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Friday, August 22, 2008

Bali Place of Interest

Places of Interest
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Amlapura
Crossing a wide, solidified lava flow which year by year is slowly being brought back to cultivation, you enter Amlapura, the main town of Karangasem regency. The former kingdom was founded during the weakening of the Gelgel dynasty late in the 17th century, and became in the late 18th and early 19th centuries the most powerful state in Bali. Puri Agung Karangasem long served as the residence of these kings ..
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Bangli
Further inland the weather is cooler. Plots abound with sweet potato, peanut, corn and spices. A high kulkul drum tower marks the entrance to Bangli, capital of a kingdom descended from the early Gelgel dynasty. The largest and most sacred temple of the district is Pura Kehen, the terraced mountain sanctuary and state temple of Bangli. An ancient document tells of the slaughter of a black bull ..
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Batu Bulan
Driving northeast of Denpasar, one is soon among the fields and streams of Badung and Gianyar. Badung's district border is marked by a spinning factory named Patal Tohpati. Tohpati means "where people risk their lives" and alludes to a former battle between two rival kingdoms. Entering Batubulan, stone statues of divinities and demons, humans and animals line the roadside. They are sold to tourists and to the Balinese as ..
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Mas
According to the Balinese chronicles, Danghyang Nirartha (Padanda Sakti Bahu Rauh) came to Bali from Java at the end of the 1 5th century and made his home in this village. This priest, from whom almost all of Bali's Brahmanas claim descent, gave Balinese Hinduism the >>
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Batur
In 1927,the people of Batur began rebuilding Pura Ulun Danu, the temple which once lay at the foot of the volcano. It was an ambitious project. The majority of the 285 planned shrines are yet to be completed. At present, the temple is finely and simply designed. Two august gateways, severe in contrast to the elaborate split gates of South Bali, open onto spacious courtyards laid with black gravel...
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Bedugul
In jungle terrain lies the serene lake of Bratan, veiled with mist. It fills the ancient crater of Mt. Bratan. Because the lake is an essential water source for surrounding farmlands, the people of Bedugul honor Dewl'tanu, goddess of the waters ..
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Bedulu
The village at the crossroads beyond Pejeng was once the center of early Balinese dynasties. In the 14th century, the armies of the Majapahit dynasty in Java threatened many parts of the archipelago. One ruler refused to submit: Dalem Bedaulu or Raja Tapolung ...
1besakih.jpg (10615 bytes)

Besakih
A climb north, through the astonishing landscapes of Bukit Jambul, ascends over 900 meters up the slopes of Gunung Agung to Pura Besakih, the holiest of all temples in Bali. It originated most probably as a prehistoric terraced ..
1kubutambahan.jpg (15230 bytes)

Kubu Tambahan
Here, Pura Maduwe Karang, "Temple of the Owner of the Land", honors Mother Earth and the sun which give prosperity to the crops of dry agriculture. Assubak temples venerate the creative urge in nature that insures harvests on irrigated rice fields, this temple holds ceremonies to guarantee a "blessing" for plants grown on un-irrigated land: fruits, coconut, maize and coffee >>
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Kuta
Sunsets make memories at Kuta beach, one of the island's loveliest seacoasts. Skylight descends in warm waves of color, leaving shy stars behind. Village fishermen often set off at dusk, the sails of their prahus shrinking to frail silhouettes that drift across a wide, red sun. They vanish into the night, lulled by the rhythm of >>
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Marga
On 20 November 1946, Lt. Col. 1 Gusti Ngurah Rai, a commander of nationalist troops in Bali, and his company of guerrilla fighters were killed in the Battle of Marga. Surrounded by a numerically superior Dutch force, and under bombardment from the air, the small band, only 94 men in all, refused to surrender; they attacked >>
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Blahbatuh
Many landmarks and buildings are attributed to him, including the original gate of this temple. Enshrined in a small pavilion is a massive stone head over a meter high, said to be a portrait of Kebo lwa. The head cannot be dated precisely and does not resemble usual Hindu - Javanese iconography; it is probably solely Balinese in creation >>
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Blayu
From Mengwi you may cross the range to the coast of North Bali. A left turn off the main road leads to Blayu where the women are weavers. The clicking of bamboo looms resound, as locally dyed threads are interwoven in webs of gold embroidery to fashion ceremonial cloths worn during festivals. A sarong two meters long takes three weeks to a month to weave, depending upon the intricacy of the design >>
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Celuk
A silver-spun dragon twice encircles the wrist to form a bracelet sold in the village of Celuk, a center of gold and silver work. Original designs in delicate filigree make Balinese jeweiry one of the most unusual styles in Asia. Although individual pieces are elaborate, they have simple origins in their making. Artisans use a tree stump with a protruding iron spike as a pounding base, a bamboo stem to catch the filings, and a manually operated gas pump for heat. As with most Balinese crafts, gold and silver work is largely an hereditary trade >>
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Denpasar
With a population over 100,000, this Bali's capital city is the largest city in the island. It is also clock. Since the Denpasar's two main shopping streets at el960sand the tourist boom, Denpasar has come together at the Guru statue- Hindu concepts. It replaced an old street Jalan Gajah Mada grown quickly into a bustling little city in is block-full with >>
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Gianyar
Before Gianyar, traveling from Kutri, there is a road junction. For a shorter round trip (skipping the Gianyar - Kintamani circuit) which allows more time for shopping in Ubud and Mas, take the road left to Bedulu and follow the tour from there (pages 151-157). Or, if there is time, take the road right to Gianyar and Kintamani >>
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Goa Gajah
A short distance from Bedulu stands the mysterious Goa Gajah or Elephant Cave. A fantastically carved entrance depicts entangling leaves, rocks, animals, ocean waves and demonic human shapes running from the gaping mouth which forms the entrance to the cave. The monstrous Kala head that looms above the entrance seems to part the rock with her hands >>
1gunungkawi.jpg (9624 bytes)

Gunung Kawi
From the lookout above a long stairway, ghostly habitations appear on the far side of the valley. The young River Pakrisan bubbles down over boulders, as it winds through the rice terraces. This is the striking >>
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Klungkung
As the seat of the Dewa Agung, nominally the highest of the old Balinese rajas, Klungkung holds a special place in the island's history and culture. As artistic centers, the palaces of Klungkung's rajas and noblemen patronized and developed the styles of music, drama and the fine arts that flourish today. The capital was shifted to Klungkung from nearby Gelgel in 1710, and a new palace built .>>
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Kintamani
In script from the 10th century indicate that this high mountain district which takes its name from the ancient, windblown town at 1,500 meters-was the earliest known kingdom in Bali. Its small houses are constructed of wood and bamboo tiles to give warmth in the cold evenings of the highlands. Plentiful vegetables and fruits prosper in the damp climate. Like many of the old villages in Bali, the center of community affairs is the bale agung, >>

Bali Place of Interest

Places of Interest
1amlapura1.jpg (14052 bytes)

Amlapura
Crossing a wide, solidified lava flow which year by year is slowly being brought back to cultivation, you enter Amlapura, the main town of Karangasem regency. The former kingdom was founded during the weakening of the Gelgel dynasty late in the 17th century, and became in the late 18th and early 19th centuries the most powerful state in Bali. Puri Agung Karangasem long served as the residence of these kings ..
1bangli1.jpg (12782 bytes)

