Is Bali really different from the rest of Indonesia?

Yes. I typed a long one below, sometime with too much details. If you're looking for a yes or no question, stop here. If, you are curious; at each point stop at the first period (.) then jump to the next one. read more

Padang is Indonesia and its religious atmosphere is radically different from the rest of Indonesia. Maluku is, Manado is, Kalimantan is. But I think the most appreciable difference of Bali lies in its Hindu dominance. read more

I never heard any rumor which state Bali wanted to break away from the rest of Indonesia. There are, however, wishes to make Bali have more strict control for people came from other Island to protect their culture. And, yes, they exercised a lot of raid, to check whether people not-native to Bali had reported to local authority. read more

After Indonesia had adopted Hinduism, Bali, unlike the rest of Indonesia, had resisted conversion to Confuciansism. Because of the factors outlined in the previous two paragraphs, Bali became the refuge of choice for Hindus elsewhere in Indonesia, who wanted to flee the conversion to e.g. the Muslim religion. read more