Articles tagged ‘History’
Han Snel’s Retrospective Exhibition: Ubud
By Barrie | May 29th, 2008 |
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Numerous foreign artists have made Bali their home and created their own themes and styles in painting the Balinese and their culture and religion. Bali became an artist enclave for avant-garde artists such as Walter Spies, Rudolf Bonnet, Arie Smit and the most famous being Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur who married Ni Pollock, a renowned legong [...]
Nusa Dua and the Bali Tourist Development Corporation
By Nick | April 6th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Tourism in Bali has progressed along a somewhat unguided path but one of the times where planning was at a premium was the creation of the Bali Tourist Development Corporation (BTDC). The BTDC was formed in 1972 by the Indonesian government at the recommendation of overseas consultants. The plan was to develop the area on [...]
How European trade affected Bali
By Nick | October 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Bali as a trading point was known about to the Arabs and Chinese long before Europeans discovered the island. The Chinese were trading with Bali as far back as the 7th Century, referring to it as Paoli (Rice Island). Not having the quality landing points of other islands, or the spices of the Mulukus, Bali [...]
The Wallace Line: Division between Asia and Australasia
By Nick | March 31st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Wallace Line (or Wallace’s Line) is a boundary that separates the zoogeographical regions of Asia and Australasia. West of the line are found organisms related to Asiatic species; to the east, mostly organisms related to Australian species. The line is named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who noticed the apparent dividing line during his travels [...]
Important people in Bali: Suharto
By Nick | March 30th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Suharto was President of Indonesia for over 30 years. While his focus was not Bali, there is no doubt he had a huge impact on Bali and the rest of Indonesia. While much of the western world was struggling with the Cold War, Indonesia has its own internal struggle against Communism. Some estimates say 100,000 [...]
Opium trading in Bali
By Nick | December 5th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Did you know there was opium trading in Bali. No I’m not talking about Seminyak on a saturday night, I mean back in colonial times, where the ‘damn locals’ were merely a tool, for pompous Europeans to use and discard.
Bali: What does Wikipedia say about it
By Nick | November 17th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Wikipedia is one on my favourite sites on the web. I doubt if there is a content site anywhere, with as much useful factual info. Today I typed in ‘Bali’ to see what Wikipedia could come up with.
