Kuta beach

Kuta Beach is a tourist place located south of Denpasar, capital of Bali, Indonesia. Kuta is located in Badung. This area is a tourist destination abroad, and has become a mainstay tourist island of Bali since the early 1970s. Kuta Beach is often referred to as sunset beach (sunset beach) as opposed to the Sanur beach.

Before becoming an attraction, Kuta is a port trade. Where the product of local traded to buyers from outside Bali. In the 19th century, Mads Lange, a Danish merchant, came to Bali and established a trading base in Kuta. His expertise in negotiating, making trader Mads Lange as famous among the kings of Bali with the Dutch.

Hugh Mahbett has also published a book entitled "Praise to Kuta" which contains an invitation to the local community to set up tourist accommodation facilities. The goal is to anticipate the explosion of tourists visiting Bali. The book was later inspired many people to build tourist facilities such as hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues.

In Kuta there are many shops, restaurants and places baths and drying herself. Besides the beauty of the beach, Kuta beach also offers various types of entertainment such as bars and restaurants along the beach to Legian beach. Rosovivo, Ocean Beach Club, Kamasutra, are some of the most crowded clubs along the beach of Kuta.

This beach also has a pretty good waves for surfing sports (surfing), especially for novice surfers. Golf I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is located not far from Kuta.

Admission and Access
For tickets go to Kuta beach is free of charge. But if you come by car, then you have to pay a parking fee of Rp. 5.000, - (in Indonesia money) .
It takes about 10 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport to Kuta Beach. Transport can be used by taxis, private vehicles or buses. If you use the bus, it will stop at the Central Parking Kuta. From here, you can move on to the beach by public transport, with a tariff of Rp. 10.000, -(in Indonesia money)

Scene in kuta beach

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Never-ending clash unfolds

A clash of genders, human will, cultures, theater, music and dance swirls across the stage in a heady mix of tradition and contemporary exploration as the tale of Calonarang continuously unfolds.

An artistic collaboration between Bulantrisna Djelantik, with her classic Balinese dance roots, and Retno Maruti, with her passion for classical Javanese dance, the presentation done for the 30th anniversary of The Jakarta Post was a contemporary take on the ancient legend of the cosmic dichotomy of good and bad within human interaction, long existing in both cultures.

On April 25, Calonarang, Courage in an Age of Deceit, a special presentation of the Calonarang legend emerging from the converg
ence of the Javanese dance form known as bedaya and the legong dance genre of Bali, brought the old into a new context at the Jakarta Theater at Taman Ismail Marzuki.
Calonarang tells of power, magic, love and deceit within the setting of intrigue between King Airlangga, of what is now known as East Java, and the widow Walunateng Dirah (played by Bulantrisna Djelantik), whose knowledge of magic brought her power but also distrust and loathing.
When a plague breaks out decimating the population, the widow, who is better known as Witch Calonarang, is blamed. King Airlangga then resolves to find a way to put an end to the power Calonarang wields through a magical heirloom. He sends his trusted aid, Baradah (played by Retno Maruti), to find a way to wrench the heirloom from Calonarang’s grasp. Baradah approaches Calonarang with an offer of marriage for her beloved daughter Ratna Manggali (played by Adrienna Hamida Wallis). Mother and daughter are immediately drawn into this web of intrigue. Ratna Manggali is wooed into purloining the heirloom and giving it to Baradah. Once the heirloom is in his hands, Baradah returns to his king, disappointing the daughter and enraging her mother. A massive clash ensues between the forces of King Airlangga, depicted by dancers subtly and powerfully performing with the sedate, steady, inexorably persistent movements of the Javanese bedaya tradition, and the followers of Calonarang, depicted by dancers exploiting to the fullest the emotionally charged dynamic, almost explosive, dance maneuvers of the Balinese legong. The battle unfolds as expected; with Baradah using the knowledge he has gleaned from Calonarang’s heirloom to lead King Airlangga’s forces against the much weakened sorceress. In the end good prevails over evil, and both sides diverge once again, while it remains clear the larger cosmic struggle between light and dark is not over. Throughout the performance, in which the Javanese and Balinese dancers entered and exited the stage in a tension creating point-counterpoint format, the bedaya dancers’ movements were informed by the calm, repetitive tones of the Javanese karawitan gamelan orchestra led by Lukas Danaswara, accented with the lilting narration of sinden songstresses, and, in stark contrast, the legong dancers’ movements by the sharper, staccato melodies and deeper vocals of the Balinese karawitan musicians led by I Gusti Kompyang Raka. Then as the battle escalated, eventually transforming into an uneasy semblance of victory and defeat, the orchestras, singers and dancers of both artistic traditions, assisted by the culturally knowledgeable artistic design of Sonny Sumarsono, brought the profoundly classical elements together in a merged art form conveying significant messages from the past into the present in a masterful contemporary work of dance-theater. Calonarang, Courage in an Age of Deceit was a profoundly moving presentation, a true anniversary gift, reflecting the lessons to be learned from the past by not only the performing art community, but also by the public, including the mass media, and the nation’s leaders in all sectors.

