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Not Only Conserve Nature, But Also Balinese Socio-culture

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By Jan Hendrik PetersStrategic Advisor THK Founda on

FIRST let me say Jan is so right. However it goes further than that. I cannot comment on what people in Europe think of Bali but coming from Australia we see it differently.

We are close neighbors in my case only 3 hours away. We have many other close holiday des na ons, Singapore, Batam, Malaysia, Thailand Brunei and more, but people espe-cially me prefer Bali and Indonesia. Why, as Jan says because of the people because of the culture and all of this can be said to revolve around Tri Hita Karana or as a result of.

I too am very concerned with the “devel-opment and bust” mentality happening in Bali now. Neither the Balinese nor Indonesians are ge ng the benefit. Housing cost for locals are increasing as is the loss of amenity. I get annoyed when I see how li le of the beaches open to local people there are now. When will this stop.

I believe, people especially myself come me and again because of the local people

and their “infec onious” charm and hospita-bility. The culture is amazing and some hotels capitalize on this which is good to see. I like to see it on the streets, in the Warungs and on the beaches especially on Sundays when locals have me off. If you lose this culture yes it will become like the worlds bigger Ci es as Jan explained like Las Vegas.

The example of Sanur is a good one, how best can we tackle it. I agree, Planning is the

way, and down through all levels of govern-ment. Ideally the development should be self limi ng, I mean we need tourism precincts surrounded by nodes or villages where not only the workers have a good environment to live in, but also where the tourists can see and mingle with local culture. Yes limit the number of big hotels encourage smaller business’s Warungs, hire cars and tourist industries. But also legislate for free and open beaches, residen al areas and employment districts so the local people can benefit from tourism.

In other areas of the world they do exactly this limit development and the number of people using the area through the planning process. By doing this you lessen not increase the infrastructure needed for roads, power water sewage and the like. If this infrastruc-ture is a condi on of development then it is also available for the wider popula on at no cost. Big developers should pay and up front as part of the approval process.

The approvals need to consider the capacity of the area first what can a region, town or village have without destroying the values Jan has suggested. Culture is important, so are religion and peoples lifestyles. Above all there must be a ne benefit to Bali and the residents.

In my country if you want to develop a resort or even a villa or housing estate, the approvals and requirements are great. First public areas such as beaches roads spor ng

fields and recrea on parks must be given up as a 10% open space requirement and then foreshore or ocean setbacks of 60 meters or more. Then all services Water, Telephone, Electricity and sewerage must be provided not just to the development but to the wider area and residents. If this does not happen where is the benefit to Bali?

I despair when I see the lack of public beaches or open space. Australia is not just a spor ng na on because they train so hard, but from an early age they play on community areas not just one, but many Soccer ovals, Football ovals, Tennis courts, cricket ovals and many more provided for by development. The bigger developments pay more taxes than the workers and this is what improves the quality of life for the residents.

By all means develop you hinter land as Jan suggests but look at the capacity and spac-ing so as not to destroy the Bali we know and like. A second Airport perhaps, but everyone is fixated on this. Lombok wants the same as do towns in Java. It would be be er if a more sustainable road and transport system was developed not just for the tourists but for all. Be er power, water supplies, sewerage, Hos-pitals and the other necessi es of life, above keep asking yourself what is the benefit to Bali and its people before approval.

Jeff Anderton

Australia

The Philosophy of Tri Hita Karana as the Lifebuoy for the Rescue of Bali as the Island of the Gods

Decline of Bali

The decline of Bali is drama c because it will be reduced to just another island in the sun, and will loose its a rac on as a spiritual center where tourists will go to for inspira on and to escape from the hec c of daily life.

It is ques onable if this devel-opment can be tackled effec vely. I have my doubt about that, because there are so many examples in the world where mass tourism has done more harm than good. The tragedy is that in these situa ons the popu-la on will stay behind with empty hands and wallets.

You can already see it happen in Bali. If you live on Bali it is difficult to observe, because this process is going so slowly. But if you visit Bali once a year, then you are startled, if you see how tourism is derailing the culture. Mass tourism is grow-ing, and every year more and more tourists just visit Bali for the sun and the fun and drive cultural tourism to the background.

THK as the lifebuoy for rescue

Whether this is nega ve, or just realis c, it’s up to you. The next 5 years will show. Op mis c of character, myself I am s ll inclined to think that the downward spiral

can be bent into an upward spiral. For this we need the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, in which balance between spiritual, social and natural is a condi on to become happy both in personal and business life. Where ever I go, people agree with this statement, but that makes it even more frustra ng.

