Villa Kubu is a unique group of luxurious villas, each with its own private swimming pool. Located in Seminyak, away from the dizzy rush and bustle of Kuta - Bali, yet still near to the exciting shopping, restaurants and nightspots. Our villa accommodation is within easy walking distance to Legian Beach and only a 15 minute drive from Bali International Airport.
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Sunday, November 02, 2008
Family bali villas
Villa M Bali
Villa M not only serves as Bali wedding venue but aslo a Bali honeymoon villa and accommodation holiday villa in Bali. There is accommodation for 8 wedding guests at the four bedroom villa which is quite separate from the honeymoon villa.
Each villa has a private entrance and private swimming pool.
Seminyak Bali Villas - Villa Gunung Payung #3
Seminyak Bali Villas - Villa Gunung Payung
Bali Villas | Seminyak VillasMonday, October 20, 2008
"Carik" for Rice Field
You can find this kind view around Ubud or Tabanan.
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BALI REPTILE ORGANIZATION AND LEARNING GROUP at 2008 Kuta Carnival
See the most bigger snake in bali and also so friendly. at KUTA KARNIVAL 2008 20,21,24 DAN 25 OKTOBER 2008.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Biu for Banana
Banana is very important fruit commodity in Bali. Because mostly of the Banten must have banana as part of it. When the ceremonial season comes the banana prices on the local market can be increase so high.
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An egret (blekok or kokokan) finds an eel (lindung)a tasty treat in a recently harvested rice field.
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Ceremonial offerings, usually made of palm leaf, flowers, and foodstuffs, are an art form. They are associated with every ritual occasion in Bali. a Balinese Hindu offerings for sale at a local market.
These offerings are given to the gods as a token of praise and prayer. In Bali, they represent Siwa (Shiva), while the incense represents Brahma and holy water, Wisnu (Vishnu).
The Balinese belief in the forces of the invisible world dictates that offerings be created with a spirit of thankfulness, and loving attention to detail.
Wadah
A temple structured sarcophagus made of paper and light wood which believes to be the vehicle of the spirits for the deads when balinese held the Ngaben as Cremation Ceremony. The Wadah will be carried to the village cremation site or grave in a procession. The ultimate procession is to burn the Wadah, using fire from a holy source.
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A farmer plows the rice terraces in the traditional method or Metekap.
Sideman, Bali.
Pemangku
The word Pemangku came from “Pangku” which is mean holding in this case holding the responsibility as servant betwen balinese people and their god.
Bali Villas | Seminyak Villas | Bali Private VillasBantent The Balinese Offering
Women bringing offering to a temple ceremony in Ubud. The food is dropped off, then blessed and then brought home to eat. For the narrower meaning, Yadnya means an offering, worship, holy sacrifice which is often related with Banten (means in the Balinese offerings which is usually made from young coconut leaves, and containing fruits, flowers, leaves, betel vine, foods, cakes, and sesari (a little money as an offering).
Bali Villas | Seminyak Villas | Bali Private VillasBebek for Duck
New variety of ducks, all wings are blue...
Its not so sharp because I took this shot from the running motorcycle. In order not to miss the herons site and terrace paddy field, I parked my bicycle, went to local grocery, ordered some drink and asked for someone who will drive me motorcycle. The man stopped playing badminton and drove me. He used to work in travel agency so he could take me to where I wanted and explained me well, and stopped or slow down motorcycle for me to take photo..
Sun was almost set, light was too delicate and I couldnot make any shaprer than this and it was just one shot...
(added).. For blue wings, I was told that it is the mark by the owner... to check their ducks. And they walked ahead leading their owner back home
West Ubud
Bali, Indonesia
Bali Lotus Pond
The Balinese believe that the god Siwa sits in the centre of the lotus.
This Lotus taken at Balinese garden in Lukisan Art Museum. Ubud, Bali
Love this kind and this color of lotus, the green water plants behind make this looks like flower arrnagement but they all grow naturally by their ways
Ubud, Bali
Indonesia
Bali Dance in Painting
Bali Dance is very impressive for me for the unique style. I love the beauty of costumes, the powerful movement and the beauty. I saw many dance performances there.
Bali dance itself is typical and unique
and
Bali art is also typical and unquies too though influences from begining by Euorpean artist but the art develop into Bali own style..
