TEMPLE ANNIVERSARY

Bali has lots of number of temple. there are more temple then houses in Bali.
every single balinese house compound has there own family temple and every community has at least three different comunity temple. also there are temple which consider group category temple. such as temple for the traders and also temple for Subak farmers.

every temple celebrate their anniversary every 210 days which called Odalan.
two different odalan held in each year. one is called odalan nadi which can be take place for 3 days long and odalan alit which can take place just for one night or two night long.everyone infolve in this tipe of ceremony and festival. from the younger generation up to the older generation play a big part on it.


Memasar




offrering made during the temple anniversary




everyone busy along the ritual




many offering display at every corner of the temple




everyone sitting down during the ceremony conducted



SALT PANNING AT THE BEACH

Traveling through the eastern part of Bali , beside the green panoramic views and lush rice paddies, there is another great stop that you can do while driving in there.

Take a litle look at the beach near Goa Lawah. a great place where you will be able to see how the salt is done. and perhap to bring some fresh salt home.
very nice old man inside the little hut where he live will explain to you how the traditional technic of making salt.there are few places in Bali where you could witness this way of making salt. I guess the easiest acces would be the beach near Goa Lawah.Imagine driving down from the green hill above candidasa and then take a short look at the way how salt is made....great break.very educated ofcourse....



speading the sea water to salt farm land

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first process if salt making

 


salt is being process under the sun

 I had been there many times along my big trip in the eastern Bali...and I got some pictures that I want to share with all of you. this great salt production are brought up to Japan by javanese visitors

Eat, Pray , Love Bali

Greetings from Sang Made

This was taken in a while. the corect time was on 16 of November 2010. where I had gone down to Kunja villa in Seminyak to pick up Mr and Mrs Kate Peter Reilly.they are Australian from western Australia.

Peter is a master of Martial art and also Kate. It was their first time in Bali. actually they had just watched the Eat Pray Love movie in Australia.that what made peter and kate came in to Bali.this tour was booked through travel about Bali in Australia.

At 08.30 am I was in the lobby picking them up to show the the beauty of Bali and also retracking where the shoot of the movie was took place. we had visited lots of spot which was very interesting. the rice paddies and the bridge.and also the beautiful valley at Kedewatan and hading the great lunch at Balinese compound.

The visit at Ketut Liyer house was bit patience. it was a hugh impact for ketut after this movie had been launched. myself and kate, peter had to wait arround nearly two hours to have a session with ketut.
lots of people queing for their session. people from all over the places are coming. some are just want to be in the picture with Ketut.I guess this will make ketut have a better financial but in the other hand will make ketut tired and weak.

I asked Ketut to open their 9 generation book ( lontar ) for Peter and Kate. to see how their horoscope and luckness in Balinese astrology.
It was great things if you go and visit Ketut the healer where you can bring the ancient book down.
peter and kate was having a great time. the second day we were visiting the countryside nad backroad up to the Batur volcano and also visiting some famous temple on Bali. another great day with them.


kate,sang made , peter

 Actually I want to thanks them since it was a honour for me myself to know them and got the chances to show them the beauty part of our beautiful island.

LOBONG COOKING CLASS

Om suastiastu ,

Greetings from Sang Made.

first of all , kindly except my apology for being away for  a while from this wonderful blog.there were so much things that has been going on which I couldn't post as I wish.
the last couple of month has been busy for my day life. lots of tour that I did throughout the beautiful Bali island with so many different friends who visit this beautiful island Bali

On this occasion I would love to introduce to all of you that we are having another great experience,which taking place in my little balinese compound.It is all about culinary. for you who love to experience what we call the authentic Balinese dishes and also it is presented to all of you who love eating.

this cooking class lesson are taking place inside our compound where you will be able to see and witness the real life of balinese family.If you would love to join this please mail us at : lobongcooking@gmail.com or also you can contact my self on my own email addresse.

your day will start from visiting the traditional balinese market. where we will pick the spices up and brought down to the compound.another good things is that we are visiting market which out of the tourist area.
arrive at the compound you will be welcome by lobong family members with it warm smile and welcome.my wife Ayu will served you with hot drinks tea or black coffee.try the coffee sine it is home made balinese coffee.after your coffee done we will bring you down to our beautifull balinese garden where we will get some more spices direct from the earth to complete your cooking experience.
Our chef ( Dewa Jana ) is well experience in Balinese and also in western cuisine. since he has been working for long years in star hotel in Bali and also spent some time work overseas Australia.
he will be very keen to share with you all of his knowlegde and his ability in the way how he create a fantastic meal.the highlite of this culinary experience is that you are going to do the cooking yourself which is supervise by the chef.this is really a great experience for you who love culinary experience.
another thing is that the cuisine that you gonna make is authentic balinese dishes.from cramcam gedang as the soup up to sate lilit and sambal ulekand also to experience how we make our beautiful cooked rice which is mix with sweet potatoes.it will complete your day with a great experience.

on the November 26,2010we had four person who had tried great experience.they are all come from western Australia who had been in Bali few times visiting our beautiful country






Neil,Denise,Heather and Mark before chupping ingredients



Neil. Denise, Mark and Heather had open our cooking lesson. they were our honour friends who had experience it.through this writing I want to thanks them for all of their kindness.I do believe that they were having a great time.therefore I am looking forward to see all of you to experience this great culinary experience.

