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and later in 1986, it was declared a World Heri-tage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, both indications of the Park’s bio-logical importance.

In 1928 there were only 30 people living in Komodo Village, and approximately 250 people on Rinca Island in 1930. The popula-tion increased rapidly, and by 1999, there were 281 families numbering 1,169 people on Komodo, meaning that the local population had increased exponentially. The number of buildings in Kampung Komodo has increased rapidly from 30 houses in 1958, to 194 houses in 1994, and 270 houses in 2000. The total

New7Wonders of Nature is an initiative started in 2007 to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen by people through a global poll. It is being led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New7Wonders Foundation, a Swiss-based, government-controlled foundation. This campaign follows the New Seven Wonders of the World, which attracted 100 million votes from around the world.One of the 28 fi nalists includes the Komodo National Park, located in the center of the In-donesian archipelago, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores. The park was estab-lished by the Indonesian Government in 1980

population currently living in the Park is 3,267 people, while 16,816 people live in the area immediately surrounding the Park.

Komodo National Park includes three major islands: Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller islands creating a total sur-face area (marine and land) of 1817km. Apart from being home to the Komodo dragon, the Park provides refuge for many other notable terrestrial species such as the orange-footed scrub fowl, an endemic rat, and the Timor deer. Moreover, the Park includes one of the richest marine environments including coral reefs, mangroves, (cont’d to page 8)

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tween the main tourism areas in Bali such as Badung and Denpasar, compared to the other regencies. . If in the next five years poverty still cannot be dealt with, it is hard to imagine how many Balinese children will be unable to go to school because their parents cannot pay school fees, and not to mention how beggar will increase on the big streets in the cities of Bali. This situation increases the possibility of human trafficking, or other social problem if the poor, especially girls, cannot be helped but to be forced to work illegally.While it is clear that work fields in Bali are not always related to the tourism sector, but the endless dependence on tourism sector since long ago has changed that opinion. Many ex-perts said that the government has not done enough to reduce the poverty in Bali. Some are only doing it as a political project. They should realize that if it is not seriously han-dled, poverty can bring terrible impacts such as: the decrease of qualified human resources, social envy, and the increase of criminalities.One of the other main concerns towards the effect of poverty is the emergence of diseas-es that can attack poor families. A breakout recently happens to many poor kids. Even though they weren’t affecting Balinese chil-dren, they were a serious threat to almost ev-ery other part of Indonesia. The disease is the Malnutrition. It is most suffered by kids from one to thirteen years old. It was not deadly, but it is still ashamed that the official state-ment of the disease and its victims did not mention it being suffered most by the poor. Poor families are often defenseless to their suffering, because they are likely to concen-trate more on how to survive. They obviously were unable to have treatments in a hospital, because they do not have any money left for it. But Malnutrition is not the only threat as the result of poverty. There are still many dis-eases that haunt poor families, and tragically, they cannot do anything against it and can only wait for any aid from the government or

If the question was asked to a tourist, they will answer “Heaven”. Bali has become one of the best tourist destinations for years since it is firstly well-known by the world. Everything the visitors have enjoyed in Bali might be the best in the world. A research shows that 95 percent of tourists who have visited were sat-isfied throughout their time in Bali. As a unique destination, the Balinese have prepared themselves to face the globalization and influences of foreign culture, and bril-liantly, they have been accepting the foreign cultures and habits without leaving its genu-ine ones. But has Bali done it perfectly? Does every Balinese enjoy the result of this fantas-tically developing tourism business? In rela-tion to the headline question, the answer is ‘NO’. The advantages of technology advance-ment and globalization cannot be distributed smoothly. It is hard to believe that beyond this glamorously growing tourism, Bali is still haunted by poverty.‘The Best Island in the World’, that is the title given to Bali. The picture of tourism in famous areas such as Kuta, Sanur, Nusa Dua, or tour-ism objects around Badung, Denpasar, and Ubud brings out the image that prosperity in Bali is guaranteed. The latest survey done by BPS Bali (Bureau of Data Processing and Statistics) in 2007 showed that the number of poor families in Bali has reached 229,100, or 6.63 percent of the entire Bali citizen. Meanwhile, the gov-ernment said that the number of poverty in Bali might decrease during the next few years because the economy in Bali is getting better in accordance to the development of tourism sector. Considering that not all people in Bali make a living out of the tourism world, the statement seems a little bit doubtful. Based on the survey in Bali on 2006, which was done in all regencies in Bali, covering Denpasar, Ba-dung, Gianyar, Jembrana, Karangasem, Ban-gli, Tabanan, Klungkung, and Buleleng, it was found that most of the respondents worked as laborer, seller, and farmer. Moreover, their income was less than $2 per month! Based on the World Bank’s definition, someone can be said in poverty if she/he earns less than USD $2 per day. Meanwhile based on BPS Bali’s information, the based line income earned for someone to be stated in poverty is below $1 per day. While poverty itself is a complex problem, the disastrous event can be caused by some internal factors such as the family and community pressures, and external fac-tors such as the social, economical, law, and political condition. The highest number of poor families in Bali is found in Buleleng Regency, next are Karan-gasem, Bangli, Tabanan, Klungkung, Gianyar, Jembrana, Badung and the last is Denpasar. If we pay attention to that data, we can con-clude that there is a huge poverty gap be-

other donating individuals. The list of problems that can be caused by poverty is still growing, for example, sooner or later the problem of environmental destruc-tion will be emerging as the result of poor environmentally friendly education received by the poor. If the Government of Bali is still thinking that tourism is the main sector that will help the poor families to go beyond the poverty line, than they should start to spread the concentrated tourism area out to the oth-er regencies, because the tourism centraliza-tion is a great influence on the high number of poverty in Bali. One thing that can be done, for example is by building a new airport in the Northern area of Bali. The arrival of tourists in the North, will equally spread the tourism to all over Bali, and lessen the concentration of tourism in Badung and Denpasar. Tourists who come to Bali should know that there are a lot more of beautiful places in Bali outside the city area. If all regencies in Bali are willing to develop their tourism sector optimally, the help of the central government is very much needed. It is believed that this way will be effective in decreasing the number of poor families. The smooth development of tour-ism sector at all regencies will bring new work field, carrier, and obviously more income to the locals who formerly live in poverty. Fur-thermore, people from the North or East of Bali will not again transmigrate themselves to Badung or Denpasar. Government should closely control the increasing of cost in all public commodity sectors such as groceries and fuel, so the poor will not fell deeper into the poverty.On the other hand, the effort in decreasing the number of poverty in Bali also needs the support of the society. The desire to help oth-ers and to attempt endlessly to get out of the poverty is the key to succeed. We are all hop-ing that everything will get better for Bali in the next few years. –Wahyu-

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Our traditional market conditions have not escaped the impressions of being dirty, crowded and chaotic. Have a look at conges-tion happened along Sulawesi Street where Badung market lies. Motor vehicles trafficking and ongoing human bustles have shaped the characteristics for most traditional markets in some areas. Badung Market has become the one tradi-tional shopping place for most of the resi-dents of Denpasar. This market offers a variety of household staples and a wide range of tra-ditional snacks. Badung Market is also a place for the sellers of Hindu’s ceremonial needs. Look at how this market is crammed with many visitors just before a religious holiday. Ni Laksmiati (45) is a pillow cakes maker, one of the traditional Balinese snacks sold in this market. Ni Laksmiati makes her own snacks to be sold. She bought all the materials in the Badung Market then peddles back her pillow cakes that have been made in the same mar-ket. Ni Laksmi admitted that her best-selling time is just before the ceremonial day, be-cause her home made pillow cakes are also a part of Hindu religious ritual offerings. For most medium to low income people,

