Brata Inn

Modern Building

Brata Inn is a bed & breakfast which is owned by local & academic family from Ubud-Bali. Brata Inn is part of a business group named Brata Inn Group. The Brata Inn Group is our (Brata Family) new way to promote our business by making them in one group's name. Brata Inn Group (BIG) consists of Brata Inn, Brata Cafe, Brata Cottage & Brata Home Stay. Please checking also our profile here at our website at www.bratainn.com.

Moreover, Brata Inn is located at Monkey Forest St. Ubud-Bali, (20 meters after Monkey Forest Ubud and 5 meters before Ubud Inn) on the right hand. Brata Inn also has a cafe in front of it and its cafe named is Brata Cafe. The Cafe belongs to Brata Inn and that is why sometimes Brata Inn is also called as Brata Inn & Cafe from our guests. If you are looking a nice and at the centre place to stay during your holiday in Ubud-Bali please staying with us, Brata Inn. Besides that if you are foods lover you must try our foods. The foods are western and Indonesian foods that are added by Balinese taste from our secret family receipts.

By the way, this is a glance of our rooms:

• Room 1 (Studio Room

1st Floor (Double/Twin Beds)

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• Room 2 (Studio Room)

  

  2nd Floor (Double/Twin Beds

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• Room 3 (Deluxe Room)

3rd Floor (Double/Twin Beds)

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• Room 4 (Standard Room)

1st Floor (Double Bed)

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• Room 5 (Standard Room)

1st Floor (Double Bed)

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•  Room 6 (Standard Room)

2nd Floor (Double/Twin Beds

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• Room 7 (Standard Room)

2nd Floor (Double/Twin Beds)

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• Room 8 (Standard Room)

3rd Floor (Twin/Double Bed)

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• Room 9 (Standard Room)

3rd Floor (Double Bed)

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Fun Bike with fun with Brata 1 Homestay's staffs

loyal guest

On Sunday, 18th of December 2011, there was Fun Bike in Padang Tegal village, which is proudly presented by Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary Ubud. There were a lot of presents in this events but we mostly were not looking for the presents at that time we also look for fun, relax and hangout time with our friends, colleagues and also our lovely family.

For that day, in our accommodation stayed our loyal tourist from Jakarta, one of really limited of our domestic tourist, his named is Teguh, a young successfully business man who works for coal industry factory. At that time he came to Bali because he had a meeting with his factory for end year report and on Sunday, the meeting was break and he had time to go to Ubud to join us for this Fun Bike event, He said although I stayed in very good and famous hotel in one of tourist destination in southern of Bali but he stressed that stayed with us was all he needed, joined the fun bike, had a lot of time to talk, treat us Bu Oka sucling pig, or even sit in our grass floor in front of our accommodation while talking and seing the traffics. He said money doesn't matter if he can have the Ubud hospitality enjoy.

We had a fun bike, relax for a while before go to have work on Monday, although we didn't get the main prize a new suzuki karimun estilo but we were really happy to join this Sacred Monkey Forest Sactuary Ubud Fun Bike, thank you for the committees for all their hard works, then after this he treated us (hope all our guests like him (just kidding)) to have sucling pig of Bu Oka one of the most famous sucling pig in Bali, afterwards we ate while had a lot of conversation and finally he must back to have some meeting again but he had mention that Mr Teguh will back on March 2012.

Fun Bike was so fun and we had very nice guest but we believe mostly of our guests are nice one and right now we prepare for new year eve and we hope we have a nice memory when farewell 2011 and welcome 2012 with our guests who at that time stay in our accommodation, Brata 1 Homestay.

fun bike time

loyal guest vs loyal staff

numbers of participants

after fun bike is fun lunch

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Guests in Our Family Temple Ceremony

family temple ceremony at brata 1 homestay

Sierra & Sule

When stay in an accommodation and at that time, there is ceremony in your homestay, it means you are in right place, time and accommodation because if you stay in hotel you can't find such as ceremony like that. if you see, come and be a part of this ceremony, you find what is exactly you are looking for during your holiday in Bali. Bali is famous with our rich heritage cultures and religion philosophy and it makes a large numerous numbers of tourists to come to Bali. It is a big and good opportunity to us for explaining our cultures because sometimes it takes time to make the tourists understand how we save it and of course to save it, we are never walk alone because there are a lot op people who really love Bali behind us. The important issues are how the tourist industry develop Bali because it influences many factors of Balinese life from small vendors up to five star hotels, so they can say when they are back home that Bali is already safe and don't need to worry come to holiday again here, in Bali. Second issue is how the tourists give feedback to us, to know the opinion about Bali, to know their hoping about Bali and to know about the reason why they come to Bali.

