Cold trip to jati luwih

Last sunday i had a trip to Jati Luwih i’ve been planing this trip with my friend’s and his wife.

The area actually is not far from Denpasar to go there it will take you in approximately 2 hours.
Well Sunday morning is not always a bright sunny day and we had cloudy day , then my friend had to cancel his participation because of this, but the show must go on.

I’ve never rode to Jatiluwih before so i’d just follow the road sign along the way , and it was pouring rain as we entered City of Tabanan and it’s only 1,5 hours away to Jatiluwih and the trip could not be better when you ride a motorcycle.

Finally arrived and stopped in Jati Luwih, i wander aimelesly to this magnificent landscape of terraced rice paddy field but unfortunately i came not in the right time, they had just harvested last week, man!

below are evidence from the scene.

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Implementing jquery tabs into wordpress

jquery tabs in wordpress

Sometimes i wonder how things are done so i right click my mouse and select view source, but they are already out put as html code not actual code that build it. so the journey begins one day i saw a website with a animated tabs ,ahh that’s cool i want one that on my website! and after searching a while with uncle google, i found jquery tabs and i don’t even know what is jquery :O but best part is; it is packed with examples. Next problem is how to make it works with WordPress, so here this is my quick n dirty resolution.

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Photos from cremation in Ubud

the 28 meters bade
Some of the photos from the grand cremation in Ubud on July 15, 2008 the procession was beautiful and crowded by thousands of people flooding the street , i got there when at 12 o’clock and waited there for about 2 hours under the sun but it’s worth it
Crowd is enormous to cemetery Naga banda Naga Banda Barong plebon baris no fear royal member it's tall

Grand cremation in Ubud

The next grand event in Bali will be held Tuesday 15 July,2008 that is royal cremation from members of Puri Ubud that will be held at Ubud area, my friend told me that many processions were held throughout this week in Ubud. as reported in many newspaper this cremation will attract thousands of people because Indonesia has included this event as an international attraction, the 28 meters high Bade (a man-built construction where all the human remains will be gathered) is also prepared for this cremation or plebon that needs about 250 men to lift and carry it on their shoulder to travel about 2km to cemetary where they will burn it, i plan to go to this rare event (last big cremation was in 1979), hopefully in time cause i know it will be huge traffic jam in Ubud. i’ll post some photos of the event (if i can make it to the site!).

Ngelawang

The Ngelawang is a tradition that hail holy values to obtain protection, prosperity and health. After the Ngelawang performance people make an offering which contains some money (sesari, canang beras jinah). In pictures showing below the performance is completed with barong and keris dance, very beautiful and everybody is just so keen watching especially when the keris dance when the dancer that in trance try to impale themselves to the keris, but it seems that the keris can’t hurt them, some how this trance state protects them.
Barong

So here are some of the photos

two blades only? the keris can't hurt me! Rangda

Cak Peliatan Gunung Jati

cak-peliatan

Cak Peliatan is a simple and yet beautiful choreography , not like common Cak dance the troupe is not performing along with Rama and Sita epic dance instead it gives more intention in the battle of two monkey brother Sugriwa and Subali, many of the color photo shots has green flares on it so i turn them to black and white to disguise the flares. Most of the photos was shot with high ISO (1600) , i try to use the speed light but i don’t like the out come, it is less dramatic compare to natural torch lights, so here is some of the photos

cak peliatan cak peliatan cak peliatan I'll be gone Cak gunung jati peliatan

Warini Djanger

you cut my elbow

Hi Kris why don’t we meet at Art center today ? Pak Ary sends me an invitation to take pictures of dance performance together, so i went there , showed up late about 5 minutes the Janger was already started, stood there for a moment i finally manage to approach the stage right be side Pak Ary,
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so what we have here, bos ? what? he replied my question almost unhear , our voice was beaten by the Balinese music played.

Nah…the stage is too red… put your speed light, otherwise the dancer’s face will turn red. yes the stage is not good , any way here are the photos taken by me, for more far better taken photos please visit Ary’s multiply