Galungan, The Most Important Festival in Bali

Posted on November 14th, 2008 in festival and special event galungan

Bali is the beautiful island in Indonesia which is blessed by God with the natural beauty. Bali is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Visiting Bali this November will be the perfect choice because you will be able to enjoy the most important festival in Bali. It is the Galungan festival.

Yes, Galungan is Bali’s most important festival. It is a feast and festival which is held throughout the whole island and occurs every 210 days.

Bali’s people believe that during this ten day period all Balinese gods will descend to earth for the festivities. Barongs prance from temple to temple and village to village in celebration of Galungan with the gods.

Galungan to the Balinese is the most important holiday period as it symbolizes the victory of Dharma, or virtue, upon Adharma, or all that is evil. The festivities are made extra special by the fitting of ‘penjor’ (brightly decorated very tall bamboo poles with woven young coconut leaves, cakes, fruits and flowers) on the right side of the entrance to every house which arch over roads looking like the top of a gothic cathedral.

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