Every religion or culture all over the world has their own way to define and celebrate their new year. For example, the Chinese have the Imlek year and to celebrate it, have, as they called it in their own language, "Gong Xi Fat Choy". The Moslem societies have their Muharam year, and any of the people over the world using the Gregorian calendar, celebrate the New Year on January 1st. The same thing also occurs in Bali, however the Balinese use many different calendar systems. They have adopted the Gregorian calendar for business and government purposes. But for the endless procession of holy days, temple anniversaries, celebrations, sacred dances, building houses, wedding ceremonies, death and cremation processes and other activities that define Balinese life, they have two calendar systems. The first is the Pawukon (from the word Wuku which means week) and Sasih (which is means month). Wuku consists of 30 items starting from Sinta, the first Wuku and end up with the Watugunung the last one.

If you want to picture the concept of paradise, you may simply look at most of Bali to get the idea. I should know, because for decades I have lived in a variety of tropical countries. Others, who did their own search for the promised land, either to prepare for retirement or for mixing enjoyment with sound investment, agree: “It doesnt come much better than Bali”. Part of the fun in my daily work is from meeting all these open minded people who have decided to settle here and can see the world for what it is. They confirm that this unique island is truly offering The Good Life which becomes increasingly evasive for most people on our ever changing planet. You may agree that the lure of the Garden of Eden is already tempting. Even so without the added benefit of profit and capital gain. Living just a good life would be very satisfactory in itself already, right? However, here in Bali one does not exclude the other.