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Ni Putu Rastiti, currently works as a nurse at the Bali Mandara Hospital, Sanur. Her works have been published in local and national media and have been included in several anthologies. Her first collection of short stories was titled The Tree of Wishes. Several times she was invited to the National Writers' Meeting. She was last invited as a young writer at the Ubud Writers and Festival 2016. Her poetry has been translated into French and her short stories into English. +
Dr. Ni Putu Tirka Widanti is a faculty member in Ngurah Rai University, Bali, Indonesia. Her expertise are public administration and public policy. She earned her doctoral degree in 2009 from Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya with a dissertation entitled Model Kebijakan Pemberdayaan Perempuan Bali. Dr. Widanti is also the president of Yayasan Kul Kul, Green School Bali. She was also the former president of Universitas Ngurah Rai, Denpasar, Bali. +
Jro Putu was born in Mengwi, Badung, Bali, July 4, 1979. She is a balian, a medium, who serves her community through the practice of traditional medicine, the knowledge to heal physical and mental ailments. Balians draw from two worlds, the conscious and visible world we call sekala and the psychic, abstract, and unseen world we call niskala.
Clients may ask about a newborn, from whom the baby was reincarnated, or why someone died. To find out, Jro Putu sends the client’s spirit to communicate with their family. Through her work, Jro Putu provides explanations for life’s chaos and comfort to families of her community. Jro Putu was trained in these skills by her aunt and took over her aunt’s practice after she died.
She understands that her presence in the community is particularly needed since so few women train to become balians. Jro Putu feels on equal footing as men, even as she understands the need to balance this work with family obligations. The wiki lets more people know about her beyond the word-of-mouth recommendation of people who have benefited from her powers. +
Pranita Dewi, full name Ni Wayan Eka, was born in Denpasar, June 19, 1987. She writes poetry, prose kris and short stories. A number of his poems have been published by Kompas, Koran Tempo, Media Indonesia, Suara Merdeka, Suara Pembaruan, Bali Post, Horison Literature Magazine, Block-Not Poetry Journal. In August 2003, the 1st winner of the Poetry Declamation Contest and the 1st Winner of the Bali Student Poetry Writing Competition were held at the Wind Theater of SMU 1 Denpasar. several books of poetry collection together with “Jendela” (2003), God of the Sky so Empty (2004), and Herbarium (2007). A collection of poems with “Made Patih (2003), “Titian” (2008).
She received a scholarship “A Weekend Creative Workshop: Sound Poetry from Different Faiths” (2003) at the Utan Kayu International Literature Festival in Kuta, Bali. Nominee for Krakatau Award for National Poetry Writing Competition (2004) – Lampung Arts Council.
Her poetry has been included in the anthology of the 100 Best Poems of the Pena Kencana Sastra 2008. Her single poetry book is “The Prostitute of the Gods” (2006). +
Born in Denpasar, April 14, 1990, Ni Wayan Idayati writes poetry, essays and journalistic news. Her poetry has been published in the People's Mind, Bali Post, Lombok Post, Bali Sruti Journal, Le Banian Journal (Published in France). Her essays were published in Tempo, the Bali Tribune, Esensi & Nuansa Magazine (published by the Language Agency) and the Bali Tribune. Together with the Denpasar Sahaja Community, they are active in arts, culture, and literary discussions, as well as fostering creative communities and now they are part of the program at Bentara Budaya Bali (the cultural space of Kompas Gramedia).
In 2018, her poems passed the curation number for poetry anthologies and poet gatherings, including: Poet Gathering “From the Land of Poci 8: Negeri Bahari” in Tegal, Central Java; the anthology “Smile of the Valley of Ijen” and the National Literature Camp in Banyuwangi; Southeast Asian Poets Meeting 2018 in Padang Panjang; National Poets Meeting in Pematangsiantar; a poetry anthology with “Women Seeing the World” by the Sangkar Buku Community in Mojokerto and a poetry anthology with “Perempuan Bahari” (soon to be published).
She was invited to the VI Nusantara Poets Meeting (PPN) in Jambi (2012) and the 2015 Bali Emerging Writers Festival (BEWF), an annual literary festival that is part of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) program. Entered in 175 Poets Selected Poetry Anthology From Negei Poci 6: Land of the Sea (2015), 39 Poets Chosen Poetry Writing Contest “Under the Black Umbrella” Indonesian Art Project Mourning (2015), 50 Poetry Chosen Poetry Competition for Andalas Coffee Community National (2013), the Top 5 of the Best Poetry Contest in the Archipelago (SCKS), and the Top 6 of the Best Poetry RBSCKS (2012) which were held at the Udayana Faculty of Letters (2012).