It is very important because there are a lot of new tourist destinations in every part of the world so to have some minutes to talk with the tourists, we can explain our culture and they got the correct informations about our culture and they can say their opinion about Bali and for us, we can have feedback from their opinions, ideas and suggestions to build Bali better than ever. 

Special thanks goes to two of our beautiful guests from Canada who came and really enjoyed to see and join our brotherhood relationship in the family temple ceremony named  Sierra Terhock and Sule.

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Be a part of Balinese Ceremony

Stay in homestay, it means you are staying in a guests house with its family. When  a balinese makes his home sweet home as the accommodation for tourists who come to Bali, this is a big chance and opportunity for the guests their self because when the tourists decise to have a nice holiday in Bali, mostly they come here, in Bali is for enjoy its rich culture and religion heritates. Firstly so it is why stay in a homestay is a smart choice, with low price, warm balinese hospitality and opportunity to join their local activity are all the guests needed.

She helps, enjoys and then be a part of Balinese Ceremony

It is same when we recommend you to stay in our truely balinese homestay. This accommodation named brata 1 homestay with all of mostly the tourists need when the visit Bali. The history of brata 1 homestay started when the booming of tourists came first time in Ubud in the earlier of 1980s. Our home is a kind of Balinese building with a numerous of space and because of that, our grand parents decided to rent started with only 1 room at that time just for a little extra money and its homestay exists until the presents day with more rooms. When you and your family choose to stay here, you will quicly to find the atmosphere of warm balinese hospitality with its daily activities and the number of ceremonies.

A few day ago, when we held a big 3 moths balinese ceremony for the new born baby in our family, it was very anthusiasm moment for our big family and also our guests who stayed in our place at the time. They can see our tight brotherhood with the number of activities. The ceremony preparation started 3 days before the H day in the 5th of October 2011 and for preparing we must wake very early one at 4.30 AM in the morning, When the peek of the ceremony a lot of our far faily and also neighbours and villagers came and saw our new baby boy. This ceremony was exactly for blessing and praying for the baby's future and also to say thanks to the suprime God. In the afternoon was the lunch time with a lot of Balinese dishes and the special and a must is a sucling pig, roasted pork and for this special occasion we cooked 7 roasted pork to consume for our invitation guests and also for the tourists who stayed in our accommodation in that time. In Balinese philosophy, this ceremony is one of the important and big ceremony, so it was why we celebrated with a lot of happiness and foods.

Secondly so if you are planning to visit Bali, want be a part of our balinese ceremony and want to have interaction with the local, tick our place as your favorite accommodation, besides these if you have families or friends who will visit bali as their holiday destination, please recommending our homestay, brata 1 homestay and for you who already had experience to stay in our accommodation, please stay again here, so we can share our experience and story. 

Finally see you in brata 1 homestay and thank you for stay in our homestay.

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Royal Cremation Ceremony 2nd of November 2010 at Peliatan

20 metres more Bade

Again Royal Cremation Ceremony will be held in Peliatan village, eastern side of Ubud and to go there you only need 10 minutes by walk from Ubud. The Cremation Ceremony in Balinese is  called Plebon and it will be held 2nd of November 2010.

Before Bali island consists of a lot of Kingdoms, the Kingdoms was constitutional with Federal Monarchy, which the head of Federal Monarchy was King of Klungkung. 

