At Jiwa Damai we have about 150 banana plants, spread all throughout the permaculture garden. The bananas are harvested green and then covered in a box to ripen. We do have about 8 different kinds of bananas in our garden. Their taste is so incredibly aromatic and sweet. They ripen throughout the whole year and [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Organic bananas from Bali
Posted in From the Founder, tagged bali, banana, banana tree, bananas bali, dried bananas, jiwa damai, organic bananas, organic food, organic garden, permaculture garden, retreat center on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rainy season – overflowing rivers
Posted in Staff, tagged bali, flood bali, heavy rain bali, indonesia, jiwa damai, organic garden, permaculture, rain bali, rainy season bali, retreat center, river bali, uprooted trees, yoga retreat on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The rainy season has arrived – but these downpouring rains cause us some problems. Due to the incredible powerful rains, our little river swelled to a ripping torrent. Many trees along the river were uprooted. Those trees which remained standing, lost most of the supportive earth and now their roots are stretched into the air. [...]
Balinese tooth filing ceremony
Posted in Staff, tagged bali, bali tooth filing, balinese culture ritual, balinese ritual, balinese tradition, hindu ritual, indonesia, jiwa damai, tooth cutting ceremony, tooth filing ceremony on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Tooth Filing Ceremony (Metatah ceremony) is one of the biggest Hindu rituals on Bali. This ceremony is executed by smoothing down the incisor and eye-tooth. The ceremony is performed on young adults. In the Hindu culture when a person turns 18 he or she is to be considered well on the way to adulthood. [...]
Bee hives at Jiwa Damai
Posted in From the Founder, tagged bali, balinese bee hive, Balinese honey, bee hive, bee stock bali, bees, honey production on bali, indonesia, jiwa damai, organic garden, organic honey, permaculture, permaculture honey, retreat center, ubud, ubud retreat on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Some of our readers might already know about the Balinese bee hives that we set up some time ago in the organic garden. We started out with only few bees living in these traditional Balinese bee hives located in different locations all over the garden. After a few months we were able to harvest the [...]
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