Iseh
Iseh and its surrounding belongs to Sidemen village, district of Sidemen, Karangasem regency.It is about 52 km. in distance from Denpasar and can be reached by car through the village of Satria, Klungkung regency.
The beauty of natural surrounding of this resort has long been known with the towering volcano, Mt. Agung seen in the distance, the extent of
ricefield with stream flowing between it, the farmers simple huts spreading here and there while on the ricefield the farmers working or the
shepherds watching their cows grassing. What an illustration of a peaceful Balinese countryside!
Facility
There have beer), some accommodations available at Iseh and some others at Sidemen which village also has as marvellous panorama as that at Iseh. The other attraction is the locals home industry i.e : “Ikat” (tied) woven material called “endek” and “songket” (woven material
with golden threads), using traditional weaving handloom. The product of “endek” and “Songket” of Sidemen has been known for its best quality.
Tourist Visit
The natural beauty of Iseh has been attracting more and more visitors who will stay relatively long to enjoy the serenity and peacefulne’ss of this place.
Description
Iseh village as a place of interest had been known before the war for independence in Indonesia (1945). A German painter named : Walter Spies lived at Iseh between 1895-1942. He built a small hut as his painting studio and here at Iseh he produced some of his best paintings.
Instead of being a painter, Mr. Spies was also interested iri “gamelan” orchestras. His intercourse with the locals mainly the artists was so close thai he became the founder of two gamelan – groups called “sekeha” In January 1942, several days before the Japanese troop’ attacked Java, Walter Spies and the other German citizens were evacuated to India.
Unfortunately the ship carrying them was attacked by the Japanese bomber aircraft till drowned. Walter Spies and his fellows were also’ drowned and Ball lost one of its best friends.
Another foreign – painter who also ever lived at Iseh is Theo Meier a Swiss Citizen who was born at Bole, Switzerland in March 31, 1908. While living at Iseh, Theo Meier painted a lot about the beautiful countryside of Iseh with Mt. Agung as the back ground. His painting objects were also the locals daily activities, dancers and rituals, so both of those painters are considered to be meritorious in promoting the beauty of Iseh.
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