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Dear
Travelers,
If you are planning
to spend your vacation on the Bali island this summer, you don’t want to miss
this event. The Tanah Lot Art and Food
Festival will be organized by Tabanan regency as an international event. The organizer invites local and foreign visitors
to come and enjoy the entertainment (dance and music) and the authentic Balinese
food.
For those of
you have never had any Balinese cuisine, this event will take you on the taste
Balinese old day food and you won’t find the food in the tourist area very
often.
The event
features the potential artists and chefs in 23 customary villages across Kediri
subdistrict. You will taste the very traditional
cuisine, art, and culture of Tabanan
regency. The organizers are hoping this
festival will attract many visitors, so it will be held annually.
During the
three- day festival, the visitors will enjoy several menus of Balinese cuisine,
such as:
-The Sup
Ares (soup of young banana trunk) as appetizer, Lawar Kuwir as main course and
Laklak Biu or Laklak Pisang/ Banana Laklak as a dessert.
- The Rebung
Tabah (bamboo sprouts) processed into a delicious soup as an appetizer, Nasi
Lawar Rebung Tabah as the main course and Jaja Batun Bedil as the dessert.
- The Balinese
Chicken in combination with mango, Dadar Gulung Mangga as an appetizer, Ayam
Bakar Sambal Mango as the main course and Fried Banana combined with mango as
dessert.
-The Kuwir Nyatnyat, Bebek Rajang of Tabanan
typicality served with Es Yeh Telabah drink.
Timbungan and Be Guling will be
combined with Tuak Manis Ice. Lawar Gedebong Bungkil Biyu Batu (processed from
stony banana corn) and Leak Coffee of Tabanan served with Pisang Goreng Rangda
and others.
According to
Bali Travel News, “ the theme of the festival is Luhuring Segara Rasa Lan Raksa which means the sea as an energy
center to realize a cultured individual. The theme aims to explore about the
sea that becomes the excellence of Tanah Lot as well as provide energy for our
lives.”
The event
organizer mentioned that “the Tanah Lot Art and Food Festival is implemented in
an effort to always maintain and preserve Balinese arts and culture, especially
in Tabanan district.”
About the Tanah
Lot temple: The Tanah Lot temple is the Sea temple. The location is in the Tabanan regency 20
kilometers (12 miles) from Denpasar, the temple sits on a large
offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean
tide. Based on the history, the Tanah
Lot temple was built in the 16th-century by a priest from Java, Dang Hyang
Nirarrtha and helper of local fishermen.
The priest’s vision that the location was
a sacred place. This temple has been a
hugely popular tourist destination for decades.
For the Balinese, “Pura Tanah Lot
is one of the most important and venerated sea temples. Like Pura Luhur Ulu
Watu, at the tip of the southern Bukit Peninsula, and Pura Rambut Siwi to the
west, it is closely associated with the Majapahit priest Nirartha. It’s said
that each of the sea temples was intended to be within sight of the next, so
they formed a chain along Bali’s south western coast – from Pura Tanah Lot you
can usually see the cliff top site of Pura Ulu Watu far to the south, and the
long sweep of the sea shore west to Perancak, near Negara.”
What to
bring?
1 Sarong and scarf: Wear a sarong and scarf/sash to visit temple
When the visitors are entering any Balinese Hindu temple on the Bali
island requires both men and women to cover their legs below the knee by
wearing a sarong. The Sarongs also can be hired at the popular temples, together
with the sash that should be worn around the waist. I would recommend you should always have your
own Sarong and scarf when travel in
Bali because some temples don’t provide them.
Have a wonderful trip!
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