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Hidden Bali Experiences Small-Group Tours That Touch the Heart of Bali Hidden Bali Experiences small-group tours that touch the heart of Bali Our Hidden Bali Experiences can be arranged at any time to grant you access to authentic culture that honors tradition and avoids commoditization. Building on more than 20 years of experience of leading culturally sensitive tours in Bali and based on deep relationships with local people and communities, these are intimate 3-day or 4-day tours arranged to fit your travel itineraries and led by expert guides for small groups of 2 to 6 guests. Each experience is themed around a specific aspect of Bali’s heritage, including the Textile Arts, the Festival Cycle, the Performing Arts, and the Natural World. For more information on these Experiences, please visit our website at http://www.threadsoflife.com The Textile Arts Experience The Indonesian archipelago was once the crossroads of the world. For over 3500 years, people have come here seeking fragrant spices, and textiles were the central barter objects in this story of trade, conquest and ancient tradition. An exploration of Bali’s textile art traditions grants us access to this story. Spice trade influences juxtapose with indigenous motifs throughout the archipelago: echoes of Indian trade cloths abound; imagery relates to defining aspects of the local environment; history and genealogy entwine. Uses range from traditional dress, to offerings, to the paraphernalia of marriages and funerals. Our gateway to this world is through the island of Bali, where we steep ourselves in the island’s rich traditions while based at the Umajati Retreat near Ubud. Here we will receive insightful introductions to the local culture, and visit several weavers with which Threads of Life is working to help women create high-quality textiles that balance their desires for sustainable incomes and cultural integrity. Threads of Life’s relationships with weavers over more than a decade gives this tour access to aspects of the weaving arts few have the opportunity to see. We will meet weavers in their homes amongst the lush rice fields of Sidemen, and in the ancient and storied community of Tenganan Pegeringsingan. Experiencing the weavers’ lives through these visits, and seeing their textiles, will be the highlights of a tour that offers unique insights into the forces at play in Bali’s contemporary culture. 1 The entrance to Umajati Retreat at sunset Itinerary Summaries 4-day Itinerary (3 nights) 3-day Itinerary (2 nights) Day 1 PM: Check in, Lecture on Textiles and Indonesian PM: Check in, Lecture on Textiles and Indonesian Culture, rice field walk to local heronry Culture, rice field walk to local heronry Day 2 AM: Visit Tenganan and see double-ikat weaving AM: Visit Tenganan and see double-ikat weaving PM: Visit Sidemen and meet songket makers PM: Visit Sidemen and meet songket makers Day 3 AM: Setia Darma House of Mask and Puppets AM: Threads of Life gallery floor talk PM: Visit Threads of Life conservation room PM: Check out Day 4 AM: Threads of Life gallery floor talk PM: Check out About Threads of Life: Threads of Life is a fairtrade business that works directly with over 1000 weavers on 22 islands across Indonesia to empower women, to commission natural-dyed textiles that express local traditions and identity, and to sell the textiles thus produced through its educational gallery in Ubud, Bali. It respects cultural practices, conserves the environment, and improves the lives of low-income textile artisans by increasing their access to markets and resources. http://www.threadsoflife.com About the Tour Leaders: Jean Howe and William Ingram are co- founders and co-directors of both Umajati Retreat and Threads of Life. They have been in Asia for over twenty years and lived in Bali since 1993. Between 1990 and 1998 they organized cultural tours to Bali and eastern Indonesia. Their work with Threads of Life since 1998 has combined interests in traditional culture, the textile arts and sustainable livelihood. Jean has lectured on Indonesian textiles at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Textile Museum in Washington DC, and the De Young Museum in San Francisco. William is author of “A Little Bit One O’clock: Living with a Balinese Family.” About Umajati Retreat: Surrounded by tranquil rice fields, Umajati is a lush garden property hosting two elegantly converted hundred-year-old Javanese teak wooden homes for up to 3 or 5 guests that provide 21st century living in 19th century houses. Each has a kitchen and several private garden spaces around a shared 15-meter swimming pool. Umajati is hosted by Balinese housekeepers and cooks who specialize in healthy and vegetarian food. Just 10 minutes north of Ubud, in the cultural heart of Bali, Umajati grants easy access to the village’s many restaurants, spas, and cultural opportunities. http://www.umajati.com 2 4-Day Itinerary Day 1 2.00 pm Check-in to Umajati Retreat. Airport transfers or equivalent included. 