In Reply to: Bali Umbul Umbul Flag/HELP!!!!!!! posted by balitrader on Saturday, 20. August 2005 at 05:11 Bali Time:
In the two URL below, you will find writing to the account that umbul-umbul have been part of Balinese festivals for much longer than 1998.
http://www.rainbow-project.ch/e/uu_festival.html
http://www.rainbow-project.ch/e/flyer_screen.pdf
Also in the guide book, "Inside Guides , Bali", published in 1984 by
APA Productions (HongKong) Ltd,
ISBN 9971-925-62-1
and in the USA by
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632
ISBN 013-056200-9
Look at page 100-101, there is a picture of a festival at Pura Besakih, with plenty of umbul-umbul
Good luck.