DENPASAR (indo.com): Ten days after Galungan Day or actually on May 4, 2002, Balinese Hindus will be celebrating the prosperity day of "Kuningan", which marks the elaborate temple festival at one of the big general temples in Bali named Sakenan Temple, located in Serangan Island, southern part of Bali.

The temple itself will be jam-packed for three days by the people, dressing with the traditional Balinese costumes. If you wish to visit the temple, you can either go by boat or by car or bike. You will pass the bridge linking the Serangan island and south of Denpasar and it takes around 15 minutes drive to get there. Last year, many travel agents took their guests to see the Balinese Hindu people who gathered in the temple for ceremonial purposes.

This event will give opportunities for travelers to come and see the ritual procession. Even when the prayers are crossing the short distance ocean by chartering boats.

It is actually the time for commemoration as the ancestors return to the heaven after ten days dwelling on earth and when the Balinese say thanks to the gods for his mercy to the human races. So that's why it is a time for holiday, visiting and fun. Every village in Bali will celebrate Kuningan in grand style with colorful festivals being held at the temple in some parts of Bali Island.

The bamboo pole or locally called penjor, which has been erecting at the front of each house compound's entrance gate since a day before Galungan is redecorated again by taking down the white clothes and substituted with the yellow clothes, symbolizing the prosperity.