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Sanur Village Festival 2009:

An Unforgettable Experience

in the Serene Beauty of Sanur

by :

I Gusti Agung Paramitha Eka Putri (0812021026)

It was a lovely Sunday. A very nice day to start my new experience. I’ve just taken a bath and having my breakfast. Wearing white shirt plus combined it with my yellow pants, I was ready to go there. I really did not want to pass the biggest event of the year. Yes, that was the fourth Sanur Village Festival. I did not know why, my house was just 1 km from Sanur. But until that day, I haven’t stepped my feet on its white sand.

I have read in the newspaper that Sanur Village Festival would be bigger and better this year. The theme Marine Life would be the highlight of Sanur Village Festival 2009, which means most of its activities would be inspired from the marine life which also exist as a very important element in Balinese everyday life. I really could not wait to see this!

At around 8 o’clock, when I arrived, there were a large number of people. It made me so happy. I realized that this event would not disappoint me. I wore my white hat and came to the crowd. I tried to read the schedule given by the committees. A long list of interesting activities would be hold; traditional performance, jukung parade, music, collaboration show, water sports and food festival as its main attraction. The committees also planned a green program under water festival with its coral reef plantation. Wow, they were so amazing!

After looking at the schedule, I decided to see the Culinary Challenge 2009 (ICA). There were many chef came as a representative from different international hotels. They competed and shown their best performance. It was just like a very professional cooking competition. The chefs were not Indonesian only, but some of them were foreigners. They cooked international food. Then they presented their cooked food in front of the judges and visitors. The most interesting thing was I have a chance to taste the cooked food that they have made and it was all for free.

As I left that place, the coral plantation in Semawang Beach Area has just begun. The committees provided more than thousand corals to be planted by the visitors. There was no charge if we wanted to plant the coral. The coral plantation ran for an hour. But a pity, I could not take a part in this activity. I did not bring any wetsuit. I did not want to go home in a wet condition. So I decided to postpone this activity until next year.

Finally, after seeing the whole activity in Sanur Village Festival, I went home at about 6 p.m. I did really enjoy the festival. It was so exciting. I hope this festival would be bigger and better next year. And still, I wish I could attend this annual event next year.