Drama comedy at Artcenter.

Bali the island which rich of traditional art and spread to all the corner of the island has they own characteristic and related to the religious ceremonies but some of them function as an art to entertainment. Drama gong is one of the traditional Balinese arts which function as art to entertain the audios. Drama gong is traditional Balinese drama classic which playing by some arteries, commonly take a story of a traditional Balinese kingdom, mites and legend and had a musical Balinese instrument Gamblelan.

Drama gong on 80 era has it gloried, on that time it as popular as Balinese drama entertainment which take a first places from other Balinese drama like Arja, Gambuh, Sendratari and other. On that time there are many drama gong actress are know well by the Balinese people because it ability to entertain and play its own character on the drama. But step by step drama gong is start to losing it popularity which caused by television with many interesting channel.

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Living in magical word.

“Wow it is a magic” this world is always saying by the people when they surprise see something impossible action or to watch something incredible thing in the world which it can not be believe in rational mind and impossible thing. The entire impossible thing or something that haven out of our imagination we call it magic.

Basically what is magic? Magic is a performing art that entertains an audience by creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats, using purely natural means. In the pass magic is the secret power of appearing to make impossible things happen by saying special words or doing special things. But now magic is has other description which different with magic in the pass which always related to the power with religious energy and the magic word. In this modern word magic is mostly use for entertainment show with all the show use a trick and technique with purpose to show the magic action and make the audience surprise and saying the word “Wow it is a magic”.

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Social activities in Bali.

To celebrate the Imlek day there are many social activities that has done in Bali. Which all that activities are related to humanity and for environmental. the same activities is always done by LSM (humanity social organization) with cooperated to Balinese government in each of special day like Galungan day, Natal, the anniversary of any government institution in Bali and other special day.

For this special Imlek day BKSDA (the environmental conservation organization) Bali cooperate with LSM which is care to the environmental and figure of Serangan society which lead by Plt. Sekkot Denpasar, Nick Natha Wibawa doing the social activities which related to the environmental to Release 200 turtle precisely on Imlek day yesterday 26 January 2009 at Serangan island.

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Open house new villa.

On Thursday 22, January 2009 there are opening house new villa namely East residence and Spa-bali villa which presented by exotiq villa services. The open house of new villa is purpose to introduce new villa to other agent villa management, tourist industries, all luxury villas and boutique hotel in Bali. This new villa and spa-bali is located in Pererean field yard site a long the field yard terraces in the edged the river with magnificent silences sound of nature.

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Gōngxǐ fācái.

The Balinese island is the land which rich with unique culture and tradition which develop and born in Bali it self. But in edition Balinese culture also has a great influence from other country like china, Nepal, Tibet, and India which begun long time a go in the pass who bringing by the traders from out side like from china, India, Nepal even thought Duct and Portuguese. It observed and mixed together with Balinese culture and tradition which is caused with each of them has same characteristic in culture, traditions and religious with Bali.

Some of the trades from out side stay and live in Bali which bring their tradition and live vicing with native Balinese people live together and respect each other. This harmonization between two different religious from china and Balinese people can be show when one of those religious has ceremonial and the other is take the had to helping and so on. Like on this 26 January 2009 the china people will execute the Imlek which mean China New Year.
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Tapa Brata for the immortality.

Bali is the land with unique culture and tradition which develop and born in Bali it self. But Balinese culture also has a great influence from other country like china, Tibet, and India. But mostly the Balinese culture and traditions has a great influence from china and India which each of them has same characteristic in culture, traditions and religious so for Balinese it observed and mixed together with Balinese culture and tradition.

India the home town for Hindu giving a great influence for Balinese religious so there is mixed between India culture and Balinese culture which created a harmonization. All the role and philosophies of Hindu is taken from India and step by step it fixed and mixed with Balinese culture. Some of ceremonial in Bali is followed from its source India and had modified so it became unique and beauty without leaving the meaning of it.

Shivaratri is one of ceremonial which sources from India, in edition this ceremonial is base of the concept of Tapa Vrata for immortality. Basically people in this world created by the god as social human (homo socious) life with their society and which each of them has their responsible and own problem. But in the way they living their life commonly faces so many problem which dialing with this world where they can not realize they self from this virtual world. So the Hindus theory teach about Tapa Brata Shivaratri as guided for it followed to reach, the immortality of life, realize our self from this virtual world, and find the happiness and peaceful.

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Temple in lempuyang mounting.

There are hundred temples in Bali which spread out to all corner places in Bali. So that why Bali has a nick name from the tourist with The Land of god or the land of paradise. Many people came here to view many beautifully temple as religious places. The temple in each house of Balinese people which call Sanggah Kemulan, Ibu, Dadia, Merajan or Tugu where the entries are the characteristic for this beautifully land.

One from hundred temples which is spread out in Bali is pura Lempuyang. This is one of sacral temple in Bali which connected as a legend of Bagawan Dwijendra so that why this temple is including to the Sad Kahyangan temple. Pura lempuyang is located in the top of the Bisbis hill or Lempuyang mounting percisly at Purrahayu village karangasem regency.

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Ceremonies to sharper our religious body, soul, and mind.

Bali knows well with its many ritual ceremonial in the form of UPAKARA where every day Balinese people do the Upakara religious ceremonial from the small, medium, until the huge ceremonial. Balinese people believe if they do that entire religious upakara god (Ida Sang Hyang Widi Wasa) will bless their land and their life keeps healthy. Every day is a sacral day for Balinese people according to the Wuku and Sasih (the quantification day according to the Balinese calendar) so every day they doing the simple upakara.

Tumpek Landep is one of the Balinese religious ceremonial which base on the Wuku (the quantification day according to the Balinese calendar). This Upakara ceremonial is presented on Saniscara Kliwon Wuku Landep which in those day the ceremonial is purpose to giving a ceremonial to all sharper thing from metal or iron.

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Single exhibition presented by Mohammed Harahap.

Every body knows Bali as a palace with many unique tradition and culture so that this land is very famous to all over the globe the world. So in every year there are a hundred tourism came to Bali to enjoying this beautifully land with many unique tradition, arts and culture. All unique tradition, art and culture are keeping well by it people so that the tradition is not totally disappeared and still exist till to day.

Balinese island know for it unique that why many people came to Bali just to enjoy this magnificent island or having a great holiday in luxury villas in Bali but some of them are interested to learn more about Bali. Event thought for many artists, where Bali can give them a great inspiration to created one of them is Mohammed Harahap.

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Religious ceremonial for protected self.

Defense in international society language mention it, defense is very important thing in human life without it, we will easier to be attracted bay enemy. Specifically each people in the word has defense deep in their body with this defense they can life and survive to facing any kind of challenger which is they will faces in their daily activities which it call immunity. In health word it called immunity which is can be explained the body’s ability to avoid or not be affected by infection and disease or the state of being protected from something, and the opposite is immunodeficiency which can be explained a medical condition in which your body does not have the normal ability to resist infection.

In other word defense or immunity is a condition that not be infected by any kind of disase. In Bali the people has a unique way to thanks to the god Ida Sang Hyang widi wase for giving them defense or immunity in their body so they can survival and facing their daliy activities which called  Pagerwesi.

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