Bangli
Further inland the weather is cooler. Plots abound with sweet potato, peanut, corn and spices. A high kulkul drum tower marks the entrance to Bangli, capital of a kingdom descended from the early Gelgel dynasty. The largest and most sacred temple of the district is Pura Kehen, the terraced mountain sanctuary and state temple of Bangli. An ancient document tells of the slaughter of a black bull ..
1batubulan.jpg (13210 bytes)

Batu Bulan
Driving northeast of Denpasar, one is soon among the fields and streams of Badung and Gianyar. Badung's district border is marked by a spinning factory named Patal Tohpati. Tohpati means "where people risk their lives" and alludes to a former battle between two rival kingdoms. Entering Batubulan, stone statues of divinities and demons, humans and animals line the roadside. They are sold to tourists and to the Balinese as ..
1mas.jpg (8667 bytes)

Mas
According to the Balinese chronicles, Danghyang Nirartha (Padanda Sakti Bahu Rauh) came to Bali from Java at the end of the 1 5th century and made his home in this village. This priest, from whom almost all of Bali's Brahmanas claim descent, gave Balinese Hinduism the >>
1batur.jpg (9106 bytes)

Batur
In 1927,the people of Batur began rebuilding Pura Ulun Danu, the temple which once lay at the foot of the volcano. It was an ambitious project. The majority of the 285 planned shrines are yet to be completed. At present, the temple is finely and simply designed. Two august gateways, severe in contrast to the elaborate split gates of South Bali, open onto spacious courtyards laid with black gravel...
1bedugul.jpg (7188 bytes)

Bedugul
In jungle terrain lies the serene lake of Bratan, veiled with mist. It fills the ancient crater of Mt. Bratan. Because the lake is an essential water source for surrounding farmlands, the people of Bedugul honor Dewl'tanu, goddess of the waters ..
1bedulu.jpg (8647 bytes)

Bedulu
The village at the crossroads beyond Pejeng was once the center of early Balinese dynasties. In the 14th century, the armies of the Majapahit dynasty in Java threatened many parts of the archipelago. One ruler refused to submit: Dalem Bedaulu or Raja Tapolung ...
1besakih.jpg (10615 bytes)

Besakih
A climb north, through the astonishing landscapes of Bukit Jambul, ascends over 900 meters up the slopes of Gunung Agung to Pura Besakih, the holiest of all temples in Bali. It originated most probably as a prehistoric terraced ..
1kubutambahan.jpg (15230 bytes)

Kubu Tambahan
Here, Pura Maduwe Karang, "Temple of the Owner of the Land", honors Mother Earth and the sun which give prosperity to the crops of dry agriculture. Assubak temples venerate the creative urge in nature that insures harvests on irrigated rice fields, this temple holds ceremonies to guarantee a "blessing" for plants grown on un-irrigated land: fruits, coconut, maize and coffee >>
1kuta.jpg (9455 bytes)

Kuta
Sunsets make memories at Kuta beach, one of the island's loveliest seacoasts. Skylight descends in warm waves of color, leaving shy stars behind. Village fishermen often set off at dusk, the sails of their prahus shrinking to frail silhouettes that drift across a wide, red sun. They vanish into the night, lulled by the rhythm of >>
1marga.jpg (13355 bytes)

Marga
On 20 November 1946, Lt. Col. 1 Gusti Ngurah Rai, a commander of nationalist troops in Bali, and his company of guerrilla fighters were killed in the Battle of Marga. Surrounded by a numerically superior Dutch force, and under bombardment from the air, the small band, only 94 men in all, refused to surrender; they attacked >>
1blahbatuh.jpg (10802 bytes)

Blahbatuh
Many landmarks and buildings are attributed to him, including the original gate of this temple. Enshrined in a small pavilion is a massive stone head over a meter high, said to be a portrait of Kebo lwa. The head cannot be dated precisely and does not resemble usual Hindu - Javanese iconography; it is probably solely Balinese in creation >>
1blayu.jpg (11443 bytes)

Blayu
From Mengwi you may cross the range to the coast of North Bali. A left turn off the main road leads to Blayu where the women are weavers. The clicking of bamboo looms resound, as locally dyed threads are interwoven in webs of gold embroidery to fashion ceremonial cloths worn during festivals. A sarong two meters long takes three weeks to a month to weave, depending upon the intricacy of the design >>
1celuk.jpg (14669 bytes)

Celuk
A silver-spun dragon twice encircles the wrist to form a bracelet sold in the village of Celuk, a center of gold and silver work. Original designs in delicate filigree make Balinese jeweiry one of the most unusual styles in Asia. Although individual pieces are elaborate, they have simple origins in their making. Artisans use a tree stump with a protruding iron spike as a pounding base, a bamboo stem to catch the filings, and a manually operated gas pump for heat. As with most Balinese crafts, gold and silver work is largely an hereditary trade >>
1denpasar3.jpg (10793 bytes)

Denpasar
With a population over 100,000, this Bali's capital city is the largest city in the island. It is also clock. Since the Denpasar's two main shopping streets at el960sand the tourist boom, Denpasar has come together at the Guru statue- Hindu concepts. It replaced an old street Jalan Gajah Mada grown quickly into a bustling little city in is block-full with >>
1gianyar.jpg (12658 bytes)

Gianyar
Before Gianyar, traveling from Kutri, there is a road junction. For a shorter round trip (skipping the Gianyar - Kintamani circuit) which allows more time for shopping in Ubud and Mas, take the road left to Bedulu and follow the tour from there (pages 151-157). Or, if there is time, take the road right to Gianyar and Kintamani >>
1goagajah.jpg (13961 bytes)

Goa Gajah
A short distance from Bedulu stands the mysterious Goa Gajah or Elephant Cave. A fantastically carved entrance depicts entangling leaves, rocks, animals, ocean waves and demonic human shapes running from the gaping mouth which forms the entrance to the cave. The monstrous Kala head that looms above the entrance seems to part the rock with her hands >>
1gunungkawi.jpg (9624 bytes)

Gunung Kawi
From the lookout above a long stairway, ghostly habitations appear on the far side of the valley. The young River Pakrisan bubbles down over boulders, as it winds through the rice terraces. This is the striking >>
1klungkung.jpg (10524 bytes)

Klungkung
As the seat of the Dewa Agung, nominally the highest of the old Balinese rajas, Klungkung holds a special place in the island's history and culture. As artistic centers, the palaces of Klungkung's rajas and noblemen patronized and developed the styles of music, drama and the fine arts that flourish today. The capital was shifted to Klungkung from nearby Gelgel in 1710, and a new palace built .>>
1kintamani.jpg (12941 bytes)

Kintamani
In script from the 10th century indicate that this high mountain district which takes its name from the ancient, windblown town at 1,500 meters-was the earliest known kingdom in Bali. Its small houses are constructed of wood and bamboo tiles to give warmth in the cold evenings of the highlands. Plentiful vegetables and fruits prosper in the damp climate. Like many of the old villages in Bali, the center of community affairs is the bale agung, >>

