Indonesia
Crater rims, sea burials and a whole day of silence — an archipelago that marks time at the extremes.
Indonesia's festival life is best known through Bali's rich ritual calendar — Nyepi's island-wide silence and the annual Bali Arts Festival stand out globally.
Experience the Vibrant Bali Arts Festival 2026The Bali Arts Festival (Pesta Kesenian Bali) has its official run from June to July, a whole month long, with the main venue concentrated at the arts centre in Denpasar, Bali, where dance troupes, gamelan ensembles an…Read this →Experience the Vibrant Baliem Valley Festival in Indonesia 2026The Baliem Valley Festival is held in Wamena, West Papua, Indonesia, set in the deepest valley of the Papuan highlands. The Dani, Lani, Yali and other peoples gather together to lay out, over several days, the dress, …Read this →Jember Fashion Carnival 2026: A Style Extravaganza in East IndonesiaThe Jember Fashion Carnival was founded in 2003 by a local designer, and over more than two decades has grown into one of the largest carnivals in the world. Its stage is the five kilometres of streets of Jember in Ea…Read this →Komodo National ParkKomodo National Park is not a single spot but a stretch of sea scattered with islands such as Komodo, Rinca, and Padar, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. It is the only wild habitat left on Earth for …Read this →Bromo Yadnya KasadaYadnya Kasada is a traditional rite of the Tengger people of East Java, Indonesia, in which devotees bring offerings such as crops and livestock to the rim of Mount Bromo's crater and cast them in, fulfilling vows to …Read this →Vesak at BorobudurVesak is held on the May full-moon night, commemorating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and passing. Indonesia observes the day at Borobudur in Central Java, most distinctively with monks circling the stupa barefoot…Read this →Nyepi Festival 2026: Uncovering the Silence of Balinese New YearNyepi is the New Year of the Balinese Hindu Saka calendar, falling on March 19 in 2026, when the whole island stays silent from 6 a.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning, a full 24 hours. The night before there is a parade…Read this →Dieng Culture FestivalThe Dieng Culture Festival is held on the Dieng Plateau at around 2,000 metres above sea level in Central Java, Indonesia. Its heart is the hair-cutting rite held for local children born with curly hair, combining anc…Read this →Semana Santa, LarantukaSemana Santa in Larantuka is the Portuguese Catholic Holy Week tradition at the eastern end of Flores Island, Indonesia, originating in the 16th-century Portuguese colonial period. On the night of Good Friday a candle…Read this →Tabuik, PariamanTabuik is a commemorative festival held in Pariaman, West Sumatra, Indonesia in the first month of the Islamic calendar, when residents carry a tower-shaped paper effigy taller than a two-storey building in procession…Read this →The Toraja Funeral Festival in IndonesiaToraja's grand funeral, called Rambu Solo', is held by each family on its own when preparations are ready, with no single fixed date; they are more concentrated in the dry season of July to August. The location is Tan…Read this →