Community Based Tourism Bali

30/05/2019

Observe the local community in one of the village making the traditional balinese cake for preparing the ceremony.

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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.

27/10/2018

This is one of our Farm Cooperative in West Bali. They are organic chocolate produce to raise the fair price.

25/10/2018

29/07/2018

Hawaiian students learn to farm and try to make healthy foods and drinks that are produced from organic farming.
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Siswa dari Hawai belajar bertani dan mencoba membuat makanan serta minuman sehat yang di hasilkan dari bertani organik.

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We involve in farming with one of our organic community in Bali with high school student from Hawaii, we learned so many thing about living healthy and wealthy through farming, and we hope farming still be one of our style of living.
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Kami terlibat dalam pertanian dengan salah satu komunitas organik kami di Bali dengan siswa SMA dari Hawaii, kami belajar banyak hal tentang hidup sehat dan kaya melalui pertanian, dan kami berharap pertanian masih menjadi salah satu dari bagian dari hidup kita.

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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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28/07/2017

The beautiful fishing boats of Perancak are built in the Bugis tradition and blend Hindu and Islamic elements into their painted designs. Learned the history of how these boats became a part of Perancak village and how they fishing.

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28/07/2017

Senganan Village Banjar Pagi
Back to the natural, rice fields filled with rice with a calm and cool atmosphere enveloped this village, one interesting thing from this village is to use owls to hunt rat pest, farmers also echoed gamelan music recordings to repel pest destructive birds rice plants. By using both methods, the number of pests that damage the rice crops to the detriment of farmers can be avoided.
Located in Senganan Village, Banjar Dinas Pagi, Tabanan-Bali

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28/07/2017

Nusa Lembongan Beach
One interesting thing besides the underwater charm and the beautiful marine biota, the blue of the sea and the calmness of the beach atmosphere, at Nusa Lembongan Beach we will find and see the seaweed farm.
Located in Nusa Lembongan

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