ODALAN ...

Bali island....island of the god. with it's beautiful scenery, lush vegetation and wonderful frienly people make Bali over well known all over the world for what it is.
there are so many temples  around , make the island so spiritual and live

there are celebration in Bali called Odalan which is celebrated every 210 days . 6 months in Balinese calender. two different odalan are celebrate every year. small one which can be last 2 days and big one which normaly last three days long. when the big Odalan take place , lots of music and dance perfomance take place. some dance which is used to company the ritual itself and some other dances which used to entertain the community people.

the pictures that I show you is called Mekiis, time where the sacred implement that keep in the temple are brought down to the nearby spring water for it purification. just like when you treat your self.you will have a nice shower and make up before you are going to the party.

so if you ever come and being in Bali....please never miss this kind of experience.or you also can contact me at sangmade@gmail.com. I would love to take you to see the deeper part of the beautiful spiritual island

EASTERN PART OF BALI

First of all I would like to do apology for being away since my last post
for nearly a month I had been all around the island assisting few numbers of potographer to find a great spot throughout the entire island

Bali has lots of different sites from far west down to the eastern end of beautiful Bali consist of dramatic views.
from the top part of the mountain and down by the wonderful beach side which are mostly unseen by travelers
I love Bali myself.I have been around in Bali with Mr Steinhauer who based in Hongkong and Asia for more than 18 years. I love the way he work too.

the pictures that I post are taken far in the eastern part of Bali

SUNRISE AT AMED BEACH EAST BALI

Living in Ubud and being in Amed on the very early morning giving me such a wonderful moment to discover the beauty of the awakening beach itself and the wonderful early morning sunrise.
the reason I am here in Amed actually because I have to pick up my friend who are going to catch a flight back to the state at morning 10.00 o'clock .
I was expecting the drive from Ubud would take me more then 2 hours from Ubud to get to Amed in the early morning. in fact it onlt took me one and a half hour to get there. eventhough there was small quewe at the traditional market close to Amed beach.
I am arriving at Amed still at dark. it was arround 05.10 am . so I still get a small nap before meeting Mike
at 06.30 am in the morning.so I decide my self to go down further from the hotel where  Mike were staying. I thought there must be a great sunrise. and it is really did. I didn't expect it was such a gorgeous morning sunrise. I was the only person that morning by the beach to see the sun rising up so quickly.it was amazing.
after a numbers of shoot then I decided to go back where Mike was staying and finally I met Mike on Time.Mike was thanking me for being in Amed that Morning. he said...YOU MADE MY DAY .perhap because I am ready at the spot based on the time that he expecting

I am enclosing some nice pictures of the sunrise from my snap shot camera at the early morning Amed  for you to enjoy

UBUD ROYAL FAMILY CREMATION

Ubud is really nice in the morning.the calm movement and the cool atmosphere make it charming for being in it. Today Ubud will be very busy with lots of people visiting since the Cremations of the royal family and the brahman family will be going on.

The Cremation is a must in Bali for the Hindu religion followers since people are believing in reincarnation. By destroying the body it is believe that the five element of human kind are returnd , which the soul are released after the cremation. and going for reincarnation. But if you are having a good Karma may be you won't be reborn to the earth.your soul will go one step higher which is free from the reincarnation. the pictures are taken during the morning before the parade to the cemetery and had the left turning at the inner section of Ubud town

UBUD COUNTRYSIDE TREKKING

Trekking through the rice paddies and the local countryside is another way how you are able to enjoy the lush scenery and vegetation of the country. seeing the lifestyle of the people with your naked eye giving so much of touch of how close the people with the nature. the important part of the human being. this pictures are taken at the village not far away from ubud

EARLY MORNING TRIP...

This morning the weather was perfect. just the weather that we expect for our beautiful morning shoot at Gunung kawi temple and the beautifull rice paddies arround Ubud .Chist ( american guest ) who are staying in Ubud honeeymoon suite is a profesional fotografer. together with christ friend name Mike we had to go to Gunung Kawi to start our trip. the road was litle bit quiet this morning except at the Ubud morning Market which was litle bit busy as usual.we had arrived at Gunung Kawi temple ust before the sun rising up.a small walk down to reach the temple was fascinating. the quietness and the fresh air in the morning giving us a hugh energy to energise the morning.we had lots of shot taken this morning.after a while in the temple we have to climb back upstairs to reach our car and continuing the trip to see some hidden path which lead us to the stunning rice terrace at Tegalalang.still very quiet from the normal crowd that we passed if we drove arround day time here. we plan to have some Bali coffee in this spot since it was so beautiful in the morning. but it was unfortunate to do it here since it is still very morning.finnally we had to go back to Ubud center to find restaurant where Christ and Mike can go for their brakfast. It was short morning trip but it was some thing very different from what normally people do here as a visitor.