Bali Web Hosting Ads

Please send your Web Hosting in comment...


Labels:

Bali Women's Lace Desire Underwire Minimizer Bra

Product Features
* Body: 68% Nylon, 32% Spandex. Cup: 63% Rayon, 21% Cotton, 16% Nylon
* Reduces bust projection up to 1 3/4 "
* Creates a slimmer silhouette
* Exquisite embroidery
* Imported

Product Description
Finally, a minimizer of such exceptional beauty it will fulfill her every desire. The exquisite embroidery adds visual dimension and opacity. This bra delivers superb shaping while reducing bust appearance up to 1 3/4" for a slimmer, sleeker, gorgeous look.

A pretty, lacy bra that reduces up to 1-3/4 inches for a slimmer silhouette, while providing superb support. Scalloped floral embroidery at cups and lace trim at adjustable straps. Rosette at center front. Double hook closure at back. bali bra Style 3373.


Labels:

Bali Behind The Scenes Lace Trim Camisole with Bra Inside

Product Features
* Fully integrated foam cup bra for shaping
* Inside bra will not show through
* Fully adjustable hidden straps
* Can be worn as inner or outerwear
* Lace trimmed on the neckline

Product Description
New from Bali. This Bali camisole has a full support bra inside and beautiful lace trim on the neckline. bali bra style 3377.


Labels:

Bali Women's Passion for Comfort Underwire Bra

Product Features
* cups, outer back and center belt: 76% nylon, 24% spandex; center belt lining and inner strap: 100% nylon; Outer strap lining: 100% polyester; Cup lining: 94% polyester, 6% spandex
* encased underwire adds comfort, soft embrace sides offer gentle support
* tagless , lightly cushioned straps
* Hand wash , hang to dry
* Imported

Product Description
This comfortable yet elegant bra will have you feeling beautiful. The silky smooth lining adds just the right level of modesty under your clothes without adding extra dimension.

Lightly cushioned shoulder straps help eliminate shoulder stress.
A new support system. This comfortable underwire offers complete support with a gentle wire and adjustable straps. Hook and eye closure at back. bali bra Style 3383.


Labels:

Bali Women's Satin Tracings Minimizer Underwire Bra 3562

Product Features
* Body: 73% Nylon, 27% Spandex. Cups: 100% Nylon
* Cushioned straps help to alleviate aching grooved shoulders
* Minimizes while creating an enhanced shape for a flattering silhouette
* Can reduce the bustline by up to 1¼ inches
* Imported

Product Description
America's favorite minimizer, our Satin Tracings bra is a modern classic. It combines contemporary styling with the comfort of stretch satin and cushioned shoulder straps for a great looking, great wearing bra, that can reduce the bustline by up to 1¼ inches.

Achieve the shape you desire. The Satin Tracings underwire minimizes as much as 1-3/4" without flattening the bust. Padded comfort straps prevent shoulder irritation and strain. Bali bra Style 3562.


Labels:

Bali Women's Satin Tracings Minimizer Underwire Bra 3562

Product Features
* Body: 73% Nylon, 27% Spandex. Cups: 100% Nylon
* Cushioned straps help to alleviate aching grooved shoulders
* Minimizes while creating an enhanced shape for a flattering silhouette
* Can reduce the bustline by up to 1¼ inches
* Imported

Product Description
America's favorite minimizer, our Satin Tracings bra is a modern classic. It combines contemporary styling with the comfort of stretch satin and cushioned shoulder straps for a great looking, great wearing bra, that can reduce the bustline by up to 1¼ inches.

Achieve the shape you desire. The Satin Tracings underwire minimizes as much as 1-3/4" without flattening the bust. Padded comfort straps prevent shoulder irritation and strain. Bali bra Style 3562.


Labels:

Bali Women's Double Support Wire-Free Bra 3820

Product Features
* Body: 91% Nylon, 9% Spandex. Cup: 88% Nylon, 12% Spandex
* Double layer seamless cups for shape and opacity
* Stretch straps on sizes 34-40B;34-42C; non-stretch straps on sizes 34-42D,DD
* Provides all day comfort
* Imported

Product Description
Double Support is the best-selling Bali bra and all time favorite of wire-free wearers everywhere. The incredible fit and the comfortable all-over stretch satin is the reason why. At the place where form meets function you'll find the simple beauty of Double Support.
Superior support and simple beauty all in one great bra designed for the fuller figure. Bali bra Style 3820.


