Do You Know Bali Turism Info - March 2007 ?
INTERESTING PLACE
PEMECUTAN PALACE
The palace is located about 200 metres towards the west of Taman Puputan Square at Thamrin street and has become one of the palace attractions . It’s also closed to the main traditional market of Pasar Badung/Kumbasari. The Palace has a unique Balinese traditional architechture which was construsted in the 16th century. The current head of the Puri or Palace is Ida Cokorda Pemecutan. The facilities provided by the Palace as a part of the city tour programs are with traditional style, a set of traditional musical instruments (gamelan). Visits by domestic and foreign tourist are made to this Puri due to it’s the the entrance. The beautiful royal family shrines are also the attraction.
SATRIA PALACE
The palace of Satria, located about 300 metres towards the north of the Taman Puputan Square at veteran street, is one of the palace attraction of the city tour program. The large and beautiful royal family temple is used not by the members of the royal families but also by members of the community in the beighbourhood. The areas in front of the royal temple is location of the bird market (also part of the city tour program). The buildings within the palace are unique, and there is an open hall, pendopo which was formally used for meeting of the king trough out Bali.
JERO KUTA PALACE
As part from the palace of Satria and Pemecutan, the palace of Jero Kuta is planned to be a destination of city tour. It is about 300 metres from the main traditional market of Badung/Kumbasari. This place is a unique complex buildings, namely Ancak Saji, Semanggen, Ranggi, Pewaregan, Saren Raja, Saren Kangin, Paseban, Pemerajan Agung and ‘Pekandelan’ is a kind of fortress to protect the main part of the area. Jero Kuta is located at Kumbakarna street, about 100 metres from the temple of Maospahit.
KESIMAN PALACE
Puri Kesiman located is closed to Pengerebongan temple on WR. Supratman street, east of Denpasar. Like others palace, it’s has a unique Balinese building and architecture, as the place where the royal families live.
TEMPLE CEREMONIES
March 3rd 2007
“PURNAMA/FULL MOON”
Focused at Jagatnatha temple in Denpasar
Time : 07.00 pm
Lively by puppet show in front of Jagatnatha temple
- Pura Nataran Sasih, Pejeng – Gianyar
- Pura Bukit Mentik, Gunung Lebah, Batur – Kintamani
March 14th 2007
- Pura Dalem Tarukan, Peninjoan, Tembuku – Bangli
- Pura Pasek Gelgel Boading, Kaba – Kaba – Tabanan
- Pura Pemayun Banyuning Tengah – Buleleng
- Pura Desa Kahyangan Tiga, Bubunan Seririt – Buleleng
- Pura Agung Gunung Raung, North of Taro, Tegalalang – Gianyar
- Merajan Agung Tabu Salah, Patemon Seririt - Buleleng
March 16th 2007
“MELASTI”
The day of Hindhus people to do the procession of purifactory rites for the temple paraphernalia, including the pratima or holy effigy to the beach, lake, spring water or river in Balinese costumes and accompanied by gamelan.The philosophy of this particular 'Melasti' rite to Balinese is to cleanse all impure things of human as well as the universe and to take the essences of life from the ocean. Ocean is the symbol of life itself that consistently consist of happiness and sadness. Within those happiness and sadness, we can find the essence of life.
March 18th 2007
“TILEM/NEW MOON”
Focused at Jagatnatha temple in Denpasar
Time : 07.00 pm
“TAWUR AGUNG KESANGA”
Tawur Kesanga and Caru are sacrifice rituals that hold one day before the Nyepi Day. Different levels of sacrifice are held for village, district, regency and provinces by sacrificing chickens, duck, dog, goat to the biggest one cow or bull. Many kind of plants are also use as part of the offerings. By using those animal and plants on the ritual, Balinese are motivated to preserve the existence of those animal and plants.
The ceremony itself usually held in crossroad of village or village around noon. For the house compound a smaller rites also held in family temple and series of offering will be offered in the front gate of each house. The whole member of family will perform a prayer called 'mabyakala prayascita' to neutralize to bad force (bhutha) within themselves. On the same day on sunset time around 5 or 6 PM there will an event called ‘Pengrupukan’. Family member will walking around their compound bringing fire torch and make a lot of noise by kulkul (traditional bamboo bell). For village level, villagers will also held a procession with the fire torch, kulkul and at each village they made ogoh ogoh as a symbol of evil carrying around the village to neutralize the bad force / spirit (bhuta) become positive force for good of human and universe.
