Often it is touted about here what is the "real" Bali. Pundits of the "real" Bali, such as myself, often point to traditions, and the maintenance of Bali as she is.
I've just uploaded several original photographs in my collection of early maps, prints, engravings and photographs of the East Indies, and it's remarkable that most all of my early Bali photographs could have been taken just yesterday. But they weren't. They were taken between 1907 and 1938. If you would like a view, and comment about them as "then and now", then by all means, the link is below: