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Twas the Night Before Christmas in Bali

Santa Claus is Coming to Bali!

As part of our Christmas season offering, we hope you’ll take the time to listen to this Bali Update Podcast featuring a poem by long-time Bali ex-pat and author Richard E. Lewis inspired by the well-known poem written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823 – “Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Pour yourself a cup of coffee and a piece of Christmas cake while we share a very Balinese version of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

Link to “Twas the Night Before Christmas in Bali – on YouTube,

Glossary of Possibly Unfamiliar Terms:

Listrik was mati– the electricity was off

Tikar – a woven mat

Dokar – a two-wheeled carriage

Barong – a mythical Balinese creature part cow, lion, or dragon

Canggu – a popular tourist enclave in North Kuta, Bali

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