Events at this location

Cacao Workshop
Garden to Table

With:
“Food Forest Chef” Made

Date:
Wednesday, 7th July 2021

Do you love chocolate? So do we! Learn about cacao: how it grows, how it’s harvested and how it goes from a bean to a bar. We’ll show you how to prepare fun recipes using chocolate, including savoury dishes. You’ll even make your own chocolate. What’s not to love?

Made is a Balinese food forest chef who learned how to cook from her mother, so her food is inspired by traditional Indonesian food. Made has been passionate about local plants since she became head chef of New Earth Cooking School. Her vision and mission are to reintroduce local plants to cooking and return to using them as a food source. She believes that we can cook many things that mother earth gives to us.

Summary/ Further Info:

Duration: approx. 2 hours
Price: IDR300K
Itinerary: 10:00 – 12:00
Pre-booking is required at least 1 day prior to the workshop.

In keeping with the social distancing protocols set by the Indonesian government, we are limiting the number of participants for our events.

If you’d like to attend, please pre-register via Whatsapp at +6281246891734 or simply click wa.me/6281246891734

LOCATION: Dapur Usada Bali
Jl. Sugriwa No.4, Ubud, Bali
www.usadabali.com

Discover the Balinese Spirit: Explore the “Womb Caves” of Ubud with Putu Mahagiri

In this extraordinary experience you will plunge into the magnificent culture of the Balinese people, accompanied each step of the way by our own Cultural Liaison, Putu Mahagiri.

Your day will begin with a one-hour session on “Cultural Etiquette”, learning about the ritualistic customs of Bali, and how to respectfully observe their code of conduct. In this session we will discuss proper attire, manners, traditional offerings, and prayers and their deeper meanings.

Once you are briefed on the local conventions, you will sit for a delicious vegan lunch in our Indo-Vedic restaurant, Dapur Usada. Our head chef Ngurah has created his own spin on the traditional beloved “Nasi Campur” dish of Bali, and you will delight in the amazing flavours and tastes of vegan “sate”, indigenous vegetables and Indonesia’s famous “yellow rice.”

After lunch you will depart for a truly remarkable experience at one of Bali’s most ancient temples Pura Pengukur Ukuran, located on the archaeological site of Goa Garba. Pengukur Ukuran means measurements, and it is believed that Goa Garba is a sacred place to learn spiritual and magical knowledge, pre-dating Hinduism. Created in circa 1116BC, Goa means cave and Garba means womb, and the three rock niches on site are spaces used over the years for deep meditation, and feel like being housed inside mother earths’ womb.

At the temple upstairs you will sit and do guided prayers in the Balinese style. Once you have walked the site and received deeper information about it, you will have a special opportunity to meditate.

Finally a question and answer session with the resident temple priest provides further fascinating insights into this unique heritage site, an extraordinary roundup to a deeply touching day.

Bio: Born and raised in Peliatan, Ubud, Putu Mahagiri is Usada’s Cultural Expert and a bridge between the traditional Bali and it’s curious visitors. She is passionate about keeping her roots alive by sharing authentic customs in her classes, workshops and experiences.

Summary/ Further Info:
EVENT ACTIVITIES:
• Balinese Cultural Etiquette Class
• Introduction to the Pengukur Ukuran Balinese temple and its’ rituals
• Walk of Goa Garba site with information
• Time for open discussion with the local priest of the Goa Garba site

INCLUDED IN YOUR BOOKING:
• Balinese cultural etiquette materials and tools
• Preparation and offerings
• Lunch by DAPUR Usada

LOCATION:
Meeting point: DAPUR at Usada Bali, Ubud

DURATION:
4-5 hours

COST:
600,000 IDR / person.
Please note that a minimum of 4 persons is required for this experienc

ITINERARY:
10.45 – 11.45: Balinese Cultural Etiquette Class
11.45 – 12.25: Vegetarian Lunch at DAPUR USADA
12.25 – 12.40: Travel to Goa Garba
12.40 – 14.40: Introduction to the site, praying and meditation
14.40 – 15.20: Q and A with the temple resident priest

In keeping with the social distancing protocols set by the Indonesian government, we are limiting the number of participants for our sessions in our experience.

Pre-booking required 1 day before

If you’d like to attend, please pre-register via Whatsapp at +6281246891734 or simply click wa.me/6281246891734

LOCATION
Meeting Point: Usada Bali
Jl. Sugriwa No.4, Ubud, Bali
www.usadabali.com

Water Temple Melukat – Purifying in Sacred Springs

Date: Friday, 16th July 2021
Leaving from USADA 12.30PM

ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE
We will depart for a truly remarkable experience named “Melukat” by the Balinese, a sacred water purification ceremony. Held in a spectacular holy water temple located on a river, you will be accompanied through the ritual by village guides. Stopping at each of a series of purification points and waterfalls, you will be blessed with the holy water, which locals believe provides therapeutic benefits on a holistic level.

When the water purification ceremony is finished, you will sit in meditation with the temple’s priest and contemplate as he provides further fascinating insights into the traditional ways of the Balinese, an extraordinary roundup to a deeply touching day.

EVENT ACTIVITIES:
• Introduction to the Sala temple and the rituals
• Melukat (water purification) at several springs and waterfalls
• Meditation with Local Priest

INCLUDED IN YOUR BOOKING:
• Preparation and offerings
• Sarong provided for the water immersions
• Guide to bring us to the waterfalls

LOCATION:
Meeting point: DAPUR at Usada Bali, Ubud

DURATION:
Half Day

COST:
450,000 IDR / person.
Please note that a minimum of 6 persons is required for this experience

Itinerary:
12.30 -13.30 : Travel to Sala
13.30 – 15.00 : Pilgrimage through the waterfalls. Praying and Melukat
15.00 – 15.30 : Snack and Coffea/Tea Time
15.30 – 16.00 : Meditation with Local Priest

Pre-booking is required
In keeping with the social distancing protocols set by the Indonesian government, we are limiting the number of participants for our events.

If you’d like to attend, please pre-register via Whatsapp at +6281246891734 or simply click wa.me/6281246891734

LOCATION: Usada Bali
Jl. Sugriwa No.4, Ubud, Bali
www.usadabali.com