Subak
is the art of beautiful natural Aesthetics in the island of the gods
(Bali) is a civic organization that specifically regulate rice
irrigation systems used in suitable planting rice in Bali, Indonesia. This
water usually has a temple called Uluncarik Temple, Bedugul Temple, or
specifically built by farmers and destined for prosperity and fertility
goddess dewi Sri. This irrigation system is
governed by an indigenous leaders who also is a farmer in Bali this year
2012. at UNESCO, acknowledged the Subak (Bali Cultur Landscape), a
world heritage site, in the first trial, which took place in Saint
Petersburg, Russia
The
green revolution has led to changes in the irrigation system, the
existence of the new rice varieties and new methods, farmers must plant
rice as often as possible, ignoring the needs of the other farmers. This is very different from Subak system, in which the needs of all farmers preferred. A
new method on the green revolution yields rich results at first, but
then followed by constraints such as shortage of water, pest and
pollution due to pesticides either on the ground or in the water. Eventually it was discovered that paddy irrigation system traditionally it is effective to overcome this obstacle.
Subak
had been studied by Clifford Geertz, while j. Stephen Lansing has
attracted the attention of the public on the importance of the
traditional irrigation system. He studied the temples in Bali, especially for agriculture, commonly overlooked by foreigners. In 1987 Lansing worked with farmers to develop computer models of Bali Subak irrigation system. With that he prove the effectiveness of this system and the importance of Water.