This painting was in Ubud gallery and I post small size for viewing. Artist signature is at the corner but still anonymous (cannot read)
Ubud, Bali
Tatakut the Rice Grains Protector
At evening, paddy field in Ubud, Bali is so lively with lots of people, birds, and flags as if there were festival. I stopped mountain very often to take shots, parked it and walk through the small dike of paddy field. It took sometimes for me to understand why the boy stood still there.. He played something in his hands and for a while he rewinded the little wheel hanging on the pole that made some noise, the flags and the human-like model (tetakut) were all tools to chase away the birds from taking the rice grains.
Later I knew from the local man that.. rice production is not sufficient for consumption though Bali is so green, it still needs to import rice, so its very essential for farmers to work almost whole day to chase away the birds..
He is the boy at work...
West of Ubud
Bali, Indonesia
Ogoh-Ogoh
The Balinese Colorful Sculptures Monsters that are paraded for Nyepi as The Balinese Hindu New Year. The Ogoh-ogoh finally burned in the evening to drive away evil spirits. Nyepi is celebrated in the spring by a day of silence.
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Mepeed is another procession preceding the temple ritual. This traverses a distance of three kilometers en route from banjar to the temple alas kedaton site, with women bearing stacks of Balinese fruit and cakes called ‘gebogan.’
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a balinese culture hunting with uwalah sheko, difloppy, and ramayadi.
@alaskedaton, tabanan, bali, indonesia feb 12, 2008
Pura Ulun Danu
Ancient Temples of Bali
By Mark Leger
The island is being eaten away. It may take millions of years before it's gone, but the sea is moving in. Responding to this oceanic island-eater, the Balinese believe that the ocean is home to the demonic forces of destruction. The mountains, the givers of soil and trappers of rain clouds, are the abode of the benevolent creators. Most every Balinese village has three temples, one oriented towards the interior mountains and dedicated to Brahma, the creator. Another in the center of the village dedicated to Vishnu, the preserver. And on the outside of town, towards the ocean is the temple to Siva, the destroyer.
In a twist on mainland Hinduism, the Balinese add a fourth, overarching deity, Sanghyang Widhi. And thousands of specific spirits, dwelling in mountains, lakes, special rocks, plants, your favorite cooking bowl. A highly resilient people, the Balinese have created an inspired mix of monotheism, Hinduism, and animism.
Although there's a lot of individual variation, most temples, called pura in Balinese, are usually comprised of two courtyards: a transitional outer and a sacred inner. The outer courtyard is entered through the distinctive Balinese split gates, called candi bentar. This is the place for larger assembly — cock fights, dance and gamelan performances, the preparation of offerings. Usually the outer courtyard has a kulkul tower, which is a kind of a bell tower, used for signalling to the villagers to come to temple functions or if something's awry in the village, such as a fire or a possessed postal worker. The inner courtyard is where the shrines and offering spots are located, and is frequently closed to casual visitors during temple festivals.
The best time to see a Balinese temple is during its festival, which is generally only once a year. But with some 20,000 temples on an island only 87 by 56 miles large, you'll have a lot of opportunity to see temple festivals. Since festival time is when the temple's deity comes to visit, it's important to look your best — kind of like when your rich and childless Uncle Henry pays a call. If you please him, he can do you big favors. But if you bore him, he's likely to forget about you just when you want to be foremost in his mind.
So show respect. Leave the tacky t-shirt and beat-up tennis shoes behind. Men will be asked to wear a temple sash, which you can frequently rent outside the temple gate, but it may make sense to buy one at market so you'll have one when rents aren't available. If you take pictures, do so respectfully. And treat the priests just like you would a cleric back home. When you're communing with the divine, you don't want camera flashes going off in your face. Also, it's hyper-bad form to be standing at a higher level than the priests during ceremony — so down off that ledge!
Unlike the Javanese monumental temples, Balinese temples have never been forgotten or forsaken. And what they lack in awesomeness, they make up for in charm and spiritual devotion. The best way to apprehend Balinese temples is not in the context of a few great sites, but as a broad network of significant nodes in a living, breathing, modern culture. The following temples are a taste of what's there. . .
Rise Terras
Rizières en terrasses aux environs d'Ubud (Bali, Indonésie)., originally uploaded by Emmanuel LATTES.
Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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