Ti Tin loves to dance. Her graceful movements and striking natural beauty combine for an iconic vision of Bali. To watch Balinese dance is to glance into Balinese history and ancient rituals. At the age of six, Ti Tin started dance lessons in her local village, Petemon, in one of the most ancient areas of [...]

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Jaga, or Mr. Jaga as he likes to be referred to, is a bit of a character. He hails from the village of Petemon in Pejeng, about 10 minutes by motorbike from the centre of Ubud. I met Jaga when I attended my first cockfight recently. He was busy surveying the rather chaotic scene of [...]

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I met Wayan for the fourth time in front of her simple dwelling just metres from the pounding surf in Kusumba, about 30 minutes drive from Sanur. Wayan and her husband, Ketut Rauh, are a husband and wife team who spend their days collecting and processing salt, which they gather directly from the Lembongan Straits. [...]

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