Best Waterfalls in Bali to Visit in 2022
- May 26, 2022
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The 3rd Jatiluwih Festival is scheduled to run from June through September in the Jatiluwih Tourism Area (DTW), Tabanan in west Bali. The Jatiluwih Festival selects Bali Green Ambassadors to spread the message of environmental awareness.Â
This year’s theme is ‘Glorifying Dewi Sri for prosperity and harmony’, The goddess of fertility and rice.Â
Jatiluwih village has been defined by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site since June 29, 2012, because it has a unique farm with a traditional irrigation system which is using the concept of Tri Hita Karana philosophy (the philosophy of harmony between man and his neighbor, man and nature, as well as human and The Creator).
Jatiluwih, in the Balinese language, is translated means Beautiful Teak. Here, one can marvel at the vast expanses of terraced, green rice paddies stepped along an entire mountain, from its peak to where its foot meets the sea.Â
By combining sacred traditional values with a highly organized system, therefore, the Subak, the unique Balinese rice farming culture is a manifestation of the Balinese Tri Hita Karana cosmological doctrine. It is the tangible reflection of the original Balinese ideas and beliefs that are essentially rooted in this concept, namely the awareness that human beings need to always maintain a harmonious relationship between Man and God, Man and fellow humans, and between Man and Nature in one’s daily life.Â
This stunning stretch of rice fields is located in the Tabanan Regency, which lies about 40 kilometers from the island-province capital city of Denpasar, or about 2 hours’ drive away. Along the drive, you will pass cafes with tables overlooking the terraces, which make the perfect place to enjoy magnificent sceneries.
Jatiluwih is very famous for its rice terraces and its irrigation system which is run by Subak members, despite the philosophy of Tri Hita Karana which is the base philosophy of farmers in Jatiluwih, then in terms of the processing of rice fields is also based on it, in this case, is the connection to The God as The Creator to perform some ceremonies that are part of the activities of farmers like; cultivate paddy, rice planting, harvesting, and so on.
According to the Hindu religion and the culture that is embraced by the majority of farmers in Jatiluwih, the ceremony which is performed are:
See you at the Jatiluwih Festival 2019!