As the tourism increased in Bali, the demand for cheap souvenirs also increased. Which also made it easy to find the traditional masks of Rangda, Barong, and other mask characters at cheaper prices but of course with compromised quality.In Mas Village of Ubud, Ida Bagus Anom Suryawan is one of the many mask makers and carvers but with an aim of not to make cheap quality compromised masks. For such mask carvers "Quality is far more important than quantity".  A simple belief that if every one is g...

As the world witnesses the never ending escalation of human greed, conflict, corruption, neglect, global disasters and nuclear war. Art becomes increasingly relevant and vital as we head to the time where the apocalypse seems to be knocking at our doorstep.Art is one of the things which we human take refuge to find inspiration, refreshing ourselves and calm our anxieties. Every day it becomes necessary and relevant more than ever.Each time we engage ourselves in art, we look at things through an...

following Jokowi’s first call to encourage Indonesians to stay home to mitigate the effect of Covid-19 outbreak two weeks ago, the President has ordered regional leaders to take preventive measures to stop the further spread of the highly contagious respiratory disease. On Tuesday (31/3), the government declared a COVID-19 public health emergency and took the option of imposing large-scale social restriction (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar). On Wednesday, the Greater Jakarta Transpor...

As government and people both are playing their parts in self isolation, the routine life has also took a drastic change for each individual. Same goes for the grocery shopping, people are now preferring to shop online for groceries. Since the demand for online grocery has increased, we are sharing some of the several companies that deliver at your doorstep in case one is over-demand at your time of need. Bali DirectBali direct is one of the first online grocery delivery services in Ba...

A virus is an invisible nasty little thing that takes pride in attaching itself to the host and by reproducing steadily, it causes attacks and damages mercilessly. The most worrisome part about this virus (COVID-19) is that unfortunately not everyone who carries it shows the symptoms. It means that it may lurk silently inside a person next to you who appears to be normal healthy yet highly infectious. So in short its extremely annoying and dangerous.Having said that, being well and fit is very i...