of the island's population. The Balinese people are one of the 250 ethnic groups in the Indonesian archipelago. Most of them (95%) are Hindus. Bali has tropical climate all year with two different seasons . Bali is very identical with its culture. Among them are certainly difficult to distinguish religion, culture and art. As all of them are integrated into a unity. However, Hindu Religion in Bali seems to be a stream for the development of culture and art in Bali. Both magical and mythical,...

Let's Speak Balinese

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Bali is one of Indonesian archipelago. Indonesia is an amazing country, 17,000 islands, 180 ethnic groups and many languages. Most people on Bali speak Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) but all the Balinese people also speak Bahasa Bali ( Balinese). These language are of course related but are different enough. Here are some words in Bahasa (language) Bali: Good - becik Bad - corah Friend - switra Husband - rabi Wife - istri Child - putra (boy), putri (girl) How are you? - kenken kabare What is that? - Napi punika? Here’s 1 to 10 1 - siki 2- kalih 3 - tiga 4 - pat 5 - lima 6 - enem 7 - pitu 8 - kutus 9 - sia 10 - dasa - Thank you so much = Matur suksma - I’m Fine = Tiang becik-becik kemanten. - How are you? = Apa kabar? = Punapi gatrane? or Kenken kabare? - Where is this? = Napi wastan gumine niki? - What is your name? = Sira pesengan ragane? - Please don't said like that = Sampunang ngeraos kenten! - Excuse Me, Can't I past here? = Dados ti...