In Peliatan, there is Kingdom that sub Kingdom of Gianyar Kingdom (Gianyar is subkingdom of Klungkung) and we all know that after 1945, Indonesia had our independend and our constitutional is Republic although, we still have King but we are Republic. Like in Peliatan, when Jing of Peliatan died so there is a big procession to the lastest honour for him. Come to Peliatan Village on Tuesday 2nd of November 2010 and you will see one awesome moment, when procession is started. Guests will see people make team workto carry tower that bring the King dead body to cementery. The tower high is more than 20 metres so the tower is very heavy and to carry it, at lease need much people. For carry this tower, committee of Plebon use step by step procedural/estaffette, first group takes about 20 metres and change to second group continue until the tower arrive in cementry and for this procession it need more than 1000 people because there is three things to carry here, first is coffin cow (in Balinese called Lembu), second is dragon (Naga Banda) and the last is tower (in Balinese Bade).

stair to go to top of Bade

coffin buffalo

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Cremation Ceremony on 3 October 2010 in Padang Tegal Kelod, Ubud.

   Cremation ceremony is one of the biggest, the sacredest and the most complicate also the most popular ceremony in Hindu Bali. In Bali, there is much ceremony, so it is why Bali, sometime it is said, everyday without ceremony. Cremation ceremony is dedicated for someone who already passed away and his family want to honour him, same in this cremation ceremony, we want to honour our lovely grand father. Guests of Brata 1 Homestay must be knowing him with his hospitality and a lot of Brata 1 Ubud guests said he was a wise man with big heart .Our Grand Father cremation ceremony was helded in Padang Tegal kelod in Padang Tegal Village on 3rd of October 2010.

    The cremation procession is started since a month ago, on the middle of September 2010 and finished on 6th of October 2010 after 3 days of its H day and the ceremony name's is 'nelunan' (3rd days).

    Procession of ceremony was started with our Balinese traditional custums that we made committee first. After the committee was made then we requested to our local community  (called Banjar in Balinese) that our family had a plan to make cremation ceremony to our grand father. After the banjar permited after words our family looked good day in Balinese celender to start working ( in Balinese is called nuasen karya). Next the committee was started to make tower to carry death body (in Balinese is called Bade) and coffin for burning  and  it used bull  symbol (called lembu), lembu means bull in English.

    Next procession is preparing for offering and for this procession we woke up in very early morning 4 AM to prepare food for offering, for ou priest and for committee. it takes more than 3 days. Another important procession was one day before H day, which was in that time our family invited our friends and colleagues to come in our home and as witness to our ceremony. In night we must not sleep until tomorow and what made this day is special because in midnight, the inheritor person must take holy water (calle dtirta penembak) alone to sacred place and after he got it, he must suddenly send to Priest home to process and prepare for thr H day tomorow.

    In the H day, there is very busy time, the day was started with Made offering and prepares for everything for ceremony. Next in noon, the 

Ngaben

 ceremony was started with carry Lembu and Bade to cementery and after death body take in Lembu, then we burned it. After the death body finished to burn only residue bond and ash. we offered it and then went to beach to spread i ( in Balinese called nganyut).

    Last in 3rd days procession (ngetelunin), we made foods and beverages for all the committees, like lawar, comoh, jugut ares, sate, siap betutu etc to celebrate our success work because the cremation success without obstacle and dont forget we send the foods to Priest home and after then in afternoon we went to Priest home again (the home called Griya) to said thank you to priest and his families and to who already helped cremation ceremony also. For more pictures, please clicking here

Balinese brotherhood

Praying for ceremony successfully

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what is the Ubud biggest problem polling result.

Balinese Traditional building

Brata 1 homestay is located in Hanoman street. No 51 Ubud Bali and because its place is in Ubud so is why from this blog, this homestay is very concern to keep Ubud as one of the best tourist destination in Bali, Indonesia even in the world.
From made a polling to know what is the Biggest Ubud problem and the problem of Ubud will be tried to solve with feedback for the tourists who were already come to Ubud Bali, especially after Ubud is choosen as the best city in Asia with know the problem first.
Finally 4 results was done from this polling, 3 people said parking is the biggest problem in Ubud and only 1 person said Ubud is dirty. This polling is good but this polling still need more people to choose or frankly speaking with 2.612 viewers in this blog hopely next polling the viewers allow to give their feedback with poll next polling. For your kindness we are very happy to say thank you so much.

