Ocean View Golf - New Kuta Golf

 

Located on Bali's southern shore in the Pecatu compound at Dreamland Beach is one of Bali’s finest and most spectacular golf courses; New Kuta Golf. Carved out of harsh limestone between the brilliant white cliffs and the blue waters of the Indian Ocean, New Kuta Golf ranks among Asia’s most spectacular.

Gebogan - One offering to the God

 

In every ceremony in the Hindus temple, the Hindus usually make offerings to the God called Gebogan. There are two kinds of gebogan: First is gebogan that contains with Balinese flowers. Second gebogan which contains with Balinese fruit. Gebogan dedicated to God is the kind gebogan contain with Balinese fruits. Basically, they are arrangements of fruit, colorful flowers, chicken roasted and sweet cakes stacked on top of one another, forming cylindrical towers. These objects are not always combined together, however, and you will often find gebogan made up of either just flowers or fruit, depending on the purpose. The offerings are attached to a banana tree trunk by sharp bamboo skewers. The base of a gebogan can be either a wooden dulang or a metal bokor which support the weight of the tower. Coconut-leaf decorations, known as sampian, ornament the top of the offerings.

Salak - Indonesian Snack Fruit

 

Snake Fruit / Salak Fruit / Salacca Fruit is one among many indigenous fruits in Indonesia.
It is a species of palm tree and one of tropical plantation that can produce round to conical fruits shape.
The Indonesian name is Salak which is  also known as Snake Fruit / Salacca Zalacca / Salacca Edulis due to the reddish-brown scaly skin looks like snake skin pattern.
There are many varieties of salak. Salak Bali, Salak Manonjaya and one of very popular is Salak Pondoh.

How to make Bubur Ketan hitam - black rice pudding

Bubur ketan hitam, is an Indonesian sweet dessert made from black glutinous rice porridge with coconut milk and palm sugar or cane sugar. The black glutinous rice are boiled until soft, and sugar and coconut milk are added. It is often describes as "black glutinous rice pudding". It is often served as dessert or snack, for supper, for tea time, anytime of the day, however it is a popular choice for breakfast for those who prefer sweet treat instead of its savory counterpart bubur ayam.

Ngaben, Unique Balinese Cremation Ceremony

 

Ngaben, or Cremation Ceremony, is a funeral ritual performed in Bali to send the deceased to the next life. The body of the deceased will be placed as if sleeping, and the family will continue to treat the deceased as sleeping. No tears are shed, because the deceased is only temporarily absent and will reincarnate or find final rest in Moksha (freeing from the reincarnation and death cycle).