The vision of using the Tri Hita Karana as the lifebuoy for the rescue of Bali as the island of the Gods is shared by everyone, but the imple-menta on of this vision lacks. Policy-makers in government and tourism industry know what direc on to go, but they s ll go in opposite direc on and close their eyes for the dangers. In this respect they behave as the ostriches, that put their heads in the sand simula ng nothing is wrong.

Strategy and ac on

The strategy for Bali should be based on the THK. This should lead to an ac on plan. If all partners in tourism on Bali have decided to promote spirituality and cultural tourism, then all ac ons must be in line with this strategy. This would mean that no licences for new hotels will be given if these hotels will be located on holy places such as cliffs along the coast. Moreover, a tem-porary moratorium on new hotels has to be declared immediately.

READERS’ LETTER

Comments on:

Ar cle Bali Travel News-paper, Vol.I, No. 9 (May 25, 2011), By Jan Hendrik Peters

When you see how bulldozers are ruining the rocks, as has happened in Jimbaran, you close your eyes and feel ashamed. These mega projects are changing Bali to some kind of Las Vegas, unnecessary because the exis ng hotel capacity is more than sufficient. If there are more big star-rated hotels the smaller hotels will have difficulty to survive and will disappear.

The village of Sanur is also changing from that quiet place it used to be into big city with big hotels and much traffic. The main street in Sanur is absolutely not fit for the heavy traffic with buses that are nearly as broad as the road itself. You don’t need to be an academic to predict that this bo leneck can only be solved by regula on that big buses are not allowed in the city center. What would be easier than to make parking lots near Sanur, where passengers can be transferred from big to small buses, simple like that? New big hotels are already under construc on, so quiet Sanur is just an illusion.

Travel agents and tour opera-tors are also on the wrong foot. In brochures in Europe, Bali is not promoted as a spiritual hotspot, but just as the island of sun and beach. Sanur and Seminyak are qualified as respec vely roman c and trendy, but they forget to men on that in the evening and night these places are inaccessible by traffic jams and full of pollu on. All these could have been prevented if there were a consistent policy based on THK. But there is only the madness of today and nobody is thinking of tomorrow.

It is fundamentally wrong to promote Bali as the best holiday des na on before building the in-

frastructure necessary to increase tourism. It is asking for problems. Now the situa on has gone out of control and everyone is complain-ing about the chaos. The gi is bluntly too big for the package. In this respect one should learn from these mistakes. Government has to be pro-ac ve, which means that an adequate infrastructure has to be build before invi ng interna onal tourists to come to Bali.

The absorp on capacity for even doubling the number of tour-ists in the next 5 years is there and can be found in the rural areas. But please, we have to train the people in the villages first and build the in-frastructure before invi ng tourists to visit these places. Otherwise the hinterland of Bali will lose its magic, spirituality and culture.

Community-based tourism

I am an enthusiast promoter of community-based tourism in the rural area of Bali, but only if that policy will be implemented on the base of THK and absolutely not if this development of community-based tourism would be only more of the same, as we did in the south of Bali.

A second airport in the north of Bali is fine and will be posi ve for the development of commu-nity-based tourism. If however a master plan for the development of community-based tourism in the hinterland is missing, then history will repeat itself. That would be -in my opinion- the death-blow for Bali tourism. A er consuming also the hinterland of Bali, no further op-portuni es are le . Bali is a rela ve small island, surrounded by sea but with an infinite spiritual perspec ve. If we kill this spiritual perspec ve,

Bali as Island of the Gods will be lost forever.

Good inten ons not enough

Fortunately, it is not yet so yet, but vision and ac on are needed. Good inten ons are not enough, implementa on of the vision of the development of Bali as an interna onal spiritual center or in other words as Island of the Gods is urgent. Bali government, Bali Tour-ism Board and Bali Tri Hita Karana Founda on have to take the lead to streamline this rescue opera on under the mo o of: everyone who is not for me is against me.

Increase of tax and solidarity fund

There’s a s ng in the tail. With-out budget, you be er forget about the development of Bali as the Island of the Gods. And you can already hear from all sides the ques on: who will pay for that? My answer would be that if all partners share the vision to develop Bali as the Island of the Gods and agree with the strategy, based on the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, the necessary budget will follow. For this rescue opera on to save Bali as the Island of the Gods an increase of tax will be inevitable but I am sure that interna onal tourists and hotels, resorts and villas are mo vated to pay for that.

Also a solidarity fund must be considered with contribu ons from hotels, resorts and villas of a certain percentage of their profit. With all this extra money the rescue opera-

on can be started: Bali as Island of the Gods and with the people of Bali who have enough income for a de-cent life.

