The people of Bali have relied on rice as their staple food for centuries - now the United Nations has added Balinese rice cultivation, known as Subak, to its World Heritage List. For a thousand years ...

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The role of the rice-field system is deeply rooted in the culture of Balinese people, aside from its extra value for tourism. The Balinese crop system is related with religious, historical and ...

Fri, March 2, 2012 Published on Mar. 2, 2012 Published on 2012-03-02T08:57:32+07:00 he provincial administration is ready to submit the draft of a bylaw on the protection of the island’s revered ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Subak, says I Made Chakra Widia, is a very clever system. Chakra is the fourth generation of a rice-farming family in Pengosekan, near the village ...

JAKARTA – In the heart of Bali, where yellow-green padi terraces ripple across the landscape like waves, ancient subak rice fields bear witness to the island’s rich cultural heritage. These intricate, ...

A farmer works in a field with a traditional terrace irrigation system called a "subak' in Jatiluwih in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia, on April 18, 2022.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) JATILUWIH, Indonesia (AP) ...

Indonesian government and people in Bali celebrated on Monday the inscription of Balinese traditional irrigation system, called Subak, as one of the world's heritage endorsed by the United Nations ...

Bali's unique subak irrigation system has kept its iconic rice paddies lush for centuries. But tourism is threatening the water supply, and a new Trump development could be the worst offender yet in ...

No superlatives are being spared when it comes to describing Bali: Island of the Gods, Paradise Island, Island of peace and even Island of Love. After landing at the overcrowded airport in Kuta, it ...

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): In the heart of Bali, where yellow-green paddy terraces ripple across the landscape like waves, ancient subak rice fields bear witness to the island’s rich cultural ...