These pictures are from my Bali trip last year which I almost forgot to post. This is one of the museums that we visited that day. It was raining most of the day. The lighting inside the museum made it difficult to get good pictures. The museum was not big. Artifacts found in the museum were not as many as we expected and there were pieces which in my opinion are quite difficult to relate. It would be better if there were some literature which accompanied those displayed pieces. Nevertheless, I love those gates and buildings of the museum though.
This year Lunar New Year falls on the 19th of February which is today. I am here wishing all of you who celebrate lunar new year a very Happy New Year. May this goat year bring peace to the world.
As usual we had small reunion dinner last night. Both my brothers and their family did not come, so only the girls, my parents and nephew. The dinner table seemed getting emptier by year. We had steam boat dinner last night just like many other reunion dinner years before. This is the less trouble that mom had to prepare. We cooked whatever we wanted to eat ourselves on the dinner table. Anyway, Happy New Year Everyone.
These are the pictures from my Bali trip that I promised to post for you. The information below is from Wiki as I know nothing about this Garuda Wisnu Kencana cultural park.
Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, or Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK), is a 240 hectares private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula at the southern end of the island of Bali in Indonesia, 15 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Bukit is a limestone plateau with Uluwatu to the west and Nusa Dua to the east.
It is devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu, and his mount, Garuda, the mythical bird who is his companion. Currently, the statue of Vishnu is 23 metres (75.5 ft) high, although the original plan was for a 146-metre (479 ft) gold-plated Vishnu riding Garuda on top of an 11-storey entertainment complex. Garuda wing span will be 64 metres (210.0 ft) across. When it’s completed, it will be one of the largest statues in the world. The idea was not without controversy, and religious authorities on the island complained that its massive size might disrupt the spiritual balance of the island, and that its commercial nature was inappropriate, but some groups agree with the project, because it will make new tourist attraction over barren land.
I was told when the park is completed, there will be story telling script on those gigantic mountain walls at the entrance. Tourists will be able to read the story as they drive into the park. The barong show I posted a couple weeks ago was also one of the attraction in this park. Please enjoy and Happy Sunday!
brushes and papers
brushes and papers 