Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2009

Posted by Wiratri

The international Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali Island is the major project of the Ubud-based Mudra Swari Saraswati Foundation. Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2009 theme is Suka-Duka: Compassion & Solidarity.

Suka-Duka is an ancient communal wisdom that for centuries has been one of the main pillars of Bali’s traditional institutions and communities, came to be called as banjar (neighborhood organizations).

How to Create Your Own Travel Discount

By Bram P

Mostly hotel and car rental provider do not offering discounts at random, we should ask for it and sometimes if they do, these discounts are not even worth it unless you are traveling during off peak season. Unfortunately most of us are traveling during peak season because this is the season when we actually have time to travel.

So let’s face it and take aside from waiting discounts. You should take the initiative and try to find your own ways cheap travel by making your own discount.  Read more... (390 words, 1 image, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

The Ganjuran Church

by Wiratri

Ganjuran Church is a famous name of Ganjuran Jesus Sacred Heart Church, the most of Catholic Pilgrimage in Yogyakarta.  Ganjuran Church is the first Catholics Church established in the residence of Bantul, 20 kilometer from Yogyakarta city. Ganjuran Church was built with initiative of Joseph and Julius Schumutzer, a two Dutch relative. Ganjuran Church is designed by Dutch architect, J Yh van Oyen. The first step of the development was held on April 16, 1924. For months later, it finished, and officially blessed by Mgr. Van Velsen SJ on Wednesday, August 20, 1924.  Read more... (508 words, 1 image, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Prambanan Temple, The Largest Hindu Temple in Indonesia

By Bram P

Prambanan temple or also named Roro Jonggrang temple is a complex  of  Hindu Temple which consist of three main shrines, there are Brahma in the north, Vishnu in the south and the biggest one Shiva temple in the middle. Shiva temple as the biggest temple soars up to 47 meter. Those three represents of Trimurti in Hindu belief. All of the temple facing to the east. Each  main temple has smaller temple  on the side and all of them are facing western. The name for each temple are Angsa temple for Brahma, Garuda for Vishnu and Nandini for Shiva. Beside those temple there are more 234 more small temple.