The biggest problem Bali is confronted with at the moment is the discrepancy between word and deed, between philosophy and implemen-ta on with consequences, the decline of Bali as the Island of the Gods and big discrepancies in the social-economic area.

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IDA BAGUS NGURAH WIJAYA was elected as Chairman of the Tourism Industry Associa on of Indonesia (GIPI-Gabungan Industri Pariwisata Bali) Bali in the first conven on held in the meet-ing room of Bali Safari & Marine Park, Gianyar, Friday (May 6).

Ngurah Wijaya was elected by ac-clama on as Chairman of GIPI Bali by conven on par cipants unopposed, he was the former Chairman of the Bali Tourism Board (BTB).

According to Chairman of the Con-ven on Commi ee I of GIPI Bali, Ratna N. Eka Soebrata, out of nine organiza-

ons in the GIPI Bali, and among others, the Indonesian Tour Guides Associa on (HPI), Associa on of the Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies (ASITA), the Indonesian Marine Tourism Associa on (Gahawisri), the Indonesian Hotels and

Restaurants Associa on (PHRI) and Bali Village all chose Ngurah Wijaya, the short name of Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya. “Stages of the conven on un l the elec-

on of the chairman of GIPI Bali have passed through the mechanism pursuant to the terms specified,” he said.

He also added that forma on of the first GIPI was expected to be an example for other regions as mandated by the Law No. 10/2009 concerning with tourism.

On that occasion, Ngurah Wijaya also expressed his gra tude to all par ci-pants of GIPI conven on which had given him confidence to lead the organiza on in Bali tourism. “I am op mis c that with the support of all stakeholders and Bali tourism components, the organiza on I lead will be able to take part in the future,” he said. BTNewspapers/PR

ON WEDNESDAY (May 18), Bali Hotels Associa on (BHA) conducted a workshop on surveillance detec on at the Intercon nental Hotel in Jimbaran, Bali. “Prior to any a ack, terrorists conduct sur-veillance,” said Alexander Kesper, Senior CIM Advisor to the Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism and workshop lecturer. “During the surveillance phase, terrorists are most vulnerable to detec-

on. So the aim of the workshop is to make it as hard as possible for terrorists to spy on us—to empower hotels to detect surveillance and to prevent becoming an easy target.”

More than 130 workshop par ci-pants, represen ng almost 100 of Bali’s star-rated hotels, learned about how to set up surveillance detec on teams, discussed suspicious behaviour and how to deal with it, as well as the special chal-lenges of tropical hotel and resort environ-ments. The lectures were complimented by prac cal exercises.

The workshop’s par cipants con-

sisted of hotel representa ves from different departments, not just security managers. “Nowadays security is every-body’s business,” said Andrew Gall, BHA Security Director. “If we want to offer the highest standards—protec on and resilience against any threat—we need to involve everybody, from room a endants to gardener to top management. What we promote is an integrated approach to security and safety.”

The proceeds of the workshop will be used to purchase necessary equipment for Bali’s ‘Integrated Police Radio Community’ (IPRC) another BHA-supported ini a ve that connects businesses island-wide via VHF radio with the police and each other.

The workshop was part of a series of regular security and safety ini a ves by Bali Hotels Associa on. The associa on aims to enhance the preparedness of the islands hotel industry to deal with any nega ve challenges, also to boost and defend Bali’s image as the world’s best holiday island. BTNewspapers/PR

Ngurah Wijaya Chairs “GIPI” Bali

Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya

‘Don’t Spy on Me’BHA boosts surveillance detection capabilities of Bali’s hotel industry

BALI ZOO (in Indonesian: Bali Kebun Binatang) is the perfect wildlife conservatory for the finest collec on of Indone-sian and other countries exo c animals. The Zoo takes visitors on a virtual jungle tour, where you can see the animals close up, and admire the tropical flora and beau -ful se ng.

Entering the exo c world of fauna, visitors are welcome by our friendly

staff, warm repeated song of Siamangs, a lazy gigan c croco-dile, and the biggest lizard of the world, the Komodo Dragon!

The songs of various kinds of birds, such as the Bali starlings, peacocks, cassowaries, cocka-

toos and many other Asian birds greet visitors as they walk along the paths with lush tropical planta ons and so sound of fountains drops from the surrounding

ponds. Explore our finest collec on of deer, kanga-roos, rep les, primates,

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Aside from presenting the wild life attraction in the form of nature

conservation, the Bali Safari and Ma-rine Park is also glad to show off the Bali Agung: Legend of Balinese God-

desses. It tells about the King Sri Jaya Pangus, his beloved Chinese wife,

Kang Ching Wie and his romance with Dewi Danu the Water Goddess of the

Lake Batur.

