JEROEN's CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali

JEROEN’s CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN

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This week, we would like to relay the crowdfunding campaign launched by our supplier of water filters Jeroen van Overbeek.
So far, through his NGO Social Impakt (http://www.social-impakt.com), he brought clean water to 16’000 people in Indonesia, mainly rural families.
Now he wants to “raise 60 000 Euros to provide 2000 water filters for 15,000 people in 3 villages and 25 schools in the poorer rural East Bali area of Sidemen, Karangasem”.
To donate, the procedure is quite simple: just go to https://www.theupeffect.com/affordable-water-filtration-technology-for-rural-indonesia-/
and follow the instructions. Every donation even modest will have a positive impact! Good luck Jeroen!

CULTURAL PARADE OF WEST BALI Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali

CULTURAL PARADE OF WEST BALI

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Last week, a few kilometers from Dajuma, took place in Negara, the capital city of the Regency of Jembrana, a cultural festival giving the opportunity to all surroundings villages to celebrate Balinese traditions, among them the clothing is particularly important.
The highlight of the event was on September 1st with the Annual Cultural Parade of West Bali involving various artists not only from Jembrana but also from other regencies in Bali, some of them also came from Java.
This year the government invited the tourism associations to involve the tourists to be the part of the parade. This is what happened to our guests so excited to participate in this event and get a chance to wear the traditional Balinese clothes.
On the above picture (left to right) beautifully dressed: Aron, Antje, Laurenz, Sofia, Youssef, Dayu, Andreas and friend of Andreas. You look great guys!

NEW TERRACE Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali terace

NEW TERRACE

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Looking like a leaf fallen from the surrounding trees, we recently inaugurated a new terrace in the garden. With its 80 m2 of benkiraï wood, it is the ideal place where to savor cocktails and balinese tapas in the sunset. But not only : it is also a perfect observatory of the wild life of the cape where hundreds of birds are used to fish between two tides. Hope you will like it !

ANOTHER ECO-EXPERIENCE: SEA TURTLES PROTECTION Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali

ANOTHER ECO-EXPERIENCE: SEA TURTLES PROTECTION

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On the beaches surrounding Dajuma, sea turtles are used to lay their eggs by burying them in the sand. Until the early 2000s, eggs were mostly destroyed by predators such as stray dogs, birds and …humans.
Today, the situation is very different: for the past 15 years, we are supporting a conservatory that has been set up a few kilometers from Dajuma. Yesterday’s turtle hunters have become guardians who carefully monitor gestation lasting on average 2 months.
On the picture, our young guest Clara together with Anggun, volunteer of the conservatory, is helping the newly born turtles to get out from the sand in a fully protected area. In a few minutes, the babies will be swimming in the sea!

JOGED BUMBUNG DANCE AT DAJUMA Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali dancing gamelan jegog music tradition Dancing - Music People

JOGED BUMBUNG DANCE AT DAJUMA

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Last week in Dajuma took place an evening show featuring the famous traditional Balinese dances accompanied by the Gamelan Jegog orchestra. Born in West Bali a few kilometers from Dajuma, the gamelan jegog is one of the most impressive sounding ensembles in the world. It is an orchestra of bamboo marimbas, with keys (tubes) ranging from small to gigantic. The largest tubes, up to three meters long, are used for the bass jegog, for which the ensemble is named. The vibrations created by the instruments are transmitted through the ground to your own body, creating a unique feeling of wellness. At the end of the show, the guests are invited to dance on the stage the other famous Joged Bumbung dance. A nice moment of sharing!

DAJUMA ECO EXPERIENCES: RICE FARMING Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali farmer

DAJUMA ECO EXPERIENCES: RICE FARMING

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Rice paddies are for westerners just fascinating. Probably because they are the perfect expression of this so rare harmony between people and nature. By shaping, generation after generation, these beautiful curves perfectly integrated in the landscapes, with volcanoes on one side and the sea on the other, Balinese farmers are the worthy heirs of a long tradition of rice cultivation.
We regularly invite our guests to live a unique experience by sharing the life of one of our neighbour farmer and learning how to plough the rice paddy and plant the rice. On the picture a family from Switzerland is getting acquainted with the way to drive the cows during the preparation of the land and plant the rice just after. But you need to like to have the feet in the mud!

COMMEMORATION OF INDONESIAN INDEPENDENCE and MORE Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali

COMMEMORATION OF INDONESIAN INDEPENDENCE and MORE

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This year in Bali, the month of August will be particularly busy in terms of commemorations. Three important anniversaries will be celebrated: Indonesia’s Independent Day on August 17th, Bali’s Anniversary on August 14th and finally Jembrana’s Anniversary on August 15th. A few days before the commemorative day, the government is used to organise several activities which are carried out from the village level up to the National level. On July 28th, the government in Pekutatan sub-district organised an exciting endurance race gathering all the elementary schools in Pekutatan, each school presenting two groups (Male and Female), each group consisting in 17 students. The committee of this event is looking for the best group (male and female) and the winner will participate in the same event at the regency level. Good luck guys!

DAJUMA FAMILY, TOGETHERNESS IN A CULTURE Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali Bali Culture Dajuma People

DAJUMA FAMILY, TOGETHERNESS IN A CULTURE

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In Balinese beliefs, each house must have at least one temple which acts as a shield against bad spirits and evils. Dajuma does not escape to this nice tradition: last wednesday our staff decided to organise a ceremony in honor of one of our temple “Penunggun Karang” located in front of the lobby. The ceremony must be held a specific day which name is Budha Kliwon Ugu, all Hindu people in Bali celebrating their temples the same day.
At the end of the ceremony they shared one of the offerings called “Rayunan”. This is a special offering that is made in a big basket which looks like a Balinese Rijsttafel.
From left to richt on the picture: Suarbawa (Housekeeping), Agus (Front desk), Padmi and Leli (Waitresses), Kadek (Priest & Manager), Punya (Security), Putu (Gardener) and, standing up, Gusalit (Assistant GM).

RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AT RAMBUT SIWI TEMPLE Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali

RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AT RAMBUT SIWI TEMPLE

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Located a few kilometers from Dajuma is the famous and holy Rambut Siwi Temple. A major religious ceremony coinciding with the full moon took place there for 5 days, from July 5th to 9th. It is regularly held every six months, the participants coming from all around Bali to pray and ask the Gods to always protect the island from all kinds of natural disasters. The next ceremony will be held from January 31st 2018 and you are most welcome to participate in.
On the picture is the main temple called “Pura Luhur Rambut Siwi”. “Luhur” means high, major. Usually, this temple is the last to be honoured  after praying in other temples in Rambut Siwi Area.

OFFERINGS ON THE BEACH Puri Dajuma, Beach Eco-Resort & Spa, West Bali

OFFERINGS ON THE BEACH

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All around Bali is the tradition of offerings called “canang” (pronounce “chanang”). Every day, in every place, private, public or professional, Balinese are used to dispose these small square baskets made from cut coconut leaves, filled with flowers accompanied by an assortment of gifts for the Gods and crowned by a single stick of incense. The “canang” has a strong meaning in Balinese beliefs: it is not only a gift of gratitude to the Gods but also a kind of self sacrifice, part-meditation and part-escape from the buzz of everyday life.
On the picture, family Klein from South Africa decided to share with our staff in sunset, a unique moment of meditation on the beach by offering to the Gods the offerings they prepared in the afternoon. Om santi santi santi om…