WORDS FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF SANUR VILLAGE FESTIVAL 2009

We are very happy to announce that Sanur Village Festival 2009 is ON again from 12 - 16 August 2009. This will be the fourth Sanur Village festival, and we assure you that this year, the festival will be bigger and better. The theme ‘Life Marine’ will be the highlight of Sanur Village Festival 2009, which means most of our activities will be inspired from the marine life which also exist as a very important element in the Balinese everyday life. We also share with you the new artwork for Sanur Village Festival 2009, just to give you a glimpse of the most interesting festival in Bali.

Welcome to the fourth installment of Sanur Village Festival 2009!

Initiated by community of Sanur through the Sanur Development Foundation, at first Sanur Village Festival is held to revive tourism sector and to attract more tourists to visit this area and the island of Bali. Famous for its tranquility Sanur is the first tourist destination in Bali and the only resort type tourist object owned by the Denpasar municipality.
Since the first celebration of the Sanur Village Festival, this event has been listed at Bali’s event calendar as one of the annual tourist attractions. The fourth Sanur Village Festival is set for the 12 to 16 of August 2009 at the same venue with full of fun activities in five days festivity. This year theme is “Life Marine” in line with the extension of our national program Visit Indonesia Year 2009.

Sanur Village Festival 2009 E-Newsletter / Volume 01/ Februari - March 2009

Cultural activities will still dominate this festival such as traditional performances, parade, music, collaboration show, water sports and food festival as our main attraction, also not to forget our green program under water festival with its coral reef plantation. We invite everyone to participate and enjoy an unforgettable experience in the serene beauty of Sanur.

CONTACT US

For more information, please contact:
T : 0361 - 286987, 8710083
F : 0361 – 281315
E : info@gotosanur.com

Rahmadiana Yayasan Pembangunan Sanur
Sanur Village Festival 2008
Jl. Danau Buyan III /2 Sanur
Denpasar 80228 Bali

Swara Sonora is in Indonesia on our Peace Tour

On July 28, the Swara Sonora Trio will depart for 3 weeks traveling in Java and Bali, Indonesia. The goal of the tour is to foster collaboration and understanding between the United States and Indonesia, using the powerful language of music as our common ground.

The trio will perform in 4 cities, bringing our commissioned work, Love and Variations, to Indonesia, and also presenting modern American works and standard repertoire from around the world.

In addition to our concert performances, we will work with young musicians in master classes at local conservatories and do outreach activities in the communities there.

The tour is also a fundraiser, as perfomance proceeds will be donated to support the Children of Indonesia’s rights advocacy through the programs implemented there.

Swara Sonora will donate Peace Tour performances’ proceeds to help fund UNICEF-supported immunisation programmes which are currently at a critical phase. About half-a-million children in Indonesia receive no immunisation by their first birthday while another 2.4 million children are only partially immunised, a recent government survey demonstrated. It is estimated that one Indonesian child dies every 3 minutes and 460 infants die everyday, some from vaccine preventable diseases.

If you are interested in helping to make this exciting project possible, please become one of our sponsors by making a tax-deductible donation to the Swara Sonora Trio. You can even make a donation by credit card online through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas.

August 4-19, 2009: Peace Tour to Indonesia

Concert dates and master classes in the following cities Java and Bali:
Tuesday, August 4, 12:00 p.m.
Master class at Jakarta Conservatory of Music

Wednesday, August 5
Master class at University of Pelita Harapan Conservatory of Music

Friday, August 5, 7:00 p.m.
Swara Sonora’s International debut:
Concert at Erasmus Huis, Jakarta
sponsored by Yayasan Music Internasional


Monday, August 10, 7:00 p.m.
Concert at Institut Seni Indonesia, Jogjakarta
Tuesday, August 11, 9:00 a.m.
Master classs at Institut Seni Indonesia

Friday, August 14, 7:00 p.m.
Concert at Sanur Beach Hotel, Bali(sponsored by Rotary Club of Bali Taman)

