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Rian Johnson expanding ‘Star Wars’ for new trilogy

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LOS ANGELES - As “Star Wars” fans gear up for “The Last Jedi,” the anticipated next installment in the Skywalker series, its star and writer-director shed some light on how the franchise was mapping a future beyond the beloved characters.

Rian Johnson, writer-director of “The Last Jedi,” will be overseeing a new trilogy of “Star Wars” films that will explore far-away corners of the galaxy, Walt Disney Co said in November.

“I’m just in the very beginning phases of coming up with it so right now the sky is kind of the limit,” Johnson said while promoting “The Last Jedi” last week.

“The appeal of it to me is to do a new story told over three movies, to have that kind of canvas, to be in the Star Wars world and to have the feel of a Star Wars film,” he said.

The new stories will not follow the Skywalker saga, which George Lucas kicked off with 1977’s “Episode IV: A New Hope.”

Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4 billion, and rebooted the “Star Wars” franchise with the Skywalker trilogy and standalone films like “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

Johnson’s “The Last Jedi” picks up the Skywalker story after 2015’s blockbuster “The Force Awakens,” in which a new generation of characters was introduced with returning favorites Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill).

Fisher died last year. (rtr)

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Director Rian Johnson attends a promotional event of the movie “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in Tokyo, Japan December 6, 2017.

Sean Combs leads four black artists as world’s highest paid musicians

LOS ANGELES - Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs was ranked the world’s highest-paid musician on Wednesday in an annual list that saw black artists take the top four spots.

Combs, who is also a hip hop producer and entrepreneur, earned an estimated $130 million for the year, according to Forbes, mostly from his Bad Boy Family Reunion tour and the sale of his Sean Jean clothing line.

Fellow American Beyonce ranked

second, with earnings estimated at $105 million from her Formation world tour and hit album “Lemonade,” while Canadian artists Drake ($94 million) and The Weeknd ($92 million) rounded out the top four.

British band Coldplay pulled in an estimated $88 million to take the No. 5 spot.

Forbes compiled the list after estimating pre-tax income for the 12 months from June 2016 to 2017 based

on interviews with managers, agents, lawyers, interviews and data from Pollstar, the Recording Industry Association of America and tracking firm Nielsen.

Last year’s top two artists - Taylor Swift, and British boy band One Direction - both slipped out of the top 10 this year. Swift did not tour this year and released her latest album in November, while One Direction are on hiatus as its members pursue solo careers. (rtr)

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Elementary school students during diphtheria immunisation at a clinic in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java, south of Jakarta, Indonesia December 5, 2017.

Indonesia fights “extraordinary” diphtheria outbreak

JAKARTA - Indonesian health authorities will launch an immunisation drive next week to contain a sharp rise in cases of diphtheria, which has killed at least 32 people, including many children, in the world’s fourth most populous country this year. The health ministry said at least 591 cases had been reported since January, a 42 percent increase from last year, and called the outbreak an “extraordinary event”.

“We have seen an acceleration in cases compared to last year ... We are implementing an immunisation programme to prevent a pandemic,” said Dr Mohamad Subuh, director general of disease prevention and control, at the ministry. The ministry recorded 415 cases and 24 deaths last year.

Indonesia has among the world’s highest rates of diphtheria - along with India and sub-Saharan African countries - even though vaccinations have helped minimise global

cases over the past 30 years. The World Health Organisation recorded about 7,000 cases around the world last year. In 1980, the figure was 100,000.

Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that spreads through close physical contact or through the air and can be fatal. Symptoms include fever and a sore throat, and the airway can sometimes become blocked.

None of those affected in Indonesia had been vaccinated against the disease. The rise in cases

was attributed to several reasons, including some people rejecting vaccinations and a lack of access to healthcare, Subuh said.

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Hundreds of children dress up in scary costumes

InterContinental Bali Resort is now enhancing the breakfast experience and embracing the Indonesian culture by serving ‘jamu’, a traditional Javanese herbal concoction that is believed to be beneficial in promoting health, fitness and beauty. The remedies are sold on the streets of Indonesia by Javanese jamu ladies, and to give guests a truly authentic experience, it is one of these ladies who makes and serves the jamu at InterContinental

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Bali Resort. Wearing the traditional ‘kain kebaya’ (sarong and kebaya blouse) and a conical hat, with a bamboo basket on her back filled with bottles of the blended medicinal tonics, the jamu lady, known as M’bok Jamu, moves from one table to another at breakfast time, offering and serving the jamu drinks, while also explaining the ingredients and the benefits. This tradition of carrying the jamu in a basket is called ‘jamu gendong’.

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anur needs to create grand design for tourism

DENPASAR —Sanur is one of the oldest tourist areas in Bali. This tourist destination has been visited since the 1930s when foreign arstist started visitng. Among these artists were American dancers and photographers, Katharine and Jack Mershon; Hans and the Rolf Neuhaus brothers from Germany, as well as Belgian painter Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Marphes who married a beautiful local dancer named Ni Polok.

The people take part in Ngerebeg Tradition

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Ngerebeg ritual in Tegallalang village

GIANYAR —The Ngerebeg traditional ritual took place in Tegallalang village on Sunday (Dec 6) as part of the piodalan (temple anniversary) of Duur Bingin Temple. Hundreds of children got dressed up in array of styles as part of an activity that aims to ask for the protection of God. Starting at around 11:00 on Wednesday morning, young boys filled Duur Bingin Temple in preparation for the ngerebeg ritual by praying, asking for sacerd food (rice and lawar) and eating together (megibung).

Children dressed in ornaments made of young coconut leaves and sugar palm leaf, carried lelontek, kober (sacred flags) and penjor (bamboo poles) and special penjor made of snake-fruit tree trunks, walked around Tegallalang village, covering some 10 km.

“This ritual is meant to neutralize all the negative influences existing in the customary village of Tegallalang. Adults and children dress up to look scary” explained chief of Tegallalang customary village, I Made Jaya Kusuma, amid the ritual preparations on Wednesday.

Chief Kusuma explained that this ritual is held one day before the temple festival at Duur Bingin Temple that is held evey 210 days on Pegat Uwakan or Buda Kliwon Pahang. (Balinese calendar). All seven hamlets of Tegallalang village Gagah, Pejeng Aji, Tegallalang, Tegal, Tengah, Penusuan and Tri Wangsa, take part in this ceremony.

He went on to explained that the ngerebeg ritual is preceded with a pacaruan (exorcism rite) at Duur Bingin Temple. After the pacaruan, the villagers present paica alit offerings and then the villagers ritually request special food consisting of rice served with lawar that is enjoyed by everyone in the temple courtyard.

“Afterwards, Durr Bingin Tmeple’s sanctified effigies are paraded around the village by people (mostly children and young men) wearing scary costumes”, said Chief Kusuma.

During the ngerebeg procession, the adults present offerings at all the temples and at the cemetery before returning to Duur Bingin Temple.

Many people including tourists and shop keepers enjoyed watching the ritual procession. Whether they intended to or not the onlookers enjoyed witnessing this unique procession that takes place every six months. (kmb35)

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Former headman of Sanur Kaja, I.B. Ketut Kiana, said on Wednesday (Dec. 6) that as a tourist destination, Sanur is different than other pasts of Bali. Sanur pioneered tourism on the island, and still remains free of excessive development including things like discotheques and the like that hare such a bog part of tourism elsewhere. “ Sanur emphasizes comfort and tranquility and thus attracts older tourists, especially form Europe”, said Kiana.

Sanur is known more for quality than quantity and the white sandy beach with soft waves exemplifies this. It is difficult however for Sanur to maintain its image with the emergence of so many foreign owned villas. The city hotel with

cheap room rates that have been cropping up are also a problem.

“City hotels are not suitable for the Sanur tourist destination. This is our challenge ahead”, he said.

Member of the Bali House of Representatives, I.B. Gede Udiyana from Sanur said that his village is facing many challenges in maintaining itself as a leading tourist destination. One of thees challenges is of course the recent volcanic activity of Mount Agung.

The tourism sector relies on safety and comfort. Despite being temporary this event has destabilized the tourism sector. The government along with other stakeholders, he said need to sit together and formulate a grand design for the

sustainability of Sanur tourism.

“If this problem is not taken seriously, a greater threat will be inevitable. Many tourism sector employees could be laid in the near future. The government needs to take strategic steps immediately”, explained this former Chairman of the Sanur Development Foundation and former Chairman of Commission B of the Denpasar Parliament.

The government, said Udiyana can for example, do more vigorous promotion of the area and pack their calendar of event with more competitive activities. Bali’s tourism competitors are increasing their promotion and Indonesia is promoting the ’10 new Balis’. (kmb12)

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Therefore jamu is consumed by many Indonesian people on daily basis to maintain good health. All of the jamu drinks are freshly made each day by M’Bok Jamu using her traditional methods to ensure that guests at InterContinental Bali Resort can taste the best quality product.

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Trendsetters: South African mothers do business with fashion cast-offs

JOHANNESBURG - Juggling paperwork, car keys and an always-beeping cellphone, Inet Situole, a 33-year-old in a crisp white blouse, runs a fashion boutique with more than 100 customers a month – a far cry from a decade ago, when she worked as a maid while trapped in an abusive marriage.

Despite working seven days a week cleaning and cooking in an attempt to save some money, at the end of the month Situole would invariably find herself with nothing.

“My husband would take all the money and spend it,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. He also beat her and was unfaithful, she said.

When she left him, Situole - an orphan since birth - was terrified of what lay ahead for her and her toddler. “I felt like dying,” she said.

“I didn’t have anyone to run to.”

But in 2015, her prospects were transformed after she joined a scheme to help unemployed mothers set up their own businesses.

The Clothing Bank (TCB) was launched in 2010 in Cape Town by two businesswomen, Tracey Chambers and Tracey Gilmore.

Gilmore started out by giving unemployed friends smart outfits to wear to job interviews - but it wasn’t working.

“While sourcing the clothing was quite easy, finding opportunities for the women to get employment was really non-existent,” she said.

At about 28 percent, South Africa’s unemployment rate is among the highest in the world.

Lack of education is a key barrier to finding work, with less than a third of South Africans completing secondary school, according to a 2011 census.

Chambers and Gilmore decided to combine business and entrepreneurship training with clothing to create a venture that could help tackle joblessness among mothers.

More than a third of South Africa’s households are run by single mothers, a 2015 study by Statistics South Africa showed.

“We’ve always believed that if you influence and change a mother’s life, you change an entire family,” said Tracy-Leigh Kinsey who runs TCB’s Johannesburg branch.

“You change generations - and that’s why we focus specifically on mothers with dependent children.”

BUSINESS IDEAS Once selected, the women follow a two-year programme that allows them to study and earn a living at the same time.

“There was a huge amount of excess clothing stock in the retail supply chain,” Gilmore said. “That’s how we came up with the idea of using (it) as a tool to teach unemployed women to run businesses.”

The women buy the surplus clothing - customer returns or endof-season merchandise - at discounted prices from TCB, setting up small fashion businesses and growing them as they make a profit.

After the training, women are free to apply their new skills in any sector, Kinsey said. (rtr)

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Two participants in The Clothing Bank’s business training scheme pictured in the organisation’s Johannesburg branch, November 15 2017.

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The impact of Mount Agung’S eruption is even worse than the impact of the second Bali bomb.

Impact of Mt. Agung’s magmatic eruption

Hotel occupancy in Sanur plummets

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British fashion designer Stella McCartney and world-record breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur launch a report on the importance of a climate friendly textile industry.

Wear with care: Stella McCartney helps redesign climate-friendly fashion

LONDON - The fashion industry urgently needs to reform its wasteful, polluting ways, British designer Stella McCartney and record-breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur said on Tuesday.

With global clothing sales doubling since 2000, people now wear each item far fewer times, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation said, calling for items ranging from T-shirts to jeans to be designed differently and reused more.

The charity, established in 2010, has pioneered a shift toward a “circular economy” in which raw materials and products are repeatedly reused to reduce waste and pollution.

“Fashion is allowed to be fun, and it’s allowed to be sexy,” said McCartney, daughter of the Beatles’ Paul McCartney.

“The reality is we just need to be a bit more mindful and curious about the way we’re consuming and have a level of responsibility,” she said.

The fashion industry is worth about $2.4 trillion a year, according to the global consultancy McKinsey.

The equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is wasted every second, and less than 1 percent of clothing is recycled into new clothes, MacArthur’s foundation said in a report.

“The trajectory for the textiles industry is catastrophic if it continues in this way,” MacArthur told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“We need to radically change the way that clothing is designed, used, made and recovered so that we end up with a system that is restorative and regenerative,” she said.

If nothing changes, the fashion industry will consume a quarter of the world’s annual carbon budget by 2050, it said, referring to the emissions the world can make while keeping the global temperature rise at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Fashion must abandon its “takemake-dispose” model, where unwanted clothes are sent to landfill

sites or incinerated, and start using non-polluting materials that are designed to last and could save the industry $500 billion, it said.

The report presents a roadmap for creating better businesses and more innovative solutions, said McCartney, a long-time vegetarian who does not use leather, PVC or fur in her clothing.

Textile production emits 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases annually, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, the report said.

Clothes also release half a million tonnes of plastic microfibres into the ocean every year, equivalent to more than 50 billion plastic bottles, it said.

Several major brands said they support the initiative, including Swedish fashion retailer H&M and sports giant Nike. “(It) is aligned with our efforts in making sure that economic and social development can happen in a way that the planet can afford,” H&M’s chief executive Karl-Johan Persson said in a statement. (rtr)

DENPASAR — Since the eruption of Mount Agung, Bali’s oldest tourist destination – Sanur, has seen occupancy rates plummet to an average of 10-12 percent.

Chairman of the Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) Denpasar, I.B. Gede Sidharta Putra, when contacted on Tuesday (Dec. 5) said that the impact of Mount Agung’S eruption is even worse than the impact of the second Bali bomb when occupancy rates

remained around 30 percent and above. “Many hotel owners are worried as occupancy rates need to be in the range of 40-45 percent in order to cover operating costs”, said Sidharta Putra who is also Chairman of PHRI Denpasar and the Sanur Development Foundation.

In order to mitigate losses, tourism businesses in Sanur having started to implement measures such as scheduling holidays for their staff, so that they do not have to lay them off. Electricity and water are also being used more efficiently. “ We have started cutting water off and turned off all light for rooms that are not being used”, he said.

Many are concerned that if con-

ditions persists for long that there will be layoffs which would then impact several sectors including farmers. “ We do not know how long this situation will last as it depends on nature”, said Sidharta.

Previously, the Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, Maria Antonia Dezire Mulyani, when met in the mayoral office said the eruption of Mount Agung certain affected tourism in Denpasar –

especially when the airport was closed. “ Inevitably this had an impact”, he said.

