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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Mini guide to Bali, Indonesia

Photo by (Anders Blomqvist/LPI)

Bali’s small size doesn’t make for uniformity. The popular Indonesian island combines green rice terraces with long tropical beaches and volcanoes.

• Related photo gallery: Magical Bali

Likewise, traditional Hindu temples and artistic towns such as Ubud provide a counterpoint to party capital, Kuta.

See
Bali's best-known dive area, Pulau Menjangan, is good for divers and snorkellers, and is located in the Taman Nasional Bali Barat park. Expect tropical fish, corals, clear water and underwater cliffs (Labuhan Lalang visitors' centre, on the north coast, where boats leave for Pulau; 7.30am-5pm).

Perched in Bali's central mountains, Ubud's focus remains on Balinese culture in all its forms. The Agung Rai Museum of Art is a gallery and cultural centre where you can take courses in batik (wax-resist dyeing) and Balinese history (armamuseum.com; Jalan Raya Pengosekan; 9am-6pm; £2).

At Jatiluwih, which means 'Truly Marvellous', you will be rewarded with vistas of centuries-old rice terraces that have been nominated for Unesco status. You'll understand why when you see the panorama from the twisting 12-mile road. Get out for a walk along the water channels.

For out-of-the-way beaches, head to Bingin. The scenery here is superb, with cliffs dropping down to a row of houses and the foaming edge of the sea. The surf can be savage, but the white sands are calm and the roaring breakers mesmerising.

The village of Munduk is one of Bali's most appealing mountain retreats, and is set among hillsides covered with rice, coffee and fruit plantations. Waterfalls tumble off precipices and there are great trekking opportunities around the lakes of Danau Tamblingan and Danau Buyan.

Eat & drink
Few locals making the trek up the hill pass the open-air Nasi Ayam Kedewatan without stopping. The star is the superlative sate lilit (minced chicken satay with lemongrass). (00 62 361 974795; Jalan Raya Kedewatan, Sanggingan, Ubud; lunch; mains from 70p).

It's all about pork at muchloved open-front stall, Warung Dobiel in the south's Nusa Dua. Pork satay, pork soup and beans with shredded pork are favourites. The sautéed jackfruit will make you a convert; the green sambal (chilli-based sauce) is redolent with spices. Seating is at long tables (Jalan Srikandi, Nusa Dua; lunch; mains from £1).

Join the lunchtime lines outside Warung Ibu Oka , opposite Ubud Palace. They're waiting for the eponymous Balinese-style roast suckling pig. Locals and expats in the know travel far for meat they say is the most tender and tasty on the island (Jalan Suweta, Ubud; lunch; mains £1-£1.50).

At night, hundreds of candles twinkle around outdoor tables at The Living Room. The décor combines Balinese thatching and colonial posh, and the menu fuses French classics with Asian flair (livingroombali.com; Jalan Petitenget, Seminyak; lunch and dinner; mains £6-£8).

Arguably Bali's finest restaurant, Blossom has high-end décor and a creatively global menu. Try the lobster mango-shiro miso with mandarin salt (balisentosa. com; Sentosa Private Villas & Spa, Jalan Pura Telaga Waja, Seminyak; mains £10-£18).

Sleep
Matahari Cottages has six flamboyantly themed rooms, including the 'Batavia Dacha' and the 'Indian Pasha', stuffed with Balinese furniture and colourful soft furnishings. There's an Elizabethan-themed library and an elaborate high tea is served on silver (00 62 361 975459; matahariubud.com; Jalan Jembawan, Ubud; from £22).

Turn left after the toll gate for Mu, the most stylish option in Bingin. Thatched bungalows are scattered about a landscaped compound dominated by a cliffside infinity pool. All have hot tubs with sea views (00 62 361 8470976; mu-bali.com; Jalan Pantai, Bingin, Pecatu; bungalows from £38).

At Taman Sari bungalows are set on a long stretch of quiet beach, and feature intricate carvings and other traditional artwork. The open-air bathrooms are delightful places for that wake-up shower (00 62 361 288096; balitamansari.com; Pemuteran; cottages from £45).

