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Bali ( Balinese: ᬩᬮᬶ) is an island and province of Indonesia. The province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan. It is located at the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. Its capital, Denpasar, is located in the southern part of the island.

With a population of 3,890,757 in the 2010 census, and 4,225,000 as of January 2014, the island is home to most of Indonesia's Hindu minority. According to the 2010 Census, 83.5% of Bali's population adhered to Balinese Hinduism, followed by 13.4% Muslim, Christianity at 2.5%, and Buddhism 0.5%.

Bali is a popular tourist destination, which has seen a significant rise in tourists since the 1980s. It is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. The Indonesian International Film Festival is held every year in Bali.

Bali is part of the Coral Triangle, the area with the highest biodiversity of marine species. In this area alone over 500 reef building coral species can be found. For comparison, this is about 7 times as many as in the entire Caribbean. Most recently, Bali was the host of the 2011 ASEAN Summit, 2013 APEC and Miss World 2013.

Bali (disambiguation)

Bali is an island province of Indonesia.

Bali may also refer to:

Bali (lingerie)

Bali is a lingerie company operating in the United States of America.

Bali began in 1927 with Sara Stein as Fay-Miss. In 1935 the company changed its name to Bali Brassiere Company. Bali merged with Hanes Corporation in 1969. Hanes was then sold to Chicago based Consolidated Foods Company, which became Sara Lee Corporation in 1985. In 2006 Sara Lee spun off its apparel company into HanesBrands Inc.. HanesBrands owns many other clothing brands, including: Hanes (its largest brand), Champion (its second largest brand), Playtex (its third largest brand), Just My Size, Barely There, Wonderbra, L’eggs, C9 by Champion, Duofold, Beefy-T, Outer Banks, Sol y Oro, Rinbros, Zorba and Ritmo. Bali launched the "Live Beautifully" campaign in 2007 that featured notable photographer and director Peter Lindbergh. This campaign was created by KraftWorks NYC, their primary advertising agency since 2005.

Bali (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)

Bali Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the six Rajasthan Legislative Assembly constituencies in Pali district of Rajasthan state in western India. Bali Legislative Assembly segment is part of Pali Lok Sabha constituency.

Bali (name)

Bali is a name, which may refer to:

Bali (character)

Bali is a French-Canadian animated television series based on a series of French children's books by Magdalena Richard and Laurent Richard published by Editions Flammarion. The show follows the adventures of Bali, a modern preschool puppy, his mom and dad, his little sister Lea and Kikou, his stuffed animal in a city apartment. Paris-based PlanetNemo has licensed the television program to more than 20 countries worldwide and has sold U.S. media and merchandising rights. In addition, Bali has had a stage show run in Paris. It aired on the PBS Kids Go! Channel in September 12, 2010 to March 6, 2011 and PBS Kids on September 1, 2013 to February 23, 2014.

Bali (film)

Bali is a 1970 Italian romance film directed by Ugo Liberatore and Paolo Heusch. Originally directed by Ugo Liberatore and released as Incontro d'amore a Bali, it was a box office bomb. In 1975, following a series of commercial successes of Laura Antonelli, whose in the meanwhile had established herself as one of the most popular Italian sex symbols, the producer Alfredo Bini released a new version of the film, with a new editing and with the introduction of new scenes shot by Paolo Heusch with actors Ettore Manni and Ilona Staller. Released as Incontro d'amore, the film eventually got a large success at the Italian box office, grossing about 1 billion and a half lire.

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These portolanos or sailing charts are of great interest to the Australasian student, not only because they depict for the first time the Molucca Islands, but also because Java, Bali, Lomboc and Sumbawa are set down on them as distinct and separate islands, whereas on a class of maps a little later in date, on which the Australian Continent is represented, some of those islands are indicated as forming part of the northern shores of Australia.

The Dutch claimed that whenever their ships ran aground or were wrecked on the coast of Bali, the Balinese would salvage the cargo.

Once he had sat in a hotel bar in Bali, speaking to a young Balinese man who had studied in North America.

And having to sit on information that he knew would have saved lives in Bali, in Jakarta, and elsewhere .

Bali, Lomboc, Madura or Sumbawa--all islands smaller than Java, and having therefore an appearance of claim to the term.

Dauphin Chart, showing part of Java, Madura, Bali, Lomboc, and Sumbawa through which protrudes Cape York Peninsula.

While Islam is the dominant religion of the islands, Bali has retained its Hindu traditions, there are pockets of Christianity, and ancient animistic customs are visible almost everywhere.

Davies had lived in a boarding-house called Bali Hi, Furtman Gardens, Willesden.

Davies had returned to Bali Hi where he drove the car noisily and smokily into the area at the back of the premises.

Doris, his estranged wife, had said an entire sentence to him even in the necessary proximity of the dinner table at Bali Hi.

He and Doris had moved into Bali Hi as their marriage was stumbling to a halt.

They went by the Jubilee Clock, just striking six, and back to Bali Hi.

That led him from the media siever that had compiled the report to central Commonwealth science repositories on Bali and in Mexico City.

On Bali they had been forced from the streets of Denpasar by a mob dancing to the whims of the monkey god.

And then a couple of nights later you were in a place called the Bali, opposite El Morocco.