Tuesday, August 18
Concert with Surabaya Symphony Orchestra, Shang-Ri-La Hotel

Wednesday, August 19, 7:00 p.m.
Master class at Surabaya Symphony Orchestra Proceeds of Swara Sonora’s Peace Tour will be donated to support children of Indonesia through the UNICEF Indonesia Country Office

Interview with Swara Sonora at Paradise FM 100.9 RRI Pro 2 Bali will be Live at 5pm on 13th August (GMT +8)

RRI Denpasar Live at Panca Wali Krama Besakih 2009

Panca Wali Krama is the grand ceremony which is held once in every ten years, when Hindus Caka year end with zero (Rah Windu) was held in the Hindu,s Saka year 1930 at Tilem Caitra (Tilem Kesanga) at Wednesday Paing Kuningan, or March 25, 2009. This grand ceremony will be conducted inMother Temple, Besakih Temple, in Karangasem Regency, Bali Indonesia. The preparation of this grand ceremony has been conducted for months and the series of the ceremonies will be last until April 27, 2009.
Panca Wali Krama which is essentially the implementation of Bhuta yajna and Dewa yajna and the means is to cleanse the universe to order harmony. In order to support Panca Wali Krama, Hindu’s people should implement Yasa kirti as a manifestation of the implementation-Tapa Brata-Yoga, self-control, and concentration of mind.

As many other grand ceremonies, Panca Wali Krama ceremony has to be conducted in a holy environment. During the preparation and the execution of this ceremony the spiritual atmosphere of Bali has to be kept as holy as possible that means no cremation ceremony are allowed in the island since death was believed to pollute the atmosphere.

To ensure the holiness of this ceremony, the premeditated cremation ceremony can only be held until February 13, 2009. For those who pass- away between 13th and 20th February 2009, emergency cremation ceremonies are allowed to be held. As for those who pass-away after February 20, 2009, their corpses have to be buried as soon as possible, no cremation ceremony is allowed.

If the one who pass away is a high priest who has undergone a Dwijati (second birth) Ceremony, his or her corpse have to be kept at home until a proper cremation ceremony is allowed to be conducted. Balinese believes that it’s forbidden to bury the corpse a high priest who has undergone a Dwijati (second birth) Ceremony.
The cremation ceremony can be conducted as usual after April 27, 2009, when the last series of Panca Wali Krama ceremony, the Mejauman have been conducted.

RRI Denpasar will be live broadcast the Panca Wali Krama ceremony on March 25th 2009 from the Besakih temple and broadcast can also be heard live streaming on the website

Anand Krishna Live Interview

Save our Planet special Live interview with

Anand Krishna with our Host By Mr. Paul Suardi – RRI Denpasar Bali Indonesia

His new book “From Bali to Belo Horizonte” is also a story of human relations, of understanding between the peoples of the island of Bali Indonesia and the beautiful valley of Belo Horizonte.

Special Interview will talk about : ”Nature” is not something that must be controlled by force and manipulated according to our needs. We must approach nature with love, compassion and understanding. We all are parts and parcels of the same Existence. It is only by living in harmony with nature, that we can save the world and ourselves.

Show the world that you do care about our lovely Planet “earth”

Your Participate on this live interview are helping others to do something better to each others.

This live interview also streamed world wide at

Join us at the live show by call to +62 361 265403, sending text messages to 081236376288, chat via Yahoo messenger or leave us a comment at this post, we will read your message Live with Mr. Anand Krishna.

Your advice, comment and opinion will help others, so feel free to joint our live Interview and live interactive with Anand krishna at: 12 March 2009 from 17.00 PM to 18.30 PM Bali, Indonesia Time (GMT +8).

All English program with special segments:

8:00 -11:00 a.m.
SITI (Stay In-Touch with Indonesia)
Daily 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Daily - Sunset Programme.