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Ubud's Painter

Made and his wife in front of twin tower Malaysia

• Name: Drs. I Made Subrata, M.Si.
• Place and Time of Birth: Ubud, 11 February 1952
• Occupation: Vice Rector for Students Affairs and also Lecturer in Faculty of Fine Arts and Design in Indonesian Institute of the Arts of Denpasar (ISI Denpasar).
• Experience: Often to participate Fine Arts Exhibitions in Regional and National.

Work I.

Collection only

Title: Temple Situation
Dimension: 100 X 120 Cm
Material: Canvas Oil
Year: 2010
Explaination:

This picture is picturing Balinese people life that intimate and friendly with Templesituation as center of Hindu worship and the temple is built always gorgeous in the middle of human life and their spiritual world. here,human life is seen on space and time that so harmony as a part of Tri Hita Karana, which is human relation with abother human, human relation with the suprime God in Hindu called Ida Sang hyang Widhi Wasa and the last relation between human and nature, which is based as background. Colouring is dominated by red support by yellow and green so that so happy, soft also full of silent impression and situation in scope of movement and behaviour of Balinese women who wears Balinese traditional uniform is implement ceremony in temple devoutly.

Work II

Collection only

Title: Water as Source of life.
Dimension: 100 X 120 Cm
Material: Canvas and Oil
Year: 2008
Explaination:
In relationship between time and life dimensions, there is two different worlds called Rwa Binedha but both worlds are always becoming one on spiritually and physically. Spiritual world or in Balinese called Niskala and Physical or in Balinese called Sekala have water as symbolism of holiness and fusion. In Spiritual World, Hindu followers in Bali believe water can purify the mind/pengelukatan, fusion of all accidents, disappearing all sins and clear human mind. In physically world, human body would be clear when people take a bath. Human can clear their own body as seen in the painting, which is picturing figures of pretty women take a bath in river. Water, leave and trees colours that greenish to bluist with paddies in rice fields, which is turningyellow are a sign of nature circus approapriate with its rules. Water is as source of life, livelihood and symbol of fertility.

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Visit Indonesia Museum year at Puri Lukisan museum

After successed with Visit Indonesia year 2009, again our gaverment, Goverment of Indonesia launched their continue program,  "visit Indonesia year 2010" and this year is  reated a theme which is the theme for this year is  "visit Indonesia Museum Year". Yeah it is right theme because Indonesia with our motto Ultimate in Diversity  consist of  a lot of cultures and every culture has their own identities, It is very great to see and know how rich is our world with the cultures that you are never see before.

The island of Bali is well known for its rich cultural heritage, which is reflected in Balu's 20 museums which houses of variety of collections ranging from antrhropological artifacts throught the collections of of both classical and modern arts.

In Ubud, an international village, although Ubud is choosing is the best city in Asia but it is much better if we call Ubud a village rather than city, Its sound deeper, we has a lot of museums, as we know all, it is way Arts is still alive and progress here. Let is disscussing Museum around Ubud. Firstly let is discussing about the oldest one, Puri Lukisan Museum. Puri Lukisan Museum is located at Ubud main road with its collection specializing in modern traditional Balinese paintings and wood carvings. Its mission is to preserve, develop and document traditional Balinese arts. It is home to the finest collection of modern traditional Balinese painting and wood carving on the island, spanning from the pre-war (1930 – 1945) to the post-war (1945 – present) era. The collection includes important examples of all of the artistic styles in Bali including the Sanur, Batuan, Ubud, Young Artist and Keliki schools. This picture is (painting of  IGusti Nyoman Deblog  with title  birth of Anoman, one of the museum collections).

This Museum consists of three main building such as:

• Building I (North) – the Pitamaha Gallery houses the Pre-War modern traditional Balinese paintings (1930 – 1945) and I Gusti Nyoman Lempad and collection
• Building II (West) – the Ida Bagus Made Gallery houses the Ida Bagus made the Estate Collection
• Building III (East) – the Wayang Gallery houses Wayang Painting Collection and used for temporary exhibitions.

Puri Lukisan Museum is just 5 minutes by motor or 15 minutes by walk from our place, brata 1 homestay, so if you are intersting, want to know about this museum collections more, please visit this museum soon and don't hesitancy to stay in brata 1 homestay, Cheap Accomodation in Ubud during your plan to visit this museum in Ubud.