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shopping in the traditional market is still a mainstay rather than shopping in the Super-market. Most of them like the chance to get bargains in the market. Darma, a ‘martabak’ seller in Jalan Imam Bonjol purchased all the materials need for his cakes in Badung mar-ket. “Badung Market provides affordable ma-terials, and even if it is expensive, the price is still negotiable” Darma said. But for most of the middle and upper class people, the same thing does not apply. For May (32), a private sector employee, it is pref-erable to shop at a supermarket. May had nev-er liked the hustles and bustles in traditional markets. Almost every week she and her hus-band visit medium to giant supermarkets in Denpasar. Not only because it is more hygien-ic and comfortable to shop in, but it also offers cheaper prices, she thought. Not to mention the various discounts that are often offered by the supermarkets which sometimes made her tempted to shop. In fact, in the supermarket May can borrow her money for groceries by paying with her credit card. “If it’s the end of the month, money, well a little which is left, so I should use my credit card instead” she smil-ingly explained.

Tri Baskoro, a snack distributor supervisor who often travelling back and forth from Java to Bali told us how supermarkets can sell goods at lower prices. “Supermarkets have a huge capital to buy up all the stock of goods from vendors with cheaper prices. Usually vendors will also be more loyal to the super-markets by discounting those who took the goods in large quantities. In contrast to the market, each trader can only take their stock of goods in limited amounts because their capital is relatively small “. Badung market also cannot escape the histo-ry of human civilization around its neighbour-hood where it has been standing up. Badung Market contributes in a way of being a provid-er for various household materials to be sold and for most of small businesses to trade in. Small businesses are indeed very supportive for the growth of the local economy. This is where the role of government is need-ed in order to provide better facilities for the community. Modernizing a traditional market is not necessarily displacing the market and then building a Hypermart but to project back the market image from the hygienic, clean and tidy sides –aks-

must also compete with traditional coffees from other coffee producer regions in Indo-nesia, such as: Toraja, Sumba, Java and Suma-tra. Coffees from these regions has ruled their local coffee market in the region and even expanded to the other islands around them, so the Balinese coffee is known almost only in Bali itself. On the other hand, Balinese cof-fee plantation increasingly displaced by the plants with more economical value, such as clove, vanilla, chocolate or gold oak, so the quantity of coffee production in Bali has de-clined from year to year. Soil fertility levels are lower also lead to the declining production. Slowly but surely Bali began to lose its power as one of the best coffee producing regions in Indonesia. Balinese coffee will continue to fade away and approach their extinction? What are the efforts being done to preserve Balinese coffee? When examined, there are several factors that cause the decline in popularity of Balinese coffee: - Lack of publicity and promotion from the Balinese coffee producers. It could be said that the marketing of traditional coffee pow-der is only using traditional methods, such as direct marketing to traditional markets, small shops or stalls. The use of advertising media is rarely performed, sometimes only promoting through the local radio or media that in fact only is targeting rural communities. In terms of packaging, traditional coffees less attractively packaged. Coffee producers use only the white plastic with the brand images stamped outside. In traditional markets, the coffee powder sold in kilogram or even sold without a brand at all. In the supermarket, Balinese coffee powder packaging looks less glamorous compared to the instant coffees that appear with beautiful, attractive and full of colour packaging. Lack of promotion and publicity is also felt in the tourism industry of Bali, which generally sells more imported products. Hotel, restau-rant, bar or club is very rarely putting Balinese coffee as an option in their menu; - The presence of coffee cafes promoting international flavour, such as: Starbucks and J-CO, are causing the struggling Balinese coffee to submerged. Not just cafes, in Bali is now emerging producers of international flavoured coffee (small scale) that in fact is owned by a few foreigners who has settled in Bali, which specifically target tourists as their buyers. Though produced in Bali, these for-eign coffee producers are not providing any Balinese identity to their products; - Lack of product innovation; Balinese cof-fee producers do not dare to innovate by creating specific products that match interna-tional flavour or a weaker (cont’d to page 15)

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Although people abroad know more about Ja-vanese coffee than the Balinese coffee, in fact since the Dutch colonial ruled, the mountains in Bali have been known as producer of cof-fee. Balinese coffee is famous for its delicious taste, its strong characterised smell and black colour indicating good quality. Singaraja and Tabanan regions are the two largest producer of coffee Bali. Besides producing coffee in the form of seeds which are being exported to other countries, they also produce various types of coffee powder marketed to all areas in Bali and Indonesia. The distinct difference between coffees belonging to Bali’s “tradi-tional coffee” with the “modern coffee” is that “traditional coffee” grounds are usually left on the bottom of a glass or cup, while the “mod-ern coffee” for a particular treatment will not left dregs. On the island of Java, the traditional coffee which left dregs is called “kopi tubruk”. There are two types of coffee plants: Robusta and Arabica coffee, both grown in the fer-tile plateau that divides the island of Bali. In Gesing, Munduk, Gobleg, Banyuatis village of Singaraja, and the surrounding areas are the centre of the coffee producers, while in Tabanan, coffee-producing centre is located in Pupuan and its surrounding areas. Balinese coffees are mostly being processed tradition-ally, starting from the drying process up to the process of making the beans into powder. There are some Balinese coffee producers who use modern processing machinery but not as sophisticated as the engine of large-scale coffee producers in Java. A brand of cof-fee powder Balinese coffee “Banyuatis” once ruled the market, but then lost by the other Balinese coffee brands, such as: “Gelatik” or “Kupu-kupu Bola Dunia”. Traditionally pro-

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cessed coffee is generally mixed with the corn mixture with various percentages depending on the manufacturer. In the villages, people actually prefer to drink coffee without any mixture of corn, so the taste of coffee is more pure and concentrated. But along with the times, Balinese coffee is slowly displaced by the presence of instant coffees which being mass produced in large scale. Giant factories of coffee, such as Nes-cafe, Indocafe, Torabika, are now ruling the coffee market in Bali and has shifted the exis-tence of Balinese coffee. They are, in addition to their excellence in marketing, also promot-ing various taste mixtures, such as cappuc-cino, milk coffee, gingery, ginseng, etc. Not to mention the proliferation of coffee cafes promoting international flavour in Bali that causes the sinking of the great growing Bali-nese coffee. Moreover, the younger genera-tions of Bali prefer to drink instant coffees that taste sweeter and befitted for the youth which also accompanied by more practical presen-tation than the original Balinese coffee that tastes bitter and must be mixed with sugar or milk to be drinkable by the youth. Although instant coffees are more expensive than the Balinese coffee, still young and even old gen-erations started switching to instant coffee. Traditional coffee powder are now generally only consumed by the older generation who already fanatical about its taste, or used it as offering ingredients in the activities of the re-ligious ceremonies. Bali people slowly left the traditional coffee powder and not impossibly that just a few of the next generation will only know its name. In addition to competing with large factory-made coffees nationwide, Balinese coffee

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(cont’d from page 1) seagrass beds, seamounts, and semi-enclosed bays. These habitats harbor more than 1,000 species of fi sh, some 260 species of reef-building coral, and 70 species of sponges. Du-gong, sharks, manta rays, at least 14 species of whales, dolphins, and sea turtles also make Komodo National Park their home. This has also become the reason why the island is very famous for diving. Visitors can easily fi nd so many diving spots to enjoy the magnifi cent marine diversities.