Labels:

Bali Visualift Underwire Bra

Product Features
* Bali bra Style 3102

Product Description
Bali Style 3102. Shaped, underwire, contour cups. Stretch microfiber. Cups are lined to prevent show-through. Lifting panel for superb support and shaping. Pretty shimmering design on wings and side of cups. Lightly cushioned straps add comfort. Adjustable back straps. 3 column, 2 row hook and eye back closure.


Labels:

Bali Flower Bali Underwire Bra

Product Features
*80% Nylon 20% Spandex"

Product Description
The Flower Bali underwire bra offers Crepeset nylon cups for superb shape and lift. A distinctive floral design adds a feminine touch to the top of the cups and the seams provide added support and containment.

Customer Reviews
I found this bra several decades ago. It is excellent for the full figured and especially for those who need extra support. The band is about 4 or 5 inches wide and it has 5 hooks. The cups have no padding and are light weight. When the bra is held by the straps, the cups stand out - much like the new molded bras, but without the padding. It lifts and supports like no other bra I have ever worn. It is the most comfortable of the underwire bras that I have ever worn. It holds up well through machine washing an drying.

It holds its shape and the elastic in the band
remains good for a long time. The elastic band will relax some over time, so it is better to start out a little snug than a little loose.

I totally recommend this bra for anyone who needs support. If support is not an issue, there may be better options. For support, I have never found a better bra. The sizes run true. I, currently, have six of these bras, which I bought at the first of the year. Now at almost the end of the year, the shape and the elastic are still like new. I introduced my mom to this bra more than a decade ago and she loves it, too.


Labels:

Bali Bras Apparel Designed for Real Women's Bodies

Bali knows women's bodies! That's why you can rely on Bali bras and lingerie for full support and comfort.
Take our famous Flower Bali bra, for starters. This full-figure Bali bra is a top selling bra in department stores. Its shapely Crepeset® cups and cushion-tipped underwires support you in curvy comfort, with bra sizes up to 50DDD.

Seeking a Bali minimizer bra? Try Bali Satin Tracings Underwire Minimizer Bra. This Bali bra reduces your bustline by up to 1-1/4 inches. No wonder it's America's favorite minimizer bra.

Want sensuous curves that are all you...not you plus a lot of extra padding? Slip into our Bali Seductive Curves Satin Underwire.

Craving comfort? Our Bali Passion for Comfort bra pampers you all overŠfrom the Bali Silky Smooth Lining to the cushioned underwires and straps to the tag-free back.

Like the seamless bra look? Slip into our best-selling Double Support Bali Bra, offering allover seamless stretch for allover comfort. It's America's #1 Wire-free bra in department stores!

And don't forget: Bali dresses you from top to bottom...with beautiful Bali panties, lingerie, shapewear, and more. Like famous Bali Skamp panties (in both brief and high-cut panty styles). Or slimming Bali shapewear, such as our Body by Bali Light Control Brief.
You'll find a wide range of Bali bras, intimates, and lingerie right here at One Hanes Place, in virtually every size to fit both your body and your budget. Shop Bali today -- for bras and so much more!


Labels:

Bali Bra Revew (Bali 3820 Soft Cup Bra)

The Bali Double Support Bra has been one of the most popular softcup bras on the market for a long time. Bali introduces new style bras and discontinues many others every year, yet the 3820 has been made for many years, a strong indication of it’s popularity and of customer satisfaction. It’s noted for being very comfortable yet still very supportive. Fabric content for this bra is mostly nylon with some spandex. Features include no wires; unpadded, smooth cups; three to four row hook/eye fasteners with three adjustments; stretch fabric that moves with you, and wide shoulder straps.

The downside of this bra? There really is none. Nowadays a majority of women prefer underwire bras while this one is wire-free. A few women have cited durability issues. However, many times bras have shorter lives because they aren’t laundered properly. A laundry bag is a must, as is fastening the hooks to a set of eyes before putting in the bag. Then they should be lined dried, rather than thrown in the dryer.

