Another historical event will take place in October 2008 at the beautiful island of Bali. This event will be called the First Asian Beach Games. The event is about sports competition related to the beach and it’s the first of its kind. As of today there are already 45 countries from Asia that confirmed their participation in the game with Tajikistan, Bhutan, and Kazakhstan being the latest participants.

With a total of 1.500 athletes registered at the game the game will surely be spectacular and not to be missed. So if you’ve planned on going to Bali make sure to visit the game between October 16 – 26, 2008.

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Originated in Java which literally translated from Javanese etymology amba (’to write’) and titik (’dot’ or ‘point’) it’s a method to create patterns and dyeing cloth used since ancient Javanese dynasties. It is commonly used by Indonesian to attend a formal event like a wedding celebration, corporate event or other formal events.

A few months ago Bill Gates was giving a presidential lecture in Indonesia and he decided to wear Batik during his lecture, because he wish to honor the Indonesian culture and Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who’s the current president of Indonesia was amazed by his action. Besides wearing Batik gives you the comfort of a shirt without forgetting the formality, unlike when wearing suits which are stiff and too hot.

There are two types of Batik, factory-made batik and hand-made batik. Factory-made batik is cheaper than the hand-made batik. There are quite a few of these factories that produce imprint batik clothes, from major garment companies to home industries. The home industries however are sometimes selling short pants, bags, bathrobe and many more with batik motifs.

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A few weeks ago Bali held one of the biggest event of Balinese culture The Grand Cremation Ceremony (pelebon) of the Royal Ubud family. It was indeed a rare and very spectacular event.

Here are some of the videos that I’ve gathered from Youtube. We might taste a bit of the atmosphere through this videos.

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