June/July, 1998
No. 035/VI/98

cover story

After The Boom
What future is there for
Bali's modern theatre
scene?

Warung Society
Bali has its own history of
communal philosophising
and coffee-drinking

Renaissance
Twenty years of Bali's
Festival of the Arts

beyond
bali

Sumbawa's Secrets
Photographs from
Kuang Amo

regular
features

Dangerous Times
Orchestrating a
cremation in Ubud

Home Grown
A preview of
the Quicksilver Pro

Adventure
Getting over a fear
of diving

Health and Beauty
Foreign aid for optic
health

Books
The Painted Alphabet
reviewed

Food
Two boutique hotels,
two top chefs

Fiction
'Our Moon'
by Mas Ruscitadewi

advertising index for
Bali Echo web site

Dear Readers,

In previous years, Bali Echo has celebrated the annual Festival of the Arts by featuring the history of the event and overviews of its highlights for that year. This year, Bali Echo has chosen a different kind of feature. Andre Sjahreza’s cover story on contemporary Balinese theatre and Cok Sawitri and Arif Prasetyo’s piece on Bali’s own ‘cafe-going’ traditions reveal some of the lesser-known corners of Balinese arts and culture. In this way, we hope that Bali Echo's 35th edition will serve as a perfect complement to the 20th Festival of the Arts. Having savoured the truly festive atmosphere at the pleasant, leafy Art Centre over June and July, and read Bali Echo from cover to cover, we are confident that visitors will leave the island with at least some of Bali’s many mysteries solved!

As we go to print, Indonesia is experiencing some exciting changes. A fresh omelette could well be in the making, and unfortunately one of the sacrificial breakages has included the international surf world's golden egg, the Quiksilver Pro, which for the past four years has been held annually in East Java (see Home Grown). The Quiksilver Pro will, however, be held as usual in 1999.

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