Founded in order to help develop sustainable tourism, the Puri Lumbung Cottages are set among rice fields with views down to the coast. Dozens of trekking options and courses are offered, including dance and cooking. The hotel's restaurant, Warung Kopi Bali, is excellent (00 62 362 70128871; purilumbung. com; Munduk; cottages from £54).

On a ridge near Sayan stands the unique Bambu Indah, a compound of 100-year-old royal Javanese houses. Several outbuildings create a timeless, yet luxurious village. Rooms are works of art, with tasteful batik bedspreads and simple, authentic decoration (00 62 361 977922; bambuindah.com; Banjar Baung, Ubud; from £100).

Getting Around
Public transport is provided by minibuses called bemo. You can hire a car at the airport (from £14 per day; balicarhire.com), but as roads can be busy, taxis are the safest option and tend to have meters. Bali Taxi is the most reliable (00 62 361 701111).

Getting There
Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific fly to Bali's Denpasar airport from the UK (from £617; singaporeair.com; cathaypacific.com). Pre-paid taxis at the airport, to Kuta, Seminyak and Ubud, cost around £3.50, £6 and £15.

The article ‘Mini guide to Bali, Indonesia’ was published in partnership with Lonley Planet Magazine.

Source from: http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20110208-mini-guide-to-bali-indonesia

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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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brata 1 homestay: Your Consulate in Bali

brata 1 homestay: Your Consulate in Bali

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Your Consulate in Bali

• Australian Consulate General. 
• Tantular street No 32 Renon Denpasar Bali. 
• Phone: +62 361 241118. 
• Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) and +62 361 241120 (Immigration).

• Honorary Consulate of British.
• Tirta Nadi street. No 20 Sanur Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 270601.

• USA Consulate Agency.
• Hayam Wuruk Street. No 188 Denpasar Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 222426

• Consulate General of Japan.
• Puputan street. No 170 Renon Denpasar Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 227628

• Honorary Consulate of Malaysia
• Alam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Kuta beach street Bali
• Phone: +62 361 752520

• Honorary Consulate of Thailand.
• Puputan Renon Street No 81 street Denpasar Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 263310

• Embassy of India
• Puputan Renon main street. No 42-44, Denpasar Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 241 978

• France Consulate Agency.
• Merta Sari Street, Gang II No 8 Sanur Bali. (Gang is small street in Indonesian)
• Phone: +62 361 285485

• The Federal Republic of Germany.
• Pantai Karang Street. No 17 Sanur Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 288535

• Royal Danish and Norwegian
• Mimpi Resort Jimbaran Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 701070

• The Czech Republic
• Pengembak street. No 17 Sanur Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 286465

• The Republic of Hungary.
• By Pass Sanur street. No 219 Sanur Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 287 701

• Italian Consulate
• By Pass Ngurah Rai street. Jimbaran Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 701 005

• Honorary Consulate of Mexico
• Mohamad Yamin 1 A street. Renon Denpasar Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 223 266

• Honorary Consulate of the Netherlands
• Kuta main street. No 127 Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 761 506

• Honorary Consulate of Spain
• Istana Kuta Galleria complex, blok Vallet 2. No 11 in Patih Jelantik street Kuta Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 769 286

• Swiss and  Austria Consulate.
• Shopping Complex of Istana Galleria in Patih Jelantik street.
• Phone: +62 361 751 735

• Honorary Consulate of Sweden and Finland.
• Segara Village Hotel in Segara Ayu street Sanur Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 283223

• Honorary Consulate of Brazil.
• Legian street. No 186 Bali.
• Phone: +62 361 757 775

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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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Ubud and World Cup 2010 in South Africa

Ubud is a cultural ,art and religion place. Ubud people is very intersting with all about culture and art also Religion (Hindu) what they same interest with football. Yeah Ubud people is very interesting with World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
Hopely for the supporters from Asia, after they watch their team afterwards come to Ubud for refreshing after come to Africa that very hot temperature and have the inspiration before back to work and it same as well as the supporters from European and American please come to feel something different in Ubud, something that make refresh and ready to work and if you need fun, natural and awesome place to visit, Ubud has a lot and one of them is our place
For the schedule you can check here
And for Original Sound Track  for World Cup 2010 in South Africa by K'naan feat David Bisbal entitled Wavin' Flag, just listen in this site and let play now.

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