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Thank
You Party at Australian Consulate
 Although
the Australian government has issued
a travel warning on Indonesia, Australians
and tourists from other countries
will continue to come to Bali as
long as Bali is able to maintain
the safety of the island. This was
said by the Australian Consul General
for Bali, Brent Hall, at a thank
you party at Sanur Paradise Plaza
on Thursday (26/6). The Vice-Governor
of Bali, I Gusti Bagus Alit Putra
and the former chief of Bali’s
Travel Agent Association (ASITA),
I Gusti Bagus Yudhara, were among
many guests present at this event.
(BTN/004)
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Justine
Pasek Becomes a ‘’Pasek’’
 The
first time she set foot in Bali,
Justine Pasek, Miss Universe 2002,
said that she had fallen in love
with Bali’s nature. This native
of Panama, who lived for long term
in New York, has been granted honorary
citizenship of “Pasek”
(one of a Balinese sect). This title
was given directly by the Head of
Bali Tourism Office, I Gede Pitana,
who is also an elder of the Pasek
clan in Bali. “I’m honored
to be a honorary citizen of Bali,”
she said warmly to the Bali Post
on Payangan, Saturday (21/6).
She is ready to be Bali’s ambassador
to promote tourism in Bali to the
world. She said that after seeing
and experiencing Bali directly,
she realized that everything was
more than she had ever seen and
heard all this time. “I was
worried about visiting Bali. Moreover,
I refused when first asked to go
to Bali,” she said while adding
that her worries disappeared as
soon as she came here. “Apparently,
Bali is a safe and comfortable place
to visit.”
Gede Pitana said the presence of
Miss Universe in Bali was a special
opportunity so he was happy to make
time to meet the world’s most
beautiful woman. At their brief
meeting, Pitana described the listlessness
of the condition of tourism in Bali.
Pitana took this chance to directly
praise Justine as the ambassador
of Bali tourism for the world. “
This is our opportunity to promote
Bali to the outside world, that
Bali is not a frightening destination,”
said Pitana.
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Ancient
Inheritance Exhibition
 From
19 July until 2 August 2003, an
exhibition of ‘Pusaka Budaya
Nusantara’ (Archipelago’s
Culture Inheritance) will be held
at STSI Denpasar. It will include
various traditional weapons such
as keris (the kingdom’s collection
of Mojopahit, Singosari, Pajajaran,
Kasunanan, Kasultanan, and Kadipaten)
spears, daggers and samurai (a Japanese
traditional weapon). The exhibition
will be open from 10.00 to 18.00.
In the picture, several ancient
weapons from 11t to16th Centuries.
For more information, contact the
exhibition committee at Danau Buyan
Street No. 10, Sanur, Phone: (0361)
288-744.
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Barong
Tour at Bali Arts Festival
 Denpasar
- This time, Barong dancers of the
Sekaa Barong Mas Putra Bali Banjar
Baru, joined by the gong association
of Banjar Lebah (Marga Village, Tabanan
Regency), deviated from their customary
village-to-village tour (ngelawang)
to move around the area of the 25th
Bali’s Art Festival (PKB) on
Monday 23 June 2003. The ngelawang
procession is a sacral performance
at the annual festival. It aims to
balance the Earth on the way to eliminating
epidemics, while telling the story
how the god Siwa was reincarnated
into Banaspati Raja, with a simultaneous
action of stabbing stomach with a
dagger. Th performance had a profound
effect on the audience. (BTN/018)
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Janger
Provokes Great Laughter
 Denpasar
- The Janger dance was performed
on stage at the arts festival by
several male and female students
of SMU 1 Senior High School of Semara
Pura City, Klungkung Regency on
Monday 23 June 2003. Songs popular
among youth were accompanied by
fine musical arrangements. Two male
dancers in clownish costumes and
make-up conducted the intimate ‘ibing-ibingan’
dance with dramatic elements. This
caused great amongst the audience
coming to enjoy the 25th PKB Bali’s
Art Festival. (BTN015)
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