THE performance is supported by 150 of Bali’s most talented dancers and performers with dozens of live animals directed by an internationally acclaimed director and producer. It is a new spec-tacular show featuring the emergence of Bali as a prosperous island attracting people from around the globe almost a millennium ago. As the first of its kind in Bali, Bali Agung is a totally visual show of effervescent arts, talented dancers, live exotic animals, unique puppets, vibrant costumes, sophisticated sound and light-ing on an advanced multimedia stage in a huge modern theater.

Spectators will be invited to go back in time when ancient farming was the island’s sole and most rewarding economy. Surplus farming products of Bali attracted many for-eign traders such as those from China. At the same time, China could have produced many commodities such porcelain and ceramics meeting the island’s demand.

Traces of this relation can be seen in the wide use of perforated Chinese coins in oblation, temples throughout the island, barong dances and dragon effigies nearly everywhere.

This performance is shown daily with special features including a parade of ten live elephants, a real river pond with traditional boa constrictors voyaging on it where a puppeteer retells the royal history and a number exotic animals including tigers, deer and many kinds of live birds enhancing the show.

Characters in the story

King Sri Jaya Pangus: This King belonged to Warmadewa dynasty ruled in

1179-1181. He defied traditional law by mar-rying a Chinese girl, Kang Ching Wie, from Kang dynasty. This was against the ad-

vice of high priest, with his true love he relocated the palace to Balingkang, derived from the words “Bali” and “Kang” dynasty. In short time, he soon gained strong follow-ers and was one of Bali’s most respected kings. Unfortunately, the couple was childless. This kindled the king to leave his wife and made a pilgrimage to Mt. Batur area. There, he met Dewi Danu and fell in love. From their marriage, the couple was blessed with a son.

Kang Ching Wie: She was a daugh-ter of Chinese m e r c h a n t a n d ship captain, and had a charming personality. She mastered various Chinese dances

and trades. Her happy marriage to King Jaya Pangus ended as she failed to bear a baby. When encountered her beloved husband marrying to Dewi Danu, a bit-ter drawl among them was unavoidable. Tragically, the royal couple was cursed by the goddess and became stone statues.

Dewi Danu: Or Goddess of the Lake as consort of Sri Jaya Pangus was believed to be the goddess of water in Bali and was worshipped as the symbol of

fertility. Meanwhile, the lake symbolized abundant springs irrigating the rice field across the island.

Ship’s Captain: Drawn by abundant agricultural prod-ucts of Bali, Chi-nese merchants founded a trading agency in Bali in the eleventh cen-

tury. One of them was the Kang family whose ships regularly visited Bali and even established relationships to the kingdom near Lake Batur.

The Priest: Aside from handling ritual affairs, a priest dur-ing the kingdom pe-riod also served as spiritual advisor to a king. Once people went against his

decision, a catastrophic was sure to hap-pen as afflicting the King Sri Jaya Pangus.

Puppeteer: He tells stories through-out the show to his son. He describes the future and past of Bali and highlights the fact that cross cultural contact is unavoid-

able. In Bali, a puppeteer is one of the most respected occupations. He is capable of translating Sanskrit language of the scriptures into daily words in an entertaining manner with fresh jokes while matching each sacred mes-sage through the characters played.

Narrator: In the visual show of Bali Agung, the au-dience is guided by the English speak-ing narrator to help

visitors understand the storyline.

Open House Event THE Bali Tourism

Ins tute (SPB) and In-terna onal Bali Tourism Ins tute (STPBI) invited their collegians from Tourism High School

(SMK Pariwisata) all over Bali and another tourism industry to a end an Open House event at thier cam-puss, Jalan Kecak, Denpasar on Monday, May 9th, 2011. (BTNewspapers/Krisna)

The Deputy Director of ICC BaliThe DeSHRI BHUVNESHWAR SHARMA took charge of the post of

Deputy Director, Indian Cultural Centre, Bali (Embassy of India, Jakarta) since 26th June 2009. Since then he has been interac ng with Provincial Government Departments, Universi es, Ins tutes, etc and organizing ac vi es such as workshops, lectures, perfor-mances, etc.

Classes of Yoga and Bharata Natyam Dance are conducted in the Centre premises. “I also plan to start Hindi classes in the Centre from June this year,” he said to the reporter of Bali Travel Newspapers, recently, and added that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has also been signed between the Indian Council for Cultural Rela ons (ICCR) and Mahendrada a University, Denpasar to establish Chair of Sanskrit. The same will

be func onal from December 2011.

