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Bali
November 6th, 2009 by Travel
In the Indonesian Islands Bali is located at the westernmost part of the Lesser Sunda, between Java and Lombok. It is populated mostly by a Hindu Majority that is in fact on of Indonesia’s smaller minorities, this making is a tourist attraction, for its developed art, music, dance, sculptures, painting and metal works, with the island having been inhabited since the 3000’s or earlier BCE.
The island has over ten thousand temples and is also home to many massive rice terraces, along with having more artists and craftsmen per capita than many other places on earth. In addition to having ten thousand plus temples the island also boasts many statues that are numerous along with other works of art created by more modern artists in a variety of styles, and the island itself is surrounded by coral reefs. There are two kinds of beaches on the island, white sand beaches and black sand beaches created by volcanic rock sand, with more being developed to improve tourist interaction and bring more in.
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