Many visitors described the park as fully breathtaking. With its unique Komodo drag-on and beautiful surroundings, they think Komodo must defi nitely be voted as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. In order to achieve this, the Indonesian Government also created an advertising campaign called ‘Vote for Komodo”. Until recently, It has successfully increased many awareness to the Indonesians as well as other nationalities to participate in the vote through the offi cial website of www.new7wonders.com. The vote will lasts until 11 November 2011.

More about Komodo DragonIn literature, the Komodo dragon is also known as the Komodo monitor or the Komo-do Island monitor. To the natives of Komodo Island, it is referred to as ora.

The evolutionary development of the Komo-do dragon started with the Varanus genus, which originated in Asia about 40 million years ago and migrated to Australia. Around 15 million years ago, a collision between Aus-tralia and Southeast Asia allowed the varanids to move into what is now the Indonesian ar-chipelago, extending their range as far east as the island of Timor. The Komodo dragon was believed to have diff erentiated from its Australian ancestors 4 million years ago. How-ever, recent fossil evidence from Queensland suggests that the Komodo dragon evolved in Australia before spreading to Indonesia. Dramatic lowering of sea level during the last glacial period uncovered extensive stretches of continental shelf that the Komodo dragon colonized, becoming isolated in their present island range as sea levels rose afterwards.

In the wild, an adult Komodo dragon usu-ally weighs around 70 kilograms (150 lb) although captive specimens often weigh more. The largest verifi ed wild specimen was 3.13 metres (10 ft 3 in) long and weighed 166 kilograms (370 lb. Its saliva is frequently blood-tinged, because its teeth are almost completely covered by gingival tissue that is naturally lacerated during feeding. This cre-ates an ideal culture for the bacteria that live in its mouth. It also has a long, yellow, deeply forked tongue.

The Komodo dragon does not have an acute sense of hearing, despite its visible earholes,

and is only able to hear sounds between 400 and 2000 hertz. It is able to see as far away as 300 metres (980 ft), but because its retinas only contain cones, it is thought to have poor night vision. The Komodo dragon is able to see in color, but has poor visual discrimination of stationary objects.

The Komodo dragon uses its tongue to de-tect, taste, and smell stimuli rather than using the nostrils. With the help of a favorable wind and its habit of swinging its head from side to side as it walks, Komodo dragons may be able to detect carrion from 4–9.5 kilometres (2.5–5.9 mi) away.

The Komodo dragon prefers hot and dry plac-es, and typically lives in dry open grassland, savanna, and tropical forest at low elevations. As an ectotherm, it is most active in the day, although it exhibits some nocturnal activity. Komodo dragons are solitary, coming togeth-er only to breed and eat. They are capable of

running rapidly in brief sprints up to 20 kilo-metres per hour (12 mph), diving up to 4.5 metres (15 ft), and climbing trees profi ciently when young through use of their strong claws. To catch prey that is out of reach, the Komodo dragon may stand on its hind legs and use its tail as a support. As the Komodo dragon matures, its claws are used primarily as weapons, as its great size makes climbing impractical.

For shelter, the Komodo dragon digs holes that can measure from 1–3 metres (3–10 ft) wide with its powerful forelimbs and claw.

Komodo dragons are carnivores. Although they eat mostly carrion, they will also ambush live prey with a stealthy approach. When suit-able prey arrives near a dragon’s ambush site, it will suddenly charge at the animal and go for the underside or the throat. It is able to locate its prey using its keen sense of smell, which can locate a dead or dying animal from a range of up to 9.5 kilometres (rwitb).

Source:

The Offi cial Website of New 7 Wonders (www.new7wonders.com)The Offi cial Website of Komodo National Park (http://www.komodonationalpark.org)Wkipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko-modo_dragon) -rwitb-

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D o k a r , gig, is one of the tradi-tional form of transportation that can be found in Bali. Despite it is being traditional, it can only be found in Singaraja of Buleleng Regency and Denpasar. Along with the de-velopment of technology and the attack from two and four wheel drive in Bali, the existence of Dokar is no longer favoured. Its number is declining from time to time that has created a concern of both government and the Balinese people that the traditional carrier will soon extinct. Various competitions have been held in eff ort to rule out its extinction, but with the Balinese trends of having a motorised form of transportation, it is possible that Dokar will vanish someday.A few years ago, the number of dokar that based on Kumbasari area was around 120, now it is drastically dropping to only 18 units (denpasarkota.co.id, 2009). Nowadays, the cabbies are hanging around on a few places such as Jalan Kartini, Sutomo, Kreneng Mar-ket, and along Kuta Beach. In Singaraja, the number of gigs left is only 20 units and they can only be found in Pasar Anyar and Kayu Buntil area, both which are hidden, rural, and very far from the city. The existence of dokar in Singaraja is still being regarded as a form of transportation by the locals rather than using it as a tourism attraction. Their higher fares than those of the public minibus (bemo) have made them less preferred by the people of Singaraja.Even though dokar has become one of the unique tourist attractions in Denpasar, it is still insuffi cient to signifi cantly multiple their numbers. This situation is concerning espe-

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cially since dokar is a part of Balinese c u l t u r e . If dokar dis-appears, the young generation of Ba-

linese could only hear or read stories told about it.

The question become: how do we save dokar from vanish-

ing in Bali?There are some factors that can be blamed as the cause of the decline in dokar’s numbers in Bali. For example: -The minimum income gained from the busi-ness. In average, a cabby could only earn IDR 30,000 – IDR 50,000 per day (denpasar-kota.co.id, Februari 2009). If they were lucky enough to have foreign passengers, they could earn an extra IDR 50,000 up to IDR 75,000, even though this rarely happened. If compared to the income of a construction worker who gets a minimum of IDR 45,000 per day, there is no doubt that becoming a cab-by is less preferable. The young generations would not even think of the profession as what they would have become someday, let alone the increasing number of cabbies that

have changed their job. The ex-isting cabbies are

surviving on their faith of the profes-sion (wastioke.mul-

tiply.com, November, 2007);

-The high operational cost of dokar. The average operational cost of a

dokar is IDR 21,000/day for the horse’s bran and food (denpasarkota.co.id, Februari 2009). If more progressively counted, the cost has taken 42 – 70 % of the cabby’s total income. It can be concluded that the profi t gained is in-adequate to support the cabby’s daily needs;-The unsupportive condition of the roads for dokars to operate. The full-of-traffi c roads of Bali are not the suitable environment for dokars to operate. Horn or overloud engine sounds can cause the horse to panic and often raging on the street. In additions, the neighing sound and the smell of the horse are causing some complaints from the other us-ers of the road. These have obviously contrib-uted to the decreasing interest of becoming a cabby or owning a dokar business;-A few numbers of dokars in tourism hot-spots. Although the government has given a freedom for dokars to choose a base, it is still so diffi cult to fi nd them in tourism spots such as Nusa Dua and Sanur unless it is booked a few days in advance. In 1980 – 1990 eras, Ho-tel Bualu, (cont’d to page 10)