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

kusuma agrowisata this is located in stone city



kusuma agrowisata this is located in stone city batu

i am et al sempat go on vacation last night there moment to surabaya february then. this also without planned, know last-minutes-person
to achieve stone city from surabaya, can lease car. oh iya, rate lease car at surabaya expensive. but final dapet normal price after nelpon sana-sini, dapet according to under cover from one of [the] official rental car we are telpon (kyk tuh official is pirated same rental car laen; p). rate leases after nawar in the style of market: 800ribu (avanza) to 2 days 1 evening, udah belong driver and petrol (but blm money eats driver). moment road to stone, sempat also call on to porong-sidoarjo, according to teman2 (dr jakarta) in mo tough.
stone city at this east java is plateau region close to ridges, so that berhawa suejuk! reside in height 680-1.200 meter dpl, with air temperature 15-19 degree celcius. from surabaya southerly, from unlucky up at west. before now sih this still part from unlucky city, but now is soing city self.
there many nature tour objects at batu-malang this, there songgoriti, selecta, jatim park, etc. hotel-hotel even also a part shaped hotel resort yg full facility, yg caw necessary everywhere also udah beautiful, genuinely pleasant make to go on vacation. two hotels resort starry enough famous that is boutique flower club resort and kusuma agrowisata hotel. two this hotels besides suited for go on vacation also can make honeymoon hihihi… family
final choose to stay at kusuma agrowisata hotel aja, the location not far jg with flower club. at kusuma agro, area and rate that also udah include tour agro (apple, stroberi, etc), so to let caw takes care everywhere (because caw many time)s. if flower club may be more make hanimun or want to relax (spa, massage, etc) likely.
upon arriving there by accident afternoon and hujaaan. so rest, then forag evening, final to waroeng bethany (or betania, forget). little the place, but design impressive the room! low light, mendingnya full of photo and testimonial visitor (rata2 artist) but edged artistic, meja-kursi formed nature wood (ha what sih the name), and in also there tree trunk and twigs creep at room corner. cute but romantic the impression. the food reasonable but special caw follow me. oh iya, unfortunately we are obvious latest visitor krn udah mo enclosing, while that is msh afternoon new clock 8an malem! pintu-jendela begin closed (to feel chased away), duh while blom moto2 self: p, hiks kan low light gt must setting2, caw sempat.
stone city above clock 8 evening udah sepiiii… or probably because rain? final in sleep aja deh, and plan gets to finished dawn mo jogging because the air bener2 bersiiiih and view pretty. get up morning finished dawn stills to slouch, and clock 6an begin to go breakfast. jogging? that only the intention semalem. but, intention without effort is nothing!
morning that is memulailah exploration area kusuma agrowisata this hotel. hotel resort this is type and broadness resembles beautiful temple hotel (magelang). sebener sih blom ever to beautiful temple hihihi, only tough photo and the video from temen. . kusuma this hotel stands at area around 17hektar. kamar-kamar there standard there also cottage. in area, besides hotel full starry hotel facilities (fitness, swimming pool, spa, playground, etc) also found area outbound, agrowisata fruit (apple, strawberry, etc), and there agrowisata flower (green house? ).
the soil contour likes hilly valley fluctuates, several enough slopes. oh iya, from principal lobby (in front of) to kamar-kamar that comes into area, at kanan-kiri view very beautiful, but enough far. so kalo caw brings car self yes reasonable tired deh. although aim to room there tour car, but kan only make nganterin enter.
make photos lovers narsis like me, everywhere view good. have breakfast standard menu, and sure there rawon (ow. . east java once). in place have breakfast this adjacent direct with swimming pool and view ridges yg clear seen (mount arjuna, kalo wrong caw). without buang2 time, finished eat direct go down to area swimming pool and vinicity, doesn't make to swim (krn caw brings swimsuit), but sure make photos.
then continued to step into area agrowisata. hotel guest udah given ticket enters jd caw pays again, and there tour guide (although at end us best ngasi tips again). step into agrowisata, there welcome drink fruit drink makes trip provision (duh, serasa mo jalan2 far). then be deliverred the guide. first, step into area agrowisata flower. there many banget good flower, and because my partner likes flower soes long deh there, and final buys several flower seeds.
there also garden stroberi, pity again caw bear fruit to so caw can picks. alongside road (track) situ, there various animal likes chicken (the kind aneh2), cassowary, bat, etc many deh. trus until also at agrowisata aim: apple garden! unlucky city and this stone is really famous with fruit one this, unlucky apple. this garden is enough vast. there 1 ticket can to pick 2 apples (kalo mo more can, caw origin ketauan halah*). manner picks apple: left hand holds stalk, right hand twists the fruit, don't pick with the stalk. this manner must be followed so that must not botch that apple tree.
after from apple garden, the guide will leave visitor so that will stroll self. even less visitor as we yg sweet photo because not red letter day, so lonely, so photos activity not disturbed. oh iya, there also place to buy oleh2 shaped product kusuma agro this, like apple vinegar (for well-being), apple crispy chips (made from apple cut is sliced thin), and another.
to stay last night at kusuma agrowisata this hotel, at least (room rate 2008) we must take outside fund 450-600 thousands for standard room (weekdays), cottage begins 800ribu up to 2,5 million semalem (weekdays). if weekend/holiday, for a few room type plus 200-300ribu, and costliest cottage soes 3,5juta. glek! but there facilities addition eats malem kalo malem week and red letter day. luck aja not weekend fit over there, and sure tau donk i am certain choose room yg cheapest

Friday, August 15, 2008

Breakfast at Ubud Market

I’m on a mission at the Ubud market to find my favorite breakfast. I enter near the corner of Monkey Forest Road and Jl. Raya, past a row of noisy old ladies dressed in faded sarongs and the long-sleeved lace or printed polyester kebayas, selling fluorescent cakes dyed with pink and green food coloring, soft blue hydrangeas, coconut leaves, green bananas and vegetables of all descriptions bursting out of small bamboo baskets.

As I jalan-jalan round the corner, edging my way past 100 Ubud mums doing their early morning shopping, I’m relieved to find what I’m looking for: mission accomplished.

There lies my breakfast. Ahead of me, shaded from the hot morning sun, is the bubur seller, Memek Leseg, from South Ubud, serving my favorite market treat, rice porridge or bubur. Bubur is soft-boiled rice that is topped with assorted seasonings. In this case, it’s a savory dish.

Meme Leseg’s small foodstall sits beside a community of grandmas at low tables that are set up for the morning’s takeaway trade. These are Ubud’s D.I.Y. walking foodstalls – meals on legs, not wheels, if you know what I mean. Every morning, these diligent grandmas carry cooked rice and assorted seasonings on their heads to the market. Have you seen them? They walk from home, set-up shop and when all is sold, carry the empty pots and pans back again (to their abode), with a somewhat lighter load than when they left.

In the crowded western wing of the market, you can buy sweet or savory rice porridges, bubur or nasi campur from these four grandmas. They have been selling takeaway rice for as long as I, or anyone in Ubud for that matter, can remember. But it’s more than that. This cozy little corner provides an exciting local gathering of sorts, for it’s here you can catch up on all the village gossip in a matter of minutes. What more could a girl want? You can find out about almost anything, told in the most animated, exaggerated way, while buying provisions for the family. That’s what I call one-stop shopping.

The bubur is my all-time favorite and consists of smooth, boiled rice topped with steamed greens and soy sprouts mixed with shredded coconut, sambal and a gentle coconut sauce. It creates a sublime mix of textures, from soft as a kiss to deliciously chewy, with that salsa-dance punch of hot chilli. But what also makes this dish so seductive, (well, to me anyway) is the flavor of fresh coconut oil and lashings of fried shrimp paste. It adds a mellow, luscious base note that gives it a certain depth, rather like the smooth jazz I heard at As One the other night, My Funny Valentine.