Mr. Sharma graduated from Delhi University, India. He has been working in the Indian Council for Cultural Rela ons (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India for the last 30 years also served at different levels at its Headquarters in New Delhi, Regional Offices within India and in Indian Cultural Centres abroad.

Before coming to Bali he was handling scholarship division in the ICCR, New Delhi,beside doing administra ve func ons also been conduc ng talks, lectures, seminars, organizing heritage walks and interac ve conferences and workshops. His area of specializa on includes Indian Art and Culture. BTNewspapers/Krisna

Theater at Bali Safari and Marine Park

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MR. FERRY K. Sutedja (le ), Director of PT. Dewi Arma Asri (the Owning Company of Bali Masari Villas & Spa) very recently presented a Plaque of Apprecia on to Mr. Bambang

Sugiono (right) the Director of Business Development Gajah Bali Tours & Travel on occasion of the 10th Anniversary Celebra on of The Villa Resort, located in the Valley of

Petanu River near Sukawa .

SEKOLAH TINGGI PARIWISATA BALI INTERNATIONAL - BEFORE coming down into the field to conduct assessments to poten al par cipants of Tri Hita Karana (THK) Tourism Award 2011, Friday (May 13), the assessor’s mee ng was held in the hall of the Interna onal Bali Tourism Ins tute (STPBI) on Jalan Kecak, Denpasar. The mee ng aimed to standardize ques ons in the ques onnaire that would be sent to each accredited candidate. On that occasion was also announced the addi on of 5 members of the assessor team from STPBI namely I Gus Nyoman Windia, (Parhyangan); I Gus Made Suka Arnawa (Parhyangan); I Wayan Pan yasa (Pawongan) ; Made Arya As na (Palemahan); and I Nengah Laba (Palemahan). BTNewspapers/krisna

THE ROYAL BEACH SEMINYAK BALI - The World Red Cross Day is celebrated every year on May 8. It has become an important day in the history of mankind because of the role played by the Red Cross in saving lives around the world. Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross is also celebra ng his birthday on the same date.

The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali has a long partnership history with the Red Cross, especially the Indonesian Red Cross (IRC). On June 2008 the hotel along with sister hotels of Accor Bali have donated US$ 10,200 for the devasta ng earth-quake vic m in Sichuan – China through the founda on. This partnership was then become stronger as The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali has added blood dona on into its permanent charity program. Last year assisted by IRC the hotel has con-ducted it twice; on 29th April 2010 and the last one was on 14th August 2010 in con-junc on to the celebra on of Indonesian Independence Day.

This year, taking the moment of the World Red Cross Day and bringing up the

line ‘A Drop of Blood will Help Life’, once again the hotel held the blood dona on to help the IRC replenish its stocks. Encourag-ing the whole Royal Seminyak Bali team to donate their blood, the hotel also invited sister hotels in Bali. The event took place in the hotel premises, at the pre-func on Puri Tanjung Sari Ballroom on Wednesday, 18th May 2011 from 10 a.m. un l 2 p.m.

Ferushita Dewi, Human Resources Manager of The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali, “We have seen many catastrophes happened lately and it made us realize the value of a bag of blood. Every single drop can prolong life and when it is needed, we would do anything to get it for those who are figh ng for their life. Been working hand on hand with the IRC and knowing the fact of the crucial value of blood, this regular blood dona on is the least that we can do to support the Red Cross in saving humankind. A drop of blood does help life.”

The next blood dona on will be held on September in commemorate to the Indonesian Red Cross day on 17th Septem-ber. BTNewspapers/PR

SEMINAR ON BALINESE KITES - In the series with the 33rd implementa on of Bali Kites Fes val 2011, Saturday (May 14), an Interna onal Seminar on Balinese Kites was held in the mee ng room of Bajra Sandhi Monument, Renon, Denpasar. Speakers in the seminar consisted Dr. Ida Bagus Sedhawa, Made Susila Patra, Kadek Dwi Armika and Prof. Jan Hendrik Peters was represented by Torsten Thierbach. Ac ng as the moderator was IGN Wisnu Wardana. The seminar was officially opened by the Mayor of Denpasar Ida Bagus Rai Mantra. BTNewspapers/photo by Krisna

THE BUPATI (Regent) of Gianyar, Dr. Ir. Cokorda Gede Oka Artha Ardana Sukawa (le ) upon arrival at Bali Masari Villas & Spa to a end the 10th Anniversary Celebra on of

the Villa Resort was welcomed by Mr. Ferry K. Sutedja (right), the Director of PT. Dewa Arma Asri (the Owning Company of the Resort) very recently. Doing the introduc on was

A.A.Gede Rai (centre) the General Manager.

