{"id":420,"date":"2009-06-30T18:39:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T10:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/?p=420"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:19:38","slug":"bali-arts-festival-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/bali-arts-festival-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"BALI ARTS FESTIVAL 13 June &#8211; 11 July 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dcbf41adbfce20b42ced934b3586d115\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- RB_Square_Right_Top_Post -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5499563635738934\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7970629133\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"tuyul-bali\" alt=\"Shaolin Kids\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/tuyul-bali-150x150.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bart and I really love to go to a big cultural or sports event as an photography occasion for him, and as a cultural experience for me. Bali is not only about hang out with friends and icy cold beers (although it&#8217;s also very nice!), sun bathing on the <a title=\"5 Favorite Bali Beaches\" href=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/my-5-favorite-beaches-in-bali\/\" target=\"_blank\">white sand beach<\/a>. Ceremony such as &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ngaben\">Ngaben<\/a>&#8216; (Balinese cremation) is very often one of the main tourist attraction, specially when a royal family died, it must be HUGE!.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But one special thing about watching the parade of <em>Pesta Kesenian Bali <\/em>or <strong>Bali Arts Festival<\/strong> Opening is you got to witness the BEAUTY of Balinese dance, costume and musical performance&#8230;from all the regency of the island. It&#8217;s soo.. gorgeously colorful! and I never stop wowwing everytime I see this dance group performing. Balinese people are surely one of the biggest ethnic group in Indonesia who still pride themselves preserving their traditional culture, ie. dance, music, costume, food.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->My first Bali Arts Festival parade was in 2003, it was at Renon Park in Denpasar, the opening ceremony is always inaugurated by our President ( and I got to wave to my President! \ud83d\ude00 ).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"PKB Parade 2003\" alt=\"Bali Arts Festival Parade 2003 !\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/PKB-Parade-20031.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bali Arts Festival Parade 2003 !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I used to be a balinese dancer for 6 years when I was a little kid, my mom put me into this dance course in Bandung, so I understand the rhythm of Balinese Gamelan-the traditional instrument, I know the moves, and this wowwing just never stop as each regency of Bali displays their performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-548\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-548\" title=\"Sandal jepit biru team\" alt=\"Sandal jepit biru team\/ Blue flip flop team :)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Sandal-jepit-biru-team2.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Sandal-jepit-biru-team2.JPG 400w, https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Sandal-jepit-biru-team2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandal jepit biru team\/ Blue flip flop team \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, of 2009, they changed the venue for the Opening Ceremony Puputan Park,Denpasar which I think a little bit too small and hectic to have a big parade with thousand of spectators on that day. Anyway, I had some troubles choosing the best pictures Bart took, because each photo has its own story and they&#8217;re just all beautiful and colorful!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-533\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-533\" title=\"Pengantin Bali\" alt=\"Balinese wedding couple parade\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Pengantin-Bali1.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Pengantin-Bali1.JPG 400w, https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Pengantin-Bali1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balinese wedding couple parade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-536\" title=\"Balinese Gamelan-3\" alt=\"Balinese Gamelan troupe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Balinese-Gamelan-32.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Balinese-Gamelan-32.JPG 400w, https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Balinese-Gamelan-32-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balinese Gamelan troupe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-537\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-537\" title=\"Klenengan sapi besar\" alt=\"No! It's not a giant cow bell!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Klenengan-sapi-besar.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Klenengan-sapi-besar.JPG 400w, https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Klenengan-sapi-besar-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No! It&#8217;s not a giant cow bell!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-538\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-538\" title=\"Dance troupe from Gianyar\" alt=\"Comical (&amp; Silly) Dance Troupe from Gianyar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Dance-troupe-from-Gianyar.jpg\" width=\"269\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Dance-troupe-from-Gianyar.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Dance-troupe-from-Gianyar-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comical (&amp; Silly) Dance Troupe from Gianyar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-539\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-539\" title=\"The Crowd\" alt=\"The (normal) Crowd  &amp; The (crazy) Crowd on the tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/The-Crowd.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/The-Crowd.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/The-Crowd-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The (normal) Crowd &amp; The (crazy) Crowd on the tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Only this year, as well, I decided to see some cultural performance during this full month of event, at the <strong>Art Center <\/strong>in Denpasar, with my two new friends from Austin,Texas who are my blog readers &#8211; Read more about this interesting friendship on my next blog post <a title=\"Texas Guy adventure in Bali\" href=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/what-these-2-texas-guys-doing-in-bali-helpless-in-kuta\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> !<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"texas guy @BAF\" alt=\"2 Texas Guy @BAF\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/texas-guy-@BAF1.JPG\" width=\"271\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 Texas Guy @BAF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Francisco, Brian, Bart and me found this funny graffiti wall next to the car park lot at Art Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Taking out Einstein brain\" alt=\"Taking out Einstein brain !\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Taking-out-Einstein-brain.jpg\" width=\"271\" height=\"373\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking out Einstein brain !<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We were hoping to see real Bali cultural shows, too bad when we got there, it seemed to me more like a bazaar or day market. Food stalls with western food, where I was actually looking for a traditional balinese dish (pizza,pop corn,chicken nugget??? at a Bali cultural event!!??! hmm..), Spongebob, Dora Emon, Hello Kitty balloon vendor, a long hall of booths that only sell : silver,jewelry, shoes and <a title=\"Kebaya of Indonesia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kebaya\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kebaya<\/em><\/a>\/traditional costume-more like a boutique to me. Hmmm&#8230;I think they&#8217;re still struggling from bringing this event into a cultural and traditional show case to the world as it is more like commercial trade show with &#8216;Art Festival&#8217; make up in the label.. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"pasar BAF\" alt=\"pasar BAF\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pasar-BAF.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-545\" title=\"Candy n drinks vendor\" alt=\"Candy n drinks vendor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Candy-n-drinks-vendor1.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Candy-n-drinks-vendor1.JPG 400w, https:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Candy-n-drinks-vendor1-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But I&#8217;m glad that we saw this one show called <strong>Mask Dance &#8211; Drama Parade<\/strong>, although we didn&#8217;t see the whole show, as the sunset on 66 beach were waiting for us \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-546\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mask Dance\" alt=\"Mask Dance Drama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Mask-Dance.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"369\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mask Dance Drama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!--CusAds--><p>Anyway, I will keep coming to Bali Arts Festival, and will invite you to come specially on the opening ceremony day.And hey!you can still come now, click <a title=\"Bali Arts Festival schedule\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baliartsfestival.com\/#schedule\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to view the schedule.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Related posts :<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<a title=\"Texas Guy adventure in Bali\" href=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/what-these-2-texas-guys-doing-in-bali-helpless-in-kuta\/\" target=\"_blank\"> What these 2 Texas guy doing in Bali?<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a title=\"Enjoy Bali not as a tourist!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/5-tips-to-enjoy-bali-not-as-a-tourist\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Tips to enjoy Bali not as a tourist<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a title=\"Nyepi Day\" href=\"http:\/\/www.risanto.com\/beeamazing\/nyepi-day-like-dislike\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nyepi day &#8211; Like &amp; Dislike<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bart and I really love to go to a big cultural or sports event as an photography occasion for him, and as a cultural experience for me. 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