Cultural Tour in Bali

30/05/2019

Watching Kecak & Fire Dance, one of the most beautiful performance in Bali, was established in 1930 by famous painter with local artists. This dance become one of the must see attraction in Bali Island.

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29/12/2018

HELPING LOCAL WHILE TRAVEL TO BALI!!

HOW YOUR EXPERIENCE IN BALI WILL HELP THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ?

While tourism in Bali has done much to raise awareness of the Balinese culture, it has greatly impacted daily life in rural areas of the island. Many people have left their villages to work in tourist areas, leaving valuable family land vulnerable to being sold for development.

Five Pillar Experiences aims to reverse this trend towards urbanization and over development by educating rural Balinese youth about their community and culture and training them to develop unique Inspired Community Adventures for curious visitors.

Inspired Adventures provide conscious travelers with an invaluable opportunity to venture far beyond the beaten paths of Bali, to discover the local rural village life, and to be inspired by the beauty and creativity of Balinese culture. These adventures also support and incentivize local communities to keep and maintain their ancestral lands and sustainable way of living.

We invite you to embark on one of our exciting adventures to rural Bali. Most of the proceeds are used to support the local communities we work with and the work of Five Pillar Foundation.

25/10/2018

05/06/2018

Barong Bali is one of Bali's many performing arts scene. Barong is a traditional Balinese dance that is marked by Mask and body costumes that can be worn by one or two people to dance it. In Bali there are several types of barong namely Barong Ket, Barong Bangkal, Barong Landung, Barong Macan, Barong Gajah, Barong Asu, Barong Brutuk, Barong Lembu, Barong Kedingkling, Barong Kambing, and Barong Gagombrangan. Barong Bali believed to be a metamorphosis of barong ponorogo or Reog, by the king of Airlangga while fleeing to the island of Bali to save themselves. other than barong ponorogo brought to Bali, but also like literary arts, Javanese script, and religious.
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Barong Bali adalah satu di antara begitu banyak ragam seni pertunjukan Bali. Barong merupakan sebuah tarian tradisional Bali yang ditandai dengan Topeng dan kostum badan yang dapat dikenakan oleh satu atau dua orang untuk menarikannya. Di Bali ada beberapa jenis barong yakni Barong Ket, Barong Bangkal, Barong Landung, Barong Macan, Barong Gajah, Barong Asu, Barong Brutuk, Barong Lembu, Barong Kedingkling, Barong Kambing, dan Barong Gagombrangan. Barong bali dipercaya sebagai metamorfosis dari barong ponorogo atau Reog, oleh raja Airlangga saat mengungsi ke pulau Bali untuk menyelamatkan diri. selain barong ponorogo yang dibawa ke bali, melainkan juga seperti seni sastra, aksara jawa, serta keagamaan.

06/02/2018

Wayang comes from the word wayangan is the source of inspiration in drawing the form of characters and stories so that can be clearly illustrated in the mind of the drawer because the original source has been lost. in the beginning, puppets are part of the religious activities of animist worship of 'hyang', that is the essence of which is done, among others, in times of harvest or taneman in the form of ruwatan ceremony, tingkeban, or 'merti desa' for the harvest succeed or even to avoid the village all mala (danger).
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Wayang berasal dari kata wayangan yaitu sumber inspirasi dalam menggambar wujud tokoh dan cerita sehingga bisa tergambar jelas dalam batin si penggambar karena sumber aslinya telah hilang. di awalnya, wayang adalah bagian dari kegiatan religi animisme menyembah ‘hyang’, itulah inti-nya dilakukan antara lain di saat-saat panenan atau taneman dalam bentuk upacara ruwatan, tingkeban, ataupun ‘merti desa’ agar panen berhasil atau pun agar desa terhindar dari segala mala (mara bahaya).

28/11/2017

“I am a 45-year- old housewife from Java. Before I got married, I worked for six years as a housekeeper in Denpasar. I now have two beautiful children, and I work together with my husband on the farm. He climbs up coconut trees to collect the coconut sap, which I use to make brown sugar. With the farm, we are able to take care of our family. One of my children works at Five Pillar Foundation. They take groups around West Bali. Sometimes they visit our farm. This makes me very happy because our family gets additional income that helps to continue our traditional way of making brown sugar.” -Ibu Mangadi

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17/11/2017

Great story from West Bali!
Hope our young generation of Bali can understand this!

