Bali to Go Completely Quiet on Nyepi Day, March 16, 2010.

In case you’ve forgotten, Tuesday, March 16, 2010 is Bali’s official day of silence – Hari Nyepi.

Marking the dawn of a new year on the Bali-Hindu calendar, the observance of Nyepi mandates that island residents must spend the 24 hours from sunrise on March 16th until sunrise on March 17th refraining from:

• Lighting any fires.

• Performing any work.

• Enjoying any amusements or personal indulgences.

• Making any noise.

• Venturing outside their darkened homes. …click here to read more

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Embracing Nature’s Poem. A Bali Exhibition by Nyoman Sujana Kenyem at the Four Season’s Ganesha Gallery March 4 – April 5m 2010.

Born in Ubud, Nyoman Sujana Kenyem, belongs to a small circle of contemporary artists whose work, while modern in spirit and execution, still retains the lyricism of traditional art.

Notably he is one of the most prominent members of a new generation of artists who chose to study in the late 1990s in the newly established Bali Indonesian art academy (STSI) rather than Yogyakarta or Bandung, home of the nation’s most famous art academies.

Since his appearance on the art’s scene in the 1990s, Kenyem has won national and international praise for the poetic beauty of his canvasses. The subject of each of his images, mirrored in titles like ‘Touch,” ‘Smile,’ and ‘Nostalgia’ – each a highly personal visualization of feelings and emotions. Swirling leaves, flowers, tiny human figures and luminous celestial bodies flow with grace and beauty like the reflection of the moon in running water. …click here to read more

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It will not come a surprise to anyone who has travelled through Bali’s Ngurah Rai airport that Travel and Leisure magazine has named it one of the “12 Ugliest Airports in the World”.

The magazine’s Karrie Jacobs contends that Bali’s air gateway has “gone out of (its) way to acquire the uncanny placelessness that typifies the modern airport”.

And according to Bali Update (www.balidiscovery.com) Bisnis Bali reports that despite a total of 26 visa-on-arrival counters at Ngurah Rai International Airport, delays of as much as two hours are being encountered by those landing during peak traffic hours. …click here to read more

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