Hotels YTL One of the most important treatments the Spa Village is proud to have is the revival of the age-old and time intensive pre-wedding beauty ritual for the bride. “The Balinese has this beautiful concept among their women of honouring their bodies and to slow down and focus
Taking time off to have massage was important to them, even with no celebrations abound. But the pre-wedding ritual was something else. It was such beautiful concept that went beyond routine scruband-spa experience. And this philosophy was what we wanted to share with our guests at Spa Village.”
sublime journey just shy of two hours that celebrates for their daughtersin the homes. It begins with relax and soothe the body before the ritual continues with meodak (body scrub) that amazingly turns skin soft and supple. This follows an empahan (fresh milk) application that does wondrous things to the body, both moisturising and nourishing it, before warm soak in the tub, mersiramsekar (floral bath), encourages the body to really relax and unwind. The effects after are
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For all the resort’s focus onauthenticity,it also provides
le ith many other unique and memor experiences. The incredible highlightof my stay, with their warm and ho:
attitude and service that goesabove and beyond.
Bec of the boutique room: ue:
nature of the resort (ju: made to feel special,as thot
you are the only guest that invites you to make full use
matters. It’s quiet resi of the bale (wooden pavilion)
whether for snooze, read, mas: ith their experienced
or head, foot and shoulder therapi No:
the black sand beach makes stunning entry into my morning routine; the waters begging to be explored.
Some evenings, with the elements aligned and weather permitting, opt to float on their pool lounger, looking at the clear blue skies in their signature Starlight
it sounc peaceful and
On my final day at the the ingke (rattan plates) time on her hands and asi
he weaves? An ingke the coconut leaflet. was warungs (stalls) banana leaf the
wash back home. So grabbed my vhisked to brick-and-mortar
running around. There seated
vould like to join her from the spine of
fascinated by its use in local
ona brown paper or ingketo cut down the to replicate it camera quickly and soon
house with chickens in the patio aw
weaver, welcoming me into her home like long lost
child. She was 80. Her kids
are all grown up, and so are
her grandchildren. With nothing much to do in between
he wea’
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2018 Mar-Apr, pages 44-47. Text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected; spelling may differ from the printed edition.
