Traditions & Festivals

Subak Bali: Inside the UNESCO-Listed Rice Irrigation System

Bali’s famous emerald rice terraces aren’t just beautiful — they’re the visible surface of a thousand-year-old cooperative water management system

Once a year, tens of millions of Indonesians travel home, dress in their best clothes, kneel before their parents, and

A Javanese wedding can unfold over days of quiet, symbolic ritual. A Minangkabau wedding involves a proposal that formally comes

A single performer sits behind a glowing screen for hours, giving voice to dozens of characters, cueing a full orchestra,

For 24 hours once a year, one of the world’s busiest tourist islands goes completely dark and silent. No flights

Every year, in the days before Eid al-Fitr, Indonesia’s highways, train stations, ports, and airports fill with tens of millions