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This study aims to explore the prevailing myth behind the proper etiquette of appearance and conduct that Balinese Hindus must observe when praying at Pebini Temple in Catur Village, Kintamani, Bangli. Worshippers who pray at this temple must avoid opulence by not wearing any jewelries, red articles of clothing, even undergarments. This relate to the myth of Pebini Temple as one of the sacred meditation sites of Dewi Danu, the goddess of fertility and ruler of Lake Batur. The study employs descriptive-qualitative analysis using the technique of observation, interviews, and documentations. Further, it uses The Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) approach based on the principle of semiotics to analyze the structure, meaning, and social function of the myth. The structure of this myth was established in such a way that conveys a certain meaning, which is still relevant today for the communities that worship at Pebini Temple. From the analysis, the structure, meaning, and social function of the myth of Pebini Temple can be revealed. Based on those components, it depict life in the palace and the everyday life of Balinese society in the past as well in the present. The myth of Pebini Temple text is the representation of culture and meaning in which the value of the Balinese society are inherent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this research is to formulate a mapping model on the potential of an herbal-themed tourism village based on a case study in Catur Village, Kintamani, Bangli, Bali. The methodology of the research is a qualitative descriptive study by conducting a field survey, namely collecting data by providing closed questions that ask the perceptions of stakeholders managing tourism villages in Bangli Regency, community leaders in Catur Village, small business owners in Catur Village, and the Village Heads. The research results are processed using descriptive statistical analysis techniques by visually describing a set of data, which can be done in two parts, namely numerical descriptions, narrative texts, graphics, and in-depth explanations. Results of research of the descriptive analysis using tourism village mapping indicators posted Catur Tourism Village as a fairly decent village (2.52) to be further developed as a tourist village. This tourist village is mapped into four potentials, namely: nature tourism, cultural or religious tourism, herbal tourism, and agri-horticultural. Conclusion of the results of research based on the analysis of tourism potential, it can be said that Catur Village has fulfilled four aspects (4A) in offering tourism product of four main attractions, namely natural beauty, agriculture, culture or religion, and herbs. In terms of accessibility, road access to Catur is very adequate. In terms of amenities, facilities such as homestays, food and beverage providers, banks, health services, and others are quite available at Catur. As for ancillary, the institutions in Catur have led to full support for the development of the tourist village.

Religious symbol is the generic word for all kinds of religious signs of the divine. It includes myths and religious narratives, theological ideas, particular notions such as karma or sin which are defined in one or more symbol systems, religious acts such as liturgies or private meditations that move through and overlay various symbol systems, as well as architectural and artistic symbols with religious content, books, songs, devotional objects, and the like. Generally, it can be referred to a religious object and can bear a religious meaning. This study aims to identify the meaning of a contextualized religious symbol in the Bali Church which is known as ‘the dancing cross’. The theory applied in this study is semiotic theory which in this case is structural semiotics. The source of the data are texts that discuss about the cross symbol as well as the results of interviews with the creator of the dancing cross symbol, Nyoman Darsane. This study confirms that the dancing cross, which is widely used by Christians who are members of the Protestant Christian Church in Bali is considered as the product of regionalization or contextualization of the cross which is the crux of Christian life and worship. The shape of the dancing cross is transformed from the universal shape of the cross which is consisted of two bars leading to a T-shaped cross which base stem is longer than the other three arms but crooked at the bottom like a dancer who is in left agem position. The results of the analysis through the utilization of structural semiotics in terms of syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations revealed some important points namely the contrastive meaning of the cross before and after the time of Jesus Christ as the sign of shame which covers a curse, a stumbling block and foolishness and the sign to be glorified which covers salvation victory and obedience. Other important points to be revealed are the contextual shape of the cross that can be aligned as a dancer who is in left agem position and the contextual meaning of the cross which leads to the sign of obedience of God’s people or the disciples to carry or dance the cross in accordance with the example given by Jesus Christ.

Background and Objective: Sengon (Paraserienthes falcataria (L.) Nielsen) is a plant species in forestry plantation while rice (Oryza sativa) is an agricultural crop which potentially used in the agroforestry system. Both species are susceptible to dieback disease. This study aimed to isolate and identify the dieback disease on sengon seedlings to understand the pathogenicity of fungal dieback disease on the seedlings of both sengon and rice and to observe the symptom of dieback disease both macroscopically and microscopically., Materials and Methods: Pathogenicity test was conducted in a factorial completely randomized design (CRD). The treatments were control, wounded by carborundum, inoculated with pathogen as well as inoculated with pathogen and wounded by carborundum., Results: Results revealed that the greatest percentage of dieback disease on sengon and rice was occurred on the treatment of inoculation with wound both100%. While, the greatest percentage of dieback disease intensity of sengon and rice was obtained on the treatment of inoculation with wound by 98.2 and 40.6%, respectively. The PCR result identified that the pathogen was Ceratobasidium ramicola that form imperfect state as Rhizoctonia sp., Conclusion: This species of fungal pathogen is the major cause of dieback disease on sengon and rice seedlings due to seedlings death.