Food Related Festival Essay

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Food related festivals and celebrations January 2017 New Year’s day, Chinese New Year 2568, Full Moon temple, Kanjeng Keliwon, Saraswati Day February 2017 Tumpek Landep, Denpasar’s Birthday celebration March 2017 Nyepi – Bali Hindu New Year (Saka 1939), Ogoh-ogoh Parade April 2017 Good Friday, Ascension Day of Prophet Muhammad (27 Rajab 1438H), Galungan Day, Kuningan Day May 2017 Labor Day, Buddhist Holy Day of Waisak (2561), The Ascension of Jesus Christ, Tumpek Krulut, Ubud Food Festival June 2017 Pancasila Day, Idul Fitri 1438 Hijriyah, Bali Art Festival, Tumpek Kandang July 2017 Tumpek Wayang, Bali Maha Lango Festival, Rare Bali Festival Children’s Day August 2017 Indonesia Independece Day, Saraswati Day September 2017 Idul Adha …show more content…

But, despite from all the differences rice is the staple food in Indonesia. Almost all the dishes in Bali serves with steamed white rice, it usually consumed with vegetables and choice of poultry, meat, and seafood. Yet beef is rarely consumed in Bali, because Hindu people believe that cow is sacred animal. The most well known in Bali is Balinese 8-Spices Combination, which is made with white pepper, black pepper, coriander, cumin, clove, nutmeg, sesame seed and candlenut. Basa Gede or known as Balinese spice mix paste is commonly use in every Bali dishes, it is made from garlic, red chili peppers, shallots, nutmeg, ginger, turmeric, palm sugar, cumin, shrimp paste and bay leaf. Basa Gede is usually use for make curry, seasoning for stir-fry vegetable and as a marinade. The other ingredients and spices like sambal (chili paste), galangal, lemongrass, coconut, peanut, fish sauce, fish paste, shrimp paste, palm sugar are also commonly use in Balinese

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