There have been some rare issues of the plastic hardware (strap buckles and especially the loops) breaking. Many lingerie makers have switched from metal to plastic over the years as a cost-cutting move, even some high- end apparel makers. For the most part, it isn’t noticeable (the plastic is a little thicker, thus the strap may not lay as flat and it’s possible that the plastic buckle could be prone to more slippage) and there haven’t been any major durability issues. One bra maker actually did switch to plastic in one of their popular styles, then switched back to metal. Overall, this is a wonderful bra in the under $30.00 price range. The MSRP is $27.00 (we carry it for $16.99). There is also a cotton version, the Bali 3036.


Labels:

Bali Bras - The high quality bra

The Bali brand traces its beginning to 1927 when a flat silhouette was all the rage. Sara Stein, who worked for a bra manufacturing company, saw the opportunity to deliver a better garment - a product that would appeal to women, yet be functional in construction and fit. Using a small Singer sewing machine tucked in the corner of her small Brooklyn apartment, Sara started to sew a different type of brassiere. Her husband, Sam, a sales clerk with Weber and Heilbrunner, a well-known roaring twenties men's furnishings store, sold these to stores in the area. The name of the budding enterprise was Fay-Miss, a play on the word "famous". First year sales were $10,000- very impressive for a part-time venture in the late 1920's. In 1935 Fay-Miss acquired a new name: Bali Brassiere Company.

By 1940 Bali was hailed as a leader in innovations in the industry. Bali was the first to introduce the all cotton brassiere, the nylon cup brassiere and the bias cup brassiere.

Bali is known first and foremost for the quality of their bras. Their attention to fit and comfort continue to mark them as leaders in lingerie design. Bali believes that women shouldn't have to compromise on comfort, fit and performance to feel beautiful. That's why Bali bras are as beautiful as they are comfortable.

The Bali underwear collections include a wide range of full support bras: underwire, wire free, minimizer, stretch cotton and lace styles. With such an extensive and varied number of collection you are sure to find a bra that's right for you. Bali underwear looks fabulous every day and in every way. Bali bras and other Bali lingerie are a favorite among many discriminating women.


Labels:

Privacy Policy for all-bali.blogspot.com

Privacy Policy for all-bali.blogspot.com

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at blogaul@yahoo.com.

At all-bali.blogspot.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by all-bali.blogspot.com and how it is used.

Log Files
Like many other Web sites, all-bali.blogspot.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons
all-bali.blogspot.com does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

DoubleClick DART Cookie
.:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on all-bali.blogspot.com.
.:: Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to all-bali.blogspot.com and other sites on the Internet.
.:: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL - http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include ....
Google Adsense


These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on all-bali.blogspot.com send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

all-bali.blogspot.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. all-bali.blogspot.com's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Labels:

Ngaben - The ritual performed in Bali

Ngaben, or Cremation Ceremony, is the ritual performed in Bali to send the deceased to the next life. The body of the deceased will be placed as if sleeping, and the family will continue to treat the deceased as sleeping. No tears are shed, because the deceased is only temporarily not present and will reincarnate or find his final rest in Moksha (freeing from the reincarnation and death cycle).

The proper day of the ceremony is always a matter of consulting a specialist on ceremony days. On the day of the ceremony, the body of the deceased is placed inside a coffin. This coffin is placed inside a sarcophagus resembling a buffalo (Lembu) or in a temple structure (Wadah) made of paper and wood. The buffalo or temple structure will be carried to the cremation site in a procession. The procession is not walking in a straight line. This is to confuse bad spirits and keep them away from the deceased.

The climax of Ngaben is the burning of the whole structure, together with the body of the deceased. The fire is necessary to free the spirit from the body and enable reincarnation.

Ngaben is not always immediately performed. For higher caste members it is normal to perform the ritual within 3 days. For lower caste members the deceased are buried first and later, often in a group ceremony for the whole village, cremated.


Labels:

Culture & Religion

Balinese culture is perhaps most known for dance, drama and sculpture. The culture is noted for its use of the gamelan in music. The island is also known for its form of Wayang kulit or Shadow play/Shadow Puppet theatre. It also has several unique aspects related to their religions and traditions. Balinese culture is a mix of Balinese Hindu religion and Balinese custom.

The vast majority of the Balinese follow one religion - A Shivaite sect of Hinduism that is mixed with pre-Hindu mythologies. The Balinese from before the third wave of immigration, known as the Bali Aga, are mostly not followers of the Balinese Shivaite Hinduism, but their own animist traditions.