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Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan are the very charming twin lakes. The authenticity of nature in both lakes is still keenly felt, for example in the absence of the use of motor-ized boats in the lake. Local people use small boats called “pedahu” for fi shing. With the cool air that completely surrounded by green mountains, it provides a calm and comfort-able atmosphere. The lake is ideal for water recreation such as kayaking and fi shing. For those who loved nature and recreation, this is a very good spot to go. The existence of apes along the road from Denpasar to Singaraja in-creases the attractiveness of this region as a tourist site.Lake Buyan and Lake Tamblingan is located in district Sukasada, about 21 km south of

Singaraja City, on the roadside Denpasar-Singaraja. The fact that the location is 1000 meter above sea level makes the air a bit cold and gets cooler at night. Lake Tamblingan can be achieved through the junction towards the village of Munduk, village of Gobleg and translucent in Lovina. We can see the whole landscape along the road to the lake. Cars can reach the edge of the beautiful lake side, where the forest seems untouched by human.There is also boat renting service for fi shing or recreation. Locals’ homestay are available with variate facilities. This place is quite popu-lar for either foreign tourists and local tourist because the location is very strategic, fl anked by three famous tourist sites of Bedugul with the Ulun Danu Temple, Waterfall Gitgit, and

Lake Buyan and Lake TamblinganLovina Beach. To make it even better, 1860 meter Mountain View of Mount Lesong fenc-es the lake water clarity while creating a very natural silence. -sethlestath-

(cont’d from page 9)one of the public owned hotels in BTDC Nusa Dua, provided transportation service of do-kars for each of its guest. After the hotel went bankrupt and being replaced by other fi ve star hotels, dokar has disappeared from the area. It is such ashamed that dokar is no lon-ger empowered as a tourist attraction for the area;-The lack of publication and promotion about the existence of dokar. Promotion and pub-lication of dokar is very low. Tour operators, travel agents, and hotels are preferred to promote the use of sophisticated glamorous form of transportation. The picture of dokar is rarely found in any travel brochures, websites, or magazines. Dokar has been suddenly for-gotten from the travel and tourism business. Because of this lack of publication and pro-motion, it is possible that many tourists may not know that there is a unique form of trans-portation in Bali yet to be tried.If Balinese were to care of preventing the ex-tinction of dokar, then coordinated eff orts are needed between all parties especially the lo-cal government that plays an important role in the situation. From the revealed facts, dokar has a great hidden potency to become one of the famous tourist attractions in Bali. This potency needs more of government handling and those in the Bali tourism business. Up to now, the steps taken by the local offi cials

to hold competitions and cabby knowledge training have been a good start. However, it is believed that the acts are momentarily and have not solved the actual problem. There are some more steps can be taken, such as:-Giving suffi cient facilities and support for the cabbies to move their bases to the tourism hot-spots;-Open an awareness of the people in the tour-ism business to take parts in preserving dokar and to off er the dokar experience to their cus-tomers;-To create more publications about the exis-tence of dokar. In this case, the local govern-ment should take the fi rst step and then get the media involved, especially the ones in tourism fi eld;-To develop the skills and knowledge of the cabbies by holding trainings such as: the skill to improve dokar appearances, sanitation, foreign language skills, knowledge on han-dling foreign guest, etc;-To give education for the young generations about the existence of dokar. Education can take many forms such as: holding a city tour with dokar, inserting dokar into national and local stories. While the number of cultural ed-ucation in Bali is declining, this will help grow consciousness and pride among the young generations of Bali of their culture and to in-volve them in preserving it.With the increasing number of demand for

dokar, it will obviously continue to exist years from now. Hopefully, it won’t extinct so the young generations of Bali could still enjoy its ride in the future. -ketut suasti-

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BALINESE LANGUAGE LESSONS, A SPECTRE FOR THE YOUNG GENERATIONS OF BALI

• Heavy globalization and nationalization have caused parents in Bali to think to intro-duce Indonesian, and even English, as early as possible to their children so that children are ready to compete and to absorb the lessons in those languages which has now become the main part of lessons in kindergarten. This has affected the younger generation to shift their interest towards Balinese native language into Indonesian or English. • The influence of the environment, especially since the television media, a very strong fac-tor that affecting children, have used more Indonesian or English as their introductory languages, so the younger generation of Bali gradually become more familiar with them both and no longer familiar with the Balinese vocabulary. • Balinese language lesson given to students, especially elementary school students, imme-diately jumping into the high difficulty level with the use of refined language as the lan-guage of introduction. The curriculum seems blinded; let alone acknowledging the refined language, it is already hard enough to get the younger generation of Bali familiarise them-selves with daily or simple vocabulary. An example can be found in Balinese language textbook for the first grade, in the early pages there have been some difficult vocabulary displayed, such as: ... ... subaktine kemargiang

In the Bali Province, Balinese language has now been included as a compulsory subject in primary school curriculum. This of course is a positive thing because it aims to preserve Balinese culture by introducing them through basic education. But the presence of Balinese language lesson has drawn many parents complain, either from non-Balinese parents and even by Balinese parents themselves. The facts in the field showed many students have difficulty learning; even their parents were often not able to assist them in com-pleting Balinese homework. This phenom-enon is certainly unique given the Balinese is the mother tongue of the people of Bali. However, given the phenomenon of modern Balinese society, particularly in urban areas which tend to teach Indonesian to children as the mother tongue, it is inevitably making the young generation of Bali to be unfamiliar with Bali own language. Balinese language is no longer a mother tongue, but a second or third language for the younger generations of Bali. This cannot be denied when the Balinese Language became a compulsory subject in schools. Balinese should start from the base, and often only become a scourge for the younger generation of Bali itself. There are several factors that can be blamed as a cause of the emergence of this phenom-enon, including:

(p.2, Widyastuti Bahasa Bali) which means: “to run the manners or respect”. This vocabulary is rarely used in everyday language and should be reviewed in its true meaning and can not only be understood literally. Such vocabulary is certainly not in accordance with the reason-ing power of children in first grade• Learning method of Balinese which is less at-tractive when compared to foreign language study (i.e. English). The use of the images in Balinese language learning process is very minimal. This can also be seen in the Balinese language textbooks for first grade. It seems to be dull compared to the English language pack books which use many interesting pic-tures and colours and only simple vocabulary introduced as an introduction; • The cultural gap between generations. The strong agrarian culture of Balinese is now slowly supplanted by the tourism industry as well as national and international trade. Some cultures have consciously or unconsciously excluded from modernization and cultural transition. As an example, now Bali urban youth have rarely seen ducks, horses, cattle, and other instruments of traditional agricul-ture. Even the concept of the kitchen in the Balinese culture has shifted from traditional kitchen with stove made from bricks, cooking instruments from clay or bamboo, co( cont’d to page 16 )

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Will Balinese Workers Eliminated In Their Own Island?

taining employment.This hidden state has also created regional sentiments against outsiders (non-Balinese) and the emergence of a sense of regional community elitism in Bali. If the situation re-mains uncared, it will be counterproductive for Bali human resource itself. Excessive self protection does not provide a space for Bali-nese themselves to go forward and compete well in the job market. Like it or not, in the era of globalization Bali can no longer stop the in-coming waves of workers from outside their area. By nature, human resource personnel who are not competent (regardless of race or tribe) will be eliminated by itself.Observing this phenomenon, what are the factors that become the root of the prob-lem and how to handle it? Will in the future the people of Bali be displaced from its own economic wheels like the Betawi people in Jakarta?When examined closely, Balinese societies in general have a good work ethics required by economic role player, such as: honest, tena-cious, hardworking, disciplined, obedient to rules, and so on. Not a few Balinese people who managed to be successful at home and abroad because of these work ethics. In fact, thousands of Balinese labours are needed to