“We continuously collect data in the number of visitors to Denpasar and there was a marled decrease after Mount Agung erupted.

We have been in contact with both the Bali Toiursim Board and the Minsitry of tourism about mitigating the impact of the eruption”, explained Dezire. (kmb12)

Monkey Forest Ubud takes advantage of lack of visitors GIANYAR — Many tourism operators are complaining about the ongoing uncertainty of Mount Agung.

However such complaints will not change the reality that there are fewer tourists visiting Bali now. Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary Ubud however is taking a different approach. “ With such few visitors it is easier for us to make improvements to this tourist attractions. When there are a lot of visitors it is hard to do renovations”, said GM of Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary Ubud, Nyoman Buana, on Tuesday (Dec. 5).

Although renovations had been scheduled since 2016, they were delayed several times due to the large number of visitors. Repairs to be made include reforesting the former parking area and creating new trails for people with disabilities.

“Given current conditions, we have an opportunity to work maximally.

So, once Mount Agung returns to normal, we will be ready to welcome tourists”, he said.

Buana revealed that normally Monkey Forest Ubud receives 4,000-5,000 visitors per day. “ Last December we had even more than that – the place was packed”, he

said. However, since the eruption of Mount Agung and the subsequent closure Ngurah Rai International Airport, there are far fewer visitors.

“Currently, we are still receiving visitors but on our quietness day last week there were only 1,008 visitors”, added Buana.

Most of the tourists who have cancelled their visits, are those who arranged their trips through travel agencies. Independent travellers have mostly kept ot their original travel schedule. “ SO, people who come to Bali on their own are still enjoying visiting Bali”, he said.

Nyoman Buana added that many tourists are well versed in the fact that Mount Agung is located some 51 km from Ubud and 67 km frm Ngurah Rai Airport. “ The disaster –prone area is only a 12km radius from the crater of Mount Agung, this is far away”, he said.

Buana is therefore confident that there will continue to be tourists visiting Bali at this end of year period. “ We estimate that are still 4,000 visitors arriving throughout airport everyday, and about 25 percent of them will visit Ubud – especially Monkey Forest”, he added. (kmb35)

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Foreign tourist visits at Tanah Lot down

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TABANAN — Since Mount Agung began to erupt, there has been a decline in tourist arrivals, especially foreign tourists at some tourist destinations like Tanah Lot. This can be seen from the data where the visit of foreign tourists almost decreased by 50 percent.

Operations Manager of Tanah Lot attraction, Ketut Toya Adnyana, said on Wednesday (Dec. 6) the decrease of foreign tourists visit is also accompanied with the decrease of the visit in the whole.

Data of the past week indicated the decrease in foreign tourists at least reaches 50 percent. By and large, the tourist visit to Tanah Lot is dominated by foreign tourists, while the current visit is dominated by domestic tourists.

Data on the tourist visit for one week are as follows: on Monday (Nov. 27) total visit reached 5,070

people consisting of 3,598 foreign tourists and 1,472 domestic tourists.

On Tuesday (Nov. 28) total visit amounted to 4,792 people consisting of 3,195 foreign tourists and 1,597 domestic tourists. On Wednesday (Nov. 29) the visit downed to 3,172 people consisting of 2,131 foreign tourists and 1,041 domestic tourists and on Thursday (Nov. 30) the visit amounted to 2,365 people consisting of 1,306 foreign tourists 1,059 domestic tourists.

Entering the long holiday on Friday (Dec. 1) the visit rose again to 5,720 dominated by domestic

tourist reaching 4,749 people and 971 foreign tourists. Similarly, on Saturday (Dec. 2) the visit went up again to 6,313 people consisting of 5505 domestic tourists and 943 foreign tourists. While on Sunday (Dec. 3) the visit reached 6,033 people consisting of 5,090 domestic tourists and 943 foreign tourists. Then, the visit dropped dramatically on Monday (Dec. 4) to 2319 people consisting of 1,412 domestic tourists and 907 foreign tourists.

Toya explained that overall, tourist visit during December 2017

indeed much decreases when compared to the same month in previous years. He added when entering December, the average visit usually reaches 8,000 people. Until now, the average visit only reached 5,000 to 6,000 people.

In addition to decline, there is a change in the dominance of visit where foreign tourist usually dominated the visit but currently domestic tourists are recorded the most in the past week. Toya explained the decline is caused by the warning of several countries advising not to visit Bali first due to the eruption of Mount Agung.

However, since it is a natural disaster and experienced throughout Bali, his management will certainly

take steps to attract tourists, especially domestic tourists. “Currently the most potential is domestic tourists. So, we are preparing a program to attract domestic tourists to visit Tanah Lot,” said Toya.

However, the target of tourist visit in 2017 alone, he said, has been exceeded. In 2017, the management targeted to reach 2,800,000 visitors. So far, it has reached 3,250,000 visitors. Nevertheless, this figure still does not exceed the achievement in 2016 reaching approximately 3,500,000 visitors. “In general, the target of tourist visit has been achieved but this year has not exceeded the number of tourist visit in 2016,” added Toya. (kmb24)

Bangli safe to be visited by travelers

Hundreds of cyclists to enliven Batur Enduro Challenge

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Desak Made Andariyani

BANGLI — Hundreds of athletes and bikers will certainly enliven the Batur Enduro Challenge to be held in Kintamani on Sunday (Dec. 10). In addition to introducing the potential of bicycle tours and sports in Bangli districts, this event aims to promote to tourists that Bangli and Bali in general remains very safe to be visited even though Mount Agung currently shows increasing activities.

Committee of the Batur Enduro Challenge, Desak Made Andari-

yani, said on Wednesday (Dec. 6) that Batur Enduro Challenge features the theme of Kintamani Enduro Bike to Nature. This cycling event will take the route along approximately 6 km.

After starting at the Batur Geopark Museum, the cyclists will pass the Jalan Raya Suter-Besakih route, then going down to the Batur caldera through the forest at Buahan village area. After taking rest for a while Resto Apung, the journey continues to Toya Bungkah.

She explained that Batur Enduro Challenge is also filled with soft launching of Kintamani Bike Park and Toya Bungkah Cultural Stage in Batur UNESCO Global Geopark.

“This activity is a joint initiative, financed by district government of Bangli, organized in collaboration with Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) Bali, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources,” he explained.

Desak Andariyani added that according to schedule, the Batur Enduro Challenge on Sunday (Dec. 10) will start around 07:00. This activity is expected to have a positive impact on tourism in Bangli and Bali in general, especially amid the condition of Mount Agung experiencing increased activity. “In terms of radius, Bangli and other areas are outside the radius of disaster-prone area (KRB) III and II and remain very safe for tourists to make a visit,” he explained. (kmb40)

Same-sex marriage campaigners pose for pictures during an equality rally outside Parliament House in Canberra December 7, 2017.

Australia celebrates “day for love” as it allows same-sex marriage

SYDNEY - Australia became the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage on Thursday, prompting cheers and singing from a packed parliament public gallery in a country where some states ruled homosexual acts to be illegal until just 20 years ago.

Lawmakers, who had cast aside a conservative push to allow religious objectors to refuse service to same-sex couples, waved rainbow flags and embraced on the floor of the chamber, after the overwhelming vote in favour of the bill.

Fewer than five of 150 MPs voted against it.

“What a day. What a day for love, for equality, for respect,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “It is time for more marriages.”

The law, which will also recognise same-sex marriages solemnised in foreign countries, takes effect from Saturday. Because a month’s notice is required for the state to recognise a marriage, the first legal same-sex unions will be in January.

Five-time Olympic gold-medal winner, the swimmer Ian Thorpe, who came out in 2014, said the law reflected contemporary Australia and would support people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual,

transsexual queer or intersex (LGBTQI).

“It will give each of us the sense of what modern Australia is, and is, in fact, the way that most of us see this country as being, and will allow LGBTQI people in our nation to know that fairness is one of our values,” he told reporters in Canberra.

Australians had overwhelmingly endorsed legalising same-sex marriage in a postal survey.

“What a moment for the country,” said Christine Forster, a Sydney councillor and the sister of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, standing among throngs of rainbow-clad campaigners for a “Yes” vote, outside parliament with her female partner.

She said she planned to go to her brother’s house to celebrate.

Abbott, who is still a member of parliament, was one of the most prominent “no” campaigners. He left the chamber before the vote.

The bill cleared the upper house last month.

During the debate in the lower house on Monday, a politician proposed to his same-sex partner.

Both Turnbull’s Liberal-National coalition government and the main opposition Labor Party had said they wanted to pass it by Dec. 7.

But despite the support of the main parties, religious organisations and conservative lawmakers had voiced strong opposition and proposed dozens of amendments.

During the debate, they pressed for broad protections for religious objectors, among them florists and bankers, to refuse service to samesex couples.

But their efforts were rejected.

“These amendments, rather, are a shield for people and organisations that hold to a traditional view of marriage. They are not a sword to be wielded in the service of bigotry,” government MP Andrew Hastie said in parliament. (rtr)

JEJU - The art of Neapolitan pizza making won world heritage status on Thursday, joining a horse-riding game from Iran and Dutch wind mills on UNESCO’s culture list.

UNESCO accepted the art of Neapolitan “pizzaiuoli,” or pizza makers, on the world body’s list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

“Congratulations #Italy!” it said in a tweet after a meeting in Jeju, South Korea where the decision was made.

Italy argued the practice of the “pizzaiuoli” - preparing and flipping the dough, topping it and baking it in a wood-fired oven - was part of the country’s cultural and gastronomic tradition.

In Rome, pizzeria owner Romano Fiore celebrated the decision. “I am honoured, like all Italians and Neapolitans are... pizza has centuries of history,” he said.

Archetypal Neapolitan pizza has a relatively thin crust with the exception of the rim, which, when baked, bloats like a tiny bicycle tyre.

It is made in a wood-burning brick oven and has two classic versions: Marinara (tomato, garlic, oregano and oil) and, the most famous, Margherita (tomato, mozzarella, oil and basil), giving it the red, white and green colours of the Italian flag.

Tradition holds that the Margherita pizza was created in 1889 by a local chef in honour of Queen Margherita, who was visiting Naples, south of Rome on Italy’s Tyrrhenian coast.

As pizza has become a favourite dish around the world, foreign innovations in toppings have often left Italians perplexed and aghast.

Matteo Martino, a customer at Fiore’s pizzeria, said before the expected announcement, “I think, and I hope, that this could be the chance to make foreigners understand how pizza is made, without Nutella or pineapple.”

UNESCO also accepted Chogan, an Iranian horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling, and the craft of millers operating windmills and watermills in the Netherlands.

Traditional boat making on the Indonesian island of South Sulawesi, and Nsima, a maize-based culinary tradition from the African country of Malawi, also joined the list.

Food culture already on the UNESCO list includes Turkish coffee culture and tradition, the gingerbread craft of northern Croatia and the traditional ancient Georgian method of Qvevri wine-making. (rtr)

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Neapolitan pizza makers Antonio Starita (L), Gino Sorbillo (2ndL), Ciro Oliva (R) and Enzo Coccia (2ndR), pose with pizzas on December 6, 2017 in Naples. UNESCO said on December 7, 2017 that the art of the Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiolo’ (pizza maker) has been put on its prestigious Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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BUSINESS Displaced by mining, Peru villagers spurn shiny new town

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Nyambutin Ritual, first time baby’s feet touch the earth

enced significant positive change,” Troy Hey, MMG’s executive general manager of stakeholder relations, said in an email to Reuters. MMG said it spent “hundreds of millions” on the relocation effort.

Mining is the driver of Peru’s economy, which has averaged 5.5 percent annual growth over the past decade. Still, pitched conflicts have derailed billions of dollars worth of investment in recent years, including projects by Newmont Mining Corp and Southern Copper Corp. To defuse opposition, President Pablo Kuczynski has vowed to boost social services in rural highland areas, where nearly half of residents live in poverty.

But moving from conflict to cooperation is not easy after centuries of mistrust. Relocations are particularly fraught, according to Camilo Leon, a mining resettlement specialist at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Subsistence farmers have struggled to adapt to the loss of their traditions and the “very urban, very organized” layout of planned towns, Leon said.

“It is generally a shock for rural communities,” Leon said. At least six proposed mines have required relocations in Peru in the past decade, Leon said. Later this month, Peru will tender a $2-billion copper project, Michiquillay, which would require moving yet another village.

‘EVERYTHING IS MONEY’ MMG inherited the Nueva Fuerabamba project when it bought Las Bambas from Switzerland’s Glencore Plc in 2014 for $7 billion. Under terms of a deal struck in 2009 and reviewed by Reuters, villagers voted to trade their existing homes and farmland for houses in a new community. Heads of each household, about 500 in all, were promised mining jobs. University scholarships would be given to their children. Residents were to receive new land for farming and

grazing, albeit in a parcel four hours away by car.

Cash was an added sweetener.

Villagers say each household got 400,000 soles ($120,000), which amounts to a lifetime’s earnings for a minimum-wage worker in Peru.

MMG declined to confirm the payments, saying its agreements are confidential.

Built into a hillside 15 miles from the Las Bambas mine, Nueva Fuerabamba was the product of extensive community input, MMG said. Amenities include a hospital, soccer fields and a cement bull ring for festivals.

But some residents say the deal has not been the windfall they hoped.

Their new two-and-three story houses, made of drywall, are drafty and appear flimsy compared to their old thatched-roof adobe cottages heated by wood-fired stoves, some said.

Many no longer plant crops or tend livestock because their replacement plots are too far away. Jobs provided by MMG mostly involve maintaining the town because most residents lack the skills to work in a modern mine.

Many villagers spent their settlements unwisely, said community president Alfonso Vargas. “Some invested in businesses but others did not. They went drinking,” he said.

Now basics like water, food and fuel

- once wrested from the land - must be paid for.

“Everything is money,” Margot Portilla, 20, said as she cooked rice on a gas stove in her sister-in-law’s bright-yellow home. “Before we could make a fire for cooking with cow dung. Now we have to buy gas.”

GHOST TOWN Some residents said they have benefited from the move. The new town is cleaner than the old village, said Betsabe Mendoza, 25. She invested her settlement in a metalworking business in a bigger town.

Portilla, the young mom, says her younger sisters are getting a better education than she did.

Still, the streets of Nueva Fuerabamba were virtually deserted on a recent weekday. Vargas, the community leader, said many residents have returned to the countryside or sought work elsewhere. Alcoholism, fueled by idle time and settlement money, is on the rise, he said.

Some villagers have committed suicide. Over the 12 months through July, four residents killed themselves by taking farming chemicals, according to the provincial district attorney’s office. It could not provide data on suicides in the old village of Fuerabamba.