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SERIOUSNESS by the manage-ment of Risata Bali Resort & Spa to implement the Tri Hita Karana concept can be seen from the forma on of THK team in the hotel. The en re staff is involved in every THK ac vity, where a coordinator is appointed for respec-

ve element in the Tri Hita Karana namely Parahyangan, Pawongan and Palemahan.

They consist of Gus Suranata as coordinator in the field of Pawongan; Made Suardana in Palemahan and Nyo-man Wija in Parahyangan. “Responsi-bility of these three areas lie in their shoulders,” said Gus Suranata doubling as Manager of Human Resources of Risata Bali Resort & Spa to Bali Travel Newspapers.

He said each coordinator would plan their working program in ac-

cordance with the field. “In the near future, we are going to provide training in rela on to eco-friendly concepts and nature conserva on,” described Gus Suranata.

In future there would be mo va-on and sharing among the employees

about the nature conserva on that could be applied in the hotel where they worked. “I want to develop hu-man resource ac vi es in Risata Bali Resort & Spa in different ways. When the training is in progress, they will not only sit down in the room within a rigid atmosphere, but I will take them to the open green space. By doing so, they do not just inhale cool air of the air condi oner, but also inhale fresh air from nature,” said Gus Suranata.

Meanwhile, in the field of Pale-mahan, Made Suardana had planned

to perform a greening program in the courtyard of an orphanage. “We want to provide something more than just a dona on, namely with addi onal ac vi es like greening. Furthermore, we expect to grow stronger emo onal rela ons as we also preserve the sur-rounding nature of the orphanage,” said Made Suardana.

Parahyangan field had different program, under coordinator Nyoman Wija, it would perform a larger pilgrim-age ac vity than the usual ones. Previ-ously, pilgrimage program of Risata Bali Resort & Spa was only organized throughout Bali region, but this year his party planned to carry out pilgrimage to outside Bali. “At least, we will target the temples located in the region of Mount Bromo and Lumajang (East Java) this year,” he said. BTNewspapers/Prika

THE CONCEPT of Tri Hita Karana (THK) is implemented very consistently by the management of Risata Bali Resort & Spa. That’s why the hotel located on Jalan Wana Segara, South Kuta, has been awarded the top of THK Tourism Awards Gold Medal twice.. “To maximize the implementa on of Tri Hita Karana, the management had founded a special team,” said Gus Suranata, HRD Manager of the hotel doubling as the field coordinator in Pawongan (social) as-pect of Risata Bali Resort & Spa to Bali Travel Newspapers.

He observed that other fields such as Parahyangan (spiritual aspect) and Pale-mahan (environmental aspect) also had a respec ve coordinator. “We regularly conduct social ac vi es to the orphanage,” said Gus Suranata while adding the ac vity was a form of social concern for the environment around the hotel.

Similarly, in the ma er of support to surrounding customary hamlets in Kuta area, Risata Bali Resort & Spa was always ac vely involved in every ac vity undertaken by local community. For example, on the celebra on of Caka New Year or Nyepi, his party helped the community make ogoh-ogoh or papier mache demon. Meanwhile, for in-house ac vi es, Bali Resort & Spa Risata always provided on-the-job training par cipants from the students of voca onal high school to diploma level.

Aside from caring about the external social environment of the hotel, the man-agement also con nued to maintain social harmony of the internal environment. Many programs had been implemented to enhance social harmony internally, such as human resource development by providing English Class conducted every 3 months. With these programs, Risata Bali Resort & Spa also

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THK Team of Risata Bali Resort & Spa

Team Cooperation to Implement THK

achieved the second winner in the field of industrial rela ons.

In the Palemahan aspect, Made Suar-dana was appointed coordinator to maximize the natural beauty of the environment in Risata Bali Resort & Spa. With a land area of 1.5 hectares, the hotel atmosphere was integrally with nature where the landscap-ing gardens were planted with a variety of tropical plants and incorporated with 4 koi fish ponds, crea ng a very natural and comfort-able atmosphere in the hotel.

Its wastewater treatment is using a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), so the output of liquid waste did not pollute the surroundings in accordance with the environmental regula ons. A erward, the processed water could be re-used for specific purposes such as for watering

gardens in hotel environment and filling in the koi pond. “We are maximizing the use of water, so there is no water disposed in vain,” said Made Suardana friendly.