It is ironic that Bali labour slowly eliminated from the job market in its own area. This can be seen from the tendency of employers to hire workers of non-Balinese. For example, some advertisements clearly stated that the labour needed is “a non-Balinese”. On the oth-er hand, only a handful of Bali’s professional workers fill key positions in private compa-nies, especially in the management and in the field of sales and marketing. Other facts also show the tendency of using labour from out-side Bali, especially in the construction sector.The Balinese lost of the fight over work field has created a social impact resulting in some conflict between the entrepreneurs with the local community which are reflected in the form of mental or physical pressure that has disturbed the relationship between the par-ties. The actions of interference of Kamtibmas with a tendency to suppress entrepreneurs to be given the opportunity to work in reality are destroying the image of Balinese culture itself. Also, this situation can lead to the reluctance of investors to invest in Bali, and of course it is the people of Bali who will lose. On the other hand, it acts like a double-edged knife for the younger generation of Bali. Ways such as this are not educating the youth to defend them-selves and demonstrate achievements in at-

fill vacancies abroad, especially in the hotel, cruise, restaurant and spa sectors. But in fact in its own area, Bali labour force is slowly be-ing eliminated for various reasons, such as:1. Bali labour required more number of holidays than the entrants. This is mainly because of the indigenous involvement and activities of religious ceremonies in the place of origin. As known, the customary activities or religious ceremonies in Bali take consider-able time and effort, so inevitably it forces the worker to be absent from work over a long time. Besides the time problem, the frequen-cy of absenteeism with customary reasons is also often encountered. Balinese workers (especially those who have been married andtherefore has been by custom duties) on average at least once a month are asking permission to take an absence out of custom-ary reasons. The average period is between 1 - 3 days, depending on needs. This absence would definitely hinder the business process; 2. In the Blue-collar workers sector (construction workers), Balinese workers charges higher than the immigrant labour. Simple example, a Balinese servant worker is given IDR 45,000 per day while labour mi-grants will accept IDR 35,000 - IDR 40,000 per day. ( cont’d to page 16 )

Bali Clothing Industry,The Never Ending Opportunity

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Since three decades ago, Bali is well known for its quality, low cost garment productions. Starting from the traditional ‘Songket’ and ‘Endeg’, Bali has now become one of the most sought location for producing designer’s and general clothing.According to Surya, a Director of local gar-ment manufacturer who has run the business for more than 30 years, there is always great opportunity to make money when running a business on this field. She said there was nev-er enough supply when it came to clothing as people are naturally keen to follow fashion trends, which are changing periodically. That is the reason why this industry never comes to an end.To prove what Surya said The Bali Weekly did a little survey on the Seminyak area by counting the numbers of shops selling clothing prod-ucts and others selling non-clothing prod-ucts. The result turned out to be quite amaz-ing. From 300 shops within the survey range, around 215 shops are specializing themselves in selling clothing and garments products, while the rests are made up of shops selling non-clothing products. Most shops will display a big wholesaler sign, usually aimed at foreign re-sellers to come and place large quantity orders to be sold back in their countries. Some have their own

factories while others chose to make use of independent home industry level factories in completing customer’s orders. When asked about the origins of her buyers, Surya said her customers are mostly originated from USA, Germany and Italy. When looking back at the survey, it shows that more than 71% of mer-chants in that specific area are running their business based on the clothing industry. It may not be valid to say that garment domi-

nates Bali export market based on that par-ticular survey alone but it gives a clear indi-cation that garment is also serving as a major contributor to the island’s economy. According to Bali Statistic Bureau, Bali exports on garment reached the amount of $12.85 million from the period of April to June 2009. This export commodity came third after sea-food ($23.52 million) and jewelry ($13.14 mil-lion). Despite the big world recession hap-pened last year, garments industry remained in a stable position until current. Apart from giving profit to garment manu-facturers, the industry also gave a good eco-nomical impact to the people who are living in the village. For example, most women who live in Ababi village in Karangasem are having a second job as a sequin sewer. They received the orders from local clothing manufacturers and were given a timeline to finish the work to meet the export deadline. Most of these freelance workers could earn an additional in-come of Rp10,000 ($1) per day or Rp 300,000 ($30) per month by working from home. This may not be seen as a decent amount to meet the pay standard in some developed coun-tries, but it is still better than having no job at all. With that amount of money, they could at least pay for their children’s school fees or simply spend them on foods. -iu-

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quicker in communicating all events. In Bali, kulkul are heard only when the situa-tion is quiet with specific code to count a spe-cific number of votes so that people need to understand it very well to know its real mean-ing. For example: the sound of kulkul for the people who had died, for marriage, for hold-ing a meeting, laden with sound codes and certain turnout. In Bali, an island filled with philosophy, plac-ing the sound of kulkul as a communication tool is colossal. Understand every sound pro-duced and its “meaningful sense” that has been standardized by consensus within each group as Sekeha groups, Banjar, and the Vil-lage are very important. Currently, kulkul bulus is only regarded as tra-ditional or cultural conservation, particularly in urban areas because they are less effective in solving problems in urban cities consid-ering they have far more complex criminal cases. “If kulkul bulus is being thudded, the community would consider it as a disturbing act and will create uncomfortable situation among the community”, revealed the head of Bali Police, AKP Sriyati when contacted at her office. However, there must be an effort done by the young generations to preserve kulkul as one

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(cont’d from page 6) taste for foreigners and people of Bali itself. Lack of product innovation also led to the less competitive Balinese coffee compared to in-stant coffees that is very easily presented. In addition, instant coffee is more readily avail-able everywhere than the traditional coffee. Hence, no doubt, in the preference of Balinese coffee for traditional activities has also been ousted by the existence of instant coffee. These factors need to be studied deeply to restore the position of Balinese coffee as the host in the area, and even if possible, it could rule the marketing of coffee in Indonesia and overseas. When compared with the instant coffee products and flavoured coffee in the international cafes, it can be concluded that the shortcomings need to be explored to im-prove this situation. Some ideas under con-sideration are able to lift the image of Balinese coffee: 1. Increase publicity and marketing of Ba-linese coffee. The famous Bali tourism sector is the appropriate sales target goals. Rather than compete with giant companies nation-wide that have strong capitals, Balinese coffee is better moved through tourism. Creativity coupled with efforts; inevitably the image of Balinese coffee could rise. One of the efforts is by creating attractive packaging. A simple example is the use of shaped paper bag pack-aging complete with brochures and the plan-tation photographs will be able to cause ex-