MMG, citing an “independent”

study done prior to the relocation, said the community previously suffered from high rates of domestic violence, alcoholism, illiteracy and poverty. While the company considers the new town a success, it acknowledged the transition has not been easy for all. “Connection to land, livelihood restoration and simple adaptation to new living conditions remain a challenge,” MMG said.

Nueva Fuerabamba residents continue pressuring the company for additional assistance. Demands include more jobs and deeds to their houses, which have yet to be delivered because of bureaucratic delays, said Godofredo Huamani, the community’s lawyer. MMG said it stays apace of community needs through town hall meetings and has representatives on hand to field complaints.

While villagers fret about the future, many cling to the past. Flora Huamani, 39, a mother of four girls, recalled how women used to get together to weave wool from their own sheep into the embroidered black dresses they wear.

“Those were our traditions,” said Huamani from a bench in her walled front yard. “Now our tradition is meeting after meeting after meeting” to discuss the community’s problems.(rtr)

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Balinese Hindus commonly practice a number of different rituals as expressions of gratitude for the graces bestowed upon them by God. The nyambutin series of rituals make up one such ceremony that is conducted with sincerity for babies with the hope of having grace bestowed upon the family.

NUEVA FUERABAMBA - This remote town in Peru’s southern Andes was supposed to serve as a model for how companies can help communities uprooted by mining. Named Nueva Fuerabamba, it was built to house around 1,600 people who gave up their village and farmland to make room for a massive, open-pit copper mine. The new hamlet boasts paved streets and tidy houses with electricity and indoor plumbing, once luxuries to the indigenous Quechua-speaking people who now call this place home.

The mine’s operator, MMG Ltd, the Melbourne-based unit of stateowned China Minmetals Corp, threw in jobs and enough cash so that some villagers no longer work.

But the high-profile deal has not brought the harmony sought by villagers or MMG, a testament to the difficulty in averting mining disputes in this mineral-rich nation.

Resource battles are common in Latin America, but tensions are particularly high in Peru, the world’s No. 2 producer of copper, zinc and silver. Peasant farmers have revolted against an industry that many see as damaging their land and livelihoods while denying them a fair share of the wealth. Peru is home to 167 social conflicts, most related to mining, according to the national ombudsman’s office, whose mission includes defusing hostilities.

Nueva Fuerabamba was the centerpiece of one of the most generous mining settlements ever negotiated in Peru. But three years after moving in, many transplants are struggling amid their suburban-style conveniences, Reuters interviews with two dozen residents showed. Many miss their old lives growing potatoes and raising livestock. Some have squandered their cash settlements. Idleness and isolation have dulled the spirits of a people whose ancestors were feared cattle rustlers. “It is like we are trapped in a jail, in a cage where little animals are kept,” said Cipriano Lima, 43, a former farmer.

Meanwhile, the mine, known as Las Bambas, has remained a magnet for discontent. Clashes between demonstrators and authorities in 2015 and 2016 left four area men dead. Nueva Fuerabamba residents have blocked copper transport roads to press for more financial help from MMG. The company acknowledged the transition has been difficult for some villagers, but said most have benefited from improved housing, healthcare and education.

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As Jro Mangku Nurata explained, while officiating over a tutug kambuhan ritual recently, Nyambutin or nelubulanin (meaning 3 months) ceremonies are held for babies 105 days after they are born which is 3 months according to the Balinese calendar. God is asked to provide protection for the young human. Part of this ceremony includes giving the baby a name and clarifying the meaning of this name. Most notably this is the first time that the baby’s feet are allowed to touch the earth.

“According to Hindu tradition, babies are only allowed to have their feet touch the ground once they are three months old as this is when they start being able to sit up by themselves”, explained Jro Mangku.

The Nyambutin, ceremony said Jro Mangku is a way to welcome the baby into the world and show gratitude in a ritual called pangenteg bayu in which water is given to Mother Earth in the hopes that the baby is given a long life. The Nyambutin ceremony is classified as a Manusa Yadnya (rite of passage) ceremony and is carried out with the hope the baby and their family will be prosperous and have a good life.

The baby’s placenta will usually have been buried in the family yard and it is in this same area that the nyambutin ceremony is held with the baby’s parents actively taking part in all the rituals involved. This ceremony is dedicated to Bhatara Surya (Lord of the Sun), Ibu Pertiwi (Mother Earth) and Bhatara-Bhatari (deities of the household), explained Jero Mangku Nurata. “The aim is to ask that the baby be guided and safeguarded”, he said. (kmb)

Pengeragoan Beach

Pengeragoan Beach is located to south of the main road of Denpasar-Gilimanuk on the eastern tip of Jembrana Regency, which borders Tabanan Regency. Here, there is a rest area complete with a food stand, and other supporting facilities. The beach is also beautified by a huge Mekepung statue, that greets visitors arriving to East Jembrana- the Land of Mekepung.

Pengeragon is about 45 km west of Denpasar, is a beautiful rock and stone beach that and offers a an amazing panorama and is also lines with coconut and pandanus trees.

The beauty of sunset can be enjoyed from here. The large waves give this beach the potential of becoming an alternative spot for surfing. The beauty of Pengeragoan Beach can also be seen from Bading Kayu sub-village which is located on a hill to the north, The village has a cool climate, a tropical forest as well as coffee and clove plantations.(kmb)

West Ijogading Wins Jembrana Buffalo Race Cup 2017

After East Ijogading block came to the overall champion last year, this year (2017) is the turn of the West Ijogading block to win the Jembrana Buffalo Race Cup 2017. The race was held at Sanghyang Cerik Circuit, Tuwed village, Melaya, Jembrana, on Sunday (Nov. 19) watched thousands of residents.

Since early morning of the race day, thousands of buffalo racing enthusiasts have crowded the circuit. The jockeys were enthusiastic and eager to boost their buffaloes. After several hours of fighting, the West Ijogading became the champion of all three race categories as well as ahead of the East Ijogading block. West Ijogading managed to get totally 42 points and ahead of Ijogading Timur that only got totally 14 points.

Automatically, the host won the overall champion and was entitled to get a trophy and cash prizes. Meanwhile, East Ijogading block as the second overall champion got cash prizes. The prize was given directly by Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha.

Coordinator of Jembrana Buffalo Race (Makepung), I Made Mara, said that the Jembrana Buffalo Race Cup this time is followed by 157 pairs of buffalo from western block and 115 pairs from eastern block. In addition, Mara

added the money obtained by the champion from the race is not given directly to the champion, but will be divided for the operations and treasure of the buffalo race participants.

In other words, the prize money is taken advantage for the operation of each block which cost quite significant for once race. The buffalo race group appreciated to the district government for supporting the buffalo race tradition in Jembrana. They hoped there are more and more race events, including the longing of community

for the Gubernatorial Buffalo Race Cup. Meanwhile, Regent Artha said that as a commitment to preserving local culture, the district government will continuously support and work to improve the activities of buffalo races in Jembrana. One of the efforts is by improving the facilities and infrastructure as currently being done at Samblong. Artha hoped all the buffalo race groups to always increase their vivacity in preserving this culture. (kmb)

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Trump faces off with Democrats over potential U.S. government shutdown

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will face off with Democratic leaders of Congress on Thursday in a high-stakes White House meeting intended to bridge differences over a spending bill and prevent a government shutdown.

U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer will join Trump and Republican congressional leaders for talks after canceling a similarly planned meeting last week when the president posted a disparaging note about them on Twitter. Trump and Congress are facing a deadline of midnight Friday to pass new spending legislation. If they cannot agree on the terms, parts of the federal government could shut down.

Talks with Schumer and Pelosi, whom Trump has referred to as “Chuck and Nancy,” could be the start of a protracted blame game. The Republican president said on Wednesday that Democrats were looking at something “very dangerous” for the United States: “They are looking at shutting down.”

Pelosi responded in a tweet that Trump was the only person talking about such a scenario. “Democrats are hopeful the president will be open to an agreement to address the urgent needs of the American people and keep government open,” she wrote.

The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. (2000 GMT).

The Republican-controlled House is expected to vote on Thursday on a bill that would keep the government open at current spending levels through Dec. 22 while lawmakers negotiate a longer-term solution. The legislation will include some short-term help for states running out of money to finance a health insurance program for lower-income children.

Some conservative Republicans may oppose the spending bill on the grounds that the time period is too short and forces more crucial decisionmaking right before the holidays. But the measure is expected to pass the House and move to the Senate. The White House said Trump would sign the stopgap spending measure.

Conservative House Republicans said their real focus was on what would happen next. Going forward, they favor legislation that would hold down spending levels for everything but defense, and they also want work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Medicaid is a government health insurance program for the poor and disabled. (rtr)

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The Pediatric Society of Indonesia urged the public to participate in vaccination programmes.

From page 1 “Immunisation is the best protection,” it said. Immunisations will be carried out in the capital, Jakarta, and two neighbouring provinces, which have reported the highest concentration of new cases. The campaign would be stepped up in other regions from January.(rtr)

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Arabs, Europe, U.N. reject Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital LONDON - Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East on Wednesday condemned the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region and Palestinians said Washington was abandoning its leading role as a peace mediator. The European Union and United Nations also voiced alarm at U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and its repercussions for any chances of reviving Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.

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Palestinian protesters burn the US and Israeli flags in Gaza City on December 6, 2017. President Donald Trump is set to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, upending decades of careful US policy and ignoring dire warnings from Arab and Western allies alike of a historic misstep that could trigger a surge of violence in the Middle East.

Hamas calls for Palestinian uprising in response to Trump’s Jerusalem plan

JERUSALEM - The Islamist group Hamas urged Palestinians on Thursday to abandon peace efforts and launch a new uprising against Israel in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as its capital.

US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Jerusalem from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 6, 2017.

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The Israeli military said it was reinforcing troops in the occupied West Bank, deploying several new army battalions and putting other forces on standby, describing the measures as part of its “readiness for possible developments”.

Protests so far have been scattered and largely non-violent.

But dozens of Palestinians gathered at two points on the Gaza border fence with Israel and threw rocks at soldiers on the other side. Inside Gaza, thousands of Palestinians rallied, some chanting: “Death to America!

Death to the fool Trump!” and burning tyres.

Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, imperilling Middle East peace efforts and upsetting the Arab world and Western allies alike.

The status of Jerusalem - home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions - is one of the biggest obstacles to reaching a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

“We should call for and we should

work on launching an intifada (Palestinian uprising) in the face of the Zionist enemy,” Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a speech in Gaza.

Haniyeh, elected the group’s overall leader in May, urged Palestinians, Muslims and Arabs to hold rallies against the U.S decision on Friday, calling it a “day of rage”.

Naser Al-Qidwa, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and senior official in his Fatah party, urged Palestinians to stage protests but said they should be peaceful.

Israel considers Jerusalem its eternal and indivisible capital. Palestinians want the capital of an independent state of theirs to be in the city’s eastern sector, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a move never recognised internationally.

Trump announced his administration would begin a process of moving the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a step expected to take years and one that his predecessors opted not to take to avoid inflaming tensions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who hailed Trump’s an-

nouncement as a “historic landmark”, said on Thursday many countries would follow the U.S. move and that contacts were underway. He did not name the countries he was referring to.

“President Trump has immortalized himself in the chronicles of our capital. His name will now be held aloft, alongside other names connected to the glorious history of Jerusalem and of our people,” he said in a speech at Israel’s Foreign Ministry.

Other close Western allies of Washington, including France and Britain, have been critical of Trump’s move. Pope Francis has called for Jerusalem’s status quo to be respected, while China and Russia have also expressed concern.

Trump’s decision has raised doubts about his administration’s ability to follow through on a peace effort that Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, has led for months aimed at reviving long-stalled negotiations.

The United Nations Security Council is likely to meet on Friday to discuss the U.S. decision, diplomats said. (rtr)

Major U.S. allies came out against Trump’s reversal of decades of U.S. and broad international policy on Jerusalem. France rejected the “unilateral” decision while appealing for calm in the region.

Britain said the move would not help peace efforts and Jerusalem should ultimately be shared by Israel and a future Palestinian state.

Germany said Jerusalem’s status could only be resolved on the basis of a two-state solution.

Israel, by contrast, applauded Trump’s move. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a pre-recorded video message that it was “an important step towards peace” and it was “our goal from Israel’s first day”.

He added that any peace accord with the Palestinians would have to include Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and he urged other countries to follow Trump’s example. Trump upended decades of U.S. policy in defiance of warnings from around the world that the gesture risks aggravating conflict in the tinderbox Middle East.

The status of Jerusalem is home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian faiths. Its eastern sector was captured by Israel in a 1967 war and annexed in a move not recognized internationally.

Palestinians claim East Jerusalem for the capital of an independent state they seek.

Israel deems Jerusalem its eternal and indivisible capital dating to antiquity, and its status is one of the thorniest barriers to a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a pre-recorded speech, said Jerusalem was the “eternal capital of the State of Palestine” and that Trump’s move was “tantamount to the United States abdicating its role as a peace mediator.”

The last round of U.S.-brokered talks foundered in 2014 over issues including Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and Israeli accusations of Palestinian incitement to violence and refusal to recognise it as a Jewish state.

The Palestinian Islamist group

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) makes a statement on the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia December 7, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. President Widodo is accompanied by Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Wiranto (L) and Deputy Foreign Minister AM Fachir (R).

Hamas, which has dominated Gaza since soon after Israel ended a 38year occupation in 2005, said Trump had committed a “flagrant aggression against the Palestinian people”.

Hamas urged Arabs and Muslims to “undermine U.S. interests in the region” and to “shun Israel”.

Protests broke out in parts of Jordan’s capital Amman inhabited by Palestinian refugees, with youths chanting anti-American slogans. In the Baqaa refugee camp on Amman’s outskirts, hundreds roamed the streets denouncing Trump and urging Jordan to scrap its 1994 peace treaty with Israel.

“Down with America...America is the mother of terror,” they chanted.

Angry Palestinians switched off Christmas lights at Jesus’ traditional birthplace in the West Bank town of Bethlehem and in Ramallah. A tree adorned with lights outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus was born, and another in Ramallah, next to the grave of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, were plunged into darkness. All Palestinian factions called for a general strike and protest rallies at midday on Thursday.

“LEGALLY NULL” DECISION The Saudi Royal Court issued a statement saying that the kingdom followed “with deep sorrow” Trump’s decision and warned of “dangerous consequences of moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem”. The statement described the move as “a big step back in efforts to advance the peace process”, and urged the U.S. administration to reverse its decision and adhere to international will. Egypt, which forged the first Arab peace deal with Israel in 1979, brushed off Trump’s decision and said it did not change Jerusalem’s disputed legal status.