Labels:

Origins Bali

The origins of the Balinese came from three periods: The first waves of immigrants came from Java and Kalimantan in the prehistoric times of the proto-Malay stock; the second wave of Balinese came slowly over the years from Java during the Hindu period; the third and final period came from Java, between the 15th and 16th centuries, at the time of the conversion of Islam in Java, aristocrats fled to Bali from the Javanese Majapahit Empire to escape Islamic conversion, reshaping the Balinese culture into a syncretic form of classical Javanese culture with many Balinese elements. The Balinese people generally got a large proportion of their ancestry from there.


Labels:

Balinese people

The Balinese population of 3.0 million (1.5% of Indonesia's population) live mostly on the island of Bali, making up 89% of the island's population. There are also significant populations on the island of Lombok, and in the eastern-most regions of Java (eg. the Municipality of Banyuwangi).


Labels:

Culture of Bali

Bali is renowned for its diverse and sophisticated art forms, such as painting, sculpture, woodcarving, handcrafts, and performing arts. Balinese percussion orchestra music, known as gamelan, is highly developed and varied. Balinese dances portray stories from Hindu epics such as the Ramayana but with heavy Balinese influence. Famous Balinese dances include pendet, legong, baris, topeng, barong, and kecak (the monkey dance).

The Hindu New Year, Nyepi, is celebrated in the spring by a day of silence. On this day everyone stays at home and tourists are encouraged to remain in their hotels. On the preceding day large, colorful sculptures of ogoh-ogoh monsters are paraded and finally burned in the evening to drive away evil spirits. Other festivals throughout the year are specified by the Balinese pawukon calendrical system.

National education programs, mass media and tourism continue to change Balinese culture. Immigration from other parts of Indonesia, especially Java, is changing the ethnic composition of Bali's population.

The Balinese eat with their right hand, as the left is impure, a common belief throughout Indonesia. The Balinese do not hand or receive things with their left hand and would not wave at anyone with their left hand.

Labels:

Bali Language

Balinese and Bahasa Indonesia are the most widely spoken languages in Bali, and like most Indonesians, the vast majority of Balinese people are bilingual or trilingual. There are several indigenous Balinese languages, but most Balinese can also use the most widely spoken option: modern common Balinese. The usage of different Balinese languages was traditionally determined by the Balinese caste system and by clan membership, but this tradition is diminishing.

English is a common third language (and the primary foreign language) of many Balinese, owing to the requirements of the tourism industry.

Labels:

Religion in Bali

Unlike most of Muslim-majority Indonesia, about 93.18% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, formed as a combination of existing local beliefs and Hindu influences from mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. Minority religions include Islam (4.79%), Christianity (1.38%), and Buddhism (0.64%). These figures do not include immigrants from other parts of Indonesia.

Bali consists of about three million people, nearly all of whom practice the Balinese Hindu religion, a heterogeneous amalgam in which gods and demigods are worshipped together with Buddhist heroes, with the spirits of ancestors and with indigenous deities associated with agriculture and with places considered sacred. Religion as it is practiced in Bali is a composite belief system that embraces not only theology, philosophy, and mythology, but ancestor worship, animism and magic. It is supposed to pervade every aspect of traditional life.

Bali Hinduism, which has roots in Indian Hinduism and in Buddhism, adopted the animistic traditions of the indigenous people, which inhabited the island around the first millennium BCE. This influence strengthened the belief that the gods and goddesses are present in all things. Every element of nature, therefore, possesses its own power, which reflects the power of the gods. A rock, tree, dagger, or woven cloth is a potential home for spirits whose energy can be directed for good or evil. Balinese Hinduism is deeply interwoven with art and ritual, and is less closely preoccupied with scripture, law, and belief than Islam in Indonesia. Ritualizing states of self-control are a notable feature of religious expression among the people, who for this reason have become famous for their graceful and decorous behavior.

Labels:

Economy of Bali

Three decades ago, the Balinese economy was largely agriculture-based in terms of both output and employment. Tourism is now the largest single industry; and as a result, Bali is one of Indonesia’s wealthiest regions. The economy, however, has suffered significantly as a result of the terrorist bombings of 2002 and 2005.

Although in terms of output, tourism is the economy’s largest industry, agriculture is still the island’s biggest employer, most notably rice cultivation. Crops grown in smaller amounts include fruit, vegetables, Coffea arabica and other cash and subsistence crops. A significant number of Balinese are also fishermen. Bali is also famous for its artisans who produce batik and ikat cloth and clothing, wooden carvings, stone carvings and silverware.