citement from buyers to glance. Coffee in this kind of packaging is of course targeting the tourists as a buyer in the hope that Balinese coffee powder can be bought as gifts. Publication of printed and electronic me-dia should also help the local news about the existence of local coffee products. Some writings and programs should be created to arouse public awareness of the need to pre-serve Balinese coffee. Education media can be used as a mean to introduce one of these local products to the younger generation of Bali. Certainly not in the way to teach the chil-dren to drink coffee, but it can be done, for example, through excursion activities to the plantations and coffee processing plants. This could be one of the media for children to fos-ter a love for one of the cultural heritage of their ancestors; 2. Creating innovative products. For exam-ple, the producers should create a coffee with the traditional Balinese taste, such as: coffee with a hint of vanilla or cinnamon taste, coffee with honey, etc;3. The need of intervention from the gov-ernment of Bali. When speaking of coffee in the general framework of preservation, the Balinese government intervention is neces-sary. Balinese government has the authority to create local regulations (Perda) dedicated to the preservation of Balinese coffee and the increase of coffee farmers’ wealth. The regula-tions can take many forms such as: restaurants

and hotels are required to present the Bali-nese coffee as an option in the menu, involv-ing businessmen engaged in tourism support services, such as: business travel, transporta-tion, souvenir shops, etc. to promote Balinese coffee by providing brochures to the tourists on Balinese coffee plantations or provide Bali-nese coffee as a uniquely packaged souvenir; 4. Agricultural utilization of coffee as one of tourist destinations. Once again the ex-istence of Bali’s tourism that has been estab-lished can be used as a vehicle for the coffee farming to increase their popularity. People from travel industry could glance over coffee plantations as an agro-tourism destination. This trip will not only show off the fertility of the coffee plantations alone, but the tourists can also be encouraged to see the processing of agricultural produced coffee, how the raw coffee processed into traditional coffee pow-der. With interesting packaging and publica-tions, then the coffee plantation can become one of the interesting tourist attractions. With awareness of various community groups, government and people of Bali in general, the preservation of Balinese coffee should be started from now on. Balinese coffee is not only contributing to regional income as an agricultural product, but also must be empowered as a cultural heritage that is nec-essary and will not disappear from its own community. -ketut suasti-

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conut shell, etc., into a modern kitchen with gas stove, oven, and aluminium made cook-ing equipment. This has made it even more difficult for students to imagine the Balinese traditional kitchen tools which are often be-ing asked in their language subjects. The exis-tence of drawings and explanation would be a great object in assisting children to slowly absorb the language, especially the children who had learned Balinese as a second or third language after their mother tongue.The level of difficulty exists, compared to oth-er language lessons. Balinese has three levels: coarse, medium and fine language. In addi-tion, Balinese language vocabulary contains strong elements of agrarian culture that has now been replaced with a national and global culture that is very different. As an example: in Balinese, “foal” also has its own vocabulary, that is “bebedag”, whereas in the Indonesian language “foal” has no specific term but is called “anak kuda” which literally means a horse’s child. In perceptibility of the city kids who knew the Indonesian language as moth-er language, a familiar vocabulary “horse” which in Balinese called “jaran” it needs a spe-

cial effort to memorized, not to mention the vocabulary words “anak kuda” or “bebedag”. So there are two words that need to be mem-orized related to horses. In this case, there is a need of special wisdom from the Balinese lan-guage educators to simplify the curriculum and using simpler methods and more draw-ings for the younger generation of Bali so this inheritable language as a fun subject and not scary. Here are a few suggestions for educators to simply and pleasantly convey the Balinese language lessons: • Simplify the subject matter, starting from the introduction of a simple vocabulary of everyday activities or surrounding objects. Of course this will not be apart from the role of the Regional Office of Education to revise the curriculum so it will not become a burden to their students • Increase the use of media or tools in illustrat-ing the Balinese language lesson, such as: im-ages, objects, tapes, etc. • Conducting special excursion to a location that has the objects mentioned in textbooks. For example: a visit to the house which still store traditional Balinese household equip-ment used since a long time ago. Original Ba-

linese houses are still numerous in Denpasar and surrounding areas, there are even some which become tourist attractions. Do not let the tourists enjoy and know more about the authenticity of the traditional house com-pared to the younger generation of Bali! • Use Balinese songs as a media of learning vo-cabulary. Compare on how English language is taught in the course or in schools through methods where the media often used is a song as a simple and fun way to introduce vo-cabulary. Balinese culture has many children’s songs called by the group of “Rare Sekar” which need to be introduced back to the chil-dren through the Balinese language lessons; In conclusion, the preservation of Balinese language is an absolute responsibility for the Balinese society, because language is a cultur-al root. Using educational media as the main way to form a love and preservation of culture for the youth is a very exciting thing. But the media and the need for a simpler and more interesting learning system will make it easier for younger generations to learn Balinese. Do not let the Balinese language lessons became a scourge for the younger generation! -ketut suasti-

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For Balinese builders, they charged IDR 55,000 - IDR 60,000/day even IDR 75,000 for carvers. While “non-Balinese” builders are willing to be paid IDR 50,000/day. So economically it is more efficient to use migrant labours, al-though the Bali forces’ quality of work are recognisable; 3. Bali labour has a tendency reluctant to do the “dirty and rough” job, such as: being a digger, working on road projects, scaveng-ing, draining toilets, etc. So, this sector is also occupied by migrant labours; 4. While for the top positions (mana-gerial), the Balinese have a contradictory mentality due to the strong influence of local culture, such as lack of confidence at express-ing opinions (“koh ngomong” *), excessive modesty that create doubt on the minds of entrepreneurs when they are faced with chal-lenges, weak entrepreneurial spirit, so they are rarely willing to fill the positions market-ers or sellers; 5. The performance of employed mi-grant labours and foreigners in Bali, of course assuming that they have qualifications that the locals don’t, making an unfair and unnat-ural selection for Balinese to fill certain posi-tions;This certainly contrasts with the state of Ba-linese workers who are working outside of the region and abroad. First, they have been selected in advance as skilled and educated labour so that they can show a good perfor-mance in the workplace. Second, the situation as foreigners by nature creates the motivation and mentality to fight as hard as they can to

survive. Third, the inequality in customary activities directly supports the performance and productivity. Fourth, the absorption of the local culture influences the mindset that entrepreneurial or economical spirit grows in their mentality. These are the factors that drive Balinese workers performance overseas so that it can be said in general they are being more welcomed outside of their own country.In conclusion there are internal and external factors affecting the performance of Balinese labour. Internal factors include: work ethic, mentality, knowledge and work skills. While external factors are customs and traditions factors, surrounding environment which in general acts as a driver or a stimulus for work.To win the competition, internal factors must be built through education, skills, and enrich-ment of knowledge in various ways, such as: Bali human resources were to be open-mind-ed against the influence of foreign cultures (both foreign and other local culture etc.) to apply positive attitudes held by non-Balinese human resources that enabled them to win the competition in the labour market. Besides Balinese labour despite being in their “house”, they should learn to have the mentality of the nomads that have struggled to achieve their highest achievement.External factors, especially the traditional ac-tivities that often hamper the productivity of labour can not be ignored and addressed in black and white, because however strong the people of Bali is, they are rooted from their culture and if their culture is eroded the sim-plicity of Balinese would be extinct by itself. The existence of Balinese culture needs to be supported by the tolerance on the part of em-

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EVENTSBlue EyesCampus NightWith Angels Blue Sexy Dancer, Resident DJs and Mighty Home Band. Starts from 08pm – ‘till drop

BosheCollegio FiestaParty for campus community, with Boshe sexy dancers, Devotion house band and resident DJs. From 10pm onwards.

d’ Base Restaurant and Fun BarHarzoe Live Band entertains diners from 9pm-11.45pm.