For the art community, the resounding message from the merging of divergent classical traditions into a dynamically harmonious contemporary format is that the apparent dichotomy of traditional art and contemporary art is simply a matter of perspective and asking the right questions about format and context. Seen within the classical context, Calonarang, Courage in an Age of Deceit, faithfully presented an ancient story within traditional format. Seen within the contemporary context, two strict artistic formats were contrasted starkly to stir the awareness that, as is the case of female and male within the human sphere, there are more similarities than differences, and it is this “likeness” that imbues the old with the new and creates a fresh understanding of the story and the art. For the public, perhaps in particular the journalistic community, there is the message that even traditional thinking on past events is never completely black and white, that there are decided shades of grey to be explored, analyzed, comprehended and shared to inform a larger social context within the contemporary understanding that if a people cannot learn from their history they will repeat the often destructive entrenched cycles of the past. For the nation’s leaders, the core message may be the same — learning from the past is imperative for the creation of a brighter future for the people of this vast archipelago. As well, there is the lesson that art and culture are not valid just within the realm of tradition, but are also of vital import in the informing of dynamic, innovative and creative thinking within the contemporary context of nation building.

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Sangeh

Sangeh is forest which full of monkey in there. This forest is fulled of giant nutmeg trees capable of growing as high as 40 meters. The unique views in sangeh are the hordes of funny monkey usually this monkey stay at temple, pura bukit sari, trees, way to go forest etc. The monkeys of this place believed with resident near sangeh as sacred animal, so if you go there you must be careful with the suspicious behavior from monkeys in this place. You can install strategy to save your treasure. You must conscious that this monkeys are attracted to shiny objects, like earring, necklace, bracelet, ring and may have been your camera became target from monkeys in this place.I have tips to save your treasure if you bring cameras, jeweler or other treasure you should be left behind or kept well hidden under clothes or in a bag when exploring Sangeh Bali. Reputedly this monkeys will attack if you have negative thinking, like you go there to take one of monkeys in there, because you think that this monkey so cute, so you want to bring this monkey to be pet in your home, and for example you go to Sangeh Bali will damage forest in there like that throw away trush in anywhere or you take a leek in anywhere inside this forest, etc. If you have negative thinking like that the monkeys will attack you and they must steal your camera, jeweler, or other treasure which you have. So you must have positive thinking if you want to save you treasure.

The other unique fact is "lanang wadon" tree, do you know about this tree? do you know the meaning of lanang and wadon? lanang wadon is jave language which the meaning of this word are lanang = man and wadon is woman. So the meaning of lanang wadon tree is man woman tree. Lanang wadon tree is tree which part of tree like as shape of genitals of man and genitals of woman. This shape exist at one tree. This tree believed with resident near sangeh as sacred tree. You must behave with this tree, like you don't cut this tree, and you mustn't said impolite in the area which near with this tree. Because if you do this, supra natural spirit will enter your body.