Shady plants within the environment of Risata Bali Resort & Spa also produce a con-siderable number of organic wastes each day. The hotel management was in collabora on with external par es for the processing of organic waste, so it could be re-used. Some rare plants were also grown in the hotel area to add natural harmony in the environment of Risata Bali Resort & Spa.

Besides, his party performed mangrove reforesta on ac vi es regularly. Other than preserving the internal environment, the management also paid a en on to the preserva on of external environment har-moniously.

Meanwhile, the field of Parahyangan (spiritual) aspect was under coordina on of Nyoman Wija. Risata Bali Resort & Spa was always performed pilgrimage every 3 months to large temples throughout Bali. Each year, Risata Bali Resort & Spa also organized the pi-odalan or temple anniversary in hotel temple falling right on full moon in the fi h month of Balinese calendar or around November.

Apart from pilgrimage ac vity, the Risata Bali Resort & Spa also conducted devo onal works (ngayah) in big temples such as by preserving the sanita on around the temple area. On that account, the Risata Bali Resort & Spa did not only say prayers, but also de-veloped the Palemahan concept by keeping the environment of the temple visited clean. To temples located around the Risata Bali Re-sort & Spa, the management always ac vely contributed a fund to assist the ac vi es carried out.

Consistent implementa on of the Tri Hita Karana in Risata Bali Resort & Spa has made the hotel worth bearing the Gold Medal in the Tri Hita Karana Tourism Awards. On that ac-count, if you want to experience in person the comfort, harmony and THK-based hospitality of the hotel, spending the night in the Risata Bali Resort & Spa is the most appropriate choice. BTNewspapers/Prika

Gus Suranata, Made Suardana and Nyoman WijaGus Suranata, Made Suardana and Nyoman Wija

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ONE of the holders of Gold Medal in the Tri Hita Karana Awards 2010 was Warwick Ibah Ubud Lux-ury Villas & Spa. The atmosphere offered by the property is calm and peaceful and even felt cool, when we enter this 4-star hotel located on Jalan Raya Campuhan, Ubud.

Implementa on of Tri Hita Karana concept in these villas is intense. Even, when Bali Travel Newspapers made a visit to the management of the Warwick Ibah led by Stuart Gummel, the atmosphere was ge ng convenient and favorable.

Stuart Gummel, General Manager of the Warwick Ibah accompanied by I Wayan Sudarta to BTNewspapers (May 16) said that his party did not program grandiose things. “Most importantly, all programs can be real-ized properly and the community could feel them in person,” said Stuart.

One of the programs was preserva on of the exis ng Parhyangan or temples around the hotel. The hotel located on the outskirts of the river indeed had a lot of temples. There were representa on of Dalem Peed Temple, Sumeru Temple, Mount Batur Temple, Mel-an ng Temple, Gunung Lebah Temple and Ida Ratu Ayu Temple. Most of the temples belonged to representa ve temples, but the peak of temple anniversary or piodalan of the hotel temple fell on the Pagerwesi fes vity.

Perhaps due to be surrounded by six temples, the spiritual atmosphere of Ibah was very clearly evident, and therefore, some tourists staying in the villas would experience a different atmosphere in the environment. “They were very calm and tranquil and their feeling was ge ng cooler when they are here,” said Stuart.

In fact, it could become a special a rac-

on as it could not be encountered in their home country. Spiritual ac vi es here were ac vely con-ducted, ranging from daily ac vi es such as pu ng saiban (rice obla on a er cooking) offerings, up to the peak of piodalan coming every six months.

Interes ngly, there lay a tem-ple where in Bali its existence played an important role to invoke holy water. It was equipped with a

spring (Balinese: kelebutan) and named Pura Tirta or literally meant the temple of holy water that was maintained properly by the hotel. Parhyangan (spiritual) ac vi es that have gone on well in the Warwick Ibah could become a strong divine inspira on (taksu) for the villas as well as for the en re Ubud area.

In the field of Pawongan, it had many corporate social responsibility (CSR) ac vi-

es. One of them was par cipa ng ac vely in the improvement of educa on. “Warwick Ibah provides English lessons to children at Pelangi School, Kembuh Village, where the school has implemented in-terna onal standard curriculum that promotes local culture,” said Stuart.

It was also added, his party regularly provided dona ons to temples exis ng around Ubud. Similarly, the same dona ons

were conferred to charity Bazaar organized by young people of Ubud whose funds would be used for social ac vi es. Internal rela onship between man-agement and employees con nued to be well main-tained, so there was no of-fense between employees and the management.

