Bali is an island and a province of Indonesia. The province covers a few
small neighbouring islands as well as the island of Bali itself. It is
located at the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, between Java
to the west and Lombok to the east. One of the country's 34 provinces,
Bali has its capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island.
The province is divided into 8 regencies (kabupaten) and 1 city
(kota). These are:
2.Tabanan Regencey
3.Badung Regencey
4.Gianyar Regencey
5.Klungkung Regencey
6.Bangli Regencey
7.Karangasem Regencey
8.Buleleng Regencey
9.Denpasar City
Bali is One of the most popular tourist destinations in the
world, Bali for few years awarded as the world best island by The
International Travel Magazine. There, however, are still many people who
do not know in depth about the uniqueness of Balinese culture. Life in
Bali is always related to Tri Hita Karana or a tripartite concept that
include the spiritual relationship between human and God, and their
environment.
The rapid growth of development in tourism has had a big
impact and influences to Bali tradition and lifestyle. Interestingly,
Balinese culture is still as what it was, growing along with the of
globalization. It is the Balinese civilization what makes the island
different from other destination.
