Village life in Bali is a perfect model for a traditional cooperative society that incorporates people of all ages and skills and caters for huge ceremonies and events with grace and ease. Discover how the Balinese share their hard work and their pleasures.

See how Balinese cooperate to create the perfect village system. Everybody plays an integral role in serving society, working happily together in large groups, chatting and laughing, to prepare for religious ceremonies and festivities that maintain social harmony.

At Sukahet Sari you can witness typical traditional life at first hand. Working together towards a common goal, men and women set out at dawn to their fields, ploughing, irrigating, planting, and harvesting. In the village compound they gather to make delicate and colourful offerings for their ancestral forbears and Hindu deities, and carry out other village activities, which involve all members of the community. Balinese call this "gotong royong", which means helping each other, or community teamwork. This community spirit, untiring religious devotion, and the fact that the people work closely with nature epitomize their "trihita karana" philosophy of the interconnection between man, nature and the divine. For your visit to the plantation, a number of rural activities
will be condensed into an afternoon and held at one location, so that you can get a detailed picture of the traditional village. Witness locals beating the wooden "kulkul" drum, threshing and pounding rice, and preparing an array of deliciously exotic Balinese cuisine.

Sukahet Sari offers a rare and exclusive opportunity to join in traditional Balinese activities and sample all the aspects of village life in Bali.