Plataran Bali - Activities

PLATARAN BALI VILLAGE ACTIVITIES

Price at USD 70 Net / person

PROGRAM RUNDOWN

30 Minutes         ‘LELAKUT’ [Scarecrow] Making..

In Bali, scarecrow or ghost fields or scarecrow called lelakut. Lelakut main function is to scare sparrows who like to eat grain. However, the mystic, who has given lelakut spells and special offerings, it also serves as a repellent reinforcements, keeping the rice shunned from impaired people who want to do no good. For example, rice away from distractions leak (witchcraft) or people who are jealous of the owner of the field. "Lelakut made with choice ingredients and the completed spells and offerings are usually very effective to ward off black magic,"

45 Minutes         RICE PLANTING

The traditional way of growing rice in Bali is very different from modern agriculture in developed countries. This is reflected from the process of cultivating the land, to methods of planting and harvesting. Before cultivating the land in Bali, farmers first hold a meeting, locally called 'rapat subak', to discuss the irrigation channels for the rice fields. The "Subak" is a traditional farmers organization, responsible for irrigation, and the members are the farmers who own the fields. Farmers who are not members have no right to water distribution.

After ploughing, the farmers rest for several days or weeks, depending on the weather, before starting "mungkang", the process of ensuring the surface is suitably flat to receive rice seeds. The breaks between one activity and another are to allow the land to regain its fertility, as well as to wait for an auspicious day to plant paddy. The farmers rarely use chemical fertilizers, as it is not good for the long-term sustainability of the land. Instead they use green fertilizer and compost - a far healthier combination.

40 Minutes         Cooking Lesson start for 30-40 minutes

                            Chef will brief the program

                       

Cooking Class Menu Proposal
Urap Mentimun
Fresh cucumber, coconut and sambal salad
*****
Sate Lilit Ayam
Minced chicken skewer on lemongrass
Pepes Ikan Laut
White snapper fillet marinade with Bali spice wrapped in banana leaf
*****
Dadar Gulung
Grated coconut and palm sugar crepe with palm sugar sauce

Balinese Set Lunch

Rujak Mangga
Fresh young mango and shredded chicken salad with chili lime dressing
*****
Sate Lilit Ayam
Minced chicken skewer on lemongrass
Tum Ayam
Steamed minced Chicken with Bali spice wrapped in banana leaf
Ayam Betutu
Balinese Smoked Chicken

Urap Sayur

Mixed steamed Veggie

Nasi Putih

Steamed white rice
*****
Assorted Balinese Goodies,

Dadar Gulung
Grated coconut and palm sugar crepe with palm sugar sauce

Pisang Ray

Poached Banana with rice flour dough  

Fresh Fruit Slice

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The price is valid until March, 2014!!!

Cooking Class at Plataran Bali

COOKING CLASS AT PELATARAN BALI

Experience our unforgettable wet market shopping and cooking class with our friendly staffs
and our executive chef
Join in the fun and ritual of preparing a typical Balinese meal. Learn various techniques and
traditional cooking equipment. The myriad of exotic and flavors will prepare your taste buds
for a truly sumptuous experience - a traditional Balinese meal, prepared by yourself, in an
enchanting Balinese setting.

Price at USD 46 Net / person

Price Include :
‐ Pick up at seminyak and canggu area for minimum 2 person
‐ Market tour to traditional market kerobokan
‐ Lunch at Warung Batang Bunut Plataran
‐ 21% tax & service

 The price is valid until March 2014,,,,, 

Batik Journey

BATIK VISITING

Visit Tohpati watch the entire Batik - making process from the designing, waxing, coloring and drying of the materials. It's very exciting to watch the Balinese paint at the cloth - it's not just simple structured paintings - they are very skillful. Watch the production, weaving, follow the whole process - and after that - visit their shop and take a look at the beautiful cloth. 

Bali batik as batik tulis means"written batik". There are a large number of Batik showrooms in the village where one can find the genuine batik. and the finest batik cloth known

Ikat weaving: Ikat means to tie or bind, is used as the name for intricately patterned cloth. It is an ancient art from tribes of Indonesia which has a strong ethnic identification.

Songket is an original Indonesian cloth with silk fabric as the based, and is patterned with gold or silver threads although these days imitative silver or gold is often used.

The development of Batik in Indonesia is usually associated with the flowering of the creative art around the royal courts. More recently batik has grown from an art mainly associated with the royal courts into an important industry with a number of notable production centers.

Endek Ikat: Nowadays the name of Endek become popular throughout Bali. Balinese commonly wears this cloth when attending or joining special occasion, such as temple festival, traditional wedding party and many kind of traditional activities held in this island. 

Endek is one of comfortable clothing material can be used for formal or informal occasion. For formal occasion : Now many companies using endek as their employee costume. If you stay in Bali, you will found some hotel staff using endek as their costume. For informal occasion: commonly relating with relaxing condition or personal activities in Bali. The Balinese prefer to wear endek as their cloths, sarung, etc.

The price per meter depend on the quality of the goods, special pattern or motif and if they have to do more work with the customizing of the pattern / designs.

The largest factories lie along the Tourist road between Denpasar and Batubulan, Gianyar and Mas. Patal Tohpati is the biggest factory which is located near the Tohpati. Other smaller factories are to be found in Gianyar, Mas, Singaraja and Sidemen village, Around Gianyar and Klungkung Market.