Articles tagged with: Bali
FINGERPRINT MUSEUM The museum was established as private property m 1994 by
the owner : 1 Gusti Ngurah Gede Pemecutan. In this museuin a number of the owner’s own paintings are collected and documented as a …
BENOA HARBOUR is about 6 km in distance from Denpasar City and known as the central marine activities both domestic and intemational and at once as Intemational Tourism Harbour where some international boating races regularly …
The Ethnographical Museum is the only museum one can find in Denpasar/ located on Mayor Wisnu Street next to Jagatnatha Temple. It was built m December 8 th, 1932 in which displayed various old objects in four main buldings called : Gedung Timur, Gedung Buleleng/ Gedimg Karangasem and Gedung Tabanan.
In Gedung Timur is displayed many kinds of pre-historic collections mcluding equipments of Bali’s traditional technology.
Local people with family froin every comer of the city regularly visit the park in the aftemoon and on Sundays various programs for children are held to make the atmosphere more cheerful. Puputan square is also the site where some rituals are held like : “Saraswati” Holiday to celebrate the descend of Holy Commands of Vedas, “Tawur Agung Kesanga”, (Great Sacrificial Ceremony to welcome Nyepi, the Isaka New Year), and “Ogoh-ogoh” procession m the evening.
Catur Muka (four faced) Statue symbolizes the manifestation of Almighty God as Brahma, the Creator of the Universe as to control and monitor the global directions. The Statue is made of sandstone figurating a Deity with four faces cacth facing the four directions, about 5 meters in height being the municipality of Denpasar’s mascot.
Most of the Balinese are Hinduism adherents (about 93.30%) by 2002 cencus of the total population : 3.375.292 people). The other religions are : Islam (5.23%), Christian Protestant (0.51%), Catholic (0.33 %) and Budhist (0.58 %). The main principles of Hinduism are : “Tattwa” (philosophy), ethics (rules of conduct) and ritual/ceremony, with holy scripture called Wedha consisted of four parts (samhita)
Art for the Balinese is one aspect of living dominatmg every activity of the people or can be said that art is the living focus of the Balinese. Bali is very rich in artistic treasure …
Balinese people earn their livmg mostly on farming while the other occupations are: crafting (home industry), tradtng and various services mainly in tourist business. Agriculture covers farming (ricefield) and plantation. In agricultural system m Bali known a traditional institution called “Subak” as an asscociation of owners or workers who get water from the same irrigation water source or certain dam.
The Balinese culture existence has a long noted history started from the prehistoric time advancing up to modern era and global civilization. In relation to modernization and globalization, the Balinese culture indicates a dynamic, selective …
Bali is included into tropical weather area influctuated by seasonal wind changing in every six months time. It has two seasons, dry season (April-October) and rainy season (October – April) The temperature varies between 28°c and 30°c. The rainfall within the last five-years time varies between the lowest 893.4 mm and the highest 2,702.6 iru-n at average yearly, while the humidity is at average 90 % in rainy season and about 60 % during dry-season.
