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This is a brief story about Lombok Island - the new paradise East of Bali Island. I hope after reading this story you will get an idea and reference another beautiful destination in Indonesia.

Lombok is become new destination. You can find many interesting place in this Island. The 60.000 foreign tourists who come yearly visit the island represent just a fraction of number landing in Bali, but the figure is sure rise as many hotels being constructed open for business.

In west  Lombok there are many Temples of course followed by the Hindu religion. The Balinese people who are Hindu have been there since hundred years ago. They came to this Island when the King of Karangasem Kingdom was emphases this Island .Now we can find the acculturation between Balinese culture and Lombok Culture. This indicated how the Balinese culture very strong influence dances, traditional music instruments, and many other include the system of the farmer.

There will be “ogoh-ogoh carnival” as the link of Nyepi – the Balinese New Year celebration. Ogoh – ogoh is a sculpture or puppet of effigy in the likeness of demons. The forms of the effigy are vary but mostly taken from Hindu’s story. Some of them takes the shape of a demon with a lolling tongue, a mythical creature with fiery eye, a cruel animal, horrible face, ghost or other bad creature. The body of ogoh – ogoh can reach up to nine feet in height, 40 – 60 kg in weight.

Ogoh – ogoh is build of bamboo frame (for its body, finger, hand and foot), the face is made from cork, the nail is made by plastic while the hair is made from wool of fiber. Firstly, the people will make skeleton of the demon from bamboo, then covered it by papier-mache and painted. They put nail in each fingers while the cork for face is carved likeness one of the demon. After that, they set the hair, put dress around his body completed with its decoration. Some of ogoh-ogoh also wear crown in their head.

Balinese Hindus will be celebrated Nyepi Day on 26th March 2009.

On Nyepi Day at early morning (around sunrise) the lamp in the road will be turn-off. It sign that NYEPI is begun. Nyepi means quite. On Nyepi, Hindus are suggested to fast and regret on their mistakes during a year. It is actually dedicated to introspection which is well-known as “Holy Meditation Day”, therefore the people must be able to bridle its desire.

The great annual Bali Culture Festival 2008 or Bali Arts Festival or Indonesia called "Pesta Kesenian Bali" was on 14th June until 12th July 2008 and take places in Art Centre at Denpasar the capital city of Bali province.

The Bali Culture Festival is more then a month of daily performances, handicraft exhibitions and other related cultural and commercial activities during which literally the whole of Bali comes to the city to present its offerings of dance, music and beauty.

Photos of opening ceremony Bali Culture Festival 2008 or Bali arts Festival

Bali tourism business is recovering better and better in this couple years. For next Christmas and New Year 2008/2009, Bali hotels are really fully booked. No room available. So what to do?....

Here is may suggestion for you….

This is my 5th trip to Makassar – South Sulawesi. I love to go to Makassar especially I like their sea food BBQ.

My flight from Denpasar to Makassar run smoothly. I flew with Garuda Airlines, it depart on time. On the air for first couple minutes was rough, then the flight just smooth… as well as the landing at Hasanuddin Airport in Makassar. When I step up into terminal building I felt that I was not in Makassar. The building is totally new with steal or iron around with glasses. Yes… it’s new airport, just operate 3 month ago.

Makassar photos collection

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