Kawasan Pantai Sanur

 Pulau Bali memang selalu menjadi tempat tujuan wisata yang paling diminati. Selain karena keindahan alamnya, hal yang menjadikan Bali semakin diminati wisatawan adalah kearifan lokal dan keramahan masyarakat Bali. Tak heran jika kita dapat dengan mudah menjumpai bule-bule maupun wisatawan domestik di sepanjang trotoar ruas jalan di Bali. Bagi anda yang menyukai cara menikmati liburan dengan berjalan kaki, Bali menjadi tempat yang aman dan menyenangkan untuk hal itu. Karena disamping aman, anda juga akan mudah menemukan tempat-tempat beristirahat untuk sekedar makan atau minum yang cozy.

Salah satu tempat yang bisa anda kunjungi adalah kawasan Sanur. Di seputaran daerah Sanur, anda akan banyak menemukan tempat-tempat menarik yang dapat anda kunjungi untuk mengisi perut anda. Selain itu, anda juga dapat menikmati keindahan pantai-pantai yang terdapat di Sanur. Mulai dari Pantai Matahari Terbit, Pantai Sanur, Pantai Sindu, Pantai Karang, Pantai Duyung, Pantai Semawang,  hingga Pantai Mertasari. Ruas jalan menuju pantai atau ruas jalan di pinggir pantai sama-sama menyuguhkan banyak tempat kuliner yang cozy untuk anda. Berbagai macam menu makanan pun dapat anda jumpai. Mulai dari masakan Italia, Spanyol, hingga menu masakan Bali, semua lengkap bisa anda dapatkan di kawasan pantai bagian timur Denpasar itu.

Tak hanya makanan, untuk anda yang suka berbelanja pun dapat dengan mudah menemukan took-toko pakaian maupun benda-benda unik khas Bali yang bisa anda jadikan oleh-oleh liburan anda. Anda juga dapat menikmati sensasi bersepeda di pinggir pantai atau sekedar jogging dan bermain bersama hewan peliharaan anda, seperti anjing misalnya. Bagi yang gemar bersepeda sembari menikmati hembusan angin pantai, anda dapat menyewa sepeda yang berada di sekitar kawasan pantai Sanur. Kebanyakan dari penyewaan tersebut meminjamkan sepeda dengan hitungan biaya per jam. Harga sekali sewa sepeda pun tidak terlalu melambung, sehingga anda tidak perlu khawatir masalah biaya.

Kawasan pantai Sanur baik pagi maupun malam hari tetap indah untuk dikunjungi. Jika anda datang pada pagi hari, anda dapat menikmati pemandangan sunrise kemudian melanjutkan aktivitas-aktivitas lain seperti berjemur,  bersepeda, jogging, atau sekedar bermain di pasir putih pantai Sanur. Dan jika anda mengunjungi kawasan pantai Sanur di malam hari, kelap-kelip lampu di sepanjang ruas jalan kawasan pantai Sanur akan membuat anda merasakan sensasi sisi gemerlap pantai Sanur. Jadi untuk anda yang suka menikmati liburan anda dengan berjalan kaki, anda dapat melesat menuju kawasan pantai Sanur. Tempat ini sangat tepat untuk memanjakan waktu liburan anda.

Typical drinks Bali

Besides having good food, Bali also has a special drink that Brem. Brem is a Balinese drink made ​​from glutinous rice and fermented with yeast tape. This drink is a byproduct of the process of making the tape. This drink is deposited in a long time until the alcoholic. Brem has many benefits for the body, including the warm body, blood circulation, and improve bone health because it has high calcium.

Brem said a Balinese philosophical thought in ancient times. Brem history can be attributed to the history of Hinduism in Bali. Brem in ancient times is a liquid that is used as a blood substitute, in tabuhrah ceremony, which aims to preserve the human with the natural world. Brem technology already known before the year 110. Now the drink is widely used in the world of tourism as a welcome drink to tourists, as souvenirs, as a beverage in penjamuan-penjamuan etc. In Japan, this beverage is called sake and philipine called Tapuy.

Brem is a beverage liquid with a sweet taste is a bit sour, red in color, with alcohol content of 3-10 percent. Generally produced from fermented black glutinous rice (sometimes white sticky rice). Alcohol content can berubahubah during storage. The increase is due to the alcohol content of the fermentation process continues during storage, whereas the decline due to the esterification process, oxidation, and evaporation.

Aerobic alcohol oxidation caused by the atmosphere that occurs during the storage time. The atmosphere is usually followed by aerobic bacterial activity acetate, acetic acid forming, which makes sour taste in brem. If the storage time is not closed will cause the alcohol to evaporate. Sour smell caused by the formation of ester ethyl acetate from the reaction of alcohol with acetic acid formed by aerobic atmosphere and acetic bacteria.

Name of the Balinese

The name of the Balinese is one of uniqueness in Bali and to this day most people still use Bali. Very strong Hindu influence in Bali naming system affect society. Bali tribe in giving names based on color, royal titles and birth order in a family, however dominant, based on birth order on behalf of a family. One by one group will be discussed by the following means:

• 1.       Giving name by Color

Color is a grouping of people based on function / profession in everyday life. But color is not known among the people of Bali today, they (Bali) is more familiar with the term Caste (hereditary penggelompokan by profession made ​​by the Dutch). Most of the more familiar Caste Society archipelago in comparison with color.

• 2.       Giving a name based on the title of royal

The second basis for naming Bali is by royal descent / Puri. Castle on the island of Bali is a proper name for a place to stay nobility Bali, especially those who are still a close family of the kings of Bali. Based on the distribution system triwangsa or color (function) ie Brahmins, ksatrya and Wasya. the castle occupied by knights berwangsa nobility.

• 3.       Giving birth name is based on the serial number

In general, most of the various tribal communities give their offspring names in Sanskrit, which is Eka, Dwi, Tri and so on. But not in the tribal society of Bali, despite the strong influence of Hindu Bali still has a very unique culture in the name of the system. Indonesian Society / archipelago is very familiar with the system name of the tribe of Bali, and even become its own characteristics for parts of Bali.

• 4.       The first is that the basis of sex, namely (i) men and (Ni) women. Here are the names:

·         Children First (Wayan)

Wayan name is derived from the word "wayahan" Balinese language means the most mature.

·         Second Child (Made)

Made the title a second child is rooted in the word "Associate" (Sanskrit) which means middle.

·         Third child (Nyoman)
The third child was called Nyoman which is etymologically derived from the word "Uman" which means "rest" or "end".

·         Fourth child (Ketut)
The fourth child of a family in the call Ketut Bali, which is derived from the word "Kitut" (Java kuna) which means "tail" or followers, and the tail end. However Ketut has no synonym names like the others, because it considered only one tail, felt very privileges and complementary when families have children in Bali tribe named Ketut then had a complete family tree.