The Art Of Gold & Silver Smith 

 Celuk Village

Is the famous village in Bali as a tourist destination cause of the local residents is very proactive and full of innovation to the gold and silver crafting. This countryside is located in sub district of Sukawati, Gianyar Regency and owns the individuality and excellence in production of gold and silver crafting. Most of them are Balinese professional, artistic and skillful of design development related to the silver and gold crafting. 

The productions of gold and silver at this village have penetrated to the local, national and international market. It can be measured from the type of artwork result and variation of ornament, good as present and also export commodity. The type of gold and silver craft has been produced in this countryside are covering various of rings, bangles, chokers, earrings, mother of pearls, Tusuk Konde, broach and other types. Beside of that, Celuk's workers are able to response the market demands and produce the modern product like medal, maket and culture symbol. In spanning of artistic growth history, the silver and gold crafting had been started by a group of family pertained by Clan Pande. From this family circle, the activity of gold and silver crafting has disseminated to entire society as a top profession which are previously as the farmer. In year 1970's decades, it has been happened the change of countryside society culture significantly from agrarian society structure to industrial society structure of crafting. Even nowadays, some of them have jumped again to the economic structure of service by focusing in tourism industry. The change and jumping movement of these structures have brought the new positive impact for prosperity

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Pura Gunung Kawi - Sebatu

 

Pura Gunung Kawi is located in the hamlet Sebatu, Tegalalang-Gianyar and some 55 km from Denpasar, has a unique story to tell. Gunung Kawi words derived from the mountain (mount) and Kawi meaning : made

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Gunung Kawi temple is thought to have made ​​into a sojourn or hermitage by Mahareshi of java. Rishi Markandeya hundreds of years ago. At that time, he made the pilgrimage mission from Java to Bali. A stone plate found where previously performed Maharishi saving when he first set foot there. That's why the place was known as the Village Sebatu.

 

 

  

 

Another story asks Sebatu ascribed Anchors and Maserod words ( slip ) on a rock . Sebatu name is associated with a unique history of Maya Denawa , a tyrant Bali administration hundreds of years ago . At the time of his foot slipped on a rock and that's how the word came to be Sebatu and still in use today 

 Gunung Kawi has now become a tourist attraction , well located and has a quiet atmosphere . In this place there are 10 rainy (spring ) has a magical quality . They are believed to have medicinal qualities to cure disease or any kind of disaster striking people , in many cases a lot of visitors not only just pay a call on this place , but also to worship with simple offerings related to melukat ( purification bath ) in the hope they can avoid illness , obstacles and disasters . foreign tourists started 

visiting this temple since 1976 .  

Apart from the beautiful climate and quiet nature , some of the original buildings and the company has magical elements . There are at least 50 visitors who come every day to this object . Primarily , they come from Italy , America and France , among others . Love and Sharing

 

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THE ART OF STONE SCULPTURE 

 Batubulan Village is part of the administrative region Sub Sukawati, Gianyar regency, Bali province, Indonesia. Gianyar Regency is one tourist destination in the island of Bali which has a unique artistic charm. One of the centers of the arts in the district is located in the Tourism Village Batubulan having centers of art sculptures and carvings are quite famous among domestic and foreign tourists.
This tourist village is also known as a venue for a variety of Balinese performing arts, such as Kecak, Barong Dance and the Legong Dance.

Batubulan origin, it is said, originated from the Supreme Deity Kalesan story, an adopted child who, after the King of Badung adult was given mercy by the King of Badung to build castles in the middle of the forest. Together with his followers, the Supreme Deity Kalesan then go out to the forest in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Badung. Arriving at the forest frontier, Great God Kalesan see a glow like a moon rock. The place was then called Batubulan, and in that place Great God Kalesan build his palace.

 

 

 Batubulan Village is a strategic crossing point between Denpasar-Gianyar City. Batubulan arguably is the most western gate of Gianyar regency (located about 25 km west of Gianyar regency), and at the same entrance to the area from the east part of Bali Denpasar. The path across the village is quite busy Batubulan because it is a route to Kintamani and Ubud, so that tourists who want to Ubud Kintamani or to stop at this village to watch the performance art and sculpture creations and sculpture by local artists.

 

Tourists who visit the island of Bali Village Batubulan as often associate producer of art objects sculpture with stone base material. This assumption is certainly not wrong, because in this village visitors can easily find galleries and art shops that display various statues, such as Ganesha, Buddha, the gods and goddesses, the heroes, as well as other forms of more modern sculpture. Not only that, in this village are also many craftsmen from wood carvings and crafts from bamboo-craft. Besides sold in place, the work of village society Batubulan it has been exported to many countries as ornaments complement the garden, offices, and hotels private house.

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THE ART OF SCULPTURE

 WOOD carving handicrafts can be found at many places in Bali. However, the center is at Mas village, Ubud sub district, Gianyar. The village nestled in the area of international tourist resort of Ubud has been famous for producing sculptures and masks from the past until these days. It occurs at strategically location at tourist routes. From Denpasar, it is only about 20 km and about 10 km from Gianyar.

Wooden handicrafts produced by the residents have made the village famous as a cultural village. Aside from sculptures and carvings, the village also has a relatively classical art. Along the road at the village, visitors will encounter a row of art shops functioned to market their products, ranging from traditional, abstract and modern style handicrafts.

This Artistic countryside owns the long history root. The result of wood carving art in this village owns the immeasurable and wide dimension like idol for the devoting (arca idol), representative dimension of everyday Balinese social society life (farmer, fisherman, worker, intellectual, merchant etc), the abstract dimension as existing of actor imagination which is listening carefully of reality, dynamics and life philosophy. 

The villagers are same as villagers at other tourism countryside in Bali that have also experienced the transformation from agrarian society to the crafting society. Even nowadays, it is continued to service society from commerce service until levying service of the souvenir for overseas and domestic tourist.

 

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