Pura : A Balinese Temple

On the Balinese calendar, some events described as a holy days, Balinese believe that the God and spirits will be there inside the pura and meeting with the visitors. In these events in conditions in Pura will be very crowded as many peoples gathering there almost at the same time.

One of the biggest event in Bali and most important event in Balinese calendar is Galungan. This event will be held continuously in 10 days in Bali island. Most of the offices will be closed during this event, at least at the two first day of the event running.

Everybody can entering the temple in Bali, including tourist, except there is a special ceremony inside the pura. All visitors must wearing a respectful cloth if they want entering the pura. If there is a tourist only wearing a short pant the officer of the pura will ask him / her to wearing some kind of Sarong at free. But sometime they charge for some thousand rupiahs for the sarong.