If you’re vacationing in bali I highly recommend that you go out of your way to experience a Temple Festival. A Traditional Balinese Temple Festival is something you won’t soon forget, and there’s a very good chance you’ll be the only foreigner in attendance… just make sure you wear your best temple-dress, or you probably won’t be allowed in. and for women make sure you are not in menstruation.
and here is a guide for you, the list of temple you can visit and the date. this list is only for January until march 2008.
For January
22 January 2008. (Full Moon or We call it Purnama)
At full moon, many balinese hindu will visiting the temple to pray. but not all temple have their temple festival. Pura dalem di Batur in Bangli, Pura Pasek di Besakih and Pura Dalem Suci Sidemen - Karangasem, will have a temple festival at this date.
23 January 2008. (Galungan day)
At this day, balinese will celebrate the galungan day. this is the best time to visit the temple. almost all temple in bali will full with prayer.
24 January 2008.
Watukaru Temple at Tabanan. Lempuyang Temple at Karangasem.
February
3 February 2008
Sakenan temple at serangan island denpasar
6 February 2008
Tanah lot Temple at tabanan
10 February 2008
Agung Pentilan Temple at Kesiman denpasar. You must visit this temple because at this day they have special caremony called ngrebong, when a group of the temple adherents being in trance, stab themselve with Keris, the traditional dagger to indicate that the series of rituals have been in process accordingly.
Ngerobong on youtube, see it at 10 february 2008, don’t miss it
27 February 2008
Silayukti Temple at Padang bay
March
21 March 2008
Besakih Temple, at this time there will be a “bhatara turun kabe” caremony, Batur temple at kintamani bangli.
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