I ever went sangeh and  thank god that I save to past this forest and my treasure keep into my bag.

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kecak

Halooww guys, commonly I will tell you about my experience. This time I will tell you about Bali. I believe that you all certainly know bali, right? Bali is island which famous, Bali famous with all beautiful views especially beach in there, culture in there, traditional food. Bali also famous with traditional dance like kecak. Do you know kecak dance? I ever saw kecak dance. I saw kecak dance at GWK. I certain that you don't know GWK, hahaha.. Oke, I will inform you, GWK is Garuda  Wisnu Kencana. There is the place to show about traditional dance from Bali. The views in GWK so beautiful, we can see around Bali from there. Because Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) was located in place which higher then other place. So we can see from there. In GWK we can find giant statue of Wisnu God. In front of Wisnu God's statue there are many dancer to dance about kecak dance. My prediction that the dancer about 50 people. There are many people around the area for dance. They raise their hand while say "cak cak cak". And they so unified to propel themselves. They propel their selves on the right side and left side. They also stand up with advanced and retreat. It is so unique scenes, you must see this dance. In the other side when the dancer unified to propel, there is other dancer to dance about ramayana's story. This is the story of ramayana

One day live beautiful girl, she is very famous in her village, she is diligent, smart and kind. Her name is Shinta. One day he meet handsome man, he is smart and strong. His name is Rama. Rama and Shinta fall in love each other. Suddenly dasa muka come to kidnap Shinta, because dasa muka jealous with Rama and dasa muka fall in love with Shinta too. Dasa muka will get married with Shinta but Rama thwart the plan of Dasamuka. Rama fight with Dasamuka too help Shinta. Finally Rama can help Shinta from Dasamuka. I remember there is anoman in there but I don't understand about it. I forget the story when anoman come. I think that anoman help Rama to fight Dasamuka. 

After We finish see this traditional dance we take a picture with dancer, we scramble to take a picture with dancer. And I very happy when I get picture with one of dancer. I will go there to see this dance again, because kecak dance is good, if we like to see kecak dance it means that we conserve with traditional dance.

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sangeh

Sangeh is a tourist spot on the island of Bali is located in the village of Sangeh, Abiansemal district, Badung regency, Bali.

Sangeh famous because this is a village where the monkeys (monkeys) roam freely and in sacred by locals in a forest. In the middle of the forest there is also a temple called Pura Bukit Sari. Pura was built by the Royal Mengwi and now handed over to the locals. Monkeys here have the king and said to have the three regions of the kingdom.

According to legend, the Pura Bukit Sari in the woods is told is mythological in Lontar Mengwi Chronicle. Told daughter Ida Batara Mount Agung in the Kingdom wishes to moved at Mengwi. The behest of his then existing nutmeg forest on Mount Agung where daughter Ida Batara Mount Agung lived mysteriously moved at night .

Pura bukit sari a.

When a new journey to Sangeh, there are already people who saw the trip. This supposedly causes nutmeg forest will not be able to walk again towards Mengwi and stopped in the village of Sangeh now. It is said that the adoptive son of the former king Mengwi I Gusti Agung Putu who holds Cokorda Way Blambangan found traces of building shrines.

Adoptive son of King Mengwi named Anak Agung Ketut Karangasem. Above findings Cokorda Way Blambangan ordered to rebuild the temple and named Pura Bukit Sari. Worshiped in temples is Mount Agung and Ida Batara Batara Melanting. Pura Besakih on the slopes of Mount Agung was quite Pura Purusa or as the soul of the island of Bali.

Sangeh Bali has its own meaning. Although not all of the people of Bali itself has also been visiting this sacred forest, but most of them already know about this place. Yes, Sangeh Bali is a very popular destination on the island of Bali, In addition there is also a tourist spot that is similar to Bali Sangeh the Ubud Monkey Forest. Sangeh Bali is also known as the sacred monkey forest sacred