Jordan said Trump’s action was “legally null” because it consolidated Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said Trump’s Jerusalem decision was dangerous and threatened the credibility of the United States as a broker of Middle East peace.

He said the move would put back the peace process by decades and

threatened regional stability and perhaps global stability.

Qatar’s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, said Trump’s undertaking was a “death sentence for all who seek peace” and called it “a dangerous escalation”. Turkey said Trump’s move was “irresponsible”.

“We call upon the U.S. Administration to reconsider this faulty decision which may result in highly negative outcomes and to avoid uncalculated steps that will harm the multicultural identity and historical status of Jerusalem,” the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.(rtr)

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Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace Ubud

A Unique Tourist Attraction Merging Art and Culture

GIANYAR - Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace, Ubud, is not too different from other palaces in the tourism village area. It is located at Kertawangsa hamlet, Lodtunduh, Ubud, Gianyar, or about 22 km from Denpasar. Its cultural and art activities always go hand in hand. So, do not be surprised if every day hundreds of tourists from various countries make a visit to the palace.

The most prominent activities are majejahitan (preparing oblation), rituals and customary activities of ancient royal descendants.

Housewives are sitting to make some offerings while joking with their sisters. Rituals are performed daily and on certain days as well as other activities. “The activity of preparing oblation and ritual has become our tradition in the palace,” said a senior figure of Saren

Kelod Palace, Cokorda Anom Puri Dalem.

Saren Kelod is a main family of Lodtunduh Grand Palace, Ubud.

This palace still preserves its noble traditions. One of them is keeping the legacy of kiwa tengan and usadha (healing) palm-leaf manuscript and kris dagger named Ki Bintang Kukus and Ki Karang Suwung.

“This palace is a part of Lodtunduh Grand Palace built around 1818,” said Cok Anom.

In the past, this palace is very ancient because the wall is made of patching soil. However, the building was then refurbished by still putting forward traditional ornaments that refer to the Balinese geomancy or Kosala-Kosali concept. “I used to be an artist who made sculptures and paintings. All the works we preserve by making a studio or gallery to display all

the paintings belonging to various styles,” he added.

The gallery is named Semar Kuning I Artist Cooperative Painting. If only seen from the highway, it will look like a palace because people will only see a magnificent palace filled with traditional ornaments. This gallery displays Cok Anom’s paintings and the works of other artists in Bali. Although the gallery is prepared for foreign tourists, local people are also allowed to see it. “We prepare a tourist attraction, so that all permits should have been met properly,” he said.

Collection of the paintings presents a variety of themes with various sizes that can certainly provide inspiration for those who see it. When entering the lobby, visitors will see people painting.

Approximately seven artists are making a demonstration of paint-

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Putin says Russia won’t prevent athletes from competing in Pyeongchang

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would not prevent its athletes from competing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics if they wanted to, damping down calls from some Russians for a boycott of the Games.

The IOC on Tuesday banned the Russian team from the Olympics after evidence emerged of an “unprecedented systematic manipulation” of the anti-doping system but left the door open for some Russians to compete as neutrals if they demonstrate they have a doping-free background.

“Without any doubt, we will not declare a blockade, we will not prevent our Olympians from taking part (in the Games), if one of them wants to participate in a personal capacity,” Putin said on state television.

In his first comments since the

ban, Putin took aim at Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory whose allegations of state-sponsored doping and a cover-up at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics triggered investigations that ultimately led to the IOC decision.

Without identifying Rodchenkov by name, Putin said the IOC’s decision had been “mainly based on the testimonies of a person whose moral and ethical attitudes and psychological state raise many questions.”

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Putin said.

Putin said that Russia bore a share of blame for the IOC decision for having given international Olympic authorities a pretext for banning the country.

“I think that this excuse was not used in an honest way, to put it mildly,” Putin said without elaborating.

He did not budge on Russia’s insistence that there was no statesponsored doping system in the country.

“Why are our Olympians being banned from competing under the Russian flag and national symbols, if

there is no state support for doping?

Then punish those who are guilty,” Putin said.

Putin, who announced on Wednesday he would run in a Russian presidential election next year, said he had not instructed officials to deliver victory for the Russian team at the Sochi Games.

The Kremlin leader said a final decision on Russia’s stance regarding the IOC ban would be made at a meeting of Russian Olympic authorities in the coming days.

South Korea’s sports ministry said on Thursday that the ban on Russia participation is “regrettable”, and urged Russian atheletes to take part.

“If we will be able to see the excellent performance that Russian

atheletes demonstrated in previous winter games, that will make a huge contributions to the success of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics,” the ministry said in a statement.

Russian authorities have vehemently denied any state support for doping and have pledged to cooperate with international sports authorities to counter the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs.

In the weeks ahead of Tuesday’s IOC decision, more than 20 Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Sochi Games were banned for life from the Olympics for having allegedly violated anti-doping rules.

Russia’s athletics federation, Paralympic Committee and anti-doping agency RUSADA remain suspended over doping scandals. (rtr)

Hamilton tops poll of Formula One bosses

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painting. It showcases classic painting, one of which is the style of Kamasan. This room also displays the paintings of the gallery owner, Cokorda Anom Puri Dalem. Tourists can take a rest on the terrace of the traditional house before continuing the journey.

Cok Anom who has a knight blood indeed falls in love with traditional art. His works and collections are often admired and purchased by foreign tourists such as those from America, England, Germany and Australia. “The name Semar Kuning is inspired by a puppet story about a man posing the lover of Sang Hyang Tunggal.

By dissolving eternal love and compassion, Semar Kuning I Artist Cooperative Painting is now becoming an art gallery in the hope of fulfilling everybody’s heart,” he concluded. (IBP/kmb)

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ing. They also teach children to make sketches or paint as well as give color according to the theme.

“Surely, the action of the artists becomes an attraction as well,” he said.

Each room has a different style of painting. For example, in the room of modern-style painting there are paintings of various styles such as realists and naturalists. The size also varies from the smallest measuring 40 cm x 60 cm and the largest can reach to 2 meters x 3 meters. Similarly, in the room of abstract-style painting room, visitors will require an imagination to enjoy it.

There is a room of flora and fauna painting with various objects, including raising birds, chickens and various trees, leaves, flowers and roots. Similarly, there is room of young artist and traditional

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The Olympic Stadium, the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, is seen in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Spetember 27, 2017.

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates with fans after winning the 2017 Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Britain, July 16, 2017.

LONDON - Formula One team bosses have voted Lewis Hamilton as the sport’s top driver for the fourth year in a row but Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas slipped to 10th place in the rankings.

The poll, published by motorsport.com on Thursday, put four times world champion Hamilton far ahead of closest rival Max Verstappen.

Bottas, winner of three races this year after joining as now-

retired 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg’s replacement, was listed in 10th place after bosses awarded points according to the regular F1 scoring system.

That represented a drop of one place on where Bottas had been with Williams in 2016.

Hamilton scored 233 out of a maximum 250, with Red Bull’s Verstappen on 143. Ferrari’s 2017 championship runner-up Sebastian Vettel, also a four times champion, was third and

Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo fourth.

Force India’s Mexican Sergio Perez dropped out of the top 10 entirely but his French team mate Esteban Ocon made his entry in fifth place, one ahead of McLaren’s double world champion Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Renault’s Carlos Sainz tied in seventh place with Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg a new entry at ninth. (rtr)

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Real face defensive crisis for Sevilla clash

MADRID - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane will be without three of his first-choice back four for Saturday’s La Liga clash at home to Sevilla as they bid to keep alive their fading hopes of defending their title. Sevilla, who have lost just once in their last 10 outings in all competitions, are fifth in La Liga, a place below Real but level with the Spanish and European champions on 28 points, eight behind league leaders Barcelona.

Real were already without suspended duo Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal for the crunch tie and have now lost centre back Raphael Varane, who picked up an injury in Real’s 3-2 Champions League victory over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

Midfielder Casemiro deputised at the back against the Germans when Varane limped off, however he too misses out against Sevilla through suspension.

Back-up Jesus Vallejo is also a doubt for the match with a knock, meaning Nacho is the club’s only available senior central defender and Zidane said he was toying with the idea of using midfielder Marcos Llorente in the backline.

“He’s played there before, albeit not in the first team. We’ll see. I’m going to put out a competitive side,” he said. “We’ve got a squad and I’m going to look to find a solution. In football you get injuries. Sometimes it’s a defender, another time it’s a forward.”

Real need Cristiano Ronaldo to take his European form into domestic competition. The Portuguese forward became the first player to score in all six Champions League group games on Wednesday, with nine in total, however it has been a different story in La Liga, where he has scored two in 10 appearances.

Leaders Barcelona have their own defensive issues as they travel to sixth-placed Villarreal on Sunday looking to stretch their unbeaten start to the La Liga season to 15 games.

With Samuel Umtiti out until the New Year with a hamstring problem, Barca coach Ernesto Valverde must decide whether to retain faith in Thomas Vermaelen alongside Gerard Pique for the trip.

“Obviously he’s not had many opportunities to play, however whenever he’s had to, he’s stood up,” Valverde said of the Belgian, while adding that he was contemplating using midfielder Sergio Busquets as a makeshift centre back.

“He can play in any position in midfield and I think he’d do a good job at the back. We’ve tried it out and in case of emergency we have it. It’s a solution.” La Liga’s only other unbeaten team, Atletico Madrid, travel to Real Betis on Sunday without injured Antoine Griezmann. Diego Simeone’s side sit third on 30 points, one behind second-placed Valencia, who host Celta Vigo on Saturday.(rtr)

Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos

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Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi celebrates scoring their second goal

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Inter face test of title hopes at champions Juve

MILAN - Having ended Napoli’s unbeaten start to the league season last week, champions Juventus will try to do the same to Inter Milan when they host the Serie A leaders in a mouthwatering “Derby d’Italia” on Saturday. Inter were left as the only unbeaten team in the league after Juve won 1-0 last Friday away to a Napoli side which had not lost in the opening 14 games.

The result last weekend also allowed Inter to go top with 39 points thanks to a 5-0 win over Chievo.

Juventus, third with 37 points, will top the standings if they win on Saturday although Napoli (38 points) would overhaul them if they can beat an improving Fiorentina at home on Sunday. Whatever the outcome, it is already clear that Juventus, chasing a seventh successive title, have far more of a fight on their hands than in previous seasons where they often left the rest of the field trailing in their wake. It is also evident that reports of Juve’s demise have been premature.

The cracks which appeared during a 2-1 loss to Lazio - Juve’s first home defeat in more than two years -- and a 3-2 defeat at Sampdoria have quickly been filled by their pragmatic coach Massimiliano Allegri.

They have been especially resolute in defence and their 2-0 win away to Olympiakos on Tuesday,

which took them into the Champions League last sixteen, was their fourth successive clean sheet since the Sampdoria defeat.

Morocco defender Mehdi Benatia has stepped into the defensive void left by the departure of Leonardo Bonucci, new signings forward Douglas Costa and midfielder Blaise Matuidi have fitted in quickly and Gonzalo Higuain is as deadly as ever in attack.

INTER’S RENAISSANCE Juventus have one point more than they did at the same stage last season when they were top of the table with a four-point lead over Roma and AC Milan. The only worry is Argentine playmaker Paulo Dybala’s lacklustre form.

“It’s not going so well for Dybala at the moment but it happened at this stage last season too,” said Allegri.

“Paulo needs to relax and keep doing the simple things, training hard and finding the right fitness levels.” Inter, meanwhile, have blossomed under Luciano Spalletti and are unrecognisable from last season when they employed three coaches on the way to finishing seventh.

Defender Andrea Ranocchia said it was the most united group he has seen in his six seasons with the club. “Spalletti is great because he treats everyone the same way.

It doesn’t matter who you are or what your salary is, we are all treated the same. “I’ve been at Inter for many years and it’s the first time I’ve seen the dressing room like this,” added the 29-year-old.

Ranocchia said that spirit would be needed to deal with setbacks across a long season. “When things don’t go our way, we must retain this same unity.”(rtr)

Arsenal will not sell striker Olivier Giroud, midfielder Jack Wilshere and winger Theo Walcott in the January transfer window despite their lack of playing time at the Premier League club, manager Arsene Wenger has said. The trio have started a majority of the club’s Europa League and League Cup games this season but are yet to start a league match, with Giroud making 12 substitute appearances while Wilshere has been limited to four and Walcott to three.

Their lack of top-flight action could cost them a spot in their respective nations’ 2018 World Cup squads but Wenger said the trio will not move away from the Emirates. “They have to make their decisions; I have to make mine,” Wenger told reporters on Wednesday. “I cannot consider too much the interest of the national team. I want to keep the squad. We do not want to become weaker.

“I have to consider the interest of the player but dominant of that will be the interests of the club.

If you can combine the two it is even better but, first, what is important is for the club.” England international Walcott has been at Arsenal for 11 years but is no longer a regular starter but Wenger has backed the 28-year-old to reclaim his spot.

“He has it in him (to become a first-team regular),” Wenger added. “Of course he is frustrated

but he is focused. He doesn’t give up at all and is more determined than ever.” Arsenal have numerous players whose contracts expire in the next two years, including Alexis Sanchez, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Petr Cech.

“When you pick a team you do not necessarily look how long a contract is,” Wenger said.

“The shorter the contract is, the more hungry the players are usua l l y. T h e hunger index d r o p s with the length of the c o n tract.”

Arsenal have already progressed to the Europa League knockout stages and host Belarus’ BATE Borisov in their final group game later on Thursday.(rtr)

Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud during training

Independiente beat Flamengo 2-1 in Sudamericana first leg BUENOS AIRES - Independiente fell behind to an early goal but bounced back to beat Flamengo 2-1 at home in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final on Wednesday. The Argentine side will now go to Rio de Janeiro to defend a slim lead in next week’s return leg.

Flamengo got off to an excellent start at the Libertadores de America stadium when captain Rever rose above the Independiente defence to head home a free kick from left back Miguel Trauco after just eight minutes.

But the home side came more into the game as the first half progressed and after missing a couple of half chances they got the equaliser in 28 minutes when Emmanuel Gigliotti finished a sweeping counter attack by firing home from 12 yards. The Argentines, who had lost only two of their previous 22 Sudamericana ties at home, were the better side immediately after the break and they got the winner eight minutes into the second period thanks to a superb volley from Maximiliano Meza.

The attacking midfielder met a cross from Ezequiel Barco with poise and power, and although Flamengo went all out for an equaliser, their final pass was either too slack or a home defender was on hand with a

tackle or a block.

“We lost to a good goal, we had chances to equalise and even to take the lead when it was 1-1 but now we need to rest and count on the home support to turn this around,” Flamengo defender Juan said. The return leg will take place at the Maracana stadium on Dec. 13.(rtr)

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Flamengo’s Vinicius Junior in action.