EikonLadies Night25k cocktails for the ladies. Resident DJs Manda, CBee, and Bibo spin-ning hip hop to house tunes. Happy Hours 9pm to midnight.

Hard Rock HotelRhythm and Booze with After Seven Band, Quicksilver and Roxy Fash-ion Show. From8.30 pm onwards, no cover charge.

Ozigo UbudLive music and DJ performance on stageSoundtrack by Kawitana, Capsoul Band, DJ Goez, and Joshe. Doors open at 9pm.

Rosso VivoLive on stageSunset with DJ Dion and DJ Adit, from 5pm – 7pm

SOS Supper ClubSunset Session with DJ Eric, from 5pm – 7pm.

Boshe“Suicide Silence “Exclusive live concert with resident DJs. From 10pm onwards.

Atrium at Semara Resort and SpaTrio Traffic Blues Band perform at 8.30pm to sing and harmonize until late.

EikonSurf ‘n’ Turf Tuesdays

Guest DJ Adam Bennetts spinning at the beach bar. Happy Hours from 9pm to midnight.Freeflow mojitos from 12am to 12.30am

Hard Rock HotelAfter Seven Band play live at Centerstage. From 8.30pm onwards.

Ozigo UbudLive music and DJ performance on stageSoundtrack by Kawitana, Capsoul Band, DJ Goez, and Joshe. Doors open at 9pm.

Rosso VivoLive on stageSunset with DJ Dion and DJ Adit, from 5pm – 7pmFragmen Band, from 8pm – 11pm

Sky GardenTaco Tuesdays2 x Mexican Tacos Rp 15K, Lime Margaritas Rp 25K and Corona Beer Rp 35K. From 6pm – midnight.

SOS Supper ClubSunset Session with DJ Andre, from 5pm – 7pm.

BahianaI Love Wednesday NiteFeaturing DJ Iwan Blow playing Disco 80-90s, Rock n Roll, Reggae and House. From 10pm ‘til you drop.

Brewer’s Beer GardenOrgasmic Vintage NightWith Arya Satria Claproth and Steve Wilson, from 9pm onwards.

Club CosmoExtravaganza!Highly entertaining midnight show. Starts from 10pm onwards.

Deejay ClubWednesday PartyRomeo’s playground with resident DJs Ion, Noldy, James Hendrik, and Nason.Starts from 12am onwards.

EikonResident DJ’s Manda, CBee and Bibo spinning hip hop to house tunes.Happy hour 9pm to midnight. Freeflow mojitos from 12am to12.30am.

Hard Rock HotelGirls Just Wanna Have Fun, with sexy dancers, laser dancers, roving models and After Seven band. Buy 1 get 1 free on selected drinks for ladies only. From 8.30pm onwards.

JP’s Warung Club and Maria MagdalenaKhatulistiwaFive crazy guys perform ethnic fusion mixed with rock and reggae. From 9pm to midnight

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Double Six ClubClosing PartyAfter 24 years of endless clubbing, we finally say goodbye to one of Bali’s most iconic venues. Three venues join forces to feature an almighty lineup of great DJs for the final hoorah! In classic 66 style it goes from 6pm – 6am

SOS Supper ClubSunday sundowning delights and live music weekendsThe Above Beachside sunset experience with DJ Andre for sunset and special dinner performances. 3x mojitos for 185k and wine specials all nightSmooth Joker singing Bossa Nova – Chill out for dinner. From 7.30pm

Hu’u BarChill ThursComplimentary chili con carne from Chef Philip Mimbimi with the finest guest DJs and 2 for 1 Bintang or margaritas all night. Live enter-tainment,From 7pm until closing.

Sky GardenThirsty ThursdaysAll Double Spirit Pours for a single price! Make it a Double Rp 60K. Available on: Smirnoff,Jim Beam, Bacardi and Gordons. From 6pm ‘til late

W Bali WooBarSunset sessions with our DJ to welcome the night. Complimentary mezze, pizza, and a special promotion 2-for-1cocktails and beers.From 6pm to 7pm.

Boshe“Rock Out!! “Special appearance by DJ Bone (Spinach records) featuring FLA (Spar-kling saint). Also featuring Boshe Fenzi Girl Wanna Be (Top Models), Devotion house band, and Resident DJs. From 10pm onwards

Warisan“Heart Strings” an Art Showcase.An artistic showcase by the children of the YPAC centre for the handi-capped. 450K for ticket. Guest stars performing live Ozlem and Andy, Yasmin Suteja, Lisa Soul & Band.

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The Ubud Writer & Readers Festival is proud to announce SUBI-YANTO AS THE WINNER of the 2011 Poster Competition. 68 en-trees were received from Bali, Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi, as well as, Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand. We are thrilled at the quality of the submitted works.The winning entry was selected for its dynamic colour, sense of design, creativity, composition and technical skill.The subject is Balinese and the enquiring look of the face is both optimistic and intellectual, as if bearing the promise of things to come.More details about the 2011 festival will be released next month on our website and social media.

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Kasih Ibu Jl. Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar, Bali Ph. +62-361- 223036

Kuta Clinic Jl. Raya Kuta Denpasar BaliPh. +62-361-753268

Nusa Dua Medical ClinicJl. Pratama No. 81 Tanjung Benoa, Nusa DuaPh. +62-361-771324

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Prodia Clinic Jl. Diponegoro 192 Denpasar, BaliPh. +62-361-227194

Puri Raharja Hospital Jl. WR Supratman 14-19 Denpasar, Bali Ph. +62-361-222013

Sanglah Public Hospital Jl. Diponegoro Denpasar, BaliPh. +62-361-227911

Surya Husadha Hospital Jl. Pulau Serangan 1-3 Denpasar, Bali Ph. +62-361-233787

Sanur Hospital Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai, Sanur Bali Ph. +62-361-289076

Wangaya Public Hospital Jl. RA Kartini 133 Denpasar Bali Ph. +62-361-222141

Prima Medika Hospital Jl. Pulau Serangan, Denpasar Bali Ph. +62-361-236225

NORTH PART OF BALI

Prodia Clinic Jl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali Ph. +62-362-24516

Singaraja Public HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali Ph. +62-362-22573

WEST PART OF BALIDharma Kerti ClinicJl. Manik 14, Tabanan Bali Ph. +62-361-811424

Tabanan Public Hospital Jl. Merpati 11, Tabanan, Bali Ph. +62-361-811754

Negara Public HospitalJl. Gelar, Negara, BaliPh. +62-365-41006

EAST PART OF BALI

Gianyar Hospital Jl. Ciung Wanara 2, Gianyar Ph. +62-361-943049

Bangli HospitalJl. Kusumayudha 27, Bangli Ph. +62-366-91521

Klungkung Hospital Jl. Flamboyan 40-42, Klungkung BaliPh. +62-366-21172

Amlapura Public Hospital Jl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPh. +62-363-21011

Ubud Clinic Jl. Raya Ubud No. 36 Ph. +62-361-974911

TOURIST POLICE STATION AT TOURISM AREAS

Denpasar Area• Tourist Assistance Centre (24 hours)WR Supratman Street, Ph : (0361) 224111• Denpasar City Police Station, Gunung Sang-hyang Street Denpasar.Phone (0361) 424346 - 422323• South Denpasar Police Sector. By Pass Ngu-rah Rai Sanur Denpasar.Phone (0361) 288597• West Denpasar Police Sector, Ayani Street No 100, Denpasar.Phone (0361) 225456• East Denpasar Police Sector, Prof. Ida Bagus Mantra Street Denpasar. Phone (0361)464694• Kuta Police Sector, Kuta Street No. 141, Kuta Phone (0361) 751598 - 752110• South Kuta Police Sector, By Pass Ngurah Rai, Bualu-Nusa Dua. Phone (0361) 772110• Tourist Police Post, Pantai Kuta Street, Kuta• Bualu Tourist Police Station, Bundaran Tugu Mandala of BTDC, Nusa Dua• Tourist Police Station (24 hours), JI. Double Six Beach, Kuta.

