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Showing posts with label Bali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bali. Show all posts
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Kehen Temple - Preparing for Festival
Men were carrying firewood up the steps next to the banyan tree in preparation for a festival at the Temple.
Kehen Temple - Altars
Altars inside Kehen Temple.
Notice the tree-covered mountain behind the temple.
Terraced Fields
The tillable land in the mountains was terraced to make room for growing all kinds of crops - fruit, vegetables like corn and lettuce, and flowers of all kinds. We passed some men carrying huge baskets of cut hydrangeas - sorry I didn't get a photo of them but the flowers were really pretty purples and blue.It is hard to imagine cutting all of those terraces by hand. And the fields were immaculate - no weeds that we could see.
Lake Tamblingan
As we headed down the mountain, we stopped for a spectacular view of Lake Tamblingan. Water from this lake and a couple others in the mountains provide water for people from here to the city.
Clouds in the Mountains
As we left the coffee plantation, the clouds settled right down on the road. It looked like we were driving through heavy fog -- but we were in the clouds.
This is the view out the front window of our bus.
Grinding the Coffee
Grinding the coffee, using a mortar and pestle method. It was ground, sifted, and reground if necessary.
Roasting the Coffee
This young man would turn this canister for two hours to roast the coffee over the fire.
Coffee Plantation
Ngiring Ngewedang Restaurant/Coffee Plantation
We drove to the summit of the mountain, passing tropical rainforest, and Buyan and Tamblingam lakes to see the unique, traditional Bali Coffee processing at Ngiring Ngewedang Restaurant in the village of Munduk.
Even though it was not the season for picking the coffee beans, we saw the process -- all done by hand. We enjoyed lunch at the Restaurant - with the most spectacular view of the mountains on every side.
Quilters Mingle with the Children
Our group mingled with the children. It's hard to tell who was having more fun - the quilters or the children!
And then it was time to board the bus and continue on to the Coffee Plantation.
Children at the Elementary School
Boys will be boys everywhere. They just couldn't resist showing us the peace sign and sticking their hands into every photo. They were having fun so we just snapped away with our cameras.
Men wear two scarves folded together and tied in the front. The tails are supposed to point upward -- except the one little boy on the lower right and his tails look a little bedraggled. GRIN.
Altar & Children at the School
In the background you can see the altar covered with baskets of fruit that the children had brought for their holiday. They are collecting their baskets and shared some fruit with us. As we boarded our bus to leave, someone suggested that we take up a love offering for the school. We collected more than 2 million rupiah (about $200 in U.S. dollars). When the money was given to the teacher, she just burst into tears. This was a lot of money for them.
We were very lucky to be passing by on this special holiday at the school.
Visiting the School on Blessing of the Books Holiday
Children in Bali go to school six days a week, Monday through Saturday. Usually they wear uniforms. On this Saturday as we went up the mountain road, our guide asked the driver to stop so we could visit this elementary school. All of the children were dressed in their sarongs and good clothes for the Blessing of the Books holiday.This was one of my favorite stops on our trip. The children were very excited to see us and we took their photographs enmasse and then in smaller groups. What beautiful children.
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