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Real face defensive crisis for Sevilla clash

MADRID - Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane will be without three of his first-choice back four for Saturday’s La Liga clash at home to Sevilla as they bid to keep alive their fading hopes of defending their title. Sevilla, who have lost just once in their last 10 outings in all competitions, are fifth in La Liga, a place below Real but level with the Spanish and European champions on 28 points, eight behind league leaders Barcelona.

Real were already without suspended duo Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal for the crunch tie and have now lost centre back Raphael Varane, who picked up an injury in Real’s 3-2 Champions League victory over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

Midfielder Casemiro deputised at the back against the Germans when Varane limped off, however he too misses out against Sevilla through suspension.

Back-up Jesus Vallejo is also a doubt for the match with a knock, meaning Nacho is the club’s only available senior central defender and Zidane said he was toying with the idea of using midfielder Marcos Llorente in the backline.

“He’s played there before, albeit not in the first team. We’ll see. I’m going to put out a competitive side,” he said. “We’ve got a squad and I’m going to look to find a solution. In football you get injuries. Sometimes it’s a defender, another time it’s a forward.”

Real need Cristiano Ronaldo to take his European form into domestic competition. The Portuguese forward became the first player to score in all six Champions League group games on Wednesday, with nine in total, however it has been a different story in La Liga, where he has scored two in 10 appearances.

Leaders Barcelona have their own defensive issues as they travel to sixth-placed Villarreal on Sunday looking to stretch their unbeaten start to the La Liga season to 15 games.

With Samuel Umtiti out until the New Year with a hamstring problem, Barca coach Ernesto Valverde must decide whether to retain faith in Thomas Vermaelen alongside Gerard Pique for the trip.

“Obviously he’s not had many opportunities to play, however whenever he’s had to, he’s stood up,” Valverde said of the Belgian, while adding that he was contemplating using midfielder Sergio Busquets as a makeshift centre back.

“He can play in any position in midfield and I think he’d do a good job at the back. We’ve tried it out and in case of emergency we have it. It’s a solution.” La Liga’s only other unbeaten team, Atletico Madrid, travel to Real Betis on Sunday without injured Antoine Griezmann. Diego Simeone’s side sit third on 30 points, one behind second-placed Valencia, who host Celta Vigo on Saturday.(rtr)

Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos

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Inter Milan’s Mauro Icardi celebrates scoring their second goal

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Inter face test of title hopes at champions Juve

MILAN - Having ended Napoli’s unbeaten start to the league season last week, champions Juventus will try to do the same to Inter Milan when they host the Serie A leaders in a mouthwatering “Derby d’Italia” on Saturday. Inter were left as the only unbeaten team in the league after Juve won 1-0 last Friday away to a Napoli side which had not lost in the opening 14 games.

The result last weekend also allowed Inter to go top with 39 points thanks to a 5-0 win over Chievo.

Juventus, third with 37 points, will top the standings if they win on Saturday although Napoli (38 points) would overhaul them if they can beat an improving Fiorentina at home on Sunday. Whatever the outcome, it is already clear that Juventus, chasing a seventh successive title, have far more of a fight on their hands than in previous seasons where they often left the rest of the field trailing in their wake. It is also evident that reports of Juve’s demise have been premature.

The cracks which appeared during a 2-1 loss to Lazio - Juve’s first home defeat in more than two years -- and a 3-2 defeat at Sampdoria have quickly been filled by their pragmatic coach Massimiliano Allegri.

They have been especially resolute in defence and their 2-0 win away to Olympiakos on Tuesday,

which took them into the Champions League last sixteen, was their fourth successive clean sheet since the Sampdoria defeat.

Morocco defender Mehdi Benatia has stepped into the defensive void left by the departure of Leonardo Bonucci, new signings forward Douglas Costa and midfielder Blaise Matuidi have fitted in quickly and Gonzalo Higuain is as deadly as ever in attack.

INTER’S RENAISSANCE Juventus have one point more than they did at the same stage last season when they were top of the table with a four-point lead over Roma and AC Milan. The only worry is Argentine playmaker Paulo Dybala’s lacklustre form.

“It’s not going so well for Dybala at the moment but it happened at this stage last season too,” said Allegri.

“Paulo needs to relax and keep doing the simple things, training hard and finding the right fitness levels.” Inter, meanwhile, have blossomed under Luciano Spalletti and are unrecognisable from last season when they employed three coaches on the way to finishing seventh.

Defender Andrea Ranocchia said it was the most united group he has seen in his six seasons with the club. “Spalletti is great because he treats everyone the same way.

It doesn’t matter who you are or what your salary is, we are all treated the same. “I’ve been at Inter for many years and it’s the first time I’ve seen the dressing room like this,” added the 29-year-old.

Ranocchia said that spirit would be needed to deal with setbacks across a long season. “When things don’t go our way, we must retain this same unity.”(rtr)

Arsenal will not sell striker Olivier Giroud, midfielder Jack Wilshere and winger Theo Walcott in the January transfer window despite their lack of playing time at the Premier League club, manager Arsene Wenger has said. The trio have started a majority of the club’s Europa League and League Cup games this season but are yet to start a league match, with Giroud making 12 substitute appearances while Wilshere has been limited to four and Walcott to three.

Their lack of top-flight action could cost them a spot in their respective nations’ 2018 World Cup squads but Wenger said the trio will not move away from the Emirates. “They have to make their decisions; I have to make mine,” Wenger told reporters on Wednesday. “I cannot consider too much the interest of the national team. I want to keep the squad. We do not want to become weaker.

“I have to consider the interest of the player but dominant of that will be the interests of the club.

If you can combine the two it is even better but, first, what is important is for the club.” England international Walcott has been at Arsenal for 11 years but is no longer a regular starter but Wenger has backed the 28-year-old to reclaim his spot.

“He has it in him (to become a first-team regular),” Wenger added. “Of course he is frustrated

but he is focused. He doesn’t give up at all and is more determined than ever.” Arsenal have numerous players whose contracts expire in the next two years, including Alexis Sanchez, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil and Petr Cech.

“When you pick a team you do not necessarily look how long a contract is,” Wenger said.

“The shorter the contract is, the more hungry the players are usua l l y. T h e hunger index d r o p s with the length of the c o n tract.”

Arsenal have already progressed to the Europa League knockout stages and host Belarus’ BATE Borisov in their final group game later on Thursday.(rtr)

Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud during training

Independiente beat Flamengo 2-1 in Sudamericana first leg BUENOS AIRES - Independiente fell behind to an early goal but bounced back to beat Flamengo 2-1 at home in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final on Wednesday. The Argentine side will now go to Rio de Janeiro to defend a slim lead in next week’s return leg.

Flamengo got off to an excellent start at the Libertadores de America stadium when captain Rever rose above the Independiente defence to head home a free kick from left back Miguel Trauco after just eight minutes.

But the home side came more into the game as the first half progressed and after missing a couple of half chances they got the equaliser in 28 minutes when Emmanuel Gigliotti finished a sweeping counter attack by firing home from 12 yards. The Argentines, who had lost only two of their previous 22 Sudamericana ties at home, were the better side immediately after the break and they got the winner eight minutes into the second period thanks to a superb volley from Maximiliano Meza.

The attacking midfielder met a cross from Ezequiel Barco with poise and power, and although Flamengo went all out for an equaliser, their final pass was either too slack or a home defender was on hand with a

tackle or a block.

“We lost to a good goal, we had chances to equalise and even to take the lead when it was 1-1 but now we need to rest and count on the home support to turn this around,” Flamengo defender Juan said. The return leg will take place at the Maracana stadium on Dec. 13.(rtr)

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Flamengo’s Vinicius Junior in action.

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Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace Ubud

A Unique Tourist Attraction Merging Art and Culture

GIANYAR - Saren Kelod Semar Kuning Palace, Ubud, is not too different from other palaces in the tourism village area. It is located at Kertawangsa hamlet, Lodtunduh, Ubud, Gianyar, or about 22 km from Denpasar. Its cultural and art activities always go hand in hand. So, do not be surprised if every day hundreds of tourists from various countries make a visit to the palace.

The most prominent activities are majejahitan (preparing oblation), rituals and customary activities of ancient royal descendants.

Housewives are sitting to make some offerings while joking with their sisters. Rituals are performed daily and on certain days as well as other activities. “The activity of preparing oblation and ritual has become our tradition in the palace,” said a senior figure of Saren

Kelod Palace, Cokorda Anom Puri Dalem.

Saren Kelod is a main family of Lodtunduh Grand Palace, Ubud.

This palace still preserves its noble traditions. One of them is keeping the legacy of kiwa tengan and usadha (healing) palm-leaf manuscript and kris dagger named Ki Bintang Kukus and Ki Karang Suwung.

“This palace is a part of Lodtunduh Grand Palace built around 1818,” said Cok Anom.

In the past, this palace is very ancient because the wall is made of patching soil. However, the building was then refurbished by still putting forward traditional ornaments that refer to the Balinese geomancy or Kosala-Kosali concept. “I used to be an artist who made sculptures and paintings. All the works we preserve by making a studio or gallery to display all

the paintings belonging to various styles,” he added.

The gallery is named Semar Kuning I Artist Cooperative Painting. If only seen from the highway, it will look like a palace because people will only see a magnificent palace filled with traditional ornaments. This gallery displays Cok Anom’s paintings and the works of other artists in Bali. Although the gallery is prepared for foreign tourists, local people are also allowed to see it. “We prepare a tourist attraction, so that all permits should have been met properly,” he said.

Collection of the paintings presents a variety of themes with various sizes that can certainly provide inspiration for those who see it. When entering the lobby, visitors will see people painting.

Approximately seven artists are making a demonstration of paint-

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Putin says Russia won’t prevent athletes from competing in Pyeongchang

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would not prevent its athletes from competing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics if they wanted to, damping down calls from some Russians for a boycott of the Games.

The IOC on Tuesday banned the Russian team from the Olympics after evidence emerged of an “unprecedented systematic manipulation” of the anti-doping system but left the door open for some Russians to compete as neutrals if they demonstrate they have a doping-free background.

“Without any doubt, we will not declare a blockade, we will not prevent our Olympians from taking part (in the Games), if one of them wants to participate in a personal capacity,” Putin said on state television.

In his first comments since the

ban, Putin took aim at Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory whose allegations of state-sponsored doping and a cover-up at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics triggered investigations that ultimately led to the IOC decision.

Without identifying Rodchenkov by name, Putin said the IOC’s decision had been “mainly based on the testimonies of a person whose moral and ethical attitudes and psychological state raise many questions.”

“Most of the accusations are based on facts that have not been proven and are largely unfounded,”

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Putin said.

Putin said that Russia bore a share of blame for the IOC decision for having given international Olympic authorities a pretext for banning the country.

“I think that this excuse was not used in an honest way, to put it mildly,” Putin said without elaborating.

He did not budge on Russia’s insistence that there was no statesponsored doping system in the country.

“Why are our Olympians being banned from competing under the Russian flag and national symbols, if

there is no state support for doping?

Then punish those who are guilty,” Putin said.

Putin, who announced on Wednesday he would run in a Russian presidential election next year, said he had not instructed officials to deliver victory for the Russian team at the Sochi Games.

The Kremlin leader said a final decision on Russia’s stance regarding the IOC ban would be made at a meeting of Russian Olympic authorities in the coming days.

South Korea’s sports ministry said on Thursday that the ban on Russia participation is “regrettable”, and urged Russian atheletes to take part.

“If we will be able to see the excellent performance that Russian

atheletes demonstrated in previous winter games, that will make a huge contributions to the success of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics,” the ministry said in a statement.

Russian authorities have vehemently denied any state support for doping and have pledged to cooperate with international sports authorities to counter the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs.

In the weeks ahead of Tuesday’s IOC decision, more than 20 Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Sochi Games were banned for life from the Olympics for having allegedly violated anti-doping rules.

Russia’s athletics federation, Paralympic Committee and anti-doping agency RUSADA remain suspended over doping scandals. (rtr)

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painting. It showcases classic painting, one of which is the style of Kamasan. This room also displays the paintings of the gallery owner, Cokorda Anom Puri Dalem. Tourists can take a rest on the terrace of the traditional house before continuing the journey.

Cok Anom who has a knight blood indeed falls in love with traditional art. His works and collections are often admired and purchased by foreign tourists such as those from America, England, Germany and Australia. “The name Semar Kuning is inspired by a puppet story about a man posing the lover of Sang Hyang Tunggal.

By dissolving eternal love and compassion, Semar Kuning I Artist Cooperative Painting is now becoming an art gallery in the hope of fulfilling everybody’s heart,” he concluded. (IBP/kmb)

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ing. They also teach children to make sketches or paint as well as give color according to the theme.

“Surely, the action of the artists becomes an attraction as well,” he said.

Each room has a different style of painting. For example, in the room of modern-style painting there are paintings of various styles such as realists and naturalists. The size also varies from the smallest measuring 40 cm x 60 cm and the largest can reach to 2 meters x 3 meters. Similarly, in the room of abstract-style painting room, visitors will require an imagination to enjoy it.

There is a room of flora and fauna painting with various objects, including raising birds, chickens and various trees, leaves, flowers and roots. Similarly, there is room of young artist and traditional

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LONDON - Formula One team bosses have voted Lewis Hamilton as the sport’s top driver for the fourth year in a row but Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas slipped to 10th place in the rankings.

The poll, published by motorsport.com on Thursday, put four times world champion Hamilton far ahead of closest rival Max Verstappen.

Bottas, winner of three races this year after joining as now-

retired 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg’s replacement, was listed in 10th place after bosses awarded points according to the regular F1 scoring system.

That represented a drop of one place on where Bottas had been with Williams in 2016.

Hamilton scored 233 out of a maximum 250, with Red Bull’s Verstappen on 143. Ferrari’s 2017 championship runner-up Sebastian Vettel, also a four times champion, was third and

Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo fourth.

Force India’s Mexican Sergio Perez dropped out of the top 10 entirely but his French team mate Esteban Ocon made his entry in fifth place, one ahead of McLaren’s double world champion Fernando Alonso.

Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Renault’s Carlos Sainz tied in seventh place with Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg a new entry at ninth. (rtr)

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Trump faces off with Democrats over potential U.S. government shutdown

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will face off with Democratic leaders of Congress on Thursday in a high-stakes White House meeting intended to bridge differences over a spending bill and prevent a government shutdown.

U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer will join Trump and Republican congressional leaders for talks after canceling a similarly planned meeting last week when the president posted a disparaging note about them on Twitter. Trump and Congress are facing a deadline of midnight Friday to pass new spending legislation. If they cannot agree on the terms, parts of the federal government could shut down.

