Bali Culture - Odalan

Bali is know as an island with a thousand temple. It is easy to find a temple ceremonies is called odalan. Odalan is a celebration of the first day when the temple was built. Some odalan ceremonies are short, lasting from 1 to 3 days only, religious ritual is finished, odalan becomes more a social occasion, with dance, music, drama, comedy, and shadow puppet plays.

Since Bali has its calendar system for religious puposes, which cycle 210 days, and each temple celebrates their odalan every 2010 days, it's no wonder that it's possible for one to see an odalan ceremony every day somewhere around Bali.