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Also known as Don Antonio Blanco Museum, this exuberant edifice was home to prolific Catalan artist Antonio Blanco. Hailing from Spain, the eccentric artist made his journey to Bali via the Philippines and found an artistic niche for himself on the Island of the Gods. Specializing in erotic art and illustrated poetry, Blanco is sometimes compared...
During the 1930’s there was an up swell of religious conversions in West Bali led by Chinese and Dutch missionaries representing both Catholic and Protestant faiths. Because of rising religious tension between Hindus and Christians in the villages, the Dutch relocated the Balinese Protestants to the highland village of Blimbingsari wh...
Located in the hilly village of Tegeha is Brahma Vihara Arama, Bali’s largest Buddhist temple that was established in 1970. The grounds feature meditation rooms, libraries, beautiful gardens and a miniature replica of Jogjakarta’s Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist archaeological site, on the most elevated level of the temp...
Standing grandly on a slope situated in between a clove plantation and lush rainforest in the village of Manggissari, Medewi is a massive bunut tree that the Balinese hold sacred (as with many large trees) as possessing a soul and as a place of refuge for denizens of the unseen world. The buntut is a type of giant fig tree related to the mo...
North of the main street in Ubud, you’ll find the Chapel of Mother Goddess Rajarajeshwari Tripurasundari, a modern center of worship dedicated to the feminine facet of the divine. This beautiful interfaith chapel was established to honor the mother goddesses in history, such as Kuan Shih Yin, Mary Magdalene, Lakshmi, Durga, Kali, Saraswati,...