The Amazing Vacation to Bali.

How’s your vacation in Bali?
It was terrific! The beaches are beautiful and the sun set from Tanah Lot is magnificent.
Really? What else did you do there?
Oh, I visited various places of interest! It was the most breath-taking thing that I’ve ever done.
Wow, it must be a very fun trip for you.
Yes, I’m very satisfied with my vacation there. You must go there.
Yes, I think I’ll do that.

Reading Comprehension.

BALI ISLAND OF INDONESIA

Bali is renowned for its diverse and sophisticated art forms, such as painting, sculpture, woodcarving, handcrafts, and performing arts. Balinese percussion orchestra music, known as gamelan, is highly developed and varied. Balinese dances portray stories from Hindu epics such as the Ramayana but with heavy Balinese influence. Famous Balinese dances include pendet, legong, baris, topeng, barong, and kecak (the monkey dance).

The Hindu New Year, Nyepi, is celebrated in the spring by a day of silence. On this day everyone stays at home and tourists are encouraged to remain in their hotels. But the day before that large, colorful sculptures of ogoh-ogoh monsters are paraded and finally burned in the evening to drive away evil spirits. Other festivals throughout the year are specified by the Balinese pawukon calendrical system.

National education programs, mass media and tourism continue to change Balinese culture. Immigration from other parts of Indonesia, especially Java, is changing the ethnic composition of Bali’s population.

The Balinese eat with their right hand, as the left is impure, a common belief throughout Indonesia. The Balinese do not hand or receive things with their left hand and would not wave at anyone with their left hand.

Source: Wikipedia