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Ubud Hotels Association - EVENTS CALENDAR
EVENT SCHEDULE
OF JANUARY 2008 |
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| DATE | EVENTS |
| 1st | Whatever you did the night before, enjoy the first day of the New Year. Have a festive brunch at one of Bali’s finer restaurants. |
| 17th | Sugian Jawa The word jawa means ‘outside’) and refers to the environment of the individual human being. The ceremonies for Sugian Jawa are locally known as pemretistan ring Bhatara kabeh and are intended to cleanse the bhuana agung (outer environment) of negativity. Sugian Jawa is an auspicious day to worship all the positive powers of the cosmos - the gods and pitara(ancestors) - with extra attention. The cleansing of the environment is symbolic and intended to reinforce or maintain a balance between the non-physical positive powers (gods, deified ancestors, etc.) and negative powers so that, with the support of the positive powers, the affairs of men will not be disturbed by these negative powers. |
| 18th | Sugian Bali – Kajeng Kliwon In Sanskrit the word bali means ‘inner power’, which refers to the inner world of the individual.The ceremonies of Sugian Bali are intended to cleanse the individual’s bhuana alit (inner world) of negativity so that he/she will be able (again) to enclose and utilize this inner power in a spiritual way. At the end of the ceremonies one is symbolically cleansed of inner negativity by a pemangku (lay priest) or pedanda (high priest) with purifying sacred water called tirta penglukatan. |
| 22nd | Full Moon (Purnama). Ceremonies are held throughout the island, including at Besakih, also known as the Mother Temple. |
| 23rd | Galungan, one of Bali’s major festivals, celebrates the return of Balinese gods and deified ancestors to Bali. For ten days, Balinese families will entertain and welcome with prayers and offerings, along with ceremonies to cleanse and balance the inner and outer energy on the island. Galungan lasts for 10 days and features, among other things, barongs dancing from temple to temple in each village. The festival symbolizes the victory of good over evil. The origins of Galungan are still a mystery, but essentially this is the beginning of the week in which the gods and ancestors descend to earth…and good triumphs over evil. |
DAILY EVENT SCHEDULE |
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| EVENT | PLACE | SCHEDULE | TIME |
| Barong & Rangda Dance | Puri Saren, Ubud | Fridays | 6.30 am |
| Calonarang Dance | Mawang, Ubud Puri Agung, Peliatan ARMA Open Stage, Ubud |
Thursday / Saturday Sundays Monday / New & Full Moons |
7.30 pm 7.30 pm 7.00 pm |
| Mahabarata Dance | Teges Village, Ubud | Thursdays | 7.30 pm |
| Topeng Dance | Banjar Kalah,Peliatan | Tuesdays | 7.30 pm |
| Wayang Kulit | Oka Kartini's, Ubud | Sunday / Wednesday | 8.00 pm |
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