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22 Rare Century-Old Photos of Bali that Will Take You Back in Time
There’s a saying that goes like this: “People without the knowledge of their history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.” Compiled from various sources, these black and white photographs capture the essence of life, the people, and culture in Bali before 1920, during the Dutch colonial period. Let’s time-travel to Bali in the past century through the photos below:
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-Balinese-family-circa-1910-1920-Tropenmuseum-286x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Portrait-of-a-dancer-in-Bali-1910-1920-Tropenmuseum-278x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Balinese-tiger-killed-by-M-Zanveld-circa-1920-Vratislav-Mazak-483x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-native-Balinese-woman-spinning-1910-old-indische.blogspotdotcomdotau.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Balinese-girl-in-temple-costume-Between-1910-1914-tropenmuseum.nl_-270x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Balinese-soldiers-1880s-Bali-Museum-283x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Baris-dancers-drinking-beer-circa-1918-fareastitemsdotcom-252x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Buleleng-King-and-his-secretary-1875-Tropenmuseum-324x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Daughter-of-the-Governor-of-Buleleng-Bali-c.1882-Tropenmuseum-318x400.jpg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/European-men-woman-and-children-pose-in-front-of-Sansgrit-temple-in-Bali-Date-circa-1910-Tropenmuseum-550x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Four-women-on-their-way-to-the-market-Bali-1910-1920-Tropenmuseum-551x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Funeral-procession-and-sacrifices-at-Goesti-Djilantiks-cremation-in-Karangasem-Bali-1916-Tropenmuseum-566x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Portrait-of-an-actor-with-a-mask-1910-1920-Tropenmuseum-308x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Portrait-of-three-spear-dancers-at-a-temple-complex-in-Bali-1910-1920-Tropenmuseum-285x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Portrait-of-Balinese-women-with-sacrificial-bowls-1910-Tropenmuseum-273x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Procession-of-Puri-women-to-the-temple-with-offerings-Bali.-Tropenmuseum-582x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Spear-dancers-during-a-Baris-dance-performance-at-the-Batoer-temple-complex-1910-1920-Tropenmuseum-561x400.jpeg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Temple-in-Bali-circa-1912-Leiden-555x400.jpg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-Council-of-Kerta-the-prince-of-Buleleng-with-priests-and-courtier-1870-1890-Tropenmuseum-497x400.jpg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Traditional-market-in-Bali-circa-1920-Leiden-553x400.jpg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Two-men-in-clothes-of-the-Ida-caste-highest-caste-in-Bali-c.1880-Tropenmuseum-337x400.jpg)
![](https://bali.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Young-woman-on-Bali-circa-1910-Leiden-308x400.jpg)