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Kedaton: Indonesian Food for The First Timer
Talking about food is something that you cannot avoid, especially talk with our guests (particularly with the French, and yes last night...

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Sep 20, 20182 min read
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Ubud Writers and Readers Festival - Enriching Cultures Through Literature Works
Literature development is one of the signs of cultural advances. Human passes wisdom, stories, knowledge and education through...

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Aug 23, 20182 min read
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Bali Marathon 2018 - NamaStay and Run Bali
The best marathon in Indonesia will return on September 9, 2018. Yes, Bali Marathon is the most organized and attended marathon in...

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Aug 9, 20182 min read
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Gootama Street - Where Hipsters Meet Mainstreams
Nothing caught our attention more in Ubud when it comes to slow-walking-while-people-seeing-and-window-shopping-and-some-good-food-time...

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Jul 26, 20183 min read
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Music and Dance of Bali - Modernization Adapting Culture
Music and dance have long been the essence of Balinese culture. In the olden days, they were the instruments for people to talk to the...

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Jul 14, 20183 min read
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Straight-Ahead-Jazz - Tradition Enhancing Modernity
For many people straight-ahead jazz often falsely referred also as mainstream jazz. While it is not, the term straight-ahead jazz was...

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Jun 28, 20181 min read
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Frangipani - The Ubiquitous Naturalized Beauty in Bali
Frangipanis, known locally in Bali as Kembang Jepun, or widely across Java Island as Bunga Kemboja, are present ubiquitously in Bali...

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Jun 20, 20183 min read
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Coffee – The Love and Hate In A Cup For Indonesians.
Coffee has been a part of culture for Indonesians since the age of cultuurstelsel (cultivation system). This system was built by the...

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Jun 17, 20183 min read
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Books on Holiday - NamaStay and around Ubud
Do you love reading books? We have a bookshelf with wide selections range. Our collections are not only in English, but also in...

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Jun 13, 20181 min read
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Music is Home - Nita Aartsen
Have you ever heard of any Indonesian Jazz Musician? We have many (good ones), and one of them is Nita Aartsen. Nita Aartsen had started...

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Jun 11, 20182 min read
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NamaStay, Ubud Village Jazz Festival Is With Us
We are proudly informing you that Ubud Village Jazz Festival will be held at Agung Rai Museum of Art on August 10-11, 2018. Here are some...

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Jun 1, 20181 min read
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Have You Ever Eaten a Snake (Fruit)?
Salak (Salacca zalacca) known as snake fruit in English. It is native Indonesia in Java and Sumatra, and further naturalized in Bali,...

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May 24, 20182 min read
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Ubud Village Jazz Festival – The Jazz Crafts from Bali
Ubud Village Jazz Festival is a yearly event created by locals to promote locality in the international spectrum. This year is going to...

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May 21, 20182 min read
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Being Handsome and Skillful - Arjuna
If you go around Ubud, you will see a big white sculpture on the intersection of Ubud Raya and Cok Gde Rai St. If you look at the google...

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May 17, 20182 min read
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Mebanten - The Art in Spiritual Communication
If you are in Bali, do wake up early and have a little walk around. You will find a common sightings, where (mostly) ladies put offerings...

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May 15, 20182 min read
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Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Run – It’s Monkey Forest
The Southern route was rarely a point of interest for running. The psyche of initial downhill before finally uphill was pretty tough to...

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Apr 26, 20183 min read
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The Queen of Fruits
Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), locally called Manggis. This is one of the fruit believed to be native of Southeast Asia from the Sunda...

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Apr 23, 20182 min read
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A View to Catch at Campuhan Ridge
Campuhan ridgewalk in the morning is something that you should visit. I ran to Campuhan, but you can choose to walk, by bicycle, or...

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Apr 19, 20182 min read
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Hanoman: The Son and the Sun – How We Got Our Name and Logo, NamaStay
Nama is the nickname of Hanoman by his mother Anjani, during his childhood. As he is a half monkey, his character was a depiction of a...

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Apr 16, 20181 min read
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Sambal Goreng - The All-day-round side dish
Indonesians are known avid sambal eaters. If you wonder what is sambal means? It’s a chili condiment made in many ways and ingredients...

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Apr 13, 20181 min read
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Food Galore in Ubud
This is the time to celebrate culinary experience. The fourth year of Ubud Food Festival Presented by ABC will be held in April 13th –...

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Apr 5, 20181 min read
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Bali Spirit Festival 2018 is here!
This is the 11th year of Bali Spirit Festival. The first one held on 2008, with the effort of co-founders, I Made Gunarta, Robert Weber,...

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Apr 1, 20181 min read
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Short 5K Run from NamaStay
Good morning from Ubud! It’s a good morning for running around. The air was warm and crisps, the traffic was slow, and the sun was mild....

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Apr 1, 20181 min read
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