Her poems are also collected in the Book of Joint Poetry Anthology “Dendang Denpasar, Nyiur Sanur” (2012), Poetry Anthology of the VI Nusantara Poets Meeting “Sauk Seloko” (2012), Joint Poetry Anthology of Andalas Coffee Community Poetry Competition (2013), Poetry Anthology From the Land of Poci 6: The Land of the Sea (2015), The Anthology Book “From Fear to Be Strong” The Indonesian Art of Mourning Community Berkabung (2015), The Anthology of Poetry Books “Klungkung” (2016), The 2016 Indonesian Poetry Day Anthology Book 'Matahari Cinta Samudera Kata' , Anthology of Spiritual and Social Poems "Cavalry Night", published by Abdurrahman Wahid Center UI (2017).
Ni Wayan Murni was born in Penestanan, Bali. Murni is a well-known and much loved personality on the Bali scene and a pioneer of Balinese tourism.
Shops and Restaurant
During her extraordinary life Murni has lived in Sanur and Ubud and has
travelled widely. By the early 1970s she owned 4 shops on Sanur beach and
had opened Ubud’s first real restaurant, Murni’s Warung, overlooking the
Campuan River. Since then thousands of people have enjoyed her food and
hospitality. She is still very active in the restaurant.
There are YouTube videos on youtube.com/watch?v=zf3VVj7gx8g and
youtube.com/watch?v=KWTgnXtOlpA
Asian Antiques and Textiles
During her adult life Murni has been busy collecting and becoming an expert
on Asian antiques and textiles and many of them are to be found in Murni’s
Warung Shop beside the restaurant. She was the first person in Ubud to have
a proper gallery of antiques, textiles, costumes, old beads, tribal jewelry,
stone carvings, masks and other ethnic pieces. Many of her pieces are
museum quality and her fine arts credentials are impeccable. Murni is a
member of the Thai Textile Society.
Exhibitions
In 2007 and 2009 Murni exhibited part of her collection at the prestigious
shows, Arts of Pacific Asia and Tribal Arts & Textiles, in San Francisco and
gave a lecture on Balinese textiles to the Textile Arts Council at the de Young
Museum. Murni understands and participates in Balinese culture on a daily
basis and plays in a women’s gamelan group at important religious
ceremonies.
Articles and Books
Murni has written numerous articles on Balinese art and culture and the book
Secrets of Bali, Fresh Light on the Morning of the World by Jonathan
Copeland and Ni Wayan Murni published by Orchid Press in 2010 is in its
second print run. It is also available as an ebook on its own web site:
www.secretsofbali.com and www.murnis.com
Murni’s Very Personal Guide to Ubud by Ni Wayan Murni and photographs by
Jonathan Copeland was published in October 2011 and is available as an
ebook on www.murnis.com and all online retailers.
Ni Wayan Murni and Jonathan Copeland wrote From Tattoos to Textiles,
Murni’s Guide to Asian Textiles, All You Need to Know ... And More, which is
an ebook available on www.murnis.com and all online retailers.
Murni’s Bali Tours, Where to go, What to Do and How to Do It is an ebook of
7 special tours was written and designed for guests staying at Murni’s Houses
to bring with them on the tours It is an ebook available on www.murnis.com
and all online retailers.
Murni’s Houses
In the early 1980s Murni started to construct Murni’s Houses in Ubud, a
complex of seven extraordinary residences and open-air pavilions amid a
garden full of flowers, statues, fountains, trees and shrubs lying all by itself
next to open fields. It is a wonderful introduction for first timers to Bali and a
dependable refuge for her many guests who return each year. Just 5 minutes
walk from the main road and accessed through a traditional Balinese roofed
gate, it’s a place of tranquility. Residential photography tours and Spa
packages are available. There are YouTube videos on
youtube.com/watch?v=Cd1A2xgNlDc and
youtube.com/watch?v=3vCnSMavfRk
Tamarind Spa at Murni’s Houses
Murni’s latest venture is the creation of Tamarind Spa at Murni’s Houses,
which was listed as the top spa in Ubud on Trip Advisor within 3 months of its
opening. Tamarind Spa brings all these aspects of Balinese art, luxury, and
culture together in one healing experience. There is a YouTube video on
youtube.com/watch?v=h4IscHN4dqo
Houses
She also has houses in Penestanan for long-term rent.
Anniversary of Murni’s Warung
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Murni’s Warung, Forty Delicious Years,
Murni’s Warung, Ubud, Bali, 1974–2014, From Toasted Sandwiches to
Balinese Smoked Duck was published in 2014.
