Bali with many names given by its worlwide visitors such as: "Island of Thousands Temples", Morning of the world and so on, covers an extent of 5.632,86 square kilometres with about 70% of the whole is agricultural ground while the rest consists of forest and only about 8% left uncultivate. With such a mild and agreeable climate the whole year round, the average temperature of the day in coastal areas varies from about 28 degrees Celcius (82 degrees Fahrenheit) during May-July about 30 degrees Celcius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) during March-October, while the most pleasant weather is between May to September.
The island has long been renowned as leading tourist destination in Indonesia or South Pacific for its exotic and colorful art and culture, natural beauty and the hospitality of the people.
English is widely undersood, particulary in major tourist resorts where it is almost the second commercial language while other foreign language like: French, Japanese, Italian, etc are also spoken in certain circles. Spoken and written Bahasa Indonesia is largely in comprehensible to casual visitors but it can easily be learnt just within couples of month.
Hinduism, specifically blend with Buddhism and the anchestor worship is adhered by almost 95% of its 2,8 millions population to make it inseparable from everyday life and not a single day missed to worship in an unending series of ceremonies either to God and Deities, to human-beings in blessing ceremonies from birth up to after death or even to food plants and domestic animals. The everyday life merges with social duties and religious obligations with the art reflecting an unnoticed integration of environment, religion and community in which individual is a part.
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