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Balinese Ceremony in Brata 1 Homestay

"pemangku" says mantra

Ceremony in Brata 1 Homestay

On 24th March 2010 in Brata 1 homestay held a ceremony, ceremony in our family temple. This ceremony was very interesting because in this time is a very good time during Balinese celender, as should you know for ceremony, Balinese is using Balinese System Celender, which is using lunar system and 1 month is 35 days.

In this special day, most of our family was going home to pray, request for The Suprime God to save us and other thing, this ceremony is for purifiying our place (Brata 1 Homestay) to clean in spiritual side besides in real world.
In that time, situation was very happy and lot of lough because all our family came home so we can share our experience and talking much each other. This was not just a ceremony but the time to meet each other in our home (Brata 1 Homestay). A guest of us, her name Sandra from Switzerland and other guests looked very enjoy about this atmosphere, she said when I was 6 years my parents came to Ubud with me and after 16 years I am back again to Ubud. This atmosphere make she has something different in Ubud, how people interect with each other, how their have a strong relationship between each family and how they still pray with God, although they are already success. to see, people pray together with their Big and Happy family is very awesome and memorable time. One of this place is "Its only in Brata 1 Homestay".

Sandra in Balinese uniform

Sunset

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Barrack Obama schedule comes to Bali on June

Statue in main cross road Ubud

U.S President Barrack Obama reschedule his bilateral visiting to Indonesia. Before his schedule on March but right now decline up to June 2010. Although he changed his schedule quiet long but don't worry a lot of Indonesia people still waiting his visiting here.

Same like Bali, as one place that will visit by Mr Obama during his visit to Indonesia, we are still waiting for him. Balinese is very appreciate for his schedule to visit Bali. Hopely he will come with his family, his family can be inspiration because he is a awesome and great father and also love his family much.

Please do not forget to visit Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud because it is very great place to visit, from Monkey Forest in Ubud, with its local genius  to still save forest in that place to be a green zone to safe oxigen for our live in Ubud,we can learn about how important to stop global warning. Stop global warning it is not just for us but for our son, our grand son too. From green of Monkey Forest hopely there is inspiration for seriously to go green, go go go.....

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Nyepi at Brata 1 Homestay in Ubud

"Nyepi" in front of Brata 1 Homestay

Firstly All staffs, manager and owner of Brata 1 Homestay say Happy "Nyepi". Nyepi means quiet, hopely from quiet of Nyepi we can thing what we did in past year and what we are going to do in next year, it is very good tone because in another new year we are always celebrate it with party and loud but special for Hindu New Year, we are celebrate in with " Catur Brata Nyepi, catur means 4, Brata, exactly Brata has a lot of meaning but in this case the meaning is fast or no doing that, the 4 fast is no go anywhere(stay at home,) no job, no angry and dont make any activity. Yeah just quite. Quite, relax and let is your soul free, from quite of Nyepi you have time to thing your mistakes and dont make the same mistake in next year, if you celebrate with party how you have time to thing what you have already done. In the first picture is situation during Nyepi in Ubud and picture took in front of Brata 1 Homestay in Hanoman street. For you who already came to Ubud, Hanoman street is always busy but it is not when Nyepi, Quite, all is quite, quite is good for rest your body and soul because we are not a machine.

Before Nyepi, in Nyepi ave, there is, okay let say parade, there is giant doll or in Balinese we called "ogoh-ogoh" parade. Here is some of Ogoh-ogoh photos in Brata 1 Homestay village, Padang Tegal in Ubud Bali.

Padang Tegal Kelod Youth Organization

Padang Tegal Tengah Youth Organization

Padang Tegal Kaja Youth Organization

children ogoh-ogoh

Children ogoh-ogoh

Padang Tegal Mekarsari Youth Organization

                                              

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Nyepi in Ubud

Padang Tegal Village goes Melasti

Still procession for prepare Nyepi, The biggest Balinese Hindu holiday. Every village in Bali would be taking holy water from sea and Padang Tegal Village where Brata 1 Home location. After the water is giving mantra from Priest, everyone will take the Holy water to their home for spread it to request for the Suprime God that their home has his blessing for puring and cleaning their home from something bad. It same with in Brata 1 Homestay, we were melasti to beach and after all the procession, the holy water already spread in Brata 1 Homestay, hopely next Caka year, 1932 everything walk in good way.