Then, in the field of Palemahan, Warwick Ibah put a emphasis. Existence of the ecosystem in the hotel environment was well maintained, too. For example, we could easily find various animals such as geckos, frogs, squirrels, birds and others around the hotel premises. These

animals lived freely as in their own habitat without disturbing the in-house guests. “To maintain and preserve the nature, we o en provide guidance to all our guests to par ci-pate and maintain the ecosystem, they feel really like in the wild,” said Stuart.

In the mean me, according to Stuart, his party had planted some rare plants such as ixora, neem, Lily of the Valley tree, areca nut, coconut and a few others. These plants highly supported the implementa on of Hindu rituals in Bali. Then, other plants also

preserved here were herbs such as otaheite chestnut, Ceylon ironwood, rosewoods and nutmeg which recently were very hard to find elsewhere in Bali.

Stuart added that to implement the Tri Hita Karana concept, one of the Balinese philosophies to preserve the environment, his party con nued to strive hand in hand with the THK joint team consis ng of the employ-ees and staff of the hotel.

The area occupied by the Warwick Ibah belonged to the rain water catchment, so plants and the environment should be persistently well maintained. In terms of Niskala (invisible realm) and Sekala (visible realm), the hotel loca on was very sacred. Stuart always discussed everything when he would like to replace or renovate the villas. Every-thing should be consulted to local priests. “Balinese cultural values are very good and relevant because they are second to none in the world. If we (Balinese and those caring about) do not preserve what we will pass on to our next genera on,” said Stuart. BTNewspapers/Krisna

BEHIND this simple person, Muri Kurniawa has an ideal to preserve the values of the struggle of the Indonesian heroes. Muri, who has worked as Public Rela ons Officer at Vredeburg Museum since 2001, wants to realize the Museum Vredeburg as a means of learning outside school. “Vredeburg Museum can be used as an alterna ve learning medium for the community, especially students who wish to delve deeper into the values contained in the history,” said the mother of three children while smiling.

Muri who is now taking post graduate study at the Department of Archaeology, Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, was also very concerned with the welfare and comfort of the museum staff, such as the providing a small mosque space for the employees to say prayers. Addi onally, during the fas ng month, the museum held a sermon contain-ing a spiritual enlightenment for staff.

Muri was also very concerned with the envi-ronment inside and outside the museum, so that her party could create few green spaces around the museum building which is also the center of Yogyakarta. Within this radius, building permits could not be issued haphazardly.

The Vredeburg Fortress Museum also fre-quently organized a variety of interes ng events, such as the Yogyakarta Arts Fes val, handicra exhibi on and pain ng exhibi on, as well as it making a unique background for pre-wedding photo shoo ng.

In years to come, her party hoped to make the Vredeburg Museum not only a tourist a rac-

on and venue for various events, but also an alterna ve place of learning medium for all levels of society. BTNewspapers/Titah

Muri Kurniawati:

Make Museum for Alternative Learning Medium

Balinese Culture for the Next Generation

Stuart Gummel

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BALI represented by the Bali Lifesaver Team (Balawista), sending six athletes (2 women and 4 men) to the Arafura Games, Darwin (Australia) on May 7-14 has success-

fully won seven medals. “All athletes of Bali involved in the individual and team compe -

on achieved medals,” said I Gde Berata to Bali Travel Newspapers as soon as se ng

down his feet on the Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport on Sunday (May 15).

By striving hard, energe cally, and with high dedica on, they were able to a ract the a en on of the Australian community in Darwin. “Our joy was felt on the closing day at the Botanical Gardens, Darwin,” he said, while adding that all members of the team appeared in tears when the na onal anthem Indonesia Raya was reverberated on the Casuarina Beach (Mindi Beach) consecu vely, when two gold medals were draped on the athletes of Bali (Indonesia).

All Bali’s Athletes Come Home with Medals

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aaA“ts Furthermore, here are the names of Bali’s

athletes along with their medal achieved: gold medal in female Beach Sprint (Ni Nyo-man Kerni), gold medal in male Beach Flags (Komang Kariana), silver medal in male Beach Flags (I Wayan Darmayasa), silver medal in female Beach Flags (Ni Kadek Sri Suantari),

silver medal in female Beach Sprint (Ni Kadek Sri Suantari), silver medal in mixed Rescue Tube Rescue (Supriadi, Wayan Sudarta, Ni Nyoman Kerni and Ni Kadek Sri Suantari) and bronze medal in male Beach Relay (Wayan Sudarta, Supriya, Komang Kariana and I Wayan Darmayasa). BTNewspapers/PR