Heaven on earth
Topic: News
4 comments — fahmi on March 24th, 2008
Long week end made Kuta, especially the beach, was very crowded. Hundred people densed almost every streets in Kuta. Many vehicles, motor cycles and cars, took a long line before they can reach the beach. I think majority tourists came from domestic since they want to spent long week end. But the aboard tourists could be seen as well.
Topic: Places
2 comments — fahmi on March 18th, 2008
Ubud village is one of the favourite destination for aboard tourists. More than 3,000 aboard tourists visited this village in a month, or in average about 100 tourists/day. In Ubud village, there are many museums that provide many art heritage and the uniqueness art of Bali. In Bali, it's about more than 20 museums, most of them are managed by private company.
Topic: News
Discussion — fahmi on March 16th, 2008
This is not a threat, just a warning. Some arts from Bali are predicted will be extinct since the youth generation choose to play or develop art from outside of Bali. Institut Seni Indonesia/ISI (Indonesia Art Institution) lecture, I Nyoman Carita SST, MFA said gambuh is one sample. The artist gambuh is quite hard to be found beside the performance stage of gambuh can't attract the youth generation to attend.
Topic: Event
1 comment — fahmi on March 10th, 2008
In Bali, there are many unique traditions that we find only in Bali. Omed-omedan is an example. What is omed-omedan? Omed-omedan is hug and activities tradition that to be done a day after Balinese (especially Hindunese) celebrate Nyepi. In omed-omedan, there will be 2 groups, male and female, sometimes they came from different village.
Topic: News
1 comment — fahmi on March 6th, 2008
Tourists who want to visit Bali, had been warned not go there on March 7, since Nyepi will be celebrated by Balinese (Hindunese). On that day, no one will do activity anywhere in Bali, since when celebrate Nyepi, they will do amati karya (not working) and amati lelungaan (not ...
Topic: News
1 comment — fahmi on March 5th, 2008
During January 2008, statistic recorded foreign tourists who came to Bali were increasing more than 27%. It's about 140,275 tourists meanwhile in January 2007 there was only 109,875 tourists. Target for this year, more than 1,7 million tourists visit to Bali since Bali is in condusive situation even some bombs exploded ...
Topic: Event
2 comments — fahmi on March 4th, 2008
In the next couple days, Balinese will celebrate Nyepi, the famous event in Hindu. On Nyepi, Balinese (especially the Hindunese) will do none activities all day, since the night one day before Nyepi until the midnight on Nyepi. For this event, especially on March 7, Bali Head Tourism, Drs I Gede ...
Topic: Event
Discussion — fahmi on March 3rd, 2008
One of Balinese traditions is Mesuryak, an event which will be held after Balinese (which Hindu is majority) after they celebrate Galungan, one of holy day in Hindu. In Mesuryak, many people will get the money which are spread by. Balinese celebrated Mesuryak not only try to get the money. They ...
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