The Arabica coffee production region is the highland region of Kintamani near Mount Batur. Generally, Balinese coffee is processed using the wet method. This results in a sweet, soft coffee with good consistency. Typical flavors include lemon and other citrus notes. Many coffee farmers in Kintamani are members of a traditional farming system called Subak Abian, which is based on the Hindu philosophy of "Tri Hita Karana”. According to this philosophy, the three causes of happiness are good relations with God, other people and the environment. The Subak Abian system is ideally suited to the production of fair trade and organic coffee production. Arabica coffee from Kintamani is the first product in Indonesia to request a Geographical Indication.

Although significant tourism exists in the north, centre and east of the island, the tourist industry is overwhelmingly focused in the south. The main tourist locations are the town of Kuta (with its beach), and its outer suburbs (which were once independent townships) of Legian and Seminyak, Sanur, Jimbaran, Ubud, and the newer development of Nusa Dua. The Ngurah Rai International Airport is located near Jimbaran, on the isthmus joining the southernmost part of the island to the main part of the island. Another increasingly important source of income for Bali is what is called "Congress Tourism" from the frequent international conferences held on the island, especially after the terrorist bombings of 2002; ostensibly to resurrect Bali's damaged tourism industry as well as its tarnished image.

Bali's tourism brand is Bali Shanti Shanti Shanti. Where Shanti derived from Sanskrit "Çantih" meaning peace.

Labels:

Geography of Bali

The island of Bali lies 3.2 km (2 mi) east of Java, and is approximately 8 degrees south of the equator. East to west, the island is approximately 153 km (95 mi) wide and is approximately 112 km (69 mi) north to south; it's land area is 5,632 km². The highest point is Mount Agung at 3,142 m (10,308 feet) high, an active volcano that last erupted in March 1963. Mountains cover centre to the eastern side, with Mount Agung the easternmost peak. Mount Batur (1,717 m) is also still active, an eruption 30,000 years was one of the largest known volcanic events on Earth.[citation needed]

In the south the land descends to form an alluvial plain, watered by shallow, north-south flowing rivers, drier in the dry season and overflowing during periods of heavy rain. The longest of these rivers, Sungai Ayung, is also the longest on the island (approx. 75 km).

The principal cities are the northern port of Singaraja, the former colonial capital of Bali, and the present provincial capital and largest city, Denpasar, near the southern coast. The town of Ubud (north of Denpasar), with its art market, museums and galleries, is arguably the cultural centre of Bali.

There are major coastal roads and those that cross the island mainly north-south. Due to the mountainous terrain in the island's center, the roads tend to follow the crests of the ridges across the mountains. There are no railway lines.

The island is surrounded by coral reefs. Beaches in the south tend to have white sand while those in the north and west have black sand. The beach town of Padangbai in the south east has both[citation needed]. The Ho River is navigable by small sampan boats. Black sand beaches between Pasut and Klatingdukuh are being developed for tourism, but apart from the seaside temple of Tanah Lot.

To the east, the Lombok Strait separates Bali from Lombok and marks the biogeographical division between the fauna of the Indomalayan ecozone and the distinctly different fauna of Australasia. The transition is known as the Wallace Line, named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who first proposed transition zone between these two major biomes. When sea levels dropped during the Pleistocene ice age, Bali was connected to Java and Sumatra and to the mainland of Asia and shared the Asian fauna, but the deep water of the Lombok Strait continued to keep Lombok and the Lesser Sunda archipelago isolated.

Labels:

History of Bali

Bali was inhabited by Austronesian peoples by about 2,000 BCE who migrated originally from Taiwan through Maritime Southeast Asia. Culturally and linguistically, the Balinese are thus closely related to the peoples of the Indonesian archipelago, the Philippines, and Oceania. Stone tools dating from this time have been found near the village of Cekik in the island's west.

Balinese culture was strongly influenced by Indian and Chinese, and particularly Hindu culture, in a process beginning around the 1st century AD. The name Balidwipa has been discovered from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong charter issued by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 913 AD and mentioning Walidwipa. It was during this time that the complex irrigation system subak was developed to grow rice. Some religious and cultural traditions still in existence today can be traced back to this period. The Hindu Majapahit Empire (1293–1520 AD) on eastern Java founded a Balinese colony in 1343. When the empire declined, there was an exodus of intellectuals, artists, priests and musicians from Java to Bali in the 15th century.