March 19th 2007
“NYEPI”
On the first day of the New Year after the noisy night a silence and quite day is perform. Nyepi derive from 'sepi' means silence. The activities in all over the Bali island is stopped for 24 hours. There are four mandatory religious prohibitions called Catur Brata Penyepian that should be followed by common Hindu people in Bali. The prohibitions include amati geni or no fire, amati karya or no work, amati lelanguan or no entertainment and pleasure, and amati lelungan or no travelling. These prohibitions help people to control their five earthy senses by mind and wisdom in order to increase the quality of life for the upcoming year. For people with higher spiritual ability or willing to have higher spiritual life are expected to perform further prohibitions include fasting by not eating or drinking (upawasa), stay still by not talking (monabrata), meditating by focusing the mind to the God and praying.
- Pura Puseh, Pura Desa - downtown Gianyar
- Pura Luhur Dalem Sagening, Kediri – Tabanan
- Merajan Pasek Gelgel, Tegal Gede – Badung
- Pura Sanghyang Tegal, Taro village – Tegalalang
March 20th 2007
“NGEMBAK GENI”
The anti-climax of the Nyepi day is on the following day, which is called Ngembak Geni where people share happiness by visiting their relatives and friend. The new year is started by forgiving each other and forget the hate in the past year and work together to face the challenge of the New Year. Only a simple ritual rite is performed within the house compound for this day. However, various cakes will be made to welcome the visit of relatives and friends. Other free time is sometimes filled out with leisurely walk to tourist object nearby with family or friends.
March 24st 2007
“TUMPEK WAYANG”
Tumpek wayang, a special day devoted to Sang Hyang Sangkara, the Lord of Puppeteers, when blessing ceremony is given to shadow puppet play set. In other any families have inherited puppets from an ancestor who performed them, a dalang. Of course, all dalangs have sets of them. The puppets are taken from their box, placed in position just as if an actual performance were being given and blessed by the owner. A dalang will remove all his puppets from storage - as many as 100 of them - and set them all up to receive the offerings.
- Pura Majapahit – Jembrana
- Bhatara Ratu Gede Celuk village, Sukawati – Gianyar
- Bhatara Ratu Widyadari at Cemenggaon, Sukawati – Gianyar
- Pura Panti Gelgel Pengembungan, Sesetan – South of Denpasar
- Bhatara Ratu Alit and Ratu Lingsir, Singakerta Ubud – Gianyar
- Pura Pedarman Dalem Sukawati, Pura Pedarman Mengwi, Pedarman Kaba-Kaba, Pedarman Dalem Bakas, Pura Pedarman Dinasti Dalem Sri Aji Kresna Kepakisan Besakih – Karangasem
- Pura Dadya Agung Pasek Gelgel, Gelgel – Klungkung
- Pura Pemerajan Agung Sulang, Dawan – Klungkung
March 28th 2007
- Pura Penataran agung Teluk Padang – Karangasem
- Pura Melanting, Cemenggaon Sukawati – Gianyar
- Pura Penataran Ped, Nusa Penida – Klungkung
- Pura Pasek Gelgel Pengembungan Bongkasa, Abiansemal – Badung
- Pura Gaduhan Jagat Singakerta village, Ubud – Gianyar
- Pura Masceti Tegeh Mancawarna Sanding, Tampaksiring – Gianyar
- Pura Penataran Batulepang, Kamasan – Klungkung
- Pura Paibon Pasek Gelgel Gobleg, Kedonganan village Kuta – Badung
- Pura Guwa, Pura Besukian, Odalan Ida Ratu Pucak Pameneh/Bukit Kiwa Tengen Penataran Agung, Besakih – Karangasem
- Merajan Pasek Gelgel, Pejeng – Gianyar
- Merajan Pasek Gelgel, Songan Kintamani – Bangli
- Merajan Pasek Prateka Pekandelan, Sidemen – Karangasem
- Merajan Pasek Prateka Taman Sari Sukasada – Buleleng
- Pura Dadia Pasek Gelgel, Dukuh village, Sidemen – Karangasem
- Merajan Kawitan Jero Wanayu, Bedulu Blahbatuh – Gianyar
- Pura Jati, Ubud – Gianyar
- Pura Melanting, Ubud – Gianyar
- Pura Dalem Peed, Nusa Penida – Klungkung
March 31st 2007
- Pura Jati, Batur Kintamani – Bangli
SPECIAL EVENTS
OGOH OGOH PARADE