Badung Area• Badung Police Station, Gusti Ngurah Rai Street, Mengwi Phone (0361) 829949• Mengwi Police Sector, Gusti Ngurah Rai Street, Mengwi. Phone (0361) 411270• Petang Police Sector, Majapahit Street, Petang. Phone (0361) 813975• Abiansemal Police Sector, Ciung Wanara Street No. 80352 Blahkiuh. Phone (0361)813972• North Kuta Police Sector, Canggu Street. Gianyar Area• Gianyar Police Resort, Jln Ngurah Rai,Gianyar. Phone (0361) 293110• Ubud Sector Police Station, Andong Street, Ubud. Phone (0361) 975316• Sukawati Sector Police, Sukawati Street, Phone (0361) 298723 -298110• Tourist Police Station, Simpang Puri Ubud

Tabanan Area.• Tabanan Police Resort. Pahlawan Street, Tabanan. Phone (0361) 811210 - 814445• Alas Kedaton Tourist Police Station.• Tanah Lot Tourist Police Station, Kediri. Phone (0361) 812399

Singaraja Area• Buleleng Police Resort, Pramuka Street, Singaraja. Phone (0362) 41510 - 21116• Lovina Tourist Police Station at Lovina

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Klungkung Area• Klungkung Polioe Resort, Untung Surapati Street No. 28. Phone (0366) 21115• Tourist Police Station at Goa Lawah tourism attraction

Bangli Area• Bangli Police Resort, Merdeka Street No.98. Phone (0366) 91072• Tourist Police Station at Kintamani tourism attraction

Karangasem Area• Karangasem Police Resort, Bhayangkara Street No. 1 Phone (0363) 21220

Jembrana Area• Jembrana Police Resort, Pahlawan Street No. 27 Negara. Phone (0365) 41110 — 41198.• Tourist Police Station at Rambut Siwi tour-ism area.

IMPORTANT EMBASSY

Australian Consulate-GeneralJalan Tantular, No. 32, Renon, Denpasar80234, Bali - IndonesiaPostal address :PO Box 3243 Denpasar Baliph. +62 361 241 118, Fax : +62 361 221 195E-mail : [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of Brazil Jl. Raya Legian No. 186, Kuta 80361ph.+62 361 757 775, Fax: +62 361 751 005E-mail: [email protected]

British Honorary Consulate Jl. Tirta Nadi 20, Sanur, Denpasar 80238ph. +62 361 270 601 , Fax: +62 361 287 804E-mail: [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of ChileJl. Pengembak Gg 1 No. 3, Sanur, Denpasar 80827ph. +62 361 281 503, Fax: +62 361 285 216E-mail: [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of The Czech RepublicJl. Pengembak 17, Sanurph. +62 361 286 465, Fax: +62 361 286 408E-mail: [email protected]

Consular Agency Of France Jl. Mertasari Gg. II No. 08, SanurPh. +62 361 285 485, Fax: +62 361 286 406E-mail: [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of The Federal Republic Of Germany Jl. Pantai Karang No. 17, SanurPh. +62 361 288 535, Fax: +62 361 288 826E-mail: [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of The Republic Of Hungary Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai No. 219, Sanur

Ph. +62 361 287 701, Fax: +62 361 735 232E-mail: [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of Italy Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai, JimbaranPh. +62 361 701 005, Fax: +62 361 701 005E-mail: [email protected]

India Cultural Centre Jl.Raya Puputan Renon No 42-44 Denpasar- BaliPh. +62 361 241987, Fax. +62 361 241980

Consular Office Of JapanJl. Raya Puputan 170, Renon, Denpasar 80235PO . BOX. 3432 Denpasar BaliPh. +62 361 227 628, Fax: +62 361 265 066E-mail: [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of MexicoAstina Tours & Travel BuildingJl. Prof. Moh. Yamin No. 1A, Renon, DenpasarPh. +62 361 223 266, Fax: +62 361 244 568E-mail: [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of The NetherlandsJl. Raya Kuta 127, Kuta 80361P O Box 3337 Denpasar 80001Ph. +62 361 761 502, 751 517, Fax: (+62 361) 761 502, 752 777E-mail: [email protected]

Royal Danish Honorary Consulate Mimpi Resort, Kawasan Bukit Permai, JimbaranPh. +62 361 701 070 Ext. 32, Fax: +62 361 701 073/4E-mail: [email protected]

Norwegian Honorary ConsulateMimpi Resort, Kawasan Bukit Permai, Jimba-ranPh. +62 361 701 070 Ext. 32, Fax: +62 361 701 073/4

Honorary Consulate Of Spain Kompleks Istana Kuta Galeria, Blok Vallet 2, No. 11Jl. Patih Jelantik, KutaPh. +62 361 769 286/7, Fax: +62 361 769186E-mail : [email protected]

Honorary Consulate Of Sweden & FinlandJl. Segara Ayu, Sanur, PO Box 3091 Denpasar 80030 BaliE-mail : [email protected]

Swiss & Austrian ConsulateKompleks Istana Kuta Galeria (former Central Parking)Blok Valet 2 No. 12, Jl. Patih Jelantik, KutaPh. +62 361 751 735,761 511, Fax: +62 361 754 457E-mail:[email protected] , [email protected]

The Royal Thai ConsulateJl. Puputan Raya No. 81, Renon Denpasar 80235Ph. +62 361 263 310, Fax: +62 361 238 044Email: [email protected]

Consular Agency Of The United States Of AmericaJl. Hayam Wuruk No. 188, Denpasar 80235Ph. +62 361 233 605, Fax: +62 361 222 426E-mail: [email protected]

MUSEUM

Museum Puri LukisanJl. Raya UbudGianyar.Telephone : +62 361 975136

Museum of BaliJl. Letkol WisnuDowntown of DenpasarTelephone : +62 361 2277271

Taman Budaya Cultural CenterJl. Nusa Indah -Denpasar

Museum Le MajeurPainting museum of Le Majeur,Famous Bali-Style painter.Jl. Hangtuah Sanur

Museum SubakMuseum of Balinese Irrigation System and OrganizationTabanan

Museum Neka and Painting GalleryJl. Campuhan, UbudTelephone : +62 361 975034, 975074

Antonio Blanco’s Art GalleryJl. Campuan Ubud

Bamboo GalleryYayasan Bamboo LestariJl. Nyuh Kuning, Pengosekan, Ubudtelephone : +62 361 975037

Museum GunarsaBanjar Bande, Takmung Banjarangkan, KlungkungTelephone : +62 361

Rudana MuseumPeliatan, UbudTelephone : +62 361 26564


Jl. Tangkuban Perahu - Kerobokan Arcade Unit 6

T. +62 361 730 210 F. +62 361 730 210

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