3.00 - 4.30 pm Lecture on Textiles and their Place in Indonesian Culture at Umajati Retreat. This fascinating talk examines the history and traditional uses of textiles in Indonesia. Spice trade influences juxtapose with indigenous motifs throughout the archipelago: echoes of Indian trade cloths abound; imagery relates to defining aspects of the local environment; history and genealogy entwine. Uses range from traditional dress, to offerings, to the paraphernalia of marriages and funerals. The lecture includes an in-depth discussion of the ikat process and natural dyes. 4.30 - 6.00 pm Guide Rice Field walk to the Petulu Heronry. Walking northwards through the picturesque rice fields from Umajati, we enter Petulu from the north at the Pura Desa temple.This brings us immediately to the heronry where hundreds of white egrets of three species come to roost every sunset. Walking down through the village we can see and photograph the birds arriving after a day of foraging in the paddies. Continuing, we return to Umajati via the rice fields before dark. 7.00 pm Dance performance and dinner at Umajati. Young dancers from the village dance school will perform on the pool deck before a private dinner in your house. (Left to right) Ida Ayu Puniari from Sidemen, Bali; Threads of LIfe staff Komang Sujata wearing songket at his wedding Day 2 8.00 am Breakfast included 9.00 - 12.30 pm Visit Tenganan, a village in east Bali famous for its geringsing double-ikat textiles made using a technique employed in only three other places in the world. We will meet weavers in their homes, unravel the complexities of making double-ikat, and see the best pieces the weavers have to offer. During a guided walk of the village’s backstreets we will learn about the community’s history and unique culture, and see a side of this famous community that few visitors witness. 12.30 - 2.00 pm Lunch at the Seasalt Restaurant of the Alila Manggis hotel. Set in a traditional Balinese pavilion on a lotus pond, Seasalt serves both a contemporary menu and a range of Indonesian and Balinese favorites. Elegant and relaxed, the restaurant looks out on to the ocean and the resort’s beautifully landscaped coconut grove. Main dish is included in the tour; drinks and desert not included. 2.00 - 4.30 pm Visit the charming village of Sidemen is in the heart of the panoramic valley of the Unda river and home to three of Bali’s most important textile traditions. At the Pelangi workshop we will see the production of endek weft ikat. At the homes of weavers in the village we will meet women who use backstrap looms to produce the sumptuous songket supplementary weft patterned textiles used across the island as wedding dress for both bride and groom. We will also visit Ida Ayu Ngurah Puniari, author of “Kain Bebali Sacred Cloth: Meaning and Usage in Balinese Hindu Rituals” (Indonesian Heritage Society 2011), to see and learn about the deceptively simple but ritually important and increasingly rare striped bebali textiles she weaves. 4.30 - 6.00 pm Drive back to Ubud 7.00 pm Free for dinner. Either order dinner at Umajati, or take our free shuttle in to one of Ubud’s fine dining restaurants. 3 The geringsing double-ikat textiles of Tenganan, Bali Day 3 8.00 am Breakfast included 10.30 - 2.00 pm After a leisurely morning at the hotel, we will make a guided visit to the extraordinary Setia Darma House of Mask and Puppets in nearby Mas. The collection consists of 5900 items, of which 1200 are masks from Indonesia, Africa, and Japan, whilst the rest are puppets from Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. All are stored and displayed in four traditional Javanese antique houses such as those at the Umajati Retreat. The museum visit will be followed by a Balinese picnic lunch among the gardens of the museum grounds. 2.00 - 4.30 pm We now enjoy a rare opportunity to visit Threads of Life’s conservation room and receive a guided exploration through the archive collection of textiles. We will see the impacts of the modern world on the textile arts and learn about the challenges faced by Threads of Life in the field as it works to sustain traditions. 7.00 pm Candlelit dinner under the stars by the Umajati pool. Day 4 9.00 - 11.00 am Visit Threads of Life retail gallery for a floor talk. The gallery showcases the work of the weavers and basket makers Threads of Life works with. Each piece is curated with the names of all producers and cultural information about where the item is from and how it is used.
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