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	Krisdayanti's Balinese dancers.		Carlos and jokester Joe Philpott (guitarist for Ruby Horse.)
	Kuta Beach. Photo by Vemo.		Sunset looking out from Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel.
	The backbone of Balinese culture is dance, which is performed during temple festivals and in ceremonies of the cycle of live and death.		Balinese dance is inseparable from religion. A small offering of food and flowers must precede even dances for tourists.
	Before performing, many dancers pray at their family shrines, appealing for holy “taksu” (inspiration) from the gods.		The dynamic Legong Dance is the epitome of classical female Balinese dancing. A court dance, it was created in the 18 th century in the circles of the principality of Sukawati.
	A Gamelan ensemble of tuned gongs, bronze kettles, bronze metallophones, bamboo xylophones, drums, cymbals and flutes fills the night air with animated music.		Statues are clothed in sarongs.
	Rice terraces are a common sight in Bali.		Balinese architecture.
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