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Jeremy
Thomas at Bali Bird Park
 SINGAPADU
- Movie actor Jeremy Thomas and
his family paid a visit to the Bali
Bird Park recently for the “Feathered
Fun Festival”. Jeremy Thomas
along with Ina (his wife) and both
children, Matthew and Vallerie,
came to Bali to spend their Lebaran
vacation for one-week. They saw
more than 1500 bird collections,
which live in the tropical park.
Jeremy Thomas chose the Bali Bird
Park because he wants to enlarge
his children’s view and to
just relax with his family in the
beautiful park. Located on 2 hectares
of land at Singapadu village, in
Gianyar regency – Bali’s
Bird Park owns many rare animal
species, including 1500 birds from
250 of the world’s species.
Bali Bird Park opened in 1995, and
carries a mission to uphold the
environment and to educate future
generations to make them more aware
and concerned to preserve various
animals, in Bali especially, and
the world in general. (BTN/*)
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‘Bali
Travel News Fun Bike 2003’
 DENPASAR
- 275 push-bikers attended Bali
Travel News Fun Bike 2003. The event
was held on Sunday, 7 December at
Bajra Sandhi monument, Renon, Denpasar.
The participants were hotel employee’s,
tourist police officers and others.
The starter, Bali’s Chief of
Tourist Police, AKBP Ketut Kadiana,
(MBA), flagged off the 275 participants
to the excitement of the crowd.
(BTN/015/018)
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“Bali
Travel News” 5th Anniversary
 DENPASAR
- To celebrate Bali Travel News
5th Anniversary on 4 December 2003,
General Manager, B. Ashrama (right)
cutting corn-yellow-rice for Bali
Travel News staff for the 5th year
anniversary this year. Bali Travel
News celebrated its birthday in
front of the Bali Post Temple (foto
left). Seen in the picture above,
Mr.Rudana owner of Rudana Art Gallery
(centre) opened Bali Travel News
Gallery painting exhibition in Bali
Art Centre Denpasar. This exhibition
took place on 4-10 December 2003.
(BTN/029)
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Book
Launching
 DENPASAR
– Poet Alit S. Rini (43) launched
a book entitled “Karena Aku Perempuan
Bali (Because I’m a Balinese
Woman)” at the Sidik Jari Museum
Denpasar, last Saturday (22/11). The
event coincided with her birthday.
The launch was represented by Denpasar’s
Major AAN Puspayoga and the Head of
the Bali Tourism Authority Prof. I
Gde Pitana, who is also an admirer
of the works of Nyoman Wirata (Alit’s
husband). In her book that contains
poetry , the mother of two daughters
expresses her disappointed of today’s
social life, especially the position,
status, and role of Balinese women.
She reminds women of there marginal
position, but also a critic on deliberateness
of groups of people who make a benefit
from religious values, customs and
traditions, including caste, to repress
and restrain women in social life,
especially ritual obligations. The
critic is not just dedicated to mankind,
but to all womankind who realize it
or not, to always support womens marginality
efforts. The preface for the book
was written by a lecturer at the Department
of Letters at Udayana University,
Dr. I Nyoman Darma Putra,M.Litt. (BTN/015)
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“Dharma
Wacana”
 KUTA
– To attach spiritual enlightenment
for all their staff, Alam Kulkul
Boutique and Resort performed a
Dharma Wacana (religious seminar)
Speaker was Ida Pedanda Gede Made
Gunung, at Bunga Kelapa Meeting
Room at the Alam Kulkul Boutique
Resort, last Wednesday (12/11).
Dharma Wacana took the topic “Melalui
Kesinambungan Hidup Menuju Kebahagiaan
(With Life Sustainable Toward Happiness)”
and also aimed to follow up the
sustainable program of Tri Hita
Karana (THK) within the hotel environment.
At this occasion Ida Pedanda Gede
Made Gunung said through physical
and spiritual balance, mankind could
reach a joyful life. And to reach
moksa (final destination in Hindu
belief), can only earned from karma
(our deeds) through self-control.
(BTN/015)
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