Sunday, December 7, 2008

Amed Beach East Bali

Amed Beach East Bali is everything you dreamed it would be a rare and special paradise of outstanding exotic beauty, vibrant culture and friendly people. Here you can finally find peace and quiet, enjoy great food and take advantage of comfortable and inexpensive accommodation. From the beach, Amed offers an excellent site for training dives. It has a flat bottom lagoon for instruction and a coral reef only 5 minutes swim away.

This location is highly recommended for introductory dives. By boat, Amed has a nice wall dive just a few minutes away. It is a fun, easy dive for everyone. Snorkeling and diving off the black-sand beaches here is exceptional, the variety and numbers of fish on display are among the best on Bali and the water temperature is a constant 28 degrees. Schools of cardinal fish, triggerfish, black snappers, pyramid butterflies, banner fish, and damselfish can be seen on the sand slopes, while table corals, big fan gorgonians, and magnificent stag horn Acropora and Dendronephthya trees, dense growths of sponges, crinoids, and sea fans are commonly found within 20 meters of shore.

Cemuluk, on a protected bay, is an ideal place to begin snorkeling. Four kilometres further south along the coast is Banyuning, where there's a small wreck and some of the most beautiful coral gardens to be seen anywhere in the Lesser Sundas. The water is a little deeper here and sometimes there is a slight swell, so this area suits people with experience.


Getting There

Just 30min NE from Amlapura.
By public transport:
 From Denpasar, Batubulan Terminal, take a bus(medium size) to Amlapura, for 2 hours. Then change to a bemo to Amed, for 30min. The bemo will stops at the village, but the driver may take you to Jemeluk Beach.

Where to Stay

Amed is actually the name of just one village and not the place to base yourself; the villages to the south are more attractive. There are dozens of places to stay along this coast, from non-star hotel to star hotel.

Moving Around

You're free to explore Amed beach on foot.

Dining Guide

You can find food stalls (warung) whose sell snacks and nasi campur. The best restaurant in the area is the Baliku, approximately one kilometer south of the Blue Moon. And in the Lipah area serves good Indonesian food.


Souvenir Tips

Sea-related products, such as items made of seashells, corals, etc. 

Other Things to See or Do

You can visit the fish market early in the morning when the tuna come in, And you can also enjoy the views surroundings Amed village.

Travel Tips

  • Most hotel staff can also arrange sailing or fishing trips so you can catch your own dinner. Your hotel will most probably have snorkeling gear for hire.
  • If you're on the Amed coast and want to dive, steer clear of the dive operators and check the prices at the other operators. Just make sure you take a look at the dive operator's equipment to make sure it's up to snuff before you decide to dive with them.

Bungalow Calm and Comfortable in Bali

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The Dramatic of Kecak Dance in Bali

The Kecak dance is one of the most famous of Balinese dances. It is unusual because it has no musical accompaniment like many other Indonesian dances do, the rhythm of the dance is produced by the chanting 'monkey' chorus. Instead, a troupe of over 150 bare-chested men serve as the chorus, making a wondrous cacophony of synchronized "chak-achak-achak" clicking sounds while swaying their bodies and waving their hands .From that chanting noise of "Cak-cak-cak", then it gave the dance its name Kecak.

What makes the Kecak such a fascinating dance to watch are the fifty or so men in the checkered pants. They are both the choir and the props, providing the music for the story in a series of constant vocal chants that change with the mood of the actors. They don't sit still, either, they wave their arms to simulate fire, and reposition themselves around the stage to represent wind and fire, prison cells, and unseen hand of protection from the gods.

The dance is played in five acts and lasts roughly 45 minutes. It taken from the Hindu epic Ramayana, which tells the story of Prince Rama and his rescue of Princess Sita, who has been kidnapped by the evil King of Lanka, Rahwana and somehow with the help of the white monkey army, Rama rescues his wife and defeats the evil Rahwana.

Attending a Kecak recital is a must for any visitor to Bali. It is a wondrous experience, and a window into the musical and artistic culture that make the Balinese a special people.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Ngaben (Cremation)

Ngaben is cremation ceremony done/conducted in Bali, specially by which believe in the Hindu, where Hindu is majority religion in Island of A thousand Temple. In Pentameter Yadnya, this ceremony is included in Pitra Yadnya, that is ceremony addressed for the soul of ancestors. Mean the ceremony Ngaben of at its nucleus;core is to bring back the ancestor soul ( one who have died) to its provenance. A Pedanda tell the human being own the Wind, Utter the, Idep, and after dying Wind, Utter, That Idep is returned to by Brahma, Wisnu, Siwa. 
Ceremony Ngaben is usually executed by folks family from one who die, as existing respect of a child to its parent. In once this ceremony usually finish the fund 15 million s / d 20 million rupiah. This ceremony is usually done/conducted gloriously, there no sob weeping, because in Bali there is an confidence that us may not cry one who have died in consequence can pursue the transportation journey of is the late go to its place day of Execution Ngaben determined with searching high time which is usually determined by Pedanda. Few days of before ceremony Ngaben executed by a family assisted by society will make the “ Bade And Cow” very luxury is made the than wood, colourful paper and other substance. “ Bade And Cow” this represent the place of dead body to be executed by Ngaben.
Morning of when this ceremony is executed, family and folks and also society will gather to draw up the ceremony. Dead body will be cleaned or ordinary referred as “ Nyiramin” by society and family, “ Nyiramin” this is led by one who is assumed oldest in society. Afterwards dead body will be weared by a Bali clothes of like within reason one who above the ground. Before event culminate executed, entire/all family will give the last respect and give the prayer hopefully late which ceremony obtain get the good place. After altogether ready to, hence dead body will be placed in “ Bade” to be carried to to troop to grave of place of ceremony Ngaben, accompanied by “ gamelan”, “ holy kidung”, and followed by entire/all family and society, in front/ahead of “ Bade” there are long white cloth having a meaning (of) as opener walke the the late go to its provenance. In each;every three or crossroad hence “ Bade” will be turned around by as much 3 times. At arrival in grave, ceremony Ngaben executed by placing dead body in “ Cow” what have been prepared by early with the other ceremony and prayer of supertitous formula from Ida Pedanda, later;then “ Cow” burned become the Ash. Dusty this is later then thrown to Sea or river assumed holy.
After this ceremony, family earn the peace pray the ancestor from sanctum and gate of each. cause family relationship in Bali very strong, because them always remember and respect the lelulur as well as its parent. There are belief that natural ancestor soul of reincarnation will return in family circle again, become usually a grandchild represent the reincarnation from its parent.