I walked, gently towards my little brother, Eteey and ruffled his hair up. He laughed and the joy returned to his face. He didn't even know what was going on, but I did. My mother, Julia walked into the room with my annoying, older sister, May, who were both each holding pastry based sweets like pies and cakes. Both put the cake on the table. Eteey was having a fit before I calmed him down, since he didn't know what was going on and he always mad. "Hmmm...Hey, Peter, (the 'I' was Peter) can't you help us once in a while with cooking?", said May. "Nah, you want me to make a fire in the house like last time?", I protested. "Well, you could learn something from us, instead of playing your stupid Nintendo Wii all the time!" I sighed and continued to play my Nintendo Wii, which was in the living room. Julia smiled at this and called us into the other portion of the living room. Eteey smiled and my big sister also smiled. Even I, who was too much of a computer freak, looked too.
Presents layed around the Christmas room, just as May and I expected. My litte brother dived into the presents as if he was about to dive into a pool and quickly opened the presents entitled to him like he was a frightening, gobbling shark. "Ooh, my own drawin' book, yay, a Hotwheels controller truck, and...and...and...MY OWN LUGIA AND PIKACHU ACTION FIGURE! Now I can add that to my collection!", Eteey cried. May, Julia, and I smiled at his predictable behavior and focused on our presents. "Mom, I can't wait until you open my present!", May told her. Julia was amazed. She had recieved the new montly issue of 'HOW TO BE PRETTY' and I dispised these, because of the book's hypnosis over women. I already thought Mom was beautiful the way she looked. The women turned to the present Eteey got her. It was a card that told a mother why a toddler loved her. The blonde smiled at this and kissed my brother on the cheek, surprised at what was actually inside the card. An admission to work at Sunday Salon, the beauty shop lay inside. "How'd you-", she stopped when I said, "I helped him." Julia smiled and hugged us both, including May.

May opened her gifts and happily found a diamond necklace, which she had been craving for the entire winter from Julia, a new shirt from me, and with some help from me, Eteey got her the pants she had also been asking for all winter. This confused me, as she both kissed Eteey, Julia, and me on the cheek, then moving, so I was able to open my presents. I breathed and opened my gift, slowly and carefully, finding a set of new boxers from Mom. "Wow. Thanks. Like I needed that.", I said, sarcasticially. Next, I opened Eteey's gift, which was just a wad of bubble gum. "Thanks, really, Eteey.", I continually said, sarcasticially, which fooled my little brother all the while, so he grinned. He opened the final present, which he knew was from May and he knew it was something that stunk. He again, was surprised, because he got the new hit Wii game that was what all the kids at school were talking about. "Yeah, I can't be nice.", she murmured and turned only to see I was hugging her like a loving brother. Then Eteey and Mom came and hugged me too and we were instantly cuddled up like simeese twins. Read More..

Dear all IPA 3;
REUNI IPA 3 diadakan di warung pencar padang galak MINGGU tanggal 5 SEPTEMBER JAM 6 SORE...

Ini denah lokasi warung pencar (zoom out) dengan titik huruf A bualt merah:



ini yang 'zoom in':



Kemudian ini foto2 warung pencar:
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Ogoh-ogoh merupakan simbol perwujudan dari bhuta kala yang dibuat berbentuk raksasa besar dan menyeramkan. Di Bali, ogoh-ogoh dibuat sebelum hari raya Nyepi dan di arak mengelilingi desa pada saat malam pengerupukan (tepat sehari sebelum hari raya Nyepi). Mengapa harus membuat ogoh-ogoh? dan ada apa dengan ogoh-ogoh tersebut?

Ogoh-ogoh juga merupakan tradisi turun-temurun dari nenek moyang masyarakat Bali yang dibuat untuk mengusir para bhuta kala yang ada di alam semesta ini sehingga terciptalah suatu keharmonisan dalam hidup ini. Setelah Setelah diarak keliling desa pada malam pengrupukan, biasanya ogoh-ogoh dimusnahkan, konon tindakan ini dilakukan agar bhuta kala lenyap bersama patung besar tersebut. Untuk para wisatawan, baik domestic maupun mancanegara silahkan berkunjung ke Bali untuk menyaksikan pawai ogoh-ogoh ini pada malam pengrupukan. Berikut gambar ogoh-ogoh yang saya ambil gambarnya dari salah satu peserta lomba ogoh-ogoh di kota Denpasar.

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At May 12, 2010, we will celebrate Galungan day and at May 22, 2010, we will celebrate Kuningan day. If you happen to visit Bali ahead of Galungan Days, you'll discover that most temples are attractively decorated, dressed up with batik and white or yellow cloths wrapped around their individual shrines. The streets are lined with Penjor, an offering suspended from tall, curved bamboo pool with decorations. The arch represents Mt. Agung, the body is river that flows from the mountains to the sea, and along its route are the products of the harvest, tied to the pole; at the foot of the pole is a temporary shrine. The Balinese Hindus use the Saka lunar calendar and the 210-day Pawukon calendar. Each of 30 seven-day weeks in one Pawukon cycle has unique name. The ten days between Wednesday of Dunggulan, the 11th week, and Saturday of Kuningan, the 12th week, are a period called Galungan or Galungan Days, starting on the Galungan and ending on the day Kuningan.