The grandma who sells the bubur has a sweet, round face that somehow matches the gentle quality of the food she sells, rather like owners and their pets. Beside her sit the sticky-rice and nasi campur sellers. Apart from their food, I love the distinguishing feature of the towels on their heads. Perched like turbans, these coils of well-worn cloth have seen better days. They range in faded pastel shades and patterns, in an oddly coordinated way.

If you feel like something sweet, you can dine on sticky rice, flecked with pumpkin and topped with grated coconut. And then there is the ubiquitous nasi campur. At the market, it usually consists of steamed vegetables with roasted coconut, tempeh, ground salted fish, sambal and other seasonal titbits. The meals are all carefully wrapped in banana leaves, or brown paper, to be eaten for breakfast, lunch or as a shared snack amongst friends.

To wash it all down, dalumen, that forest-green, slimy drink smelling of wheat grass, can be purchased nearby from Memek Jarni, a woman whose personality is as intriguing as the tonic she sells. I adore this woman and her dalumen is the undisputed finest in town. Memek Jarni is an unusual mix of elegance, comedy and melancholy, and always has the crowds laughing. Her stall, set with the supporting cast of mysterious green dalumen, creamy, roasted coconut milk, palm-sugar syrup and pink squiggly rice flour bits, is her stage where she delivers her lines, combines all the ingredients and stirs each glass with the drama of a Shakespearian actor. Once her potion is finished for the day, she quietens down and looks a little forlorn. If I see her at the temple, she always hugs me and tells me I’m cantik (beautiful). Otherwise, she asks me to give her the shirt off my back. When all her pots are empty, usually by 10am, the table and all its contents are carried home on the top of the coiled towel turban. A busy day’s work in Bali.

Breakfast at Ubud Market

I’m on a mission at the Ubud market to find my favorite breakfast. I enter near the corner of Monkey Forest Road and Jl. Raya, past a row of noisy old ladies dressed in faded sarongs and the long-sleeved lace or printed polyester kebayas, selling fluorescent cakes dyed with pink and green food coloring, soft blue hydrangeas, coconut leaves, green bananas and vegetables of all descriptions bursting out of small bamboo baskets.

As I jalan-jalan round the corner, edging my way past 100 Ubud mums doing their early morning shopping, I’m relieved to find what I’m looking for: mission accomplished.

There lies my breakfast. Ahead of me, shaded from the hot morning sun, is the bubur seller, Memek Leseg, from South Ubud, serving my favorite market treat, rice porridge or bubur. Bubur is soft-boiled rice that is topped with assorted seasonings. In this case, it’s a savory dish.

Meme Leseg’s small foodstall sits beside a community of grandmas at low tables that are set up for the morning’s takeaway trade. These are Ubud’s D.I.Y. walking foodstalls – meals on legs, not wheels, if you know what I mean. Every morning, these diligent grandmas carry cooked rice and assorted seasonings on their heads to the market. Have you seen them? They walk from home, set-up shop and when all is sold, carry the empty pots and pans back again (to their abode), with a somewhat lighter load than when they left.

In the crowded western wing of the market, you can buy sweet or savory rice porridges, bubur or nasi campur from these four grandmas. They have been selling takeaway rice for as long as I, or anyone in Ubud for that matter, can remember. But it’s more than that. This cozy little corner provides an exciting local gathering of sorts, for it’s here you can catch up on all the village gossip in a matter of minutes. What more could a girl want? You can find out about almost anything, told in the most animated, exaggerated way, while buying provisions for the family. That’s what I call one-stop shopping.

The bubur is my all-time favorite and consists of smooth, boiled rice topped with steamed greens and soy sprouts mixed with shredded coconut, sambal and a gentle coconut sauce. It creates a sublime mix of textures, from soft as a kiss to deliciously chewy, with that salsa-dance punch of hot chilli. But what also makes this dish so seductive, (well, to me anyway) is the flavor of fresh coconut oil and lashings of fried shrimp paste. It adds a mellow, luscious base note that gives it a certain depth, rather like the smooth jazz I heard at As One the other night, My Funny Valentine.

The grandma who sells the bubur has a sweet, round face that somehow matches the gentle quality of the food she sells, rather like owners and their pets. Beside her sit the sticky-rice and nasi campur sellers. Apart from their food, I love the distinguishing feature of the towels on their heads. Perched like turbans, these coils of well-worn cloth have seen better days. They range in faded pastel shades and patterns, in an oddly coordinated way.

If you feel like something sweet, you can dine on sticky rice, flecked with pumpkin and topped with grated coconut. And then there is the ubiquitous nasi campur. At the market, it usually consists of steamed vegetables with roasted coconut, tempeh, ground salted fish, sambal and other seasonal titbits. The meals are all carefully wrapped in banana leaves, or brown paper, to be eaten for breakfast, lunch or as a shared snack amongst friends.

To wash it all down, dalumen, that forest-green, slimy drink smelling of wheat grass, can be purchased nearby from Memek Jarni, a woman whose personality is as intriguing as the tonic she sells. I adore this woman and her dalumen is the undisputed finest in town. Memek Jarni is an unusual mix of elegance, comedy and melancholy, and always has the crowds laughing. Her stall, set with the supporting cast of mysterious green dalumen, creamy, roasted coconut milk, palm-sugar syrup and pink squiggly rice flour bits, is her stage where she delivers her lines, combines all the ingredients and stirs each glass with the drama of a Shakespearian actor. Once her potion is finished for the day, she quietens down and looks a little forlorn. If I see her at the temple, she always hugs me and tells me I’m cantik (beautiful). Otherwise, she asks me to give her the shirt off my back. When all her pots are empty, usually by 10am, the table and all its contents are carried home on the top of the coiled towel turban. A busy day’s work in Bali.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Virtual Bali

I am on vacation (sort of) this week. But I did manage to get up early this morning to participate in the UN’s climate change negotiations currently underway in Bali, Indonesia via the Virtual Bali initiative from OneWorld.net, the civil society portal in Second Life (also see the Guardian Unlimited). Dr. Walden Bello executive director of Focus on the Global South was being interviewed by Daniel Nelson (picture above) and taking questions from Second Life.

Daniel Nelson, is streamed live from Bali onto OneClimate island each day, from 12.30pm GMT, in conversation with conference goers about the progress being made.

There is a another important opportunity for Second Life residents to participate in the United Nations Climate Change event in Bali today.
Congressman Edward Markey will be in Second Life.

Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, has decided to use Virtual Bali, on Second Life, for his speech to the UN Conference instead of spending the carbon to fly there. You can meet him and hear his presentation on the OneClimate island this Tuesday at 8pm EST, 5pm PST and 1.0 am in the UK. Or you can watch it on the web.
The National Physical Laboratory unveils the new interactive model of the remarkable TRUTHS satellite in Second Life

truthsslpost.jpg

The new interactive model of the TRUTHS satellite was scheduled to be unveiled in Second Life to an audience at the United Nations Climate Change meeting in Bali. Unfortunately a technical hitch prevented the streaming. But, I was lucky enough to attend in Second Life as the UK National Physical Laboratory Science Fellow, Dr Nigel Fox, spoke and took questions from the Second Life audience. TRUTHS is a vital step forward for an operating system for planet earth.

TRUTHS is a concept designed at NPL, the UK national measurement institute, to help improve the accuracy and traceability of Earth Observation data used in Climate Models to predict Climate Change, and has wide support in the international science community.