Talks with Schumer and Pelosi, whom Trump has referred to as “Chuck and Nancy,” could be the start of a protracted blame game. The Republican president said on Wednesday that Democrats were looking at something “very dangerous” for the United States: “They are looking at shutting down.”

Pelosi responded in a tweet that Trump was the only person talking about such a scenario. “Democrats are hopeful the president will be open to an agreement to address the urgent needs of the American people and keep government open,” she wrote.

The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. (2000 GMT).

The Republican-controlled House is expected to vote on Thursday on a bill that would keep the government open at current spending levels through Dec. 22 while lawmakers negotiate a longer-term solution. The legislation will include some short-term help for states running out of money to finance a health insurance program for lower-income children.

Some conservative Republicans may oppose the spending bill on the grounds that the time period is too short and forces more crucial decisionmaking right before the holidays. But the measure is expected to pass the House and move to the Senate. The White House said Trump would sign the stopgap spending measure.

Conservative House Republicans said their real focus was on what would happen next. Going forward, they favor legislation that would hold down spending levels for everything but defense, and they also want work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Medicaid is a government health insurance program for the poor and disabled. (rtr)

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The Pediatric Society of Indonesia urged the public to participate in vaccination programmes.

From page 1 “Immunisation is the best protection,” it said. Immunisations will be carried out in the capital, Jakarta, and two neighbouring provinces, which have reported the highest concentration of new cases. The campaign would be stepped up in other regions from January.(rtr)

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Arabs, Europe, U.N. reject Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital LONDON - Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East on Wednesday condemned the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region and Palestinians said Washington was abandoning its leading role as a peace mediator. The European Union and United Nations also voiced alarm at U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and its repercussions for any chances of reviving Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.

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Palestinian protesters burn the US and Israeli flags in Gaza City on December 6, 2017. President Donald Trump is set to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, upending decades of careful US policy and ignoring dire warnings from Arab and Western allies alike of a historic misstep that could trigger a surge of violence in the Middle East.

Hamas calls for Palestinian uprising in response to Trump’s Jerusalem plan

JERUSALEM - The Islamist group Hamas urged Palestinians on Thursday to abandon peace efforts and launch a new uprising against Israel in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as its capital.

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The Israeli military said it was reinforcing troops in the occupied West Bank, deploying several new army battalions and putting other forces on standby, describing the measures as part of its “readiness for possible developments”.

Protests so far have been scattered and largely non-violent.

But dozens of Palestinians gathered at two points on the Gaza border fence with Israel and threw rocks at soldiers on the other side. Inside Gaza, thousands of Palestinians rallied, some chanting: “Death to America!

Death to the fool Trump!” and burning tyres.

Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, imperilling Middle East peace efforts and upsetting the Arab world and Western allies alike.

The status of Jerusalem - home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions - is one of the biggest obstacles to reaching a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

“We should call for and we should

work on launching an intifada (Palestinian uprising) in the face of the Zionist enemy,” Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a speech in Gaza.

Haniyeh, elected the group’s overall leader in May, urged Palestinians, Muslims and Arabs to hold rallies against the U.S decision on Friday, calling it a “day of rage”.

Naser Al-Qidwa, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and senior official in his Fatah party, urged Palestinians to stage protests but said they should be peaceful.

Israel considers Jerusalem its eternal and indivisible capital. Palestinians want the capital of an independent state of theirs to be in the city’s eastern sector, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a move never recognised internationally.

Trump announced his administration would begin a process of moving the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a step expected to take years and one that his predecessors opted not to take to avoid inflaming tensions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who hailed Trump’s an-

nouncement as a “historic landmark”, said on Thursday many countries would follow the U.S. move and that contacts were underway. He did not name the countries he was referring to.

“President Trump has immortalized himself in the chronicles of our capital. His name will now be held aloft, alongside other names connected to the glorious history of Jerusalem and of our people,” he said in a speech at Israel’s Foreign Ministry.

Other close Western allies of Washington, including France and Britain, have been critical of Trump’s move. Pope Francis has called for Jerusalem’s status quo to be respected, while China and Russia have also expressed concern.

Trump’s decision has raised doubts about his administration’s ability to follow through on a peace effort that Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, has led for months aimed at reviving long-stalled negotiations.

The United Nations Security Council is likely to meet on Friday to discuss the U.S. decision, diplomats said. (rtr)

Major U.S. allies came out against Trump’s reversal of decades of U.S. and broad international policy on Jerusalem. France rejected the “unilateral” decision while appealing for calm in the region.

Britain said the move would not help peace efforts and Jerusalem should ultimately be shared by Israel and a future Palestinian state.

Germany said Jerusalem’s status could only be resolved on the basis of a two-state solution.

Israel, by contrast, applauded Trump’s move. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a pre-recorded video message that it was “an important step towards peace” and it was “our goal from Israel’s first day”.

He added that any peace accord with the Palestinians would have to include Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and he urged other countries to follow Trump’s example. Trump upended decades of U.S. policy in defiance of warnings from around the world that the gesture risks aggravating conflict in the tinderbox Middle East.

The status of Jerusalem is home to sites holy to the Muslim, Jewish and Christian faiths. Its eastern sector was captured by Israel in a 1967 war and annexed in a move not recognized internationally.

Palestinians claim East Jerusalem for the capital of an independent state they seek.

Israel deems Jerusalem its eternal and indivisible capital dating to antiquity, and its status is one of the thorniest barriers to a lasting Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a pre-recorded speech, said Jerusalem was the “eternal capital of the State of Palestine” and that Trump’s move was “tantamount to the United States abdicating its role as a peace mediator.”

The last round of U.S.-brokered talks foundered in 2014 over issues including Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and Israeli accusations of Palestinian incitement to violence and refusal to recognise it as a Jewish state.

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) makes a statement on the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia December 7, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. President Widodo is accompanied by Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Wiranto (L) and Deputy Foreign Minister AM Fachir (R).

Hamas, which has dominated Gaza since soon after Israel ended a 38year occupation in 2005, said Trump had committed a “flagrant aggression against the Palestinian people”.

Hamas urged Arabs and Muslims to “undermine U.S. interests in the region” and to “shun Israel”.

Protests broke out in parts of Jordan’s capital Amman inhabited by Palestinian refugees, with youths chanting anti-American slogans. In the Baqaa refugee camp on Amman’s outskirts, hundreds roamed the streets denouncing Trump and urging Jordan to scrap its 1994 peace treaty with Israel.

“Down with America...America is the mother of terror,” they chanted.

Angry Palestinians switched off Christmas lights at Jesus’ traditional birthplace in the West Bank town of Bethlehem and in Ramallah. A tree adorned with lights outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus was born, and another in Ramallah, next to the grave of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, were plunged into darkness. All Palestinian factions called for a general strike and protest rallies at midday on Thursday.

“LEGALLY NULL” DECISION The Saudi Royal Court issued a statement saying that the kingdom followed “with deep sorrow” Trump’s decision and warned of “dangerous consequences of moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem”. The statement described the move as “a big step back in efforts to advance the peace process”, and urged the U.S. administration to reverse its decision and adhere to international will. Egypt, which forged the first Arab peace deal with Israel in 1979, brushed off Trump’s decision and said it did not change Jerusalem’s disputed legal status.

Jordan said Trump’s action was “legally null” because it consolidated Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said Trump’s Jerusalem decision was dangerous and threatened the credibility of the United States as a broker of Middle East peace.

He said the move would put back the peace process by decades and

threatened regional stability and perhaps global stability.

Qatar’s foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, said Trump’s undertaking was a “death sentence for all who seek peace” and called it “a dangerous escalation”. Turkey said Trump’s move was “irresponsible”.

“We call upon the U.S. Administration to reconsider this faulty decision which may result in highly negative outcomes and to avoid uncalculated steps that will harm the multicultural identity and historical status of Jerusalem,” the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.(rtr)

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BUSINESS Displaced by mining, Peru villagers spurn shiny new town

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enced significant positive change,” Troy Hey, MMG’s executive general manager of stakeholder relations, said in an email to Reuters. MMG said it spent “hundreds of millions” on the relocation effort.

Mining is the driver of Peru’s economy, which has averaged 5.5 percent annual growth over the past decade. Still, pitched conflicts have derailed billions of dollars worth of investment in recent years, including projects by Newmont Mining Corp and Southern Copper Corp. To defuse opposition, President Pablo Kuczynski has vowed to boost social services in rural highland areas, where nearly half of residents live in poverty.

But moving from conflict to cooperation is not easy after centuries of mistrust. Relocations are particularly fraught, according to Camilo Leon, a mining resettlement specialist at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Subsistence farmers have struggled to adapt to the loss of their traditions and the “very urban, very organized” layout of planned towns, Leon said.

“It is generally a shock for rural communities,” Leon said. At least six proposed mines have required relocations in Peru in the past decade, Leon said. Later this month, Peru will tender a $2-billion copper project, Michiquillay, which would require moving yet another village.

‘EVERYTHING IS MONEY’ MMG inherited the Nueva Fuerabamba project when it bought Las Bambas from Switzerland’s Glencore Plc in 2014 for $7 billion. Under terms of a deal struck in 2009 and reviewed by Reuters, villagers voted to trade their existing homes and farmland for houses in a new community. Heads of each household, about 500 in all, were promised mining jobs. University scholarships would be given to their children. Residents were to receive new land for farming and

grazing, albeit in a parcel four hours away by car.

Cash was an added sweetener.

Villagers say each household got 400,000 soles ($120,000), which amounts to a lifetime’s earnings for a minimum-wage worker in Peru.

MMG declined to confirm the payments, saying its agreements are confidential.

Built into a hillside 15 miles from the Las Bambas mine, Nueva Fuerabamba was the product of extensive community input, MMG said. Amenities include a hospital, soccer fields and a cement bull ring for festivals.

But some residents say the deal has not been the windfall they hoped.

Their new two-and-three story houses, made of drywall, are drafty and appear flimsy compared to their old thatched-roof adobe cottages heated by wood-fired stoves, some said.

Many no longer plant crops or tend livestock because their replacement plots are too far away. Jobs provided by MMG mostly involve maintaining the town because most residents lack the skills to work in a modern mine.

Many villagers spent their settlements unwisely, said community president Alfonso Vargas. “Some invested in businesses but others did not. They went drinking,” he said.

Now basics like water, food and fuel

- once wrested from the land - must be paid for.

“Everything is money,” Margot Portilla, 20, said as she cooked rice on a gas stove in her sister-in-law’s bright-yellow home. “Before we could make a fire for cooking with cow dung. Now we have to buy gas.”

GHOST TOWN Some residents said they have benefited from the move. The new town is cleaner than the old village, said Betsabe Mendoza, 25. She invested her settlement in a metalworking business in a bigger town.

Portilla, the young mom, says her younger sisters are getting a better education than she did.

Still, the streets of Nueva Fuerabamba were virtually deserted on a recent weekday. Vargas, the community leader, said many residents have returned to the countryside or sought work elsewhere. Alcoholism, fueled by idle time and settlement money, is on the rise, he said.

Some villagers have committed suicide. Over the 12 months through July, four residents killed themselves by taking farming chemicals, according to the provincial district attorney’s office. It could not provide data on suicides in the old village of Fuerabamba.

MMG, citing an “independent”

study done prior to the relocation, said the community previously suffered from high rates of domestic violence, alcoholism, illiteracy and poverty. While the company considers the new town a success, it acknowledged the transition has not been easy for all. “Connection to land, livelihood restoration and simple adaptation to new living conditions remain a challenge,” MMG said.

Nueva Fuerabamba residents continue pressuring the company for additional assistance. Demands include more jobs and deeds to their houses, which have yet to be delivered because of bureaucratic delays, said Godofredo Huamani, the community’s lawyer. MMG said it stays apace of community needs through town hall meetings and has representatives on hand to field complaints.

While villagers fret about the future, many cling to the past. Flora Huamani, 39, a mother of four girls, recalled how women used to get together to weave wool from their own sheep into the embroidered black dresses they wear.

“Those were our traditions,” said Huamani from a bench in her walled front yard. “Now our tradition is meeting after meeting after meeting” to discuss the community’s problems.(rtr)

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Balinese Hindus commonly practice a number of different rituals as expressions of gratitude for the graces bestowed upon them by God. The nyambutin series of rituals make up one such ceremony that is conducted with sincerity for babies with the hope of having grace bestowed upon the family.

NUEVA FUERABAMBA - This remote town in Peru’s southern Andes was supposed to serve as a model for how companies can help communities uprooted by mining. Named Nueva Fuerabamba, it was built to house around 1,600 people who gave up their village and farmland to make room for a massive, open-pit copper mine. The new hamlet boasts paved streets and tidy houses with electricity and indoor plumbing, once luxuries to the indigenous Quechua-speaking people who now call this place home.

The mine’s operator, MMG Ltd, the Melbourne-based unit of stateowned China Minmetals Corp, threw in jobs and enough cash so that some villagers no longer work.

But the high-profile deal has not brought the harmony sought by villagers or MMG, a testament to the difficulty in averting mining disputes in this mineral-rich nation.

Resource battles are common in Latin America, but tensions are particularly high in Peru, the world’s No. 2 producer of copper, zinc and silver. Peasant farmers have revolted against an industry that many see as damaging their land and livelihoods while denying them a fair share of the wealth. Peru is home to 167 social conflicts, most related to mining, according to the national ombudsman’s office, whose mission includes defusing hostilities.

Nueva Fuerabamba was the centerpiece of one of the most generous mining settlements ever negotiated in Peru. But three years after moving in, many transplants are struggling amid their suburban-style conveniences, Reuters interviews with two dozen residents showed. Many miss their old lives growing potatoes and raising livestock. Some have squandered their cash settlements. Idleness and isolation have dulled the spirits of a people whose ancestors were feared cattle rustlers. “It is like we are trapped in a jail, in a cage where little animals are kept,” said Cipriano Lima, 43, a former farmer.

Meanwhile, the mine, known as Las Bambas, has remained a magnet for discontent. Clashes between demonstrators and authorities in 2015 and 2016 left four area men dead. Nueva Fuerabamba residents have blocked copper transport roads to press for more financial help from MMG. The company acknowledged the transition has been difficult for some villagers, but said most have benefited from improved housing, healthcare and education.

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As Jro Mangku Nurata explained, while officiating over a tutug kambuhan ritual recently, Nyambutin or nelubulanin (meaning 3 months) ceremonies are held for babies 105 days after they are born which is 3 months according to the Balinese calendar. God is asked to provide protection for the young human. Part of this ceremony includes giving the baby a name and clarifying the meaning of this name. Most notably this is the first time that the baby’s feet are allowed to touch the earth.

“According to Hindu tradition, babies are only allowed to have their feet touch the ground once they are three months old as this is when they start being able to sit up by themselves”, explained Jro Mangku.

