Friday, June 17, 2011

Bali Arts Festival

The Bali Arts Festival is a full month of daily performances, handicraft exhibitions and other related cultural and commercial activities during which literally the whole of Bali comes to the city to present its offerings of dance, music and beauty. On display are trances from remote mountain slopes, forgotten or recently revived village dances, food and offering contests, classical palace dances, stars of Balinese stage, odd musical performances, "kreasi baru" (new creations) from the dance schools of Denpasar, as well as contemporary choreography and dance companies from other islands and from abroad.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Bali Tooth Filing Ceremony

Bali Tooth Filing Ceremony is one of the Hindu rituals in Bali which is vital importance on the way of human life, because this ceremony owns very high esthetics and meaning. In this case, the tooth filing ceremony is only conducted for adult or who has stepped on adolescent. This matter because, their tooth have been strangely assumed to be filed and will not grow again.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Taman Ujung Water Palace

Ujung Water Palace, which by the local people is called as Taman Soekasada Ujung, was built in 1919. However, the launching of this complex of water palace was performed in 1912. The water palace was constructed by the late King of Karangasem, I Gusti Bagus Jelantik, that reigned in Karangasem between 1909 and 1945.

Ujung Water Palace was majestically built to welcome and to serve important guests and Kings from neighboring countries, besides for the pleasure of the King and his royal family.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Banjar Hot Water

Banjar Hot Water is a nature hot wellspring from the ground and it is believed can heal the disease. Its water is accommodated at one small swimming pool encircled by unique rural nature, its situation close to the Wihara (Buda Temple). Banjar Hot Water is located in Banjar Countryside, Banjar sub district and Singaraja Regency. It is about 1,5 Km from Banjar or 24 Km from Singaraja Town. 

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Kamasan Village

Kamasan Traditional Village located about five kilometers south of Semarapura, Klungkung regency, about 50 kilometers from Denpasar. Pass land road, Kamasan can reach during one hour. With large of area around 187,5 hectare and population about 2.995 people, It's different than other village around it, because most of other village has 2 or 4 time more people than kamasan. As comparison, Gelgel which has the same wide like Kamasan has population around 4.392 people.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Bali Art Center

Bali Art Center known as Taman Budaya Ardha Chandra located at Kesiman sub-district, municipality of Denpasar. More precisely is at the southern end of the Nusa Indah street of East Denpasar city. Three accesses can be taken to reach the area; one is from Sanur taking Jalan Hang Tuah from where bigger cars can enter, or from the crossroad of Jalan Gianyar and Gatot Subroto which is preferable to go with traffic flows already in line as in Indonesia including Bali the line is on the left. Third access is from west Denpasar city which are available many roads, but all are difficult due to the dense traffic, only smaller cars such as taxi or minivan are suggested to access art center from the west.

Rambut Siwi Temple

Rambut Siwi Temple is located 18 km to the east of the City State and 78 km toward the west from the city of Denpasar. Can be achieved with all types of vehicles and parking large enough. Here there are temples built Sad Goda and closely related to the arrival of a minister of Majapahit who travel to religious to Bali and stop at these places to give teachings on Hinduism.

Because of respect for local residents to the preacher who was named Dang Hyang Nirartha, asked to adore his hair and kept in this temple so that the name of this temple called Pura Rambut (hair) Siwi. From this temple we can also enjoy a sea view and sunset.