The proposed Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies (TRUTHS) mission is unique in establishing high accuracy SI traceable data in-flight - a “calibration laboratory in space”. It also offers a novel approach to the provision of key scientific data with unprecedented radiometric accuracy for Earth Observation (EO) and solar studies, which will also establish well-calibrated reference targets/standards to support other Earth Observation missions.

Recently the need for such a mission has been specifically highlighted by the United Nations GCOS (Global Climate Observing System) and WMO GSICS (Global Satellite Inter-Calibration System) committees, culminating in the call for a specific mission by the, US Academy of sciences called CLARREO (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory) of which TRUTHS is the likely component to meet the solar spectral domain

TRUTHS will be the first satellite mission to calibrate its EO instrumentation directly to SI in orbit, overcoming the usual uncertainties associated with drifts of sensor gain and spectral shape by using an electrical rather than an optical standard as the basis of its calibration. The range of instruments flown as part of the payload will also provide accurate input data to improve atmospheric radiative transfer codes by anchoring boundary conditions, through simultaneous measurements of aerosols, particulates and radiances at various heights. Therefore, TRUTHS will significantly improve the performance and accuracy of EO missions with broad global or operational aims, as well as more dedicated missions.

TRUTHS in Second Life

TRUTHS is being exhibited in the SciLands, at the International Spaceflight Museum and with additional information at NASA CoLab. The UK’S National Physical Laboratory is represented in Second Life by Davee Commerce, Minna Runo, Nigel Comet, and Bing Villiers. You can IM them for more information.

Davee Commerce, NPL, (a.k.a. Dave Taylor in “real” life) demonstrated the fascinating new interactive model to me. I will do a longer write up in another post. This is one of the most impressive Scientific instruments to be modeled in Second Life.

truthsinside.jpg

The TRUTHS satellite contains two sets of instruments:

1/ to measure the Sun – total radiation arriving at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere, and spectrally resolved

2/ to measure the Earth – reflected sunlight viewed through the Earth’s atmosphere

The animations [in Second Life} show these instruments in operation. However, the principle objective of this animation is to illustrate the novel in-flight calibration concept of TRUTHS which allow an improvement in accuracy of a factor of ten over other similar sensors.

Will real data from TRUTHS be integrated into Second Life?

drnigefox.jpg

It was very exciting to hear Dr Nigel Fox present in Second Life. I asked him if he foresaw real data from TRUTHS ultimately being integrated into Second Life. He responded:

It may even be we take it a stage beyond that as a concept. If you think of Google Earth where people are viewing Google Earth and looking in their own back yard or their garden to see if they can see their image from the satellite data. It is perfectly possible with the TRUTHS concept that people, viewers within Second Life, could actually control the satellite and take the data themselves and put it into models, see how the whole thing works, and actually control the satellite. I could imagine having a virtual earth and satellite where we can actually show and control the thing from within the Second Life environment so scientists from around the world can use it to determine what data they want, where from, and when within the Second Life environment.

drnigelfoxcupost.jpg

Dr. Nigel Fox also has a Podcast on Earth Observation and Climate Change on: http://feeds.feedburner.com/npl-lectures

Here is a short bio of Dr. Nigel Fox taken from the notecard announcing the Second Life event:

Dr. Nigel Fox joined NPL from University College London in 1981 and since that time has been engaged in the establishment and dissemination of primary optical radiation measurement scales. The instrumentation and methodologies resulting from his developments and technical leadership have led to nearly two orders of magnitude reduction in uncertainty in many of these scales and their adoption worldwide throughout the metrological community. More recently he has expanded his interests to include the specific needs of the Earth Observation and associated climate change community. This has led to further international recognition within this specific sector where he represents the UK and the international metrology community as a whole in a number of key committees. Nigel has published more than 100 papers and filed two patents.

Bali Climate Summit, CLARREO (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory, Congressman Edward Markey in Second Life, D. Walden Bello, Davee Commerce, Dr. Nigel Fox, Earth Observation and Climate Change, Focus On the Global South, Google Earth, NASA CoLab, National Physical Laboratory, SciLands, Traceable Radiometry, TRUTHS satellite, United Nations GCOS (Global Climate Observing System) Virtual Bali Stumble it!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 at 1:12 pm and is filed under Augmented Reality, Metaverse, Mixed Reality, Virtual Citizenship, Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0, Web 3D, Web3.D, World 2.0, crossing digital divides, digital public space. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Virtual Bali

I am on vacation (sort of) this week. But I did manage to get up early this morning to participate in the UN’s climate change negotiations currently underway in Bali, Indonesia via the Virtual Bali initiative from OneWorld.net, the civil society portal in Second Life (also see the Guardian Unlimited). Dr. Walden Bello executive director of Focus on the Global South was being interviewed by Daniel Nelson (picture above) and taking questions from Second Life.

Daniel Nelson, is streamed live from Bali onto OneClimate island each day, from 12.30pm GMT, in conversation with conference goers about the progress being made.

There is a another important opportunity for Second Life residents to participate in the United Nations Climate Change event in Bali today.
Congressman Edward Markey will be in Second Life.

Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, has decided to use Virtual Bali, on Second Life, for his speech to the UN Conference instead of spending the carbon to fly there. You can meet him and hear his presentation on the OneClimate island this Tuesday at 8pm EST, 5pm PST and 1.0 am in the UK. Or you can watch it on the web.
The National Physical Laboratory unveils the new interactive model of the remarkable TRUTHS satellite in Second Life

truthsslpost.jpg

The new interactive model of the TRUTHS satellite was scheduled to be unveiled in Second Life to an audience at the United Nations Climate Change meeting in Bali. Unfortunately a technical hitch prevented the streaming. But, I was lucky enough to attend in Second Life as the UK National Physical Laboratory Science Fellow, Dr Nigel Fox, spoke and took questions from the Second Life audience. TRUTHS is a vital step forward for an operating system for planet earth.

TRUTHS is a concept designed at NPL, the UK national measurement institute, to help improve the accuracy and traceability of Earth Observation data used in Climate Models to predict Climate Change, and has wide support in the international science community.

The proposed Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies (TRUTHS) mission is unique in establishing high accuracy SI traceable data in-flight - a “calibration laboratory in space”. It also offers a novel approach to the provision of key scientific data with unprecedented radiometric accuracy for Earth Observation (EO) and solar studies, which will also establish well-calibrated reference targets/standards to support other Earth Observation missions.

Recently the need for such a mission has been specifically highlighted by the United Nations GCOS (Global Climate Observing System) and WMO GSICS (Global Satellite Inter-Calibration System) committees, culminating in the call for a specific mission by the, US Academy of sciences called CLARREO (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory) of which TRUTHS is the likely component to meet the solar spectral domain

TRUTHS will be the first satellite mission to calibrate its EO instrumentation directly to SI in orbit, overcoming the usual uncertainties associated with drifts of sensor gain and spectral shape by using an electrical rather than an optical standard as the basis of its calibration. The range of instruments flown as part of the payload will also provide accurate input data to improve atmospheric radiative transfer codes by anchoring boundary conditions, through simultaneous measurements of aerosols, particulates and radiances at various heights. Therefore, TRUTHS will significantly improve the performance and accuracy of EO missions with broad global or operational aims, as well as more dedicated missions.