The Nyambutin, ceremony said Jro Mangku is a way to welcome the baby into the world and show gratitude in a ritual called pangenteg bayu in which water is given to Mother Earth in the hopes that the baby is given a long life. The Nyambutin ceremony is classified as a Manusa Yadnya (rite of passage) ceremony and is carried out with the hope the baby and their family will be prosperous and have a good life.

The baby’s placenta will usually have been buried in the family yard and it is in this same area that the nyambutin ceremony is held with the baby’s parents actively taking part in all the rituals involved. This ceremony is dedicated to Bhatara Surya (Lord of the Sun), Ibu Pertiwi (Mother Earth) and Bhatara-Bhatari (deities of the household), explained Jero Mangku Nurata. “The aim is to ask that the baby be guided and safeguarded”, he said. (kmb)

Pengeragoan Beach

Pengeragoan Beach is located to south of the main road of Denpasar-Gilimanuk on the eastern tip of Jembrana Regency, which borders Tabanan Regency. Here, there is a rest area complete with a food stand, and other supporting facilities. The beach is also beautified by a huge Mekepung statue, that greets visitors arriving to East Jembrana- the Land of Mekepung.

Pengeragon is about 45 km west of Denpasar, is a beautiful rock and stone beach that and offers a an amazing panorama and is also lines with coconut and pandanus trees.

The beauty of sunset can be enjoyed from here. The large waves give this beach the potential of becoming an alternative spot for surfing. The beauty of Pengeragoan Beach can also be seen from Bading Kayu sub-village which is located on a hill to the north, The village has a cool climate, a tropical forest as well as coffee and clove plantations.(kmb)

West Ijogading Wins Jembrana Buffalo Race Cup 2017

After East Ijogading block came to the overall champion last year, this year (2017) is the turn of the West Ijogading block to win the Jembrana Buffalo Race Cup 2017. The race was held at Sanghyang Cerik Circuit, Tuwed village, Melaya, Jembrana, on Sunday (Nov. 19) watched thousands of residents.

Since early morning of the race day, thousands of buffalo racing enthusiasts have crowded the circuit. The jockeys were enthusiastic and eager to boost their buffaloes. After several hours of fighting, the West Ijogading became the champion of all three race categories as well as ahead of the East Ijogading block. West Ijogading managed to get totally 42 points and ahead of Ijogading Timur that only got totally 14 points.

Automatically, the host won the overall champion and was entitled to get a trophy and cash prizes. Meanwhile, East Ijogading block as the second overall champion got cash prizes. The prize was given directly by Regent of Jembrana, I Putu Artha.

Coordinator of Jembrana Buffalo Race (Makepung), I Made Mara, said that the Jembrana Buffalo Race Cup this time is followed by 157 pairs of buffalo from western block and 115 pairs from eastern block. In addition, Mara

added the money obtained by the champion from the race is not given directly to the champion, but will be divided for the operations and treasure of the buffalo race participants.

In other words, the prize money is taken advantage for the operation of each block which cost quite significant for once race. The buffalo race group appreciated to the district government for supporting the buffalo race tradition in Jembrana. They hoped there are more and more race events, including the longing of community

for the Gubernatorial Buffalo Race Cup. Meanwhile, Regent Artha said that as a commitment to preserving local culture, the district government will continuously support and work to improve the activities of buffalo races in Jembrana. One of the efforts is by improving the facilities and infrastructure as currently being done at Samblong. Artha hoped all the buffalo race groups to always increase their vivacity in preserving this culture. (kmb)

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Foreign tourist visits at Tanah Lot down

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TABANAN — Since Mount Agung began to erupt, there has been a decline in tourist arrivals, especially foreign tourists at some tourist destinations like Tanah Lot. This can be seen from the data where the visit of foreign tourists almost decreased by 50 percent.

Operations Manager of Tanah Lot attraction, Ketut Toya Adnyana, said on Wednesday (Dec. 6) the decrease of foreign tourists visit is also accompanied with the decrease of the visit in the whole.

Data of the past week indicated the decrease in foreign tourists at least reaches 50 percent. By and large, the tourist visit to Tanah Lot is dominated by foreign tourists, while the current visit is dominated by domestic tourists.

Data on the tourist visit for one week are as follows: on Monday (Nov. 27) total visit reached 5,070

people consisting of 3,598 foreign tourists and 1,472 domestic tourists.

On Tuesday (Nov. 28) total visit amounted to 4,792 people consisting of 3,195 foreign tourists and 1,597 domestic tourists. On Wednesday (Nov. 29) the visit downed to 3,172 people consisting of 2,131 foreign tourists and 1,041 domestic tourists and on Thursday (Nov. 30) the visit amounted to 2,365 people consisting of 1,306 foreign tourists 1,059 domestic tourists.

Entering the long holiday on Friday (Dec. 1) the visit rose again to 5,720 dominated by domestic

tourist reaching 4,749 people and 971 foreign tourists. Similarly, on Saturday (Dec. 2) the visit went up again to 6,313 people consisting of 5505 domestic tourists and 943 foreign tourists. While on Sunday (Dec. 3) the visit reached 6,033 people consisting of 5,090 domestic tourists and 943 foreign tourists. Then, the visit dropped dramatically on Monday (Dec. 4) to 2319 people consisting of 1,412 domestic tourists and 907 foreign tourists.

Toya explained that overall, tourist visit during December 2017

indeed much decreases when compared to the same month in previous years. He added when entering December, the average visit usually reaches 8,000 people. Until now, the average visit only reached 5,000 to 6,000 people.

In addition to decline, there is a change in the dominance of visit where foreign tourist usually dominated the visit but currently domestic tourists are recorded the most in the past week. Toya explained the decline is caused by the warning of several countries advising not to visit Bali first due to the eruption of Mount Agung.

However, since it is a natural disaster and experienced throughout Bali, his management will certainly

take steps to attract tourists, especially domestic tourists. “Currently the most potential is domestic tourists. So, we are preparing a program to attract domestic tourists to visit Tanah Lot,” said Toya.

However, the target of tourist visit in 2017 alone, he said, has been exceeded. In 2017, the management targeted to reach 2,800,000 visitors. So far, it has reached 3,250,000 visitors. Nevertheless, this figure still does not exceed the achievement in 2016 reaching approximately 3,500,000 visitors. “In general, the target of tourist visit has been achieved but this year has not exceeded the number of tourist visit in 2016,” added Toya. (kmb24)

Bangli safe to be visited by travelers

Hundreds of cyclists to enliven Batur Enduro Challenge

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BANGLI — Hundreds of athletes and bikers will certainly enliven the Batur Enduro Challenge to be held in Kintamani on Sunday (Dec. 10). In addition to introducing the potential of bicycle tours and sports in Bangli districts, this event aims to promote to tourists that Bangli and Bali in general remains very safe to be visited even though Mount Agung currently shows increasing activities.

Committee of the Batur Enduro Challenge, Desak Made Andari-

yani, said on Wednesday (Dec. 6) that Batur Enduro Challenge features the theme of Kintamani Enduro Bike to Nature. This cycling event will take the route along approximately 6 km.

After starting at the Batur Geopark Museum, the cyclists will pass the Jalan Raya Suter-Besakih route, then going down to the Batur caldera through the forest at Buahan village area. After taking rest for a while Resto Apung, the journey continues to Toya Bungkah.

She explained that Batur Enduro Challenge is also filled with soft launching of Kintamani Bike Park and Toya Bungkah Cultural Stage in Batur UNESCO Global Geopark.

“This activity is a joint initiative, financed by district government of Bangli, organized in collaboration with Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) Bali, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources,” he explained.

Desak Andariyani added that according to schedule, the Batur Enduro Challenge on Sunday (Dec. 10) will start around 07:00. This activity is expected to have a positive impact on tourism in Bangli and Bali in general, especially amid the condition of Mount Agung experiencing increased activity. “In terms of radius, Bangli and other areas are outside the radius of disaster-prone area (KRB) III and II and remain very safe for tourists to make a visit,” he explained. (kmb40)

Same-sex marriage campaigners pose for pictures during an equality rally outside Parliament House in Canberra December 7, 2017.

Australia celebrates “day for love” as it allows same-sex marriage

SYDNEY - Australia became the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage on Thursday, prompting cheers and singing from a packed parliament public gallery in a country where some states ruled homosexual acts to be illegal until just 20 years ago.

Lawmakers, who had cast aside a conservative push to allow religious objectors to refuse service to same-sex couples, waved rainbow flags and embraced on the floor of the chamber, after the overwhelming vote in favour of the bill.

Fewer than five of 150 MPs voted against it.

“What a day. What a day for love, for equality, for respect,” said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “It is time for more marriages.”

The law, which will also recognise same-sex marriages solemnised in foreign countries, takes effect from Saturday. Because a month’s notice is required for the state to recognise a marriage, the first legal same-sex unions will be in January.

Five-time Olympic gold-medal winner, the swimmer Ian Thorpe, who came out in 2014, said the law reflected contemporary Australia and would support people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual,

transsexual queer or intersex (LGBTQI).

“It will give each of us the sense of what modern Australia is, and is, in fact, the way that most of us see this country as being, and will allow LGBTQI people in our nation to know that fairness is one of our values,” he told reporters in Canberra.

Australians had overwhelmingly endorsed legalising same-sex marriage in a postal survey.

“What a moment for the country,” said Christine Forster, a Sydney councillor and the sister of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, standing among throngs of rainbow-clad campaigners for a “Yes” vote, outside parliament with her female partner.

She said she planned to go to her brother’s house to celebrate.

Abbott, who is still a member of parliament, was one of the most prominent “no” campaigners. He left the chamber before the vote.

The bill cleared the upper house last month.

During the debate in the lower house on Monday, a politician proposed to his same-sex partner.

Both Turnbull’s Liberal-National coalition government and the main opposition Labor Party had said they wanted to pass it by Dec. 7.

But despite the support of the main parties, religious organisations and conservative lawmakers had voiced strong opposition and proposed dozens of amendments.

During the debate, they pressed for broad protections for religious objectors, among them florists and bankers, to refuse service to samesex couples.

But their efforts were rejected.

“These amendments, rather, are a shield for people and organisations that hold to a traditional view of marriage. They are not a sword to be wielded in the service of bigotry,” government MP Andrew Hastie said in parliament. (rtr)

JEJU - The art of Neapolitan pizza making won world heritage status on Thursday, joining a horse-riding game from Iran and Dutch wind mills on UNESCO’s culture list.

UNESCO accepted the art of Neapolitan “pizzaiuoli,” or pizza makers, on the world body’s list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

“Congratulations #Italy!” it said in a tweet after a meeting in Jeju, South Korea where the decision was made.

Italy argued the practice of the “pizzaiuoli” - preparing and flipping the dough, topping it and baking it in a wood-fired oven - was part of the country’s cultural and gastronomic tradition.

In Rome, pizzeria owner Romano Fiore celebrated the decision. “I am honoured, like all Italians and Neapolitans are... pizza has centuries of history,” he said.

Archetypal Neapolitan pizza has a relatively thin crust with the exception of the rim, which, when baked, bloats like a tiny bicycle tyre.

It is made in a wood-burning brick oven and has two classic versions: Marinara (tomato, garlic, oregano and oil) and, the most famous, Margherita (tomato, mozzarella, oil and basil), giving it the red, white and green colours of the Italian flag.

Tradition holds that the Margherita pizza was created in 1889 by a local chef in honour of Queen Margherita, who was visiting Naples, south of Rome on Italy’s Tyrrhenian coast.

As pizza has become a favourite dish around the world, foreign innovations in toppings have often left Italians perplexed and aghast.

Matteo Martino, a customer at Fiore’s pizzeria, said before the expected announcement, “I think, and I hope, that this could be the chance to make foreigners understand how pizza is made, without Nutella or pineapple.”

UNESCO also accepted Chogan, an Iranian horse-riding game accompanied by music and storytelling, and the craft of millers operating windmills and watermills in the Netherlands.

Traditional boat making on the Indonesian island of South Sulawesi, and Nsima, a maize-based culinary tradition from the African country of Malawi, also joined the list.

Food culture already on the UNESCO list includes Turkish coffee culture and tradition, the gingerbread craft of northern Croatia and the traditional ancient Georgian method of Qvevri wine-making. (rtr)

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Neapolitan pizza makers Antonio Starita (L), Gino Sorbillo (2ndL), Ciro Oliva (R) and Enzo Coccia (2ndR), pose with pizzas on December 6, 2017 in Naples. UNESCO said on December 7, 2017 that the art of the Neapolitan ‘Pizzaiolo’ (pizza maker) has been put on its prestigious Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Trendsetters: South African mothers do business with fashion cast-offs

JOHANNESBURG - Juggling paperwork, car keys and an always-beeping cellphone, Inet Situole, a 33-year-old in a crisp white blouse, runs a fashion boutique with more than 100 customers a month – a far cry from a decade ago, when she worked as a maid while trapped in an abusive marriage.

Despite working seven days a week cleaning and cooking in an attempt to save some money, at the end of the month Situole would invariably find herself with nothing.

“My husband would take all the money and spend it,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. He also beat her and was unfaithful, she said.

When she left him, Situole - an orphan since birth - was terrified of what lay ahead for her and her toddler. “I felt like dying,” she said.

“I didn’t have anyone to run to.”

But in 2015, her prospects were transformed after she joined a scheme to help unemployed mothers set up their own businesses.

The Clothing Bank (TCB) was launched in 2010 in Cape Town by two businesswomen, Tracey Chambers and Tracey Gilmore.

Gilmore started out by giving unemployed friends smart outfits to wear to job interviews - but it wasn’t working.

“While sourcing the clothing was quite easy, finding opportunities for the women to get employment was really non-existent,” she said.

At about 28 percent, South Africa’s unemployment rate is among the highest in the world.

Lack of education is a key barrier to finding work, with less than a third of South Africans completing secondary school, according to a 2011 census.

Chambers and Gilmore decided to combine business and entrepreneurship training with clothing to create a venture that could help tackle joblessness among mothers.

More than a third of South Africa’s households are run by single mothers, a 2015 study by Statistics South Africa showed.

“We’ve always believed that if you influence and change a mother’s life, you change an entire family,” said Tracy-Leigh Kinsey who runs TCB’s Johannesburg branch.

“You change generations - and that’s why we focus specifically on mothers with dependent children.”

BUSINESS IDEAS Once selected, the women follow a two-year programme that allows them to study and earn a living at the same time.

“There was a huge amount of excess clothing stock in the retail supply chain,” Gilmore said. “That’s how we came up with the idea of using (it) as a tool to teach unemployed women to run businesses.”

The women buy the surplus clothing - customer returns or endof-season merchandise - at discounted prices from TCB, setting up small fashion businesses and growing them as they make a profit.