It has its own web site: www.fortydeliciousyears.com and YouTube video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFq22MYP-_s. It is also available as an ebook
on www.murnis.com and all online retailers.
Blog
Murni and Jonathan Copeland have a joint blog
An eclectic blog concentrating on Bali but taking in the World
Social Media
Murni’s Warung, Murni’s Warung Shop, Murni’s Houses and Tamarind Spa
are on Trip Advisor, Facebook and Google+ and Murni is on Twitter and
Linkedin.
Books and Ebooks
• Secrets of Bali, Fresh Light on the Morning of the World
• Murni’s Bali Tours, Where to go, What to do and How to do it
• Forty Delicious Years, 1974-2014, Murni's Warung, Ubud, Bali
• Murni's Very Personal Guide to Ubud
• From Tattoos to Textiles, Murni's Guide to Asian Textiles, All You Need to
Know…And More
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Nick Burgoyne has been living in Bali, on and off, since 1990 with his Balinese wife and two children, to a small village where I am the only foreigner.
Writes Nick: "We love to walk the small lanes and paths through the rice paddies and I love to shoot what I see there, especially local farmers, whose faces so accurately and poignantly chronicle their lives. I shoot with a Canon 5D mk III and use Nik plugins for post-processing." +
Nigel has more than 30 years experience as a writer and content creator with a 16 year old daughter who has taught him more than he cares to admit about social media marketing and digital mastery. Nigel is ... mrcontent. +
Kusamba salt is a traditional Balinese organic salt which is said to be one of the best salts in the world. Salt produced in
Kusamba village, Klungkung Regency, Bali Province. As an organic salt, Kusamba salt does not use chemical ingredients, Kusamba
salt is said to be organic because the way it is made still relies heavily on nature. Sunlight and heat are friends of Kusamba
salt farmers. The way it is made is still done in the traditional way. However, now, this traditional business is increasingly
threatened with bankruptcy. The selling price of this high quality salt is less profitable. On average, farmers sell it for IDR
1,200 per kilogram, during the rainy season the selling price only reaches IDR 3 thousand per kilogram. Another problem is
that kusamba salt is made traditionally and the production is limited. This is the basis for starting a system that is able to
increase salt production from generation to generation. Then, what is the solution?
The solution that can solve this problem is to use a tunnel system. In simple terms, a tunnel system means adding a storage
container with the help of a geoisolator and cover, then stringing it together like a tunnel. This system. allowing salt farmers
to continue producing during the rainy season. Additionally, with. With this tunnel system, salt farmers are able to produce
tens or hundreds of kg of salt per tunnel. Apart from that, other benefits such as
1. Make salt harvest time faster
2. Farmers can carry out the harvest process at night.
3. Save energy and time in filling the salt production area with sea water.
4. The quality produced is not much different from previous production with mangers.
According to salt farmers, through the production of this tunnel system, salt farmers gain many benefits in its production and
marketing. Apart from salt, the water found during the salt harvest can be sold for around Rp. 80,000.00 35 liter jerry cans.
This salt water can be used for the thickening process for making tofu production. Please note that the tunnel system used by
Kusamba salt farmers is a simple technology assisted by the collaboration between the Ministry of Social Affairs and ITS.
Nur Wahida Idris was born in Ketugtug, East Loloan, Negara, April 28, 1976. She completed her studies at the Department of Crafts/Textiles, Faculty of Fine Arts, ISI Yogyakarta. In addition to the Bali Post, her poetry has been published in Kompas, Koran Tempo, Suara Merdeka, Jawa Pos, Bernas, Sunday Morning, Prince Claus Fund Journal and Horison Literature Magazine, as well as in joint anthologies, including Kidung Kawijayan, Philanthropy, Pedas Lada Pasir Quarsa, Lingua Franca Conversation and Living Together. Her poetry received awards from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, the Lampung Arts Council and the Yogyakarta Language Center. Her single book of poetry, Springs of Roots of Trees (2008). She was invited to read his poetry at the Yogyakarta Arts Festival XVII/2005, the 2005 International Literary Biennale in Bandung and the Jakarta Arts Council, 2006. As the Director of Akar Indonesia, she also manages the Yogyakarta Rumahlebah Community. +
Nuryana Asmaudi SA was born in Jepara, Central Java, March 10, 1965. He writes poetry, short stories, essays, art reviews, Kalon scripts, etc. His writings have been published in a number of local and national media. His poems are summarized in a number of joint anthologies, including Travel (1990). Since 1996, he has been living in Bali, managing the TenSutBeh Literature House with Umbu Landu Paranggi, Raudal Tanjung Banua, Riki Dhamparan Putra, et al (1996 – 2008). Together with Umbu Landu Paranggi, he participated in fostering literary appreciation activities for students around Bali (1997 until the early 2000s). Apart from writing literature, he also worked as a journalist, having joined the Bali Post Media Group. Since 2011 until now, he has worked as an Editor at the Bali Tribune. Since 2008 he has lived and co-managed the Snerayuza Art Studio with the painter Made Budhiana. His single book of poetry is “The Moon Prayer for Pungguk (2016), “Taman Perkap Bulan” (2018). The third book of poetry is ready to be published. +
ManButur Suantara is a Fine Art Photographer. An artist, teacher and mentor in the Industry for over a decade his contributions into the many genres of photography is vast. His love for Nature does not only inspire his art but also his environmental and wildlife documentation projects. Considerable in scope and dedication as his way of giving back to Mother Nature.