TRUTHS in Second Life

TRUTHS is being exhibited in the SciLands, at the International Spaceflight Museum and with additional information at NASA CoLab. The UK’S National Physical Laboratory is represented in Second Life by Davee Commerce, Minna Runo, Nigel Comet, and Bing Villiers. You can IM them for more information.

Davee Commerce, NPL, (a.k.a. Dave Taylor in “real” life) demonstrated the fascinating new interactive model to me. I will do a longer write up in another post. This is one of the most impressive Scientific instruments to be modeled in Second Life.

truthsinside.jpg

The TRUTHS satellite contains two sets of instruments:

1/ to measure the Sun – total radiation arriving at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere, and spectrally resolved

2/ to measure the Earth – reflected sunlight viewed through the Earth’s atmosphere

The animations [in Second Life} show these instruments in operation. However, the principle objective of this animation is to illustrate the novel in-flight calibration concept of TRUTHS which allow an improvement in accuracy of a factor of ten over other similar sensors.

Will real data from TRUTHS be integrated into Second Life?

drnigefox.jpg

It was very exciting to hear Dr Nigel Fox present in Second Life. I asked him if he foresaw real data from TRUTHS ultimately being integrated into Second Life. He responded:

It may even be we take it a stage beyond that as a concept. If you think of Google Earth where people are viewing Google Earth and looking in their own back yard or their garden to see if they can see their image from the satellite data. It is perfectly possible with the TRUTHS concept that people, viewers within Second Life, could actually control the satellite and take the data themselves and put it into models, see how the whole thing works, and actually control the satellite. I could imagine having a virtual earth and satellite where we can actually show and control the thing from within the Second Life environment so scientists from around the world can use it to determine what data they want, where from, and when within the Second Life environment.

drnigelfoxcupost.jpg

Dr. Nigel Fox also has a Podcast on Earth Observation and Climate Change on: http://feeds.feedburner.com/npl-lectures

Here is a short bio of Dr. Nigel Fox taken from the notecard announcing the Second Life event:

Dr. Nigel Fox joined NPL from University College London in 1981 and since that time has been engaged in the establishment and dissemination of primary optical radiation measurement scales. The instrumentation and methodologies resulting from his developments and technical leadership have led to nearly two orders of magnitude reduction in uncertainty in many of these scales and their adoption worldwide throughout the metrological community. More recently he has expanded his interests to include the specific needs of the Earth Observation and associated climate change community. This has led to further international recognition within this specific sector where he represents the UK and the international metrology community as a whole in a number of key committees. Nigel has published more than 100 papers and filed two patents.

Bali Climate Summit, CLARREO (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory, Congressman Edward Markey in Second Life, D. Walden Bello, Davee Commerce, Dr. Nigel Fox, Earth Observation and Climate Change, Focus On the Global South, Google Earth, NASA CoLab, National Physical Laboratory, SciLands, Traceable Radiometry, TRUTHS satellite, United Nations GCOS (Global Climate Observing System) Virtual Bali Stumble it!

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 at 1:12 pm and is filed under Augmented Reality, Metaverse, Mixed Reality, Virtual Citizenship, Virtual Worlds, Web 2.0, Web 3D, Web3.D, World 2.0, crossing digital divides, digital public space. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

OneClimate Virtual Bali Event

OneClimate Virtual Bali Event

by Peter on November 13, 2007
5 comments
Opening a live window on the crucial UN conference taking place in Bali 3rd - 14th December


This has been a unique place for you to put your questions and thoughts to delegates at the Bali Climate Summit, live every day at 12:30 UTC/GMT.


You can watch the latest debate from the last formal day at Bali on the video below. Further down this page, you can find videos of previous Virtual Bali sessions, plus all the latest stories about Bali posted here on OneClimate.net.

OneClimate Virtual Bali Event

OneClimate Virtual Bali Event

by Peter on November 13, 2007
5 comments
Opening a live window on the crucial UN conference taking place in Bali 3rd - 14th December


This has been a unique place for you to put your questions and thoughts to delegates at the Bali Climate Summit, live every day at 12:30 UTC/GMT.


You can watch the latest debate from the last formal day at Bali on the video below. Further down this page, you can find videos of previous Virtual Bali sessions, plus all the latest stories about Bali posted here on OneClimate.net.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

potential central java nature


potential central java nature

besides has special language, purwokerto berjarak around 200km westside yogyakarta has also proper tour place is visited. that is stone tour area raden. tuk can kesanapun is not difficult. enough look for direction general vehicle purwokerto-baturaden from terminal kebondalem you udh bs refreshing to baturaden.
stone great garden raden located in south hillside slamet with height 640m above sea level and berjarak 14 km from downtown purwokerto. mount slamet self be biggest volcano and highest second at pulo java. because the existence at hillside, so not pelak if in place this is us can feel temperature very amicable alias cool. stone area raden has also potential flora and fauna that has tall conservation value and several mengantaranya even protected by uu sepert spotted tiger and monkey abu2 long tail.
follow a source, in place this us can meet several waterfall mengantaranya shower 3 (telu) that channel hot water bersulfur, shower 7 (pitu) berjarak around 2.5km from area baturaden, cave sarabada that present near shower 7, lonely lake berjarak around 3 km east baturaden, curug cipendok that has height 92 meters, curug ceheng, time swimming pool bacin that be one of [the] dutch survival place, with museum bri that founded in the year 1895. (unfortunately, all the that place is not yet sempat gw visit)s.
yg gw that photo is waterfall the name gumawang. at curug height achieves 25m this many anak2 free fall willing with payment around rp 3 thousands once jump. kl meliat cusorily, stone that pinch that waterfall reminds gw in foto2 baby often pose for face downward without clothing, hehehe
gw have a time maen to baturaden first day of idulfitri two last year when spend the night mempurwokerto before continue trip return to the village to jogja. year this is almost we are there again. praise be to god, we are ga so there, because on the same day moment we are sempat berpikiran tuk to baturaden, this place is bumped into calamity. date 25 octobers 2006, drawbridge longly 25 meters and present in height 20 meters above river surface gumawang collapse. bridge that aged 23 year not again strong hold back heavy more than 50 visitors moment that middle berliburan one day after first day of idulfitri. follow message that taked menkokesra date 27 octobers 2006, recorded 8 person pass away consequences fallen down and sink at river.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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coast pacitan



coast pacitan that is beautiful, pity kalo we are never there. coast pacitan this is never at make to stop in big ships because the coast insufficient. in this time coast pacitan this is at benefit fishermans to melaut mecari fish and tour place. but recently coast pacitan this is at make to reclining coal ship because follow ship news experience leakage, and final reclining at this coast. see the message at radar madiun berikut…
 
