Facts You Should Know About the History of Bali

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Bali is known as “the Island of the Gods,” with its tens of thousands of temples and shrines dating back more than a millennium to the exotic Indianized empires of Java that influenced Bali greatly. Although it bore witness to the ancient Maritime Silk Road of Southeast Asia, Bali mysteriously avoided complete domination by ocean traders and European colonizers until as late as the 20th century.
Bali is visited today by millions of international tourists, not only for its magnificent beaches and lush, tropical scenery but also as a living monument of an ancient cultural past. The Balinese of today adhere faithfully to the unique Balinese Hinduism of their island paradise and continue following traditions and art forms that were brought to its shores by their ancestors thousands of years ago.

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[MCorpReview]

The music is very soothing sounds like something they open in the spa 🧖‍♀️

[GururajBN]

Less than a week back, I have returned after touring Bali. It is the crown jewel of the Indonesian archipelago. Beautiful island with friendly people. The island is littered with beautiful architecture and sculptures.

[jamiebizness]

Cool video . Been there a couple times . Amazing place . I'd love to go again

[tivo]

That's why Bali is peaceful and attract so many people

[Ciscodays]

I came here 50 years ago when it was an island paradise of empty beaches, sprawling jungle and verdant rice fields. Only a handful of travelers came here back then.Today Bali is covered in concrete, traffic jams and millions of tourists. Luckily there are 17, 000 other islands in this chain if you really want to escape.

[dalehas]

Very interesting overview of Balinese history up to the eruption of Gunung Agung in 1963. You could have included one of the darkest chapters in modern Balinese history - the anti-Communist purge in the mid-1960s, during which an estimated 80, 000 Balinese were killed.

[dpsyn]

i find myself more enthusiasthic listening to this than my elementary history teacher 😂😅😂😂😅

thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏

[RobertCurthose]

When dutch first discovered bali island, bali was at civil war, kingdom fought another kingdom and dutch labelled balinese are warlike and savage people very different with bali island nowadays

[enurgumgaming]

You don't tell us about Randa (Mangrabhatt) queen of Udayana

[Westsidereva]

Bali is because of the first king's name was Bali

[thesungodterry]

Are you a robot? Why are you pronouncing the H in archipelago?

[nox]

kinda wanna eat the clay tablets ngl they seem crunchy

[kikojo]

the bronze tint filter you used to edit this video makes my eye twitch every 3 seconds. This being a commentary would be so much better. sorry my eyes hurt

[aviandirivaldi]

Indonesia independence proclaimed by president soekarno is at 1945 not 1949...

[BusterMcFlea]

Australia is largest island country in the world & for US people The state of Western Australia alone is nearly 3 times as large as Texas & Texas could fit into Australia 11 times

[MCorpReview]

Isn’t australi bigger? They r also island country

[richarddawkins]

is lam has ruined all indonesian ancient culture and traditions, replaced with barbaricc desert culture.

tourists want to see unique and exotic culture, temples or dances, NOT hijabs, burqas, mosques or shariah law.

[SteppeNomad]

New genetic evidence showed that Austro-Asiatic speaking people had already populated Java and the surrounding islands prior to the arrival of Austronesian people.

[huhuks]

Beware indonesians, some MELAYUSIA will come and claim all indonesia are also MALAY hahahaha😂

[suhasrai]

No Indian connection.. what are you talking?