Born in Amlapura, a small town in the east part of Bali Island. ManButur Suantara is a freelance photographer with a strong passion for Landscape Photography. For years now he has explored Nature scapes through extensive travel.
Besides Landscape Photography, Nyoman has been for many years active in different areas of Commercial Photography as well. A veteran of several genres including architectural, food, events as well as macro photography.
Bali is Nyoman’s home base. With its rich natural beauty and culture. Providing Nyoman with ample themes in which his Landscape and Cultural Photography can truly be seen for its artistic depth.
ManButur Suantara is also associated with MY TRIP INDONESIA. Through this project he actively travels to many parts of Indonesia. Providing training and mentoring for clients who wish to learn Photography with a more customised and tailored personal program.
Environmental Wildlife Project mostly with the documentation of bird species which are found in Bali. Either they are endemic or migrating birds, Nyoman is contributing significant time to explore and capture images of them in their habitat as record for their species. +
Nyoman Diwarupa, born in Bali, April 7th. He completed his art education at ISI Denpasar in 1998. Since 1992 he has been actively participating in joint painting exhibitions, such as the “Force of 92” exhibition at the Art Center (1992), “Sebelas Art Group” at Darga Gallery, Sanur (1996), “Kuta Art Cromatic” in Kuta (2013), and so on. His works tend to be abstract. He joined the founding community of Galang Kangin and Militanart. +
Nyoman Gunarsa was born in Klungkung, April 15, 1944. He graduated from ASRI Yogyakarta. He is one of the founders and important figures of Sanggar Dewata Indonesia. In 1989, he founded the Nyoman Gunarsa Indonesian Museum of Contemporary Painting in Yogyakarta and in 1994 founded the Nyoman Gunarsa Balinese Classical Painting Museum in Klungkung. He has exhibited his works at home and abroad. Many of his works feature figures of Legong dancers with expressive strokes. He won the Dharma Kusuma award from the Provincial Government of Bali in 1994. In 2017, Gunarsa passed away. +
I Nyoman Ngendon (1920-1947) was a painter from Banjar Dentiyis, Batuan, Sukawati, Gianyar. He first learned to paint the Kamasan wayang style from Dewa Nyoman Mura in the early 1930s. He was an influential figure in Rock painting and had many students. He is fluent in Malay, Dutch and English. During the Japanese occupation, he went to Yogyakarya, and met with Soekarno, Affandi, Soedjojono, and joined Persagi. Besides being known as a painter, he was a guerrilla figure under the leadership of I Gusti Ngurah Rai to help defend the independence of the Republic of Indonesia. He was captured by Nica's soldiers in Ketewel, tortured and executed.
Ngendon is indeed an intelligent Batuan painter who is very anxious to develop himself in painting. In addition to painting in the Batuan style, Ngendon does many portraits using modern techniques. Ngendon is also a painting teacher who is very idealistic and visionary. For Ngendon, each student must be able to draw different shapes, not just copying things that already exist. Ngendon gave birth to a generation of Batuan painters who are able to explore and develop strong thematics.
Batuaninteractive.com:
"One of the first from Batuan to start painting about 1933 or 1934, along with Togo Djatasoera, and Tjeta. Ngendon learned his skills
from his cousin, Patera, who was the first to contact the Westerners Spies and Bonnet. In addition to painting and woodcarving, Patera organized dance troupes and orchestras for tourist performances, and after he died in 1935, Ngendon, took over that role. By the time Mead and Bateson began collecting, Ngendon was not making many pictures. He taught a large number of the Batuan people. Nine pictures by him are in the collection.