Next Balinese will prepare for "Pengerupukan" day. Pengerupukan is one day before Nyepi. In that time, there is a ceremony for offering the invisible creature especially bad spirit to make they do not disturb us. The ceremony is usually take place in cross road in every village because crossroad is center of direction. Afterwords, there is a ceremony who is people waiting for. Ogoh-ogoh (Giant doll) Carnival that you can see we carry a big giant doll as symbol of bad thing. Before it procession there is a ceremony to request the bad spirit who stay in their village to come on giant doll ceremony then we carry it around our village after then, we allow for bad spirit to out from giant doll/ogoh-ogoh because we will burn the giant doll as the symbol Balinese fight with bad spirit. Please waiting the full story about Nyepi holiday only in this site.

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Barack Obama will visit Uluwatu but he should to lunch in Ubud before

One of the Best Sunset view

US President, Barack Obama will visit Uluwatu Bali during his Bilateral visit to Bali. Its news we know by many activities to welcome one of the important person in this world around that area. Perhaps US president want to see one of the best sunset view in world, Yeah as we know Uluwatu has very memorable and beautiful sunset view. Em if he want to relax while see the best sunset view how about the best Balinese food, of course he comes to Bali to try Balinese food. George Bush, US former President during his visited to Bali try our special chicken and spicy spice called in Balinese "siap panggang" and "sambal matah" eamm very yummy one. 

Barack Obama, in the news said that he comes with his lovely wife Michael hopely with their both beautiful daugthers, firstly it is very special ocassion and holiday time to lunch in a lot of Traditional Balinese Restaurant with their special taste in Ubud. Why Ubud because we have Restaurant you should try likes Ibu Oka restaurant with its pork roasted, Bebek Bengil Restaurant with his duck roasted and "siap panggang" and "sambal matah", Nasi Ayam Kedewatan Restauran with its special chicken variation or if they want to try our Balinese cake, the best place is in Cafe Wayan Restaurant. Em there are many places to eat there and we as Ubud citizen very proud and honor as if Barack Obama comes to Ubud, it will completment our predicate as the Best City in Asia, Finally hopely your Bilateral Visiting is success and after then your family trip to Bali is memorable and awesome. 

Warm greeting and welcome to Bali, Mr President with US first Lady and do not forget for them lovely daughters too.

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Bali Spirit Festival 31st March - 4th April, 2010

Spiritual Bodyguard called Ganesh

Brata 1 Homestay is place in the heart of Ubud so it is very easy to come everywhere around Ubud. It same when there is an even in Ubud. This place will be an easy place to come in event place. It same again when Bali Spirit Festival returns to hillside community of Ubud for its third year on March 31st, 2010 to April 4th, 2010. Its takes only 3 minutes by walk from Brata 1 Homestay. 

This even, it is a spiritually charged event that celebrates "yoga", colaborate with its dances and musics and the synergy of global cultural collaboration through the arts.
 
Held over 4 days and 5 nights, this annual celebration brings to Bali a wealth of talented and respected creative masters from around the world, merging the indigenous and rich cultures of Indonesia in the spirit of learning, collaboration and the celebration of our creative and spiritual diversity.
 
The Bali Spirit Festival combines over 95 inspiring yoga, dance, and music workshops with nightly world music concerts to an enthusiastic audience of over 4,500 people.  
 
The majestic outdoor festival grounds are located just outside of Ubud, Bali on sprawling green lawns with a blessed river flowing through.

