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NO SARONG, NO SASH, NO ENTER.

Most Balinese are not usually offended or surprised by a Westerner's ignorance of Balinese customs and beliefs. When entering a temple or witnessing a religious ceremony, you should wear the customary sarong and selendang (sash) over appropriate clothing. In a temple it is considered rude to walk directly in front of people praying. According to an ancient law still strictly adhered to today, a person with a bleeding cut or a menstruating woman is not allowed to enter a temple because blood on holy soil is taboo.

Indonesians consider the left hand to be unclean because it is the hand used in the bathroom. Always use your right hand to give or receive something.
In Bali the head is considered sacred, the feet unclean.

Before you enter someone's house, it is customary to take of your shoes. It is also polite to always sit a bit lower down then your host.

Finally, making the okay sign with your fingers does not mean OK in Bali, it is a sexual gesture. Pointing at someone with your index finger is rude as well, they point with their thumbs, with the palmsturned upward and fingers curled in. The Balinese are forgiving and polite people who generally respond with a "Tidak apa-apa" or in Balinese "Cheng ken- ken".



	The north coast is tame in comparison, with black sand beaches, the unassuming resort area of Lovina, and temples with some of Bali's most ornate carvings.
Time/weather Amsterdam	Our visit, end 2009.		Time/weather Denpasar - Bali
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Adirama Beach Hotel, >> Dutch owned.	It's hard to believe that the first tourist hub in Bali was in fact Singaraja: boats from Java began to bring travelers to the erea in the mid 1920s. Ten years later the first cluster of quest bungalows was built on empty Kuta Beach, and the southward exodus began. Today Singaraja is not a major stopping point for tourists, although any trip along the north coast willinevitable pass through the town since the majorr roads converge there. Through the second-largest city in Bali, Singaraja (Singa=Lion, Raja=King) is mostly interesting to visitors for the visible remnants of its colonial past. In contrast to the rest of the island, it's easy to see the Dutch influence in the city's tree-lined streets and colonial houses.Evidence of the Dutch presence is strong because Singaraja was the seat of Dutch power until less than 60 years ago. Today Singaraja is an educational center, with two universities and the world's only library of lontar leaf manuscripts.
The northern coast of Bali has a rich culture heritage, and a distinct regional style is evident in many places. With their wild temple carvings, northern Bali's temples are some of the best known on the island .
Every day a tour and a swim at Adirama, diner together and on the last night the Bali dance.


PURA DALEM JAGARAGA, temple of the dead. Told to us by priest: KT. Suradnya, S.D. No.1., Jagaraga, Kec.Sawan, Singaraja 81171. Priest KT. Suradnya. This is the place where the God Siwa and his wife Dewi Durga reside as destroyer of all the creatures in the world to reincarnate (Punarbawa: birth, life and death cycle). It's one of the temples which has a historica value, i.e.; devoted to "Perang Jagaraga". The war with the Dutch broke out on June 9, 1848 and led by Gusti Ketut Jelantik and Ira Jempiring. Prior to the Dutch invasion the village was called "Desa Sukapura" and had a Subak organisation called "Jagasari". Desa Sukapura had a temple of the dead surrounded by a pool, called "Segara Madu". Due to the war this pool was damaged and at the present day, the temple is surrounded by rice fields. The name Jagaraga was used at the time the people were preparing for war and the name means "Watch yourself out", because the Dutch where going to attack the village. The people of Jagaraga dug a deep trench and put some traditional traps, called "Poleng", which were deadly. They also built a fortress lying from the west to the east, called "Supit Urang", located at the village grave yard. By the war the temple was damaged and at the end of the war in 1849 the villagers renovated the temple and built a Pura Dalem in a different style of architecture from those of other villages from the point of the carving and the structure of the temple. The style is very unique and so are the carvings and statues. The 'House' has a specific meaning. On the wall at the front of the temple at the far left are scenes of bucolic Balinese life before the invasion: kite-flying, fishing and climbing coconut trees. The near left and right panels show the arrival of the Dutch in cars, bycicles and planes.			Pura Dalem Jagaraga. Carving in outer wall.
	The 'House" of spirit should have been built on the grave yard but perhaps to emergency of the war the house, Prajapati, was built in the Pura Dalem. A person who died will be carried to too in front of the temple before cremation. After cremation people believe the death comes back to the five elements and the spirit go's to the temple. The spirit comes to the temple first, before the good "karma" is going to heaven and the bad "karma" go's to hell. After reincardination the good spirit become people and the bad spirit become any animal. The living people have the duty to look after any animal at home, they take care of them till they die. <-- Dutchman in his T-ford.

	<--- A rest at Pura Maduwe Karang at Kubutambahan. This is the temple of the owner of the land. One of the most impressive temple in northern Bali. Air Panas Banjar, hotsprings. It's worth to make a trip to the Villige of Banjar to see the lush grounds and pale green pools of water. A strong sulfer smell floods your nostrils as you approach the tiered pools, witch are enjoyed by Balinese and foreign tourists alike.----->

Buddha Monastery at Banjar.		Peace and tranquillity at the Monastery -->
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		Left: A rest in Bangli. <-- Mothertemple Besakih. Once a year our family go's to their family temple at the Besakih complex, they belong to the "Dinasti Sri Kresna Kepakisan". Right: Longest bridge.


Visitors at the Risata pool.		Christmas diner.
For a photoalbum of this visit, see: piacasaweb.google.com/timsnl >> For more pictures of our Bali visits see albums at: timsnl.shutterfly.com >> Six photo albums of our Bali visits, from 2003 till 2006, 2008 and one of 2009.
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