My home village of Batur can be spectacularly beautiful, but Ubud is the place where tourists choose to linger longer there. When asked by my aunts and uncles why this is so, I break my head for answers.
Most often, I think the charm of healing of Ubud. The name itself comes from the word Obad, which means "medicine." Legend has it that Rsi Markandeya, who led the first waves of migration from the Dieng Plateau Java circa 10th century, discovered the healing power of the Wos River at the junction known as Campuhan. That's why he led the settlement of the crest Wos River, north of Ubud today. Even my father finally installed here, and chose to take his last breath of fresh air near his favorite refuge in the river.
The observation of the sculpture which is the mascot of Ubud, I find a simple answer to the figure that stands proudly at the intersection Ubud, Gianyar, Tegalalang and Pejeng, about half a kilometer east from Ubud market. Baring his chest to Ubud, it looks and runs his bow and arrow Gianyar. Archer remember the charming prince Arjuna, the lover legendary Mahabharata.
Arjuna, the third-born of five Pandawa brothers, was not the most beautiful. His younger brother was Nakula. He was not the strongest warrior or brave - Bima who was his elder brother. He was not the smartest, nor the wisest of all, for these virtues were attributed to Sahadewa, the youngest, and Dharmawangsa, the eldest, respectively. What special to him? He was the most charming. Most loved. Most humans.
Despite being the spiritual son of Indra, god of rain and war, Arjuna was not part of avid battle. He stammered Kurusetra the battlefield. Krishna, family counselor, sang to him. The song of the sage Bhagavan, known to many as the Bhagavad-Gita, became a sacred chapter of the Mahabharata as it contains a pearl of wisdom for man: Life is for Karma or action; the time to do it. We must carry out his duties, his Dharma.
Why this fatal weakness was asked to lead the greatest battle of all Indian epics? Because it gave people hope. So the brave soldiers their heart, as he had to.
Arjuna draws the popular imagination as a man so charming, there were many women and none reprimanded for it. Among his wives and lovers were goddesses, princesses, demons and ogres. It spawned many children, and they all got along well, so patient and charming was the man. When the war came, they fought alongside the other also.
It seems that the new large and broad wives, namely oversized bus, figuratively are beginning to tread on toes more, more established fans of Ubud. The problem does not seem to be one of the spatial planning and time management, something the legendary Arjuna managed well enough in his many quests through the geographical dispersion of his many wives. Ubud today, however, has a finite area in which to keep and maintain concubines and offspring. Perhaps there is a limit to the number of Ubud lovers can take, after all ... if Ubud is to retain its charm.
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