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October 2007

SKIN DIVING In BALI

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Here are various challenging sports that you can do here like parachuting, para-sailing or bungee jumping. They can be dangerous too, but you’ll be fine if you are careful. Diving may seem to be dangerous, but it’s not if you have good intuition and equipment there many places to dive ; candi dasa, cemeluk, padang bai, tulamben and many more, as well as diving companies that have guides or professional coaches in Bali. They have International diving certificate like PADI.

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Penjors In Bali, Symbols of Sincerity.

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Don’t lock your self up in your hotel room; otherwise, you could miss the most exciting moment in your Vacation. During the Galungan day in Bali, Bali turns out pretty well-groomed, all roads on Bali are lined with decorated bamboo shaft called penjors. Penjor is tall, curved bamboo pole decorated with coconut leaves on top and an offering at the base. This is the one of media used by Hindus in Bali as part of almost every important ceremony. During the Galungan day celebration each family erects a penjor outside their gate, which makes the whole neighborhood look splendid. The Sri Jaya Kasunu manuscript stated that the penjor symbolizes the mountain and the mountain itself is the symbol of universe. Therefore, for the Balinese the penjor is synonymous with mount agung, the holy mountain. Hindus devotion to god in his manifestation as hyang Giri Pati ( The god of the Mountain). Mountain with deep forests fulfills a lot of water which flows into the river, this then fulfills water needs for irrigation and for drinking water.
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