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Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Art Center Bali

 Art Center or Cultural Park is a building which was established with the purpose for art performances and especially development of Balinese Art. Art Center is located in Nusa Indah Street, Sumerta Village, Denpasar Regency. It's around 45 minute from Ngurah Rai International Airport. Art Center is a large building complex with best balinese traditional architectural layout of the building, both the amphitheater and show hall as well as an extra building is based on Gunung Mandara Giri stories in the ocean of milk where splashing "amerta" holy water for eternal life which according with the nature of culture which is dynamic and kept alive all the time.


Art Center or Bali Cultural Park was founded by Ida Bagus Mantra the first governor of Bali. He as the balinese is very care about the cultural values, especially Bali East Culture. By building an arts district location it can stimulating balinese artists to keep, preserving and support the cultural development. For the plan of all, he willingly sacrifice of his land to serve as a center of arts which we know as Art Center. Art Center was opened in 1973 and make Bali Art Festival (PKB) which was held a full month usually start from June until July every year. At opening ceremony of Bali Art Festival (PKB) was enlivened by arts parade. The parade was followed by all regency in Bali and also followed by other province in Indonesia and sometimes there is also participant from foreign contury such as Japan and Korea. 

The structure of building complexs in Bali Art Center consists of :
  1. 1. Sacred Building such as Taman Beji, Bale Selonding, Bale Peparosan.
  2. 2. Quit Building such as : Widya Kusuma Library, where this place is keep many book history of Bali.
  3. 3. Half bustling building such as Mahudara Exhibition Building, Carft Building, Sculpture Studio,Wisma Art and Wantilan
  4. 4. The bustling building such as Ardha Chandra Stage and Ksirarnawa close Stage.
In the amphitheater can be accommodate the audiance up to 6,000 people,be it for show modern and traditional colossal. If you visit Bali, Art Center is one of your destination.http://balisurfadvisor.com/

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Mas Village



Mas Village is one of the cultural tourism village that has been know from ancient periods until now. Mas Village famous because was produced craft carving, sculptures, and anymore about the Balinese culture. Mas Village has strategic location because it is on tourism line in Bali, so that make Mas Village became one of the interesting tourism destination located in western part of Gianyar Regency. Along the road in Mas Village can see and found many art shops which function as a marketing production place of handicrafts such as carving, statues and also accommodate workers as a carver, sculptors and woodcarvers.

Mas Village visited by local and foreign tourist. Generally tourist who visits just for looking the craftsmen who were making his artwork and some of the tourist was brought handicrafts from craftsmen in Mas Village. Every day tourist is visited Mas Village because is located on the main route between Denpasar, Ubud, Kintamani, and Tampaksiring. Around 30 minute from Denpasar, 15 minute from Gianyar and 5 minute from Ubud Area.



Visitor in Mas Village can learn about Balinese culture and knowing history about Mas Village. Mas Village has unique and interesting history. Mas Village establishment by becoming Brahmana from Majapahit Kingdom, his come to Bali to expanding Hindu Religion an increasingly pressured in Java. Brahmana teach about Hindus to someone who has named Mas Wilis. Mas Wilis was taught about religion, art, culture and social. Because about that, names of the village is Mas Village. If you visit to Bali, you must make Mas Village has one tourism destination to visit.http://www.balisurfadvisor.com/

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Bedulu Village



Bedulu Village is a tourism village is used as option if vacation in Bali. Bali Island is famous with thousand temple have beauty of building style from historical heritage, that is interesting to visit. Many temple with different function make observance of Hinduism in Bali to the ancestor and God. Almost in this village has historic statues (arca) was made in Kingdom era and one of them is Dalem Puri Temple. Dalem Puri Temple is located Bedulu Village, Blahbatuh District, Gianyar Regency. Around 40 minute from Denpasar and 50 minute from Ngurah Rai International Airport.





Before entering Dalem Puri Temple, we will be passed Samuan Tiga Temple, who has used as cultural heritage by Archaeological Department. From Samuan Tiga Temple walked around in village and passed a small river with bridge. When we passed a bridge we would see source of water and wasteland, was called Tegal Panangsang. Source of water have been live for some village with clear water. Many people take water from here.

Dalem Puri Temple have some building and ancestral shrine (gedong) used as pleading pleace when people executed Ngesti Ceremony (Ceremon y after Balinese Cremation(Ngaben). Until now don't be know when established of Dalem Puri Temple. Dalem Puri Temple supposedly is part from Samuan Tiga Temple. Bedulu Village has beauty view with vast stretches rice field, that is showed if local people around Dalem Puri Temple is farmer and based on agricultural sector. Around Dalem Puri Temple there are not many facilities, that is not problem because you will still fell comfortable when visiting Dalem Puri Temple. Warung (stall food and drink) is already around Dalem Puri Temple for eliminate your hunger and thirsty with be accompanied by cool air in Bedulu Village.http://www.balisurfadvisor.com/