According to Kaler, Ngendon had been to school for five years, could read, write, and speak Malay and some Dutch and English. He frequented the homes of Westerners and was a member of Pita Maha, the artists' cooperative set up by Spies and Bonnet. At one point he was Spies' favorite Batuan painter. His father was a moderately well-off farmer, and his mother an active merchant. During the Japanese occupation he went to Java to study painting and learned naturalist ideas, which he brought back to Bali. After the Japanese surrendered, Ngendon became a local leader in the nationalist struggle against the returned Dutch colonial presence but was captured and executed in 1948."
Nyoman Rasta Sindhu is a writer and journalist who was born on August 31, 1943 in Denpasar and died on August 14, 1972. For his dedication to literature, he received the "Dharma Kusuma Madya" Award from the Governor of Bali, Ida Bagus Mantra.
He studied at the Faculty of Letters and Culture, Gajah Mada University, then moved to Udayana University majoring in Antiquities. He became a journalist and editorial staff of the Balinese edition of “Suluh Marhaen” art and culture (now Bali Post). In addition, he is also one of the editors of the Bali Courier magazine (1971).
His works are spread in various mass media, including Kompas, Sinar Harapan, Horison literary magazine, Indonesian pulpit, Basis, Sastra. One of his most famous short stories, “When Kentongan was Beaten at Bale Banjar”, was published in the German anthology of Indonesian prose, Perlen im Reisfeld, Indonesia (1971). The short story was published in Horison magazine No.1 Th.IV January 1969 and won the Horizon Literature Prize.
Most of his works contain opposition to the orthodoxy of Balinese views or beliefs. His social protests are not out of hatred, but rather because he loves Bali so much. However, until now there has been no publisher who has compiled his works as a whole, so that we have difficulty being able to enjoy his literary works. +
Nyoman Sujana alias Kenyem is a painter born in Sayan, Ubud, September 9, 1972. He completed his art education at ISI Denpasar. Since 1992 he has been active in many joint exhibitions. Meanwhile, since 1996 he has displayed his works in solo exhibitions at home and abroad. These include “A Place Behind The House”, Komaneka Gallery, Ubud (2016), “Highest”, Philo Art Space, Jakarta (2013); G13 Gallery, Kelana Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia (2013); “The Bicycle Diaries”, Komaneka Art Gallery, Ubud, Bali (2011), “The Bridges of Nature”, D'Peak Art Space, Singapore (2009). Kenyem's works display the concept of balance (harmony) in the context of human relations with humans, nature, and God. Kenyem works in a meticulously detailed manner, often with calligraphic fields. Iconic to his paintings are small androgynous figures that appear to be dancing. Trees and especially leaves are a recurrent visual motif, as are large hovering rocks. Everything is carefully shadowed to give
the impression of floating. Kenyem is one of the founders of the Militant Arts community of artists. +
Nyoman Sukaya Sukawati was born on February 9, 1960. He has been actively writing poetry since the 1980s in the literary section of the Bali Post Sunday newspaper under the care of the poet Umbu Landu Paranggi. Apart from writing poetry, he is also diligent in writing short stories, articles, painting, and other artistic activities.
He knows the world of writing by being active in the world of journalism. He started this activity as a teenager by diligently writing reports on the potential of the village. Then he studied more seriously and became a journalist for the Bali Post, Nusa Tenggara, Karya Bhakti newspapers, as well as a number of other media. He has been active as a television reporter for RCTI. He also does a lot of periodical publications in Denpasar, including tourism magazines and economic tabloids. In 1993 he became the editor of the book Bali, Socio-Cultural Problems and Modernization, written by Prof. I.B. spell. In 2007 his book entitled Seeking Heaven in the Bali Bombing was published thanks to the assistance of the Widya Pataka program of the Regional Library of Bali Province in collaboration with the Arti Foundation, Denpasar. +
Nyoman Suradnya was a Balinese painter from Ubud. He specialized in three main media: batik, oil, and watercolor. Nyoman was an established artist in residence in Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore. Nyoman's artwork has been featured all over the world in such countries as Switzerland, Australia, Italy, and Guam (USA). He was also a strong advocate for sustainable tourism that protected the culture and environment of Ubud. With his friend, Tjok Raka Kerthyasa, he founded Bina Watasa, which roughly translates as "guiding tourism." Their goal was to educate tourists about enriching and environmentally sustainable practices that allowed them to experience all of Ubud in a responsible way. Nyoman is remembered for his "larger-than-life" personality and as an important advocate for the preservation of the culture and environment of Ubud. +