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around brata 1 homestay, place to eat.

brata 1 homestay family temple

Around brata 1 homestay there are:

1. Many places for eat, 

• Laba-Laba Restaurant, just next door of Brata 1 Homestay, in left side. Its restaurant serve Indonesia food cook together with its secret recipes.
• Artini Warung ( but it is more expensive than Laba-Laba Restaurant) at right side of Brata 1 Homestay, about only 5 metres including its mini market too.
• Bebek Bengil ( Dirty Duck ) is the famousest restaurant in Ubud, famous people, actress, actor domestic and international until our president come to lunch or dinner in this Balinese food restaurant. Prize does not matter if we are talking about taste. Its restaurant is in right side our place just go by food and it takes no more than 5 minutes.
• Tegun Restaurant is left side of our place and this place can find just by foot, only 3 minutes. What is make this place special? The owner of this place has Yoga Barn too. So if you are interesting with Yoga perhaps you can come to lunch or dinner while ask about Yoga Practise Schedule there.
• Pundi-Pundi Restaurant is a Grill Asian Cousine Restaurant with lotus pond. Its is a new restaurant with new concept and it will be great to come for dinner because it is so romantic when see sunset there. 
• The Pond is a little bit expensive Restauran, the owner is brother of Pundi-Pundi Restauran but concept is different in this restaurant. If you come with your group, this is restaurant has a lot of chairs.

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Ubud and Yoga

Yoga in rice field

My friends, do you know Yoga? if you know yoga, it is great. Nowsday yoga is very famous but sometimes some people or Yoga practiser dont know why is yoga not too popular in Bali also Ubud? Firstly  let is discuss what is yoga then after this, the question will automatically answer. Yoga is Universal, it means, Yoga can practise from another religion besides Hindu and Budha. Especially now much book already translated yoga too English so the author of Yoga books already translated from Sanskrit to English so it made Yoga is more universal.

Yoga is one element of 6 element in Hindu sayings in Tapa (meditation) activity, which is someone totally focus to 1 thing that contol his body and mind. Generally people know Yoga as Asana,Asana means you act something while you control your breath to harmony your soul and body.

Yoga has a lot of usefulness likes;

• keep away from stress

In globalization era, stress is very familiar and to avoid it, one a simple thing is Yoga. Yeah Yoga can help

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Ubud as the best city in Asia Polling

Peace

Brata 1 homestay is making a small polling to know, readers opinion about the result of Condé Nast Traveler: 2009 Readers' Choice Awards,   in this good accasion there are only 9 readers to give their opinions with chosed the polling. Hopely next polling will be much much better than now.

A polling is very significant especial to know readers mind. They are agree or disagree about something. For example, Ubud is chosen as the best city in Asia polling, it is very great to know the opinion about the people who are not Conde' Nast Traveler Magazine readers. 

Anyway all audiences gave a same result that They agree for Ubud as the best City in Asia better than other city. If we talk about Ubud, a lot of tourists right now say Ubud  in "one word", LOVE, perhaph they had inspiration of Julia Roberts film, Eat, Pray, Love. So If you want to have a nice date, you will absolutely choose Ubud, willn.t you. It was why Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stone Vocalist chosed Ubud for held his wedding in 1996. Already long time but its still make people remembering that weding.

Besides love, there is another 'one word' to image Ubud, "peace". Yeah place of peace. It is same with our greeting, when Balinese end something, they would like to say Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om, Om has meaning for God and Shanti is peace so its means God give us peace in our mind, our world, and whole world. We believe there is another word to Ubud, UBUD is AWESOME, right. warm greeting from Ubud.

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Condé Nast Traveler: 2009 Readers' Choice Awards

Ubud is chosen as the best city in Asia, better than bangkok, the capital of Thailand or even Tokyo by the reader of Conde Nast Traveler 2009 Readers 'Choice Award', so what do you this to repair soon in Ubud to defend the same award in 2010. please give your comment and we are really appriciate your feeback. thank you. For top ten the best cities rank in Asia, please check the rank below:

Top cities

Asia's number one city this year, Ubud, is home to just over 8,000 inhabitants who, unsurprisingly perhaps, earn the highest score of any destination—city or island—for Friendliness. Meanwhile, Florence, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, San Francisco, and Vancouver continue dominating their respective regions. Sydney once again claims top honors among all cities for the eighth straight year.

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Ubud, 82.5

2.

Bangkok, 82.2

3.

Hong Kong, 81.3

4.

Chiang Mai, 80.9

5.

Kyoto, 80.2

6.

Singapore, 79.6

7.

Shanghai, 75.9

8.

Jaipur, 74.2

9.

Tokyo, 72.9

10.

Hanoi, 69

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