Ogoh-Ogoh, has a form of a giant monster doll, in the form of demon characters as symbol of evil (bhuta). The doll mainly made of bamboo and cement sacks. Before the procession, a ceremony is perform to invite spirits occupy the Ogoh-Ogoh and after the procession another ceremony is held to neutralize the spirits by symbolically burn or actually burn the Ogoh-ogoh. This spirit is believed as spirit of evil (bhuta) that may become the disturbance for human and the universe and they will be always part of human and universe. The purpose of the overall ceremony that held on this day are to neutralize the bad force / spirit (bhuta) so it is not any longer becomes disturbance but instead become positive force for the good of human and universe. In some case or depend on thecondition and regent decision Ogoh-Ogoh may not be made, but based on religious point of view, the priests ensure that the non-existing of Ogoh-Ogoh will not decrease the essential meaning of the Nyepi celebration.
MED - MEDAN CEREMONY
It was tradition a day after Nyepi, it’s call Ngembak Geni when a member of this Banjar took place special ritual called Med Medan. It’s place at Banjar Kaja, Desa Adat Sesetan, located in Jalan Raya Sesetan after Jalan Diponegoro about 03.00 pm in the afternoon. The ritual commences by dividing the youths by gender into two opposing lines, where the boys eagerly wait on the northern, and the girls timidly line up in the southern, parts of the street. A referee will signal the start the game where each group gets close to pull each other, until the boys kiss the girls on the cheek. A traditional baleganjur orchestra, with harsh but melodious sounds, will accompany the ritual to encourage the spirit of each of the participants. Other members of the crowd pour water onto the ‘kissers’ to make the ‘war’ come alive. If the kissing continues, more water is poured, supposedly to discourage them, before starting with another round. Hundreds of people as well as tourists usually watch this interesting ritual. Based on eastern culture, kissing in public is considered taboo, but in Banjar Kaja Sesetan, Southern part of Denpasar it becomes a festival, called med-medan, that is held annually and can be seen by the public.
What is behind this festival? Based on the people in this banjar, the aim is to protect the village from any unexpected thing. Arya Jimbaran, banjar's figure, say that one year they did not perform the festival resulting in two big pigs fighting one another to the death in the place where the festival was normally held. Nobody can separate them. Since that day, the festival is always held annually in this village. It is now famous, as many people want to see it. Only if you are a member of the Banjar Kaja Sesetan you can join the festival.
TERUNA TERUNI DENPASAR 2007 BEAUTY PEAGENT
Denpasar is the city wit a cultural-based consept. To maintain the features as such cultural city, it annual organizes the selection of Teruna Teruni Denpasar 2007Beauty Pageant. They are youngsters of Denpasar who have mastered on good personality, modest, friendly, easy going, the aspirant should also have a special skill in the domaint of Balinese art and culture for instance majejahitan (making various oblations), presenting Balinese dance, chanting the Hindu hymn, singing and while perspective on tourism in Bali and Denpasar for especially, should be capable of speaking Balinese language correctly, other than Bahasa Indonesia and English. All of this reqirements will neededbecouse they become the tourist ambassadors of Denpasar and frequently receive invitations from their counter parts outside Bali, and invite them come to visits Denpasar, hopelly can spread out the information on the tourist object in Denpasar. The Grandfinal election of Teruna Teruni Denpasar 2007 Beauty Pageant will be hold on March 30’ 2007.
Further information :
Denpasar Government Tourism Office
Jl. Surapati No.7 Denpasar
Phone : (0361) 234569, 231422; fax : (0361) 223602