Bali, often called "Land of the Many Temples", one of Indonesia's 13.700 islands, was a Dutch colony between 1640 to 1949.

To the Balinese, the island is the whole world. It satisfies all physical and spiritual needs. The whole life revolve around their religion - Hinduism. Every village must have at least three temples, Pura Desa - for official meetings, Pura Puseh - to honor the village founder and Pura Dalem - the temple for the dead, the spirits in the after-life.
There are temples for farm-spirits, lakes and mountains. Every risefield has a small Subak tempel and every house has a family-tempel.