Klepon Festival on Tanah Lot Art Festival 2010

kleponKlepon is one of  favorite meal in Bali specially in rural area like Beraban village Tanah Lot.  Klepon become unique cake because this meal usually not always available every day except there are some order from customer or some event like custom ceremony or other religious event. Cause of that unique things, Klepon cake competition will be one of competition on Tanah Lot Art Festival 2010. The competition will followed by all klepon merchants group in Tanah Lot which divided into 30 groups. Klepon cake competition will be held on Opening Ceremony July 26,  2010. Klepon will become the welcome snack for invitation, so invitation free to taste the klepon from all groups.

The excellence of klepon lay on its form and its taste. Cause inside of klepon there are sugar, in Balinese people called “Gula Bali” which cause that sweet tasty. Klepon made from rice powder mixed with starch powder. And for green color of klepon is made from a kind of leaf in bali that’s called “daun kayu sugih” or a kind of colourant special from meal and beverages, and “gula bali” for it sweet tasty which included inside of klepon. In bali klepon usually complete with coconut which have been grated, for decoration above this cake. With green color of klepon and white color of coconut, making this cake very attractive and bewitching to be tried.

Klepon usually use in every formal event like, birthday party, wedding party, general event, and also religious and ceremonial event in balinese life. Even in event which have been performed in Tanah Lot area always use klepon to showing and preserve bali's culture. Klepon usually complete with coconut which have been grated, for decoration above this cake.