Subak is the name of water management (irrigation) system for paddy fields on Bali island, Indonesia which was developed more than 1,000 years ago. For Balinese, irrigation is not simply providing water for the plant's roots, but water is used to construct a complex, pulsed artificial ecosystem. Paddy fields in Bali were built around water temples and the allocation of water is made by a priest.
Subak is a traditional ecologically sustainable irrigation system that binds Balinese agrarian society together within the village's Bale Banjar community center and Balinese temples. The water managements is under the authority of the priests in water temples without forget about Tri Hita Karana Philosophy which is relationship between humans the earth and the gods; an ancient method followed in India by rishi's of Hindu Religion in India.
It's in the List of UNESCO WHS as Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2012
Sent on: January 2, 2014
Received on: February 3, 2014
2 comments:
Beautiful postcard and stamps! Congratulations!
Amazing blog! :) thank you Janne for post this postcard. Actually, Ratu Boko temple (stamps) also inculuding as UNESCO WHS tentative list :) http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/287/
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