messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 Near Ubud, a rice paddy’s water reflects the light from the morning sun
messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 Many brilliantly colored nagas stand guard at temples in Bali, Indonesia
messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 Pura Ulun Danu Bratan on the shores of Lake Bratan in the mountains near Bedugal is a 17th century temple dedicated to the Balinese water, lake and river goddess Dewi Danu
messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 Elaborate decorations from a Ngaben, the ritual cremation ceremony performed in Bali. Twelve days after the rite, the ashes are carried to the sea and returned to the elements
messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 Mandala Suci Wenara Wana, the Ubud Monkey Forest, is filled with stone carvings of the Balinese long-tailed monkey
messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 Mount Batur is an active volcano at the center of two concentric calderas to the northwest of Mount Agung
messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 Pura Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali
messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 The Subak irrigation system has been in use for over 1,000 years. Ritual and spiritual traditions define the cycle of growing and harvesting rice in Bali
messageBannerOctober 25, 2020<October 25, 2020 Dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, the Borobudur Temple Compound was restored with UNESCO’s help in the 1970s and is on the World Heritage List