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Banjar Semana, Desa Singakerta, Kecamatan Ubud, Gianyar District, Bali.Villas Semana - less than 5 km from Ubud, perfect retreat located in ideallic gardens above the sacred Ayung River. Choose from five signature villas, built in true Balinese style. Dine privately, or in the pondok Santai pavillion overlooking pool, river and rice paddies.

Main swimming pool & sundeck,Riverside Traditional Spa,Laundry & Dry Cleaning Service,Safety deposit box in each Villa,Personal Mini Bar in each,Audio System with CD selection in each Villa,Ceiling Fan & individual controlled AC,Reading Room with Satellite/Cable..

All our staff at Villa Semana are Balinese and live in the villages surrounding Ubud. In fact, many of them come from Semana Village where we are located. They all take part in village activities such as temple ceremonies, traditional dance and when they go home, continue to live their lives untainted by the changes brought about by tourism to the rest of Bali.

When they come to work, they bring with them their traditional values and practices which you will no doubt experience when they greet and serve you. It is this that makes Villa Semana so special.

Semana Villa Ubud

Banjar Semana, Desa Singakerta, Ubud
Gianyar - Bali - Indonesia

A herb is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties, flavor, scent, or the like.

Herbs have a variety of uses including culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual usage. The green, leafy part of the plant is often used, but herbal medicine makes use of the roots, flowers, seeds, root bark, inner bark (cambium), berries and sometimes the pericarp or other portions.

General usage differs between culinary herbs and medicinal herbs. A medicinal herb may be a shrub or other woody plant, whereas a culinary herb is a non-woody plant, typically using the leaves. Any of the parts of the plant, as well as any edible fruits or vegetables, might be considered “herbs” in medicinal or spiritual use.

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When death comes to a Balinese family and take away one of its members, it is no longer a family’s business. It is a community’s business. At this time the Balinese unity and sense of owning is put into the greatest test.

A death in Bali requires a cremation ceremony and it is a big deal that needs a great deal of money, a great deal of time, and a great deal of work (physical and knowledge). It is impossible for the family to manage this massive work and the service of community especially the Banjar (a sub-village neighborhood organization) is needed.

The each members of Banjar will contribute some money to the family of the deceased this contribution called “patus“, the amount of “patus“, is depend on the banjar’s written rules, “awig-awig“. Wives of the banjar’s will also bring a gift to the family of the deceased usually consists of cloth, rice, sugar, coffee and cookies. These gifts and contribution will ease the financial burden of the family of the deceased.

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When the first men existed on this earth, their first attention was how to survive. How to get food became the first need. It made them observe their surroundings; what kinds of plants or animals were edible. Plants were easier to get. Later, plants were only for food but for medicine. From this point, the science of utilizing various kinds of plants for medicine was developed.

The science was spread out through mouth to mouth so that their offspring understood these kinds of plants for medicine science. When written communication invented, they started to make documents of all their knowledge on these raw materials, i.e. plants and mineral (pelican), and how those materials were proceeded. Since at that moment there were no papers, they made the documentation on the wet loam soil with the sharp metal such as nails. Then, it was dried under the sun. They also used the strong palm leaves as another medium.

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Allow us to introduce you the name behind our exclusive Martha Tilaar Salon & Day Spa Nusa Dua as one franchisse of Martha Tilaar Day Spa and Managed by Perigi Sempana, Bali - Indonesia.

Also known as “Indonesia’s Mother of narutal cosmetics” Dr. Martha Tilaar has dedicated her life to beauty and health for more than 30 years. Her mission is to revive ancient beauty secrets developed by Javanese Royal for years.

Having researched old traditional recipes using Indonesia’s natural resources with modernn scientific method, she gives modern women of today the opportunity to rediscover the beauty within themselves and their eternal connection to nature.

Beauty doesn’t need to the complicated, high tech or confusing, nature in extraordinary ways provides simple and brilliant answers to almost all types of skin problem and has the power to soothe stress away.

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