The first European contact with Bali is thought to have been made by Dutch explorer Cornelis de Houtman who arrived in 1597, though a Portuguese ship had foundered off the Bukit Peninsula as early as 1585. Dutch colonial control was expanded across the Indonesian archipelago in the nineteenth century (see Dutch East Indies). Their political and economic control over Bali began in the 1840s on the island's north coast by playing various distrustful Balinese realms against each other. In the late 1890s, struggles between Balinese kingdoms in the island's south were exploited by the Dutch to increase their control. The Dutch mounted large naval and ground assaults at the Sanur region in 1906 and were met by the thousands of members of the royal family and their followers who marched to certain death against superior Dutch force in a suicidal puputan defensive assault rather than face the humiliation of surrender. Despite Dutch demands for surrender, an estimated 4,000 Balinese marched to their death against the invaders. In 1908, a similar massacre occurred in the face of a Dutch assault in Klungkung. Afterwards the Dutch governors were able to exercise little influence over the island, and local control over religion and culture generally remained intact.

Dutch rule over Bali had come later and was never as well established as in other parts of Indonesia such as Java and Maluku. Imperial Japan occupied Bali during World War II during which time a Balinese military officer, Gusti Ngurah Rai, formed a Balinese 'freedom army'. In the 1930s, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, and artists Miguel Covarrubias and Walter Spies, and musicologist Colin McPhee created a western image of Bali as "an enchanted land of aesthetes at peace with themselves and nature", and western tourism first developed on the island. Following Japan's Pacific surrender in August 1945, the Dutch promptly returned to Indonesia, including Bali, immediately to reinstate their pre-war colonial administration. This was resisted by the Balinese rebels now using Japanese weapons. On 20 November 1946, the Battle of Marga was fought in Tabanan in central Bali. Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai, 29 years old, finally rallied his forces in east Bali at Marga Rana, where they made a suicide attack on the heavily armed Dutch. The Balinese battalion was entirely wiped out, breaking the last thread of Balinese military resistance. In 1946 the Dutch constituted Bali as one of the 13 administrative districts of the newly-proclaimed Republic of East Indonesia, a rival state to the Republic of Indonesia which was proclaimed and headed by Sukarno and Hatta. Bali was included in the "Republic of the United States of Indonesia" when the Netherlands recognised Indonesian independence on 29 December 1949.

The 1963 eruption of Mount Agung killed thousands, created economic havoc and forced many displaced Balinese to be transmigrated to other parts of Indonesia. Mirroring the widening of social divisions across Indonesia in the 1950s and early 1960s, Bali saw conflict between supporters of the traditional caste system, and those rejecting these traditional values. Politically, this was represented by opposing supporters of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and the Indonesian Nationalist Party (PNI), with tensions and ill-feeling further increased by the PKI's land reform programs. An attempted coup in Jakarta was put down by forces led by General Suharto. The army became the dominant power as it instigated a violent anti-communist purge, in which the army blamed the PKI for the coup. Most estimates suggest that at least 500,000 people were killed across Indonesia, with an estimated 80,000 killed in Bali, equivalent to 5 per cent of the island's population. With no Islamic forces involved as in Java and Sumatra, upper-caste PNI landlords led the extermination of PKI members.
Bali blast monument.
Bali blast monument.

As a result of the 1965/66 upheavals, Suharto was able to manoeuvre Sukarno out of the presidency, and his "New Order" government reestablished relations with western countries. The Bali as a tourist paradise which was instigated during the pre World War II colonial time was revised in a modern form, and the resulting large growth in tourism has led to Balinese standards of living rise dramatically and significant foreign exchange earned for the country. A bombing in 2002 by militant Islamists in the tourist area of Kuta killed 202 people, mostly foreigners. This attack, and another in 2005, severely affected tourism, bringing much economic hardship to the island.

Labels:

About Bali

Bali is an Indonesian island located at 8°25′23″S, 115°14′55″E, 8°25′23″S, 115°14′55″E, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island.

With a population recorded as 3,151,000 in 2005, the island is home to the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. 93.18% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism, while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking and music.

Labels: