BALI, INDONESIA | The History, Religion & Culture

While visiting the Goa Gajah temple outside of Ubud, Bali I paid for a guided tour with a local woman. In the process I learned a lot about the history, religion and culture of this unique Hindu island in Indonesia.
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[@JanviRajawat-gu1lk]

Hindu culture in bali indonesia ❤.i am from india 🚩🕉️

[@HolySky33]

Sorry but there is nothing to be proud of in worshipping statues paganism and worshipping some cows in the 21th century

[@TheWanderLife]

Endless culture, history and beauty in Bali. Would take a lifetime to even remotely come close to understanding the richness of that Island, let alone the rest of Indonesia. Can't wait to be back here exploring! Hope you're having a great time!

[@no_soy_rubio]

She was an excellent guide, well worth the money!

[@robbertclack6308]

Being snowed in in Vancouver BC, watching this is great, great videos, thanks

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Sounds fun, enjoy the winter wonderland, just in time for Christmas.

[@Amber-tx8nv]

Havre, MT -20 F right now, this video is just what I need

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@Amber-tx8nv Seattle is also under a Winter Advisory for the next two days. Night time temps expected to get down to 16F!

[@1bigbillz]

Loving this Bali series

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Sweet, glad to hear it.

[@stevenponte6655]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos totally agree. Actually love all of your Asia stuff!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@stevenponte6655 Excellent. ✌

[@mjbandaranayaka6970]

Bali unmarried , no children no family member indunisian history . Bali have one blod 4 brothers Bali lost gord vishnu fight .

[@avi2125]

Interesting memory of Rishi Agastya from India 5.11 - 5.14. I understand his statue is in Yogyakarta. Also story of Ganesha's head from Indra's elephant Airavata's baby (ugh!) 11:55... Interesting of course that the Buddhist master Atisha came to Indonesia to get bodhicitta teachings from his Indonesian guru... Thanks Gabe for a lovely video!

[@jacksondrake-lost]

Straight down the rabbit hole beautiful green space Gabe! Excellent video Bali is amazing.

[@FakeNews_Ignored]

Gabe never disappoints. 🙏

[@walkietalkietraveller2932]

you're not wrong :D

[@axishull]

Great investment Gabe, a lot to take in - she was very knowledgeable!

[@maryannknox7158]

Bali is so so Amazing the History is so Ancient it must be uplifting to be so privileged to visit such ancient sacred sites must be life changing…..🙏……Thank You Gabriel so very much I would never be able to afford to travel in my lifetime but at least because of you sharing your journey blesses many of Us ……Namaste 🙏Gabriel

[@anna_m59]

You see more on KZbin of Balinese culture compared to visiting the island as tourist.

[@lizcarlyle2477]

Hello from CA & many thanks 4 the Balinese history tour by a local woman! Earthquake shook Ferndale.

[@carlapires7732]

That was quite a tour guide lady, good English, very knowledgeable & friendly demeanor. Answered all your questions without quivering. Certainly worth more than 10 dollars!

[@BapanSaha-ni5uz]

I'm proud to be Hindu 🕉️🕉️🕉️ Love Indonesian brother😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@mr.sts.p]

Bali is amazing country! Thank you Gabriel a Great video! 👍😀🤝🇸🇪

[@biswarupsamantaa]

Bali is not a country bro.

[@ivysprieto6058]

She is very knowledgeable 🙏😊

[@thePlum]

im going to study in Bali next winter! excited to see this place first hand

[@rikdeere]

Definitely love Bali with it's colorful culture and amazing, friendly people. Your tour guide mentioned Prambanan, which is truly an interesting place to visit. This is within the Yogyakarta region. Also close to Yogyakarta is Borobudur which is the largest Buddhist temple in the world. If you're in that area don't miss Solo (Surakarta), which is the hometown of the current president of Indonesia. Lots of interesting things to see and experience in Central Java.

[@viv-oh7qj]

Yogyakarta temple is not only a Buddhist temple but it wasa Hindu temple also

[@cnjhendricks]

very beautiful and fascinating, awesome guided tour!

[@griffmustard]

The Guide is very good at her Job. Very knowledgeable !!

[@samwrought5650]

Love your guide she’s so knowledgeable! 🇰🇭💙🇮🇩

[@CharlieChaplinVideos]

Beautiful

[@AL-grhvc]

just heard that 6.4 earthquake hit south of Eureka..a place where I heard from you for the first time, so hope all is fine..

[@maryannknox7158]

Wow this video was so Amazing Gabriel ,the tropical 🌴 trees and plants 🌱 are exquisite must of been such a spiritual experience ….Just Wow

[@veloopakree9274]

Thank you. 🙏🙏

[@glories2276]

Such a betaifull place to visit for culture that remains !

[@turnleftrighthere2605]

Amazing storytelling 💚

[@somasehkhardurvasula3844]

Well explained 🙏🙏

[@maryannknox7158]

We are snowed in here in the Mountains 🏔 of New Hampshire and more on the way tomorrow…..Happy Holidays Gabriel and a Joyous Happy Blessed New Year to You

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool, enjoy.

[@aykutozger1164]

Fourth? Best I could do so far. :)

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, this history is fascinating, you get a better understanding of what the culture is and the significance of all this. I'm sure many people view this as hokey nonsense but if you have any understanding of the spirit world and religion and why people act and behave in certain ways. In many ways no difference in other religions of evil and good devils and gods which permeate the entire world.

[@italogiardina8183]

The other colonial era were the Dutch (300 years) with evidence of relics on Maluku (spice islands forts) and Java (Church relics).

[@pankajmaliknewdelhi]

Do they have Diwali festival there in Bali?

[@pramayatna6957]

No, in Bali we have Galungan and Kuningan festival.

[@monKeman495]

@@pramayatna6957 google say they did

[@stevenlapidus2902]

Gabe - Was your family in Northern California affected by the earthquake overnight? Hope all is well with them. Thanks.

[@stevenponte6655]

wow she really knew her stuff!!

[@rkotmpti1006]

Nice video

[@adijaja7067]

awesome

[@adityawinata5040]

Waw.... Good Tour Guide.... 👍👍👍👍

[@engr100viki5]

my best bro looking handsome thank you for your huge respect against cpec friendship countries lot of love from your best bro viki 💙

[@dwalker6868]

Thank you

[@vos72]

The elephant caves were very cool!!!

[@tivo3720]

Yes there are hundreds names of Shiva, Vishnu, Durga ❤ .... Same God but various name. Like the water has different names .

[@pasqualeabarno]

👍👍👍

[@MojoZ20]

Any idea why the idols in bali wear sarongs, whereas those in india dont ?

[@arisetya3191]

As Bung Karno (first president of Indonesia) said, "If you are a Hindu, don't be an Indian, if you are a Muslim, don't be an Arab, if you are a Christian, don't be a Jew, always be an Indonesian with the rich culture of this archipelago."

[@dee74raz]

Because Balinese mix their animist and Hindu beliefs

[@rakaanggajananuragacokorda3147]

I think it's just aesthetics. We love aesthetics :) I'm a balinese. Probably some other balinese will refute me and call me ignorant (which probably true), and come up with some religious explanation. But I think it's aesthetics, and nothing wrong with that.

[@kitty_s23456]

@mozo - some of the Indian men wear sarongs (or a tubular cloth that they fold/ tie at the waist) during religious or special occasions. I once saw a procession of Indian men wearing that white tubular cloth - they were on their way to a temple and all wore flower garlands on their necks. This was in Myanmar/ Burma, where there's a large Indian presence. An Indian guy friend wore that tubular cloth to his wedding. In his region (the south), he said it's common to wear white. In other regions, they wear red (or so he said). I forgot what that tubular cloth is called. Edit: upon googling, it's called "longyi" in Myanmar. In India, my friend called it "lungi" (or similar).

[@binnybharat5779]

Iam from south part of india.we also wear that cloth (lungi) during puja and other traditional festivals.

[@guillaumetau8761]

How is the weather now ? Going there in a few days, I fear the rain

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

The weather has been great the past few days, no rain.

[@santhoshkuttan8579]

From 🇮🇳 with ❤...

[@iSee109]

How many countries have you traveled Gabriel? Did you write a book about your travels?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I've been to 84 countries and yes I've written some books, see the links in the description below the video. ✌

[@devandin]

Thank you Gabriel proud of you, the way of how you appreciated our culture. Suksma

[@tivo3720]

11:13 wow we also in India and Bangladesh sleep keeping the head towards east and north.

[@sujansingh6445Rajput]

dude hindu cultures and books are really surprising and different. The glory of negative and positive is always like in hindu books

[@Grovel007]

Third? Edit: nope, second. I'm faster than I thought.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yep, second.

[@user-gm4ow6tu3f]

Indonesia got a cultural shock.

[@AdamAdam-zg8jl]

What is the name of the first temple you visited Gabriel?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Goa Gajah.

[@AdamAdam-zg8jl]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos thank you so much Gabrieletto 🤗

[@michellemurray2781]

First

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Got it, congrats.

[@tivo3720]

2:52 in India we call that kritimukha. Its the face of glory. Its a rakshas/ demon made and blessed by Shiva. It's the Hindu symbol but later jains and Buddhists also used that.

[@Yozik2]

she's adorable

[@johnboucher8226]

Whats that on her t-shirt?

[@bottlebaby]

Well worth 10 bucks.

[@matthewrogerson9119]

964th

[@shashankkumar311]

Bali is hindu culture

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

They said Asian females didn't have big watermelons... I guess that's not true based on her,

[@deidradahl2802]

Wish you had moved the guide out of the frame, skip the lecture, and show us the inside. Had to leave

[@santoshpathak7303]

You began with wrong historical facts. Traders from India arived in that part of the world. They also brough their tradiations, culture and religion. The primary goal was not the religion. It is sad to see that you distorted the facts at the very begining of your video.