"As the leader of Pendem village and as a member of the subak community, I learned a lot about the subak* system. I realized how important it is to keep the environment in balance.

A long time ago, there were many rice fields. We lived together as a community in harmony. Now, many of these rice fields have disappeared. I felt I needed to say something to my community, maybe even to start a movement to inspire the community. I wanted them to care about their rice fields, to engage in organic agriculture and to keep the Tri Kita Karana philosophy in mind. Tri Hita Karana is partly about having a relationship with nature and deeply understanding how nature works. When I'm planting seeds on my land, I keep this philosophy in mind. I plant just one seed in one spot. Other farmers tell me that I should plant three seeds in one spot because, in their eyes, one seed is not enough.

But, at the time of harvest, I somehow manage to have a yield of 50% more than them. Other farmers see my results and ask me 'How is that even possible?'. I tell them, 'Tri Hita Karana is so important. Learning to farm in harmony with nature gives us a bigger harvest.'

Two years later, I have built a community of farmers who are actively participating in the subak system and following the Tri Hita Karana just as our ancestors once did. We now have bigger harvests and our village life is more prosperous."

- Wayan Diandra, Pendem Village Community Leader

*A subak is a community of farmers who work together to share water using a system of water canals to ensure that all members of the community can successfully grow and harvest rice."

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16/10/2017

Tumpek Landep is a day devoted to pleading salvation to God Almighty who in his form as the God of Weapons (Pasupati). Tumpek Landep is commemorated when Saniscara Kliwon wuku Landep every 6 months. The implementation of the Tumpek Landep ceremony is held in Bali because it contains the essence and meaning that is high and very related to human life in the world especially about human intelligence, because man himself is included religious creature that always connected with supra natural power.

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11/10/2017

Omed-omedan involves unmarried youths with ages ranging from 17 to 30 years old. The procession begins with the youths praying together to invoke safety. After the prayer, the men and women separate. The groups face each other on the main street. With the signal of a Hindu leader, both sides approach the center of the road. Male participants pull and kiss the female participants while other villagers pour buckets of water over them. This ceremony has become a meeting place for singles. Many couples have met through this tradition.
Omed-Omedan is held on the day after Nyepi or The Day of Silence, a day of reflection which prohibits lighting fires or using electricity, traveling or engaging in any form of entertainment

22/09/2017

In Lontar "Bebali Sidakarya" as quoted in Hindu-Indonesia.com article, Sidakarya Mask, Ida Dalem Sidakarya is a Brahmin wulaka descendant of sakya from Keling or called Brahmana Keling. Brahmana Keling is the son of Dang Hyang Kayu Manis which is the nabe of Ida Dalem Waturenggong who became king in Bali based in Gelgel, Klungkung. Before going to Bali, Brahmana Keling once led a successful salutary ceremony in Madura. Upon his return to Java, while he was enjoying the panorama of the Bali Strait, his father came (Dang Hyang Kayu Manis) coming from Gelgel, Bali, where Gelgel Klungkung Palace was ruled by Dalem Waturenggong. Listening to that, then the Brahmin Keling immediately went to Bali.
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21/09/2017

The term Baleganjur is derived from the words Bala and Ganjur.Bala means troops or ranks, Ganjur means walking. So Balaganjur which then becomes Baleganjur is a troop or a running line, which now more related to a barungan gamelan The term Baleganjur comes from the words Bala and Ganjur .Bala means troops or ranks, Ganjur means walking. So Balaganjur then becomes Baleganjur is a troop or a running line, which now more related to the understanding of a barn of gamelan.

History of Baleganjur
Baleganjur gamelan was originally functioned as an accompanist of ceremonial ngaben or indigenous and religious marches. But in its development, now the role of gamelan is widening. Now baleganjur gamelan is used to accompany the arts parade, participate in the accompaniment of the sports parade, accompanying the kite competitions, and there are also which is contested.

Baleganjur is an ensamble which is the development of gamelan bonang or bebonangan.Baik in terms of instrumentation and composition of his songs.

Bonang or beboangan is a barungan consisting of various instruments at percussive which use pencon like reong, trompong kajar, kempli, kempur, and gong. The bonang gamelan uses two drums that are played using a cedugan pelvis. In lontar Prakempa mentioned that the gamelan bonang used to accompany the ceremony Ngaben.Sama case with baleganjur gamelan which is generally used to accompany the ceremony Ngaben.

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