Galungan Days are the important religious celebrations for Balinese Hindus. The Galungan festivity marks the victory of dharma (order) over adharma (disorder). According to the local legend, centuries ago, Bali came to be ruled by a cruel, godless tyrant named Mayadenawa, who banned religious festival, tore down temples and punished anyone caught worshipping their Hindu gods. While he reigned, pestilence and famine raged across the island. The crops withered, rivers turned dry and people grew sick. Indra, god of storms and war, heard the island's prayers and came to earth with a great army to destroy Mayadenawa. Following the terrible battles, the evil king was killed in the hills of Gianyar. He died on Rebo (Wednesday) of the 11th week of Pawukon calendar. Mayadenawa symbolizes the adharma and the day of his killing marks the victory of dharma over adharma. The Balinese Hindus express this victory with prayers, the feast, offerings and also the get-togetherness.

Aside than that, the Balinese Hindus believe the defied ancestors of the family descend to their former homes during Galungan. These defied must be entertained, and welcomed with prayers and offerings. Families with deceased relatives who are buried and have not yet been cremated-thus not yet deified-must make offerings at the graves. The visit of these ancestors is expected to last until Kuningan.

In the Gregorian calendar system, this year, Galungan Day occurs on April 24. However, from six days before the celebration people are busy preparing the festivity. Started on April 18, 2002, six days before the main celebration, called Sugian Jawa, is a special day to put the special offerings mainly in family temples for Gods and Goddesses, as the manifestation of the Almighty, while saving a prayer to purify ourselves. On the next day, called Sugian Bali, the same ritual activities with the preceding day are held.

On the Sunday before Galungan called Penyekeban, from sekeb, 'to cover up,' green bananas are sealed in huge clay pots upon which a small coconut husk fire burns. Lots of bananas are required for Galungan offerings, and this treatment ripens them quickly. This day is also believed as the day when Sang Kala Tiga (invisible disturber) is coming down the earth to seduce people to do bad things. Until the Galungan day comes, it is believed that Sang Kala Tiga is around us, so people should alert themselves by doing many good things and ritual to cast away the devil.

The next day, Penyajaan, is devoted to making the many colored cakes of fried rice dough, jaja. This jaja is used to make offerings.

On the day before Galungan, called Penampahan - from nampah meaning to slaughter an animal-pigs or turtles are killed for the traditional Galungan morning feasts. Featured in this feast includes babi guling (roasted pig), traditional lawar (a spicy hash of mixed vegetables teamed with meat and often fresh pig's blood).

Penampahan also symbolizes the slaughter of the bad things that represented by the slaughtered animals' bad behaviors. This, is definitely the ultimate defeat over disorder. Penjor, the bamboo pole that beautifully decorated with young coconut leaves and other things, is also erected to welcome the victory day.

Galungan day is a time for prayer, family get-together and offering. People pray at the family temples and some other temples. Usually people who live in town go to the hometown to visit their elders.

The day after Galungan-called Manis Galungan-is a time for visiting friends and relatives and the roads are usually packed with cars and motorcycles. Kuningan marks the end of Galungan celebration. It takes place on the Saturday of the 12th week of the Pawukon cycle, ten days after Galungan. Kuningan-which comes from the word for kuning (yellow), because the turmeric in rice offerings gives them this color. Galungan is all-island festivals. The preparations in the villages are obviously seen. Everybody gets to work, decorating the temple, making offerings and penjor as well. Galungan is a worth seeing festival.
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Barong is probably the most well known dance. It is also another story telling dance, narrating the fight between good and evil. This dance is the classic example of Balinese way of acting out mythology, resulting in myth and history being blended into one reality.

The story goes that Rangda, the mother of Erlangga, the King of Bali in the tenth century, was condemned by Erlangga's father because she practiced black magic. After she became a widow, she summoned all the evil spirits in the jungle, the leaks and the demons, to come after Erlangga. A fight occurred, but she and her black magic troops were too strong that Erlangga had to ask for the help of Barong. Barong came with Erlangga's soldiers, and fight ensued. Rangda casted a spell that made Erlangga soldiers all wanted to kill themselves, pointing their poisoned keris into their own stomachs and chests. Barong casted a spell that turned their body resistant to the sharp keris. At the end, Barong won, and Rangda ran away.

Somebody can die or get seriously injured in a Barong dance. It is said that if Rangda's spell is too strong, a weak soldier may not be able to resist it, even with the help of Barong. He may end up hurting himself with his own keris.

The masks of Barong and Rangda are considered sacred items, and before they are brought out, a priest must be present to offer blessings by sprinkling them with holy water taken from Mount Agung, and offerrings must be presented.

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Theater and dance is an integral part of Balinese culture. Balinese dances are famous all over the world and the Balinese themselves take them very seriously. Birthdays, weddings, and temples festivals are all occasions for dramatic performances and dance is inextricably linked with the Balinese religion. The commercial performances for tourists that are today offered on a daily basis in several places of Bali do, of course, not have the same religious significance and atmosphere of a dance that is performed at a real temple festival.


There are many balinese dance, such as kecak dance, barong dance, etc. Read More..