Ubud, Bali
Morning Market With a Balinese Cook
Walk Pasar Bebek before sunrise with Wayan, who has bought her spices from the same three women for twenty years.
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Wayan
Balinese home cook · Penestanan, Ubud
Wayan cooked for ceremonies in her banjar for fifteen years before she ever cooked for a visitor. She still buys from the same three women at the morning market and refuses to shorten the spice grinding, which is why her kitchen smells the way it does.
Read Wayan's storyVillage field note
Tenganan Pegringsingan
A Bali Aga village that predates the Majapahit influence, governed by its own written customary law.
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Ubud
A market town that became famous and stayed a village underneath.
02Karangasem
East Bali: water palaces, Bali Aga villages and dry volcanic hills.
03Sumba
Megalithic tombs, ancestral houses and one of Indonesia's strongest textile traditions.
04Flores
Volcanic ridges, weaving villages and the road east from Labuan Bajo.
05Yogyakarta
Court culture, batik workshops and village kitchens in central Java.
Stories for a better arrival
Understand the place before you go.
culture · 4 min
Why Balinese Offerings Are Everywhere
Canang sari sits on shrines, thresholds, motorbikes and shop counters. It is not decoration, and it is not asking for anything.
food · 5 min
Inside a Traditional Balinese Kitchen
No recipe cards, no measuring spoons, and a spice paste that tells neighbours whose cooking they are eating.
craft · 6 min
Meeting the Artisans of Tenganan
Double ikat survives in three places on earth. One of them is a walled village in east Bali with its own written law.
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