Jatiluwih Village UNESCO Heritage.
Jatiluwih Village UNESCO World Culture Heritage locate on the slope of Mount Batukaru, with cool, fresh air and expanse hectares of rice fields present gorgeous glowing green sight that widen-eyes. Complete with trekking trek, Villas, several restaurants serve International and Indonesia cuisine and other fun tourist activities. So far-famed alluring the most International and domestic visitors.
Every subsistence farmer obligatory to be the member of water irrigation organization system call “Subak”. Which is led by elected leaders for certain period base on the member agreement. The organization primarily regulates a fairly water distribution for each member. As well as in maintaining water canals and other obligations stipulate in the “Subak” rules.
At each head of subsistence farmer rice field completed with a shrine. To conduct worshiping ritual to the god of rice. As well as other Hindu ceremony related to farming culture.
The rice plant type
The local farmers grow the local rice which is differ from the rice plant in general. Physically the plant is taller and take longer harvesting period. But producing high rice quality and rich of vitamin and taste. The rice has three different colors; white, black, red. Apart from as a daily food it also processed for producing various type of cake. Rice tea, also rice alcoholic drinks “Arak and Brem”.
Padi field work
Rice plant needs sufficient water and sunlight for good crop. Rice farming is inherited from generation to generation by keep maintaining traditional method. Preceded by plowing the field three to four times utilize the cows or alternatively a machine. To turn the soil to a good mud while running the water in to the field as well as ridding out the weeds. Before receiving young rice seed, since then the rice plant must receive enough water. Until the time for the field to be drained for the plant receives fertilizer.
After the fertilizer has been absorbed with in two or three days the field must re-irrigated. They will repeat the same job for next fertilization which usually done three times before harvest. The rice also need to be protected from the birds fest by placing scare birds in the field from failures crop. The farmer will stop the water run-in to the field. At least 2 month prior harvesting time come for easy harvesting work.
