DENPASAR (indo.com): A month after Muslim people celebrated their Idul Fitri, the turn comes to Christians on December 25, 2003 to celebrate their Christmas, a day of the birth of Jesus Christ.

The Christmas Eve in few churches in Bali to start at 7 o'clock in the evening and some hotels like Radisson, Oberoi, Grand Hyatt and still many other hotels have set up any decorations from young banana leaves and of course with the Christmas trees.

Bali has the strong rooted nature based on Hindu, however they are very broad minded and having a great tolerance to other religions and they live in a harmony. Sometimes, Balinese show their high tolerance by using the word Galungan for any celebration of other religions. Hindu themselves are sometimes dubbed the Christmas Day as Galungan for Christians because in some villages in the west border line between Denpasar and Tabanan whose inhabitants are mostly Christian install the decorative long bamboo pole or locally called as "penjor " in front of their house compounds. Simply, it is like Balinese Hindu people when they are celebrating Galungan & Kuningan Day.

The harmonious religious interaction between Christian and Hindu can be seen in Sawan Village, Buleleng Regency, in which the Christian people prefer naming Christmas Day as Galungan Kristen (Galungan Day for Christian). Moreover, when the celebration of Christmas Day lasted, other people whose religion are different do a visit to the Christian people and bring any presents and mostly kilograms of sugar, rice, and other basic needs for making any meals or cake. This is just a symbol of wishes when other religions are celebrating their religious anniversary.