ember stone ship is lunged wave
forced reclining at gulf pacitan
pacitan - billow and good weather at sea waters south java, make ship entebe star 20 reclining at gulf pacitan, yesterday. luck, barge will contain thousands ember stone ton from banjarmasin (kalimatan south) that will aim cilacap that only will experience little leakage in lambung ship.
follow one of the crew (abk), so enter sea waters pacitan, sudden appear billow as high as 4 until 5 that meters. that condition augmentings with weather very bad (dark cloud is espoused rain). afraid happen a certain, nahkoda ship decides to avoid billow with reclining at gulf pacitan. " forced we postpone voyage aims cilacap, " he said while leave a message so that bot to speak of the spirit.
decision nahkoda reclining at gulf pacitan not without reason. around three last year, a barge also contain thousands wave trailing ember stone up to achieves coast teleng cheerful. up to separo spilled the load to coast. even, ship penarik experience damage. " moment that, nahkoda late avoid billow. "
actually, he with around 15 another crew man accustomed has passed by waters stripe. but, this wave wave very big and very berisiko if then continue voyage. " after fix leakage and string selling (chain), we are soon anchor, " augment it again.
although so, nahkoda and 15 abk another can not ascertain what day reclining at gulf pacitan. besides still to do correction in ship, also see wave condition and weather. related that thing his side contact to company the place works.
several abk another admits glad lean at gulf pacitan. because, local fisherman solidarity very tall. so the ship huddles, several fisherman boats soon approach to do communication and accomodation efforts. for example with lend compressor, to menguras water that come into dek ship.
like to unfolded one of the fisherman teleng cheerful, big ship existence not matter foreign again. because, that waters area is really be big ship route, belong ember stone barge. but, if there big ship melaju fast huddles to gulf pacitan, sure happen a certain. " that ship begins to enter gulf around blow 03.00 early morning, " word siran, one of the fisherman.
according to him, in lambung barge ship there crack around 5 centimetres. that damage is said little. but, condition at sea very difference. if not fast anticipated crack going worse strong sea wave pressure consequence. so that water enters dek and ship can sink.
meanwhile, existence entebe star 20 entebe at gulf pacitan, be scenery interestings for tour visitor teleng cheerful also local society. even, several mengantaranya a lot take a picture it. and a part again talk about it related to the frequently of the happening
source:
http://ckm.blogsome.com/

warok forged to so strong soldiers

warok forged to so strong soldiers
 
ponorogo identical with reog. reog even famous at world, since several long. group reog, really grow and bloom everywhere as people artistry. from story about reog, both for talked about openly also rumour, appear question. what causes somebody can to lift dhadhak peacock as heavy as 50 kilogram? while, only with bite it. mysterious strength what merasuk to depth?
there strength suddenly, when does strong human tooth lift dhadhak peacock as heavy as 50 kilogram. common people, sure weak. while, he lift it while dance with joy. this question stills then bloom, when does artistry reog from ponorogo this displayed. in the year 1486, forest membabat on command bethara katong. rather than without hindrance. many disturbances from various side, belong soft creature, come. but, because aid warok and soldiers wengker, final job membabat that forest is fluent.
then, buildings founded. citizen arrives. after be a kadipaten, bethara katong then memboyong the queen, that is niken sulastri. the younger brother, suromenggolo, permanent in place that is at village ngampel. by katong, which is just region is built that given name prana body. final, known by the name of ponorogo.
katong aware there artistry that amendable as religious proselytizing dissemination media. so, in the year that also he puts a couple rosary at peacock beak end. but, this artistry is sempat lessened in dutch period and japanese. follow explanation sugiarso, write culture history ponorogo (publisher reksa culture, ponorogo, 2003), at that time dutch and japanese felt to fussed by mob mass.
they are very afraid, so that sempat lessened caused by colonialist prohibition. but, society spirit not lessened.
even after independence reog not then die, exactly thrive. even, up to now this is every grebeg suro that fall in 1 muharam, reog always be principal fascination. in that programme also held ceremony larung prayer essay that hold at lake ngebel. this lake is situated around 24 kilometer eastward sea ponorogo. present in height 734 meters above sea level. cool the air, and at that lake is many dorians, jackfruit and mangosteen can be got.
besides reog, obvious warok also very dominant at ponorogo. warok be ancestor culture inheritance that bloom by generations and be one region wholeness buffer ponorogo since past. not can mempungkiri, really happen interpretation miscellaneous hits warok.
bext to nothing certainty that can claimed truth along with culture development. but, final certain be found syntheses from purpose sameness on meaning that bloom that. even less warok there [are] since period wengker ancient. since collapse it kingdom medang prabu darmawangsa firm, appear new kingdom. kingdom for example wengker at mount lawu and mount wilis. kingdom wengker founded ketut victory. he is really there is no the connection with raden founder victory majapahit that. ketut victory often said has way of living likes buddhism monk, marked with sold out single blessedness, pauperize self and ahimsa. this king behaviour gets response from the follower and bloom to society.
this king also lift punggawa and soldiers that taken from young men and warok. but, year 1035 kingdoms wengker this dominated airlangga and the name is changed to be kahuripan. although so, warok permanent continue the holy life. a part there that be local administrator, trusted king to restrain the area.
cikal future warok, continual again after time ends majapahit, around 1450. at that time prabu brawijaya v entrust ki demang suryonggalam to watch over former kingdom wengker. ki demang family the prabu and be leader warok. then the demang collect warok to forged to be strong officer. momentum here's, often said as cikal future existence warok second stage.
warok more eksis again after bethara katong take over authority demang suryangalam. then establish ponorogo, and give special position in warok. katong know, warok that has buddhism hindu culture. but they are very trusted the society. temporary katong self a muslim. so, roger pretty culture acculturation between buddhism hindu and islam. since bethara katong that's position warok very special among society.
source:
http://www.indospiritual.com

warok and identity ponorogo

warok and identity ponorogo

total warok original famous at ponorogo up to now there nine. and the elders kasni gunopati intimate at call mbah wo cat. warok be figure can not at lock out of reog, although history and their existence the genealogy is differ. in the trip, values that cling in self crystallizes to be a artistry form. follow mbah wo cat, warok come from word wewarah. mean somebody is warok because can to give instruction or instruction to another person about good alive.
warok not a arrogant because strength memilikinya. warok one who has holy determination, ready give guidance and selfless protection. furthermore explanation from mbah wo cat in javanese, ''warok i am kang wus post saka sakabehing sold out, lan wus menep ing taste (warok person one who perfect in sold out the alive, and come up with mind precipitation).
formerly when ponorogo under power majapahit, warok identical as ebel many forge science kanuragan. science kanuragan that need as physical defense form towards threat or danger from outside self warok.
somebody be warok that must willing can curb all desire air, hold back hungry and thirsty, also doesn't come into contact with woman. another rules, candidate somebody warok must can prepare a fighting cock, cloth moro 2,5 meter,tikar pandan,dan ceremonial meal with. afterwards, candidate warok beaten with various science kanuragan and spiritualism. after declared to dominate science, he is then mengukuhkan be a warok true. he gets weapon that called white coloured long string similar testament undershorts, mainstay weapon warok.
when menelisik reog ponorogo along with elements mendalamnya be identity all at once pride for the society. and strong ties between artistry with the supporter, make that identity always awakes. reog ponorogo merupakam one from five artistries that can alive tapa government aid. this local culture product can compete memperebut period change intermediate market. identity ponorogo that displayed by figure warok that can tight cling because berrnilai positive. enthusiasm reog that is such asa, and person felts genuinely reside in ponorogo

legend reog ponorogo and warok




legend reog ponorogo and warok


one of [the] regency culture art individuality ponorogo east java artistry reog ponorogo. reog, often mengidentikkan with black world, freeman or gamecock with not free also from mystical world and supernatural strength. reog mempertonton keperkasaan pembarong in lift sudden peacock as heavy as around 50 kilogram with tooth bite strengths along show to go on. the companion instrument, kempul, knock, kenong, grasp, a small hand drum, angklung and especially salompret, voice tone slendro and pelog that show mystical atmosphere, unique, exotic with arouse spirit. one group reog usually consist of a warok old, amount of warok young, pembarong and unmarried dancer ganong and prabu kelono suwandono. group total reog range from 20 up to 30-an person, principal character presents in hand warok and pembarong.
pembarong suddenly peacock (photo: arie saksono)
a pembarong, must has extra strength. he must has good jaw strength, to hold back with load the bite “dadak merak” that is sebentuk tiger head be be decorated hundreds peacock plume sheet as high as two meters wt can achieve 50-an kilogram during time show. they say mysterious strength often is worn pembarong for this extra strength increase, one of them by wear susuk, at neck pembarong. to be pembarong insufficient only with strong body. a pembarong even also must be equiped with something that be be called circle pembarong with vision that believed pembarong as vitally something that in life they. without blessed vision, dance that displayed a pembarong will not flexible appear and delicious to watched. but such perception misitis pembarong now shifted and more many done with approach rational. follow a elders reog, mbah wo cat “reog that is not necessary ndadi. if ndadi that is yes the name not reog, that is jathilan. in reog, necessary kan keindahannya“.

story legend reog
follow legend reog or barongan start from story demang ki ageng flea suryonggalan that want to tease king majapahit, prabu brawijaya v. the prabu at that time often doesn't fulfil the duty because too influenced and controlled by the queen. therefore membuatlah barongan made from leader tiger skin (java tiger) menunggangi peacock. the prabu symbolized as tiger while peacock menunggangi symbolize the queen. besides so that the teasing allusion safe, ki ageng protect it with skilled troop that is braced with series warok magic mandraguna. at duke power time batorokatong that ponorogo around 500 last year, reog begin to round into people artistry. duke colleague that named ki ageng ruby uses reog to develop the power.
reog maked use as tool gathers mass and be effective communication channel for administrator at that time. ki ageng ruby then make story legendaris hit kingdom bantaranangin by a large part society ponorogo trusted as history. duke batorokatong that also make use barongan this a muslim to distribute islamic religion. lion name barongan then changed to be reog, come from word riyoqun, mean khusnul khatimah that have a meaning although along the alive bergelimang sin, but when final aware and bertaqwa to allah, so the guarantee heaven. furthermore artistry reog then bloom along with period development. story reog then adapt creation story ki ageng ruby sustained mouth to mouth, from generation to generation.
reog threaten in several babad, one of them babad wanderer sewandana. babad klana sewandana they say be pakem original art shows reog. resemble story bandung bondowoso in tomment legend jongrang, babad klono sewondono also berkisah about love a king, sewondono from kingdom jenggala, almost aversed by goddess sanggalangit from kingdom kediri. the daughter asks sewondono to memboyong entire forests contents to palace as brother marries. by fulfil request the daughter, sewandono must beat penunggu forest, lion barong (sudden peacock). but the mentioned of course not easy. warok, soldiers, and patih from jenggala even also be victim. armed heritage whip samandiman, sewondono go down self to arena and beat singobarong. show reog described with dance soldiers not only dominated mans but also woman, movement bringasan warok, with strongly and sparkle costume sewandana, the search king loves.
version other in reog ponorogo take banner story. the story revolves about trip prabu wanderer sewandana look for the idol girl, accompanied cavalier and patih loyal, pujangganong. when does choice the prabu fall in daughter kediri, goddess sanggalangit, the goddess will give condition that he will get to love it when the prabu ready to creat a new artistry. from there ciptalah reog ponorogo. fonts reyog represent a font in front of words in javanese song macapat pocung that sound: taste song/ ingwang life spirit adiluhung/ widhi/ process kridaning the/ degree rolls kersaning kang all powerful. mystical element is strength spiritual that give breath in artistry reog ponorogo.
warok
warok up to now still to get place as elders at the society. the nearness with world spiritual often make a warok memintai the advice on as handle spiritual and or ketentraman alive. a warok they say must dominate what be called reh kamusan true, true humanity road.
warok in the theatre of reog ponorogo (photo: arie saksono)
warok troop that rely on truth in contention between kindness and crime in artistry story reog. warok old protector figure, while warok young warok that still in standard demands science. up to in this time, warok mempersepsikan as figure the characterization must has certain mysterious strength. even by dozens bad story around life warok. warok figure with stereotype: wear undershorts, dress black, has miracle and gembla. follow elders warok, kasni gunopati or known mbah wo cat, warok not a arrogant because strength memilikinya. warok one who has holy determination, ready give guidance and selfless protection. “warok that come from word wewarah. warok wong kang wealthy wewarah. mean, somebody is warok because can to give instruction or instruction to another person about alive baik”. “warok i am wong kang wus post saka sakabehing sold out, lan wus menep ing rasa” (warok one who perfect in sold out the alive, and come up with mind precipitation).

condition is warok
warok must run to sold out. “syarat, body must clean because will loaded. warok must can curb all desire air, hold back hungry and thirsty, also doesn't come into contact with woman. another rules, a candidate warok must prepare a fighting cock, calico 2,5 meter,s, pandanus mat and ceremonial meal with. afterwards, candidate warok beaten with various science kanuragan and spiritualism. after declared to dominate science, he is then mengukuhkan be a warok true. he gets weapon that called testament undershorts, similar white coloured long string, mainstay weapon warok. warok true in time now only is bing legend remained. several groups warok at certain regions still there that hold firm their culture and still looked at as somebody menuakan and well-thought-of, even sometimes government officials always ask the blessing.

gemblak

besides all rules that must be endured by warok, furthermore appear to called with gembla. formerly warok known has many gemblak, that is man flogs year age 12-15 year berparas handsome and awat that maintained as kelangenan, sometimes more loved than wife and the child. take care gemblak tradition that take root strong in artist communities reog. for a warok the mentioned natural matter and accepted society. they say fellow warok ever fight miracle to memperebut a gemblak ideal and besides sometimes happen loan gemblak. cost that taked warok to a gemblak not cheap. when gemblak go to school so warok that take care it finance the school need beside give it to eat and residence. while if gemblak doesn't go to school so every year warok give it a cow. in tradition that brought by ki ageng suryongalam, miracle can be got when a warok willing can not connected sexual with woman. that thing they say be a necessity that come from command the teacher to get miracle.
duty every warok to take care gemblak trusted so that can defend the miracle. besides there strong belief among warok, intimate connection with woman although with wife self, can discolour entire miracles warok. mutual compassionate, love and make it up to to be special connection individuality between gemblak and warok. praktik gembla among warok, be identified as praktik homo because warok not may let loose desire air to woman.
in this time really happen reshuffle in the connection with gembla. at time now gemblak difficult is being met. tradition takes care gemblak, now more fadeder. gemblak erstwhile usually personate dancer jatilan (horse lumping), now the character is replaced by adolescent daughter. while formerly this artistry displayeds without a woman even also.
reog at time now
artist reog ponorogo art schools graduate join in to give touch in dance development reog ponorogo. art school student university introduces grand stand art aesthetics and movements koreografis, so roger reog ponorogo with festivals format likes now. there plot, who comes up in advance medley, that is warok, then jatilan, bujangganong, klana sewandana, then barongan or sudden peacock at endding. moment one of [the] element in action, element other come along to move or dance although doesn't jut. some years ago foundation reog ponorogo memprakarsai stand it society reog archipelago the member consists of groups reog from various region in indonesia ever take a hand in festivals reog national. reog ponorogo will be very opened enrichment and change kind the movement.

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