A man organises bottles of premium arak at the Arak Bali Day celebration in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Jan 29. - JP
NUSA DUA, Bali (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Bali celebrated Arak Bali Day for the first time on Sunday (Jan 29) with an event in Nusa Dua promoting the traditional liquor distilled from the sap or fruit of palm trees.
“Through this Arak Bali Day celebration, I urge Bali people to utilise arak for proper reasons such as for traditional rituals, health and culinary applications. It is firmly banned to drink arak to get drunk and ruin your health,” said Bali Governor I Wayan Koster in December, when he announced that Arak Bali Day would be held.
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