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Ubud Festivals in 2015

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The Ubud Bali Spirit Festival is returning to Ubud for its annual event in the year 2015. The festival showcase some incredible world-class musicians and some of the world’s best dance and Yoga instructors, placing them all at the capital of Balinese spirituality. This Bali Spirit Festival encourages it’s attendees to take the spirit of the festival and the things they learn and take back home with them into their own communities. The Como Shambala Estate, Bali is one of the most exclusive and best Health Spa Retreat, Bali. The Como Shambala Estate is often referred to as ” Retreat for Change” with residual experts including a Yoga teacher, Ayuruvedic Doc and residence dietician. The holistic 360 degree approach offers signature massage therapies and beauty treatments. There is a state-of-the-art gym and outdoor activities like hiking, climbing and mountain climbing.

There is something for anyone who participates in these Ubud Festivals, who wants to join in the collective life-affirming love affair. One can find peace through ecstatic dance, mellow music or tantric yoga. There are day time workshops, seminars take place in the Purnati center, 20 minutes South Of Ubud and there are music performances in the evening held in the Agung Rai Museum of Art, situated near the center of Ubud and is home to some of Bali’s most famous and an important pieces of Art. Ubud is arguably the modern yoga Capital of the world. There will be an exciting array of experts across several disciplines and mantras. One can enjoy healings and meditation workshops from celebrated practitioners. The evenings of the festivals are filled with bends, twists and shakes of channeled energy and the evenings showcased an electric range of musicians from all over the world. Ubud also has a festival with over 150 writers from more than 25 countries. It is a celebration of global issues, big issues and extraordinary stories. There are literacy lunches, workshops, children’s and Youth events, twilight performances, film screenings, poetry slams, cultural masterclasses and art exhibitions.

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The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival – Ensuring your literally crave is well satisfied!

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Celebrating the love of reading and storytelling, the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival is the largest literary event in Southeast Asia. Hosting over 150 writers, the festival pays homage to the Balinese Hindu Godess of learning Saraswati and is therefore a culturally significant event that is held every year.

In the past, the festival has boasted award winning authors such as the 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides (author of the world renowned book the Virgin Suicides) and prolific journalists such as John Pilger. This year featuring acclaimed writers such as Amitav Ghosh, Sjón and a line of popular Australian writers the festival is as invigorating as ever! Keen Literary fans and book lovers searching for a luxury retreat, Bali offers Uma by COMO Ubud that is located within accessible distance of this cultural affair.

Armed with a significant history of ten years, the festival is paced out for five days with various venues showcasing several programmes including a special children’s programme, an arts programme, and some exciting book launches.  These precious opportunities permits literally enthusiasts to meet their favourite authors and they are therefore encouraged to interact and actively participate in such sessions. Thus amplifying the love for rich narratives and providing a platform to discuss global issues, The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival draws some of the best writers, performers and thinkers of our time and is literally the event of a lifetime.

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Bali Spirit Festival – Bringing Bali to life

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Yoga, music and dance comes together in festive form for five days in a row with the participation of international music artists, bringing Bali to life each year. The Bali Spirit Festival is based in the country’s cultural capital Ubud and visitors are therefore advised to seek out an Ubud hotel to lodge in during the festival. However, finding Ubud accommodation may not be very easy during this period and specially if you want a comfortable abode like Alila Ubud Bali, you may have to book well before hand. During these vibrant days of celebration, Bali sees hundreds of the world’s top dancers, musicians, artists, yoga instructors and the like bring together elaborate workshops, seminars, exhibitions, performances and concerts bringing the city to life. Soak up some culture and mingle with like-minded people. Head to the Bali Spirit Festival – you will not regret it.

Jayani Senanayake is a writer who dabbles in travel and all things exotic. Under the pseudonym of Calliope Sage, she writes of the allures that must simply be discovered.

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