After the training, women are free to apply their new skills in any sector, Kinsey said. (rtr)

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Two participants in The Clothing Bank’s business training scheme pictured in the organisation’s Johannesburg branch, November 15 2017.

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The impact of Mount Agung’S eruption is even worse than the impact of the second Bali bomb.

Impact of Mt. Agung’s magmatic eruption

Hotel occupancy in Sanur plummets

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British fashion designer Stella McCartney and world-record breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur launch a report on the importance of a climate friendly textile industry.

Wear with care: Stella McCartney helps redesign climate-friendly fashion

LONDON - The fashion industry urgently needs to reform its wasteful, polluting ways, British designer Stella McCartney and record-breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur said on Tuesday.

With global clothing sales doubling since 2000, people now wear each item far fewer times, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation said, calling for items ranging from T-shirts to jeans to be designed differently and reused more.

The charity, established in 2010, has pioneered a shift toward a “circular economy” in which raw materials and products are repeatedly reused to reduce waste and pollution.

“Fashion is allowed to be fun, and it’s allowed to be sexy,” said McCartney, daughter of the Beatles’ Paul McCartney.

“The reality is we just need to be a bit more mindful and curious about the way we’re consuming and have a level of responsibility,” she said.

The fashion industry is worth about $2.4 trillion a year, according to the global consultancy McKinsey.

The equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is wasted every second, and less than 1 percent of clothing is recycled into new clothes, MacArthur’s foundation said in a report.

“The trajectory for the textiles industry is catastrophic if it continues in this way,” MacArthur told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“We need to radically change the way that clothing is designed, used, made and recovered so that we end up with a system that is restorative and regenerative,” she said.

If nothing changes, the fashion industry will consume a quarter of the world’s annual carbon budget by 2050, it said, referring to the emissions the world can make while keeping the global temperature rise at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Fashion must abandon its “takemake-dispose” model, where unwanted clothes are sent to landfill

sites or incinerated, and start using non-polluting materials that are designed to last and could save the industry $500 billion, it said.

The report presents a roadmap for creating better businesses and more innovative solutions, said McCartney, a long-time vegetarian who does not use leather, PVC or fur in her clothing.

Textile production emits 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases annually, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, the report said.

Clothes also release half a million tonnes of plastic microfibres into the ocean every year, equivalent to more than 50 billion plastic bottles, it said.

Several major brands said they support the initiative, including Swedish fashion retailer H&M and sports giant Nike. “(It) is aligned with our efforts in making sure that economic and social development can happen in a way that the planet can afford,” H&M’s chief executive Karl-Johan Persson said in a statement. (rtr)

DENPASAR — Since the eruption of Mount Agung, Bali’s oldest tourist destination – Sanur, has seen occupancy rates plummet to an average of 10-12 percent.

Chairman of the Regional Tourism Promotion Board (BPPD) Denpasar, I.B. Gede Sidharta Putra, when contacted on Tuesday (Dec. 5) said that the impact of Mount Agung’S eruption is even worse than the impact of the second Bali bomb when occupancy rates

remained around 30 percent and above. “Many hotel owners are worried as occupancy rates need to be in the range of 40-45 percent in order to cover operating costs”, said Sidharta Putra who is also Chairman of PHRI Denpasar and the Sanur Development Foundation.

In order to mitigate losses, tourism businesses in Sanur having started to implement measures such as scheduling holidays for their staff, so that they do not have to lay them off. Electricity and water are also being used more efficiently. “ We have started cutting water off and turned off all light for rooms that are not being used”, he said.

Many are concerned that if con-

ditions persists for long that there will be layoffs which would then impact several sectors including farmers. “ We do not know how long this situation will last as it depends on nature”, said Sidharta.

Previously, the Head of the Denpasar Tourism Office, Maria Antonia Dezire Mulyani, when met in the mayoral office said the eruption of Mount Agung certain affected tourism in Denpasar –

especially when the airport was closed. “ Inevitably this had an impact”, he said.

“We continuously collect data in the number of visitors to Denpasar and there was a marled decrease after Mount Agung erupted.

We have been in contact with both the Bali Toiursim Board and the Minsitry of tourism about mitigating the impact of the eruption”, explained Dezire. (kmb12)

Monkey Forest Ubud takes advantage of lack of visitors GIANYAR — Many tourism operators are complaining about the ongoing uncertainty of Mount Agung.

However such complaints will not change the reality that there are fewer tourists visiting Bali now. Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary Ubud however is taking a different approach. “ With such few visitors it is easier for us to make improvements to this tourist attractions. When there are a lot of visitors it is hard to do renovations”, said GM of Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary Ubud, Nyoman Buana, on Tuesday (Dec. 5).

Although renovations had been scheduled since 2016, they were delayed several times due to the large number of visitors. Repairs to be made include reforesting the former parking area and creating new trails for people with disabilities.

“Given current conditions, we have an opportunity to work maximally.

So, once Mount Agung returns to normal, we will be ready to welcome tourists”, he said.

Buana revealed that normally Monkey Forest Ubud receives 4,000-5,000 visitors per day. “ Last December we had even more than that – the place was packed”, he

said. However, since the eruption of Mount Agung and the subsequent closure Ngurah Rai International Airport, there are far fewer visitors.

“Currently, we are still receiving visitors but on our quietness day last week there were only 1,008 visitors”, added Buana.

Most of the tourists who have cancelled their visits, are those who arranged their trips through travel agencies. Independent travellers have mostly kept ot their original travel schedule. “ SO, people who come to Bali on their own are still enjoying visiting Bali”, he said.

Nyoman Buana added that many tourists are well versed in the fact that Mount Agung is located some 51 km from Ubud and 67 km frm Ngurah Rai Airport. “ The disaster –prone area is only a 12km radius from the crater of Mount Agung, this is far away”, he said.

Buana is therefore confident that there will continue to be tourists visiting Bali at this end of year period. “ We estimate that are still 4,000 visitors arriving throughout airport everyday, and about 25 percent of them will visit Ubud – especially Monkey Forest”, he added. (kmb35)

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InterContinental Bali Resort is now enhancing the breakfast experience and embracing the Indonesian culture by serving ‘jamu’, a traditional Javanese herbal concoction that is believed to be beneficial in promoting health, fitness and beauty. The remedies are sold on the streets of Indonesia by Javanese jamu ladies, and to give guests a truly authentic experience, it is one of these ladies who makes and serves the jamu at InterContinental

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Bali Resort. Wearing the traditional ‘kain kebaya’ (sarong and kebaya blouse) and a conical hat, with a bamboo basket on her back filled with bottles of the blended medicinal tonics, the jamu lady, known as M’bok Jamu, moves from one table to another at breakfast time, offering and serving the jamu drinks, while also explaining the ingredients and the benefits. This tradition of carrying the jamu in a basket is called ‘jamu gendong’.

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Sanur is very quiet, not like it is usually does during this time of year.

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anur needs to create grand design for tourism

DENPASAR —Sanur is one of the oldest tourist areas in Bali. This tourist destination has been visited since the 1930s when foreign arstist started visitng. Among these artists were American dancers and photographers, Katharine and Jack Mershon; Hans and the Rolf Neuhaus brothers from Germany, as well as Belgian painter Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Marphes who married a beautiful local dancer named Ni Polok.

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Ngerebeg ritual in Tegallalang village

GIANYAR —The Ngerebeg traditional ritual took place in Tegallalang village on Sunday (Dec 6) as part of the piodalan (temple anniversary) of Duur Bingin Temple. Hundreds of children got dressed up in array of styles as part of an activity that aims to ask for the protection of God. Starting at around 11:00 on Wednesday morning, young boys filled Duur Bingin Temple in preparation for the ngerebeg ritual by praying, asking for sacerd food (rice and lawar) and eating together (megibung).

Children dressed in ornaments made of young coconut leaves and sugar palm leaf, carried lelontek, kober (sacred flags) and penjor (bamboo poles) and special penjor made of snake-fruit tree trunks, walked around Tegallalang village, covering some 10 km.

“This ritual is meant to neutralize all the negative influences existing in the customary village of Tegallalang. Adults and children dress up to look scary” explained chief of Tegallalang customary village, I Made Jaya Kusuma, amid the ritual preparations on Wednesday.

Chief Kusuma explained that this ritual is held one day before the temple festival at Duur Bingin Temple that is held evey 210 days on Pegat Uwakan or Buda Kliwon Pahang. (Balinese calendar). All seven hamlets of Tegallalang village Gagah, Pejeng Aji, Tegallalang, Tegal, Tengah, Penusuan and Tri Wangsa, take part in this ceremony.

He went on to explained that the ngerebeg ritual is preceded with a pacaruan (exorcism rite) at Duur Bingin Temple. After the pacaruan, the villagers present paica alit offerings and then the villagers ritually request special food consisting of rice served with lawar that is enjoyed by everyone in the temple courtyard.

“Afterwards, Durr Bingin Tmeple’s sanctified effigies are paraded around the village by people (mostly children and young men) wearing scary costumes”, said Chief Kusuma.

During the ngerebeg procession, the adults present offerings at all the temples and at the cemetery before returning to Duur Bingin Temple.

Many people including tourists and shop keepers enjoyed watching the ritual procession. Whether they intended to or not the onlookers enjoyed witnessing this unique procession that takes place every six months. (kmb35)

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Former headman of Sanur Kaja, I.B. Ketut Kiana, said on Wednesday (Dec. 6) that as a tourist destination, Sanur is different than other pasts of Bali. Sanur pioneered tourism on the island, and still remains free of excessive development including things like discotheques and the like that hare such a bog part of tourism elsewhere. “ Sanur emphasizes comfort and tranquility and thus attracts older tourists, especially form Europe”, said Kiana.

Sanur is known more for quality than quantity and the white sandy beach with soft waves exemplifies this. It is difficult however for Sanur to maintain its image with the emergence of so many foreign owned villas. The city hotel with

cheap room rates that have been cropping up are also a problem.

“City hotels are not suitable for the Sanur tourist destination. This is our challenge ahead”, he said.

Member of the Bali House of Representatives, I.B. Gede Udiyana from Sanur said that his village is facing many challenges in maintaining itself as a leading tourist destination. One of thees challenges is of course the recent volcanic activity of Mount Agung.

The tourism sector relies on safety and comfort. Despite being temporary this event has destabilized the tourism sector. The government along with other stakeholders, he said need to sit together and formulate a grand design for the

sustainability of Sanur tourism.

“If this problem is not taken seriously, a greater threat will be inevitable. Many tourism sector employees could be laid in the near future. The government needs to take strategic steps immediately”, explained this former Chairman of the Sanur Development Foundation and former Chairman of Commission B of the Denpasar Parliament.

The government, said Udiyana can for example, do more vigorous promotion of the area and pack their calendar of event with more competitive activities. Bali’s tourism competitors are increasing their promotion and Indonesia is promoting the ’10 new Balis’. (kmb12)

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The many natural ingredients range from star anise, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, tamarind, ginger, lemongrass, honey and turmeric to the bitter leaves of soursop and papaya trees. The remedies claim to increase stamina, rejuvenate the skin, purify the blood, aid digestion, ease sore throats, fevers, headaches and stomach cramps, as well as helping blood circulation and curing numerous other ailments.

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Rian Johnson expanding ‘Star Wars’ for new trilogy

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LOS ANGELES - As “Star Wars” fans gear up for “The Last Jedi,” the anticipated next installment in the Skywalker series, its star and writer-director shed some light on how the franchise was mapping a future beyond the beloved characters.

Rian Johnson, writer-director of “The Last Jedi,” will be overseeing a new trilogy of “Star Wars” films that will explore far-away corners of the galaxy, Walt Disney Co said in November.

“I’m just in the very beginning phases of coming up with it so right now the sky is kind of the limit,” Johnson said while promoting “The Last Jedi” last week.

“The appeal of it to me is to do a new story told over three movies, to have that kind of canvas, to be in the Star Wars world and to have the feel of a Star Wars film,” he said.

The new stories will not follow the Skywalker saga, which George Lucas kicked off with 1977’s “Episode IV: A New Hope.”

Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4 billion, and rebooted the “Star Wars” franchise with the Skywalker trilogy and standalone films like “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

Johnson’s “The Last Jedi” picks up the Skywalker story after 2015’s blockbuster “The Force Awakens,” in which a new generation of characters was introduced with returning favorites Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill).

Fisher died last year. (rtr)

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Director Rian Johnson attends a promotional event of the movie “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in Tokyo, Japan December 6, 2017.

Sean Combs leads four black artists as world’s highest paid musicians

LOS ANGELES - Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs was ranked the world’s highest-paid musician on Wednesday in an annual list that saw black artists take the top four spots.

Combs, who is also a hip hop producer and entrepreneur, earned an estimated $130 million for the year, according to Forbes, mostly from his Bad Boy Family Reunion tour and the sale of his Sean Jean clothing line.

Fellow American Beyonce ranked

second, with earnings estimated at $105 million from her Formation world tour and hit album “Lemonade,” while Canadian artists Drake ($94 million) and The Weeknd ($92 million) rounded out the top four.

British band Coldplay pulled in an estimated $88 million to take the No. 5 spot.

Forbes compiled the list after estimating pre-tax income for the 12 months from June 2016 to 2017 based

on interviews with managers, agents, lawyers, interviews and data from Pollstar, the Recording Industry Association of America and tracking firm Nielsen.

Last year’s top two artists - Taylor Swift, and British boy band One Direction - both slipped out of the top 10 this year. Swift did not tour this year and released her latest album in November, while One Direction are on hiatus as its members pursue solo careers. (rtr)

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Indonesia fights “extraordinary” diphtheria outbreak

JAKARTA - Indonesian health authorities will launch an immunisation drive next week to contain a sharp rise in cases of diphtheria, which has killed at least 32 people, including many children, in the world’s fourth most populous country this year. The health ministry said at least 591 cases had been reported since January, a 42 percent increase from last year, and called the outbreak an “extraordinary event”.

“We have seen an acceleration in cases compared to last year ... We are implementing an immunisation programme to prevent a pandemic,” said Dr Mohamad Subuh, director general of disease prevention and control, at the ministry. The ministry recorded 415 cases and 24 deaths last year.

Indonesia has among the world’s highest rates of diphtheria - along with India and sub-Saharan African countries - even though vaccinations have helped minimise global

cases over the past 30 years. The World Health Organisation recorded about 7,000 cases around the world last year. In 1980, the figure was 100,000.

Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that spreads through close physical contact or through the air and can be fatal. Symptoms include fever and a sore throat, and the airway can sometimes become blocked.

None of those affected in Indonesia had been vaccinated against the disease. The rise in cases

was attributed to several reasons, including some people rejecting vaccinations and a lack of access to healthcare, Subuh said.

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