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Fanatic
Guests
 TANJUNG
BENOA - Mr. Colin Browning and Mrs.
Anne Woodcook from England are Bali
Tropic Resort & Spa fanatic guests,
after their first visit to the hotel
6 year ago, they always come back
2 times in a year and they don’t
want to stay in another hotel. They
feel that Bali TropicResort &
Spa is their second home and the staff
is their family.This time is their
11th visited. Shown in the picture
: Mr. Colin Browning, Mrs. Anne Woodcook
accompany by Eddy Soetjahyo, Communication
Manager, in action. (BTN/*)
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General
Sales Agency Partnership
 TANJUNG
BENOA - After 3 years of working
closely with resorts in the world
specially in Korean tourist market,
Mr Ivan Casadevall, the General
Manager of Melia Benoa concluded
a 4 week all inclusive visit to
Soul recently. During his visit,
Mr. Ivan Casadevall with Mr. Kim
Hak-Gon, Managing Director Of Uniholiday
had the opportunity to visit several
key tour operators and incentive
agents to officially introduce the
new partnership and start to promote
the new image of Melia Benoa in
the Korean Market. Mr. Ivan Casadevall
said, Melia Benoa decided to introduce
the Korean market first in middle
of 2001, as the Melia Benoa is popular
with Korean’s as a honeymoon
destination. Seen on the picture
Mr. Ivan Casadevall 2nd from right
with a partner from Korea (BTN/014)
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In
Trouble for Kissing
An
Israeli couple who were getting married
in India could be in trouble with
police for kissing publicly at a Hindu
holy place, reports say. Hindu priests
blew a fuse when the couple kissed
on the banks of the holy Lake Pushkar
in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.
“It spoiled the prayers. The
wedding became a farce because of
this unholy act,” said Pandit
S. N. Garg. The pundits have filed
a complaint with police under an archaic
law that treats kissing at religious
places as a vulgar act. Those found
guilty can be jailed for three months.
(BTN/NZH)
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Jumbo
Perforated Coins
 Avariety
of offerings presented by Hindus in
Bali also completed with perforated
coins or locally known as pis bolong,
other than assorted lovely flowers,
fruits and cakes. In the past, this
ancient Chinese coins functioned as
a means of transaction and an important
historical evidence of relationship
between the two countries. These days,
the coin is becoming rare. Seeing
this fact, UD Kamasan Bali produced
its Balinese version in cooperation
with Bali’s Heritage Trust. Its
design inscribes Balinese sacred characters
and lotus leaf. It also produced jumbo
coins that were exhibited in the basement
of Ksirarnawa Building during the
second half of the recent Bali Arts
Festival 2005. This jumbo coin has
a diameter of 76.8 cm; thickness of
1.5 cm and weight of 49.5 kg. Materials
used to make this coin is equal to
11,335 regular coins or 67,567 of
smaller coins. According to one of
the shop assistant, these coins will
be prepared for the assessment of
Indonesian Museum of Record (MURI)
in the near future. (BTN/029)
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Wedding
Ceremony
 TABANAN
– Would you like to see a traditional
Balinese wedding ceremony, whilst
you are here? It’s to be held
in the sub-village of Beringkit, a
customary village, 21 km north of
Denpasar via Taman Ayun Temple. The
family of Mangku Beji (temple priest
of Beji temple) conducts the religions
ritual ceremony for wedding at his
own Balinese compound. The ceremony
will be held on Friday (23/9) at the
family temple in the morning. The
couples are I Ketut Lanus Sumatra
who is a travel writer and contributor
for Bali Travel News, also on the
staff of Education, Culture and Tourism
Authority in Jembrana regency and
Ni Luh Wardiasih of Aroma’s Café
& Restaurant at Legian. (BTN/*)
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Fred
Eiseman Preparing His Next Book
 BUKIT
JIMBARAN – Fred B. Eiseman Jr.,
who has been a familiar identity in
Bali for about 45 years, visited Udayana
University in Bukit Jimbaran on September
the 5th. Mr Eiseman is an anthropologist
and has written several books on the
scientific nature of plants in Bali.
Mr Eiseman Jr, an American who is
fascinated in learning and writing
about Bali, is seriously preparing
his coming book on “kekaputan”
(Correct methods of disposal and re-cycling
of garbage), related to his concern
on environmental issues especially
in Bali. Balinese are more and more
using plastics which are harder to
decompose. He recommends that Balinese
should maximize the use of organic/biodegradable
wraps so they creates less pollution.
“Tiyang lakar nulis nganggo basa
Inggris” he said, saying that
the book will be written in English.
Congratulations, Fred! (BTN/028)
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