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Visit Beautiful Papua Jul 07

West Papua is a province in Indonesia with beautiful scenery and is still preserved. Papua Province has an area of ​​410.000 km from the lowlands to 5500 meters the highest peak.There are 25 major rivers, thousands of small rivers with a total length of 5180 km, including in Merauke River River Memberamo Sarmi mining. There are many lakes, including Lake Sentani in Jayapura, Lake Yamur, Tigi Lake and Lake in Paniai Nabire Paniai districts and counties.

Jayapura is a town in eastern Indonesia. Located on the northern island of Papua, which resembles a bird returned directly overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Hilly town with lots of nature is very beautiful. Rich in minerals, forests to extend the cultural richness.

Lake Sentani is the largest lake in Papua, 24 river springs and underground springs from the mountain received Cyclops with offices in the Tami River. Walk around Lake Sentani tribe, Papua-Melanesian race, ethnicity, Sentani Tanamerah (Demta), sub-ethnic Sentani cultural Tabi area. Lake Sentani is a natural lake with hilly islands in the middle of the lake.Size 3.63 acres with lake altitude 75 m above sea level. At this location there is a beautiful natural scenery with a few places with a stadium-shaped huts of fishermen. Here are found the fish fresh.

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Introduction to Coffee From Sumatra May 31

Area known as Sumatra in Indonesia is recognized around the world to export a unique and flavorful coffee. The farmers who grow beans in the mountains in this region using the unique coffee harvest and drying process, with a recognizable and distinctive taste.

While coffee will be appointed as a failure, a cup of coffee from Sumatra is considered successful if it ends with a slightly sweet taste mushrooms. While this sounds a little disgusting, it’s the fact that coffee beans all face the threat of developing a number of fungi, but only mixture and roast Sumatra that this is a problem that desired.

The farmers use what is known as a process of elimination of some fruit and water is disturbed by the acidity of the seed will be greatly reduced. Beans from Sumatra are usually burned to a very dark color. All this combines to the coffee level of complexity not found in many other standard brews. Many coffee drinkers Sumatra see “bitter”, “fruity” and even “pure chocolate flavor in the cup brewed well.
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Bali Galungan Kuningan Celebrations May 04

Galungan and Kuningan is to celebrate the earth. This in the days when Hindus to offer their gratitude to the creator for all their worldly possessions and for the blessings and love.

Starting with “Wages Wrespathi Sang Sung”. Legend says this is when parents come to humans on earth to meet with the Gods. Flowers offered to the family altar in every home for this event. After this we have “Shukra Keliwon Sang Sung”, the day when the purification of body, mind and soul of man through prayer and sacred words. The next day we celebrate “The way Sani Umanis Sang Sung”, a day when mental peace and patience has been tested as an act of faith and devotion.
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Bali – Land of Ritual and Ceremony Apr 25

Bali is a land of a thousand temples and a thousand festivals, in which adherence to the rituals of religion is an integral part of everyday life. The combination of local and indigenous traditional Hindu beliefs, Hindu Bali has a rich tradition of both small and large ceremonies which all of the loss of the tooth to remember to drive away evil spirits. There are five different Balinese Hindu rituals such as Dewa Yadnya, temple festivals associated with the worship and adoration of the gods, and Blind Yadnya, which means the ritual sacrifice to evil spirits to take. Other Yadnya Rsi, ceremonies to honor preists, Pitra Yadnya, ceremonies associated with death, and Manusa Yadnya, the ceremony for the inner soul clean from sin.
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