Indonesian celebrated Kartini Day on 21th April annually. Kartini is a name of Indonesian woman that struggled for women emancipation. Because of her Indonesian women could go to school and their position are not lower than men anymore so that Indonesian appreciate her through celebrate her birthday as national holiday. Actually, Indonesia has several other National Heroines; Cut Nyak Dien, Christina Marthatiahahu, and many more.

Obviously, Bali also has heroine although not many people know about her and she is not admitted as a National Heroine yet. Her name was Ida I Dewa Agung Istri Kanya. Her father was a King of Klungkung. She had a step brother named Tjokorda Rai, the only one successor of Klungkung kingdom at that time.

In 1815 Tjokorda Rai ascended the throne entitled Ida I Dewa Agung Putra II while Istri Kanya assisted him leading the kingdom. Istri Kanya played a big role in wiping out the colonizer from Klungkung. She was known as a woman with outstanding characters, stubborn, and firm.

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Dear Friends,

The impact of bomb tragedy in Kuta and number of the nature tragedy in Indonesia has been felt by tourist industry. The slow down of tourism is affecting other economies, which, in Bali specifically, are mainly related with tourism. Almost every segment and layers of Bali’s society,including the goverment and big business,is making effort to “revive” the island’s economy through varieties of mean.

We realized that it is important for the people who live in Bali to get their life back to normal again, the reason for us to organize a Charity dinner,on program Hari Ibu Kartini ( Indonesian women hero ) for education On 21 April and The Earth Day on 22 April 2006. This is away for us to gather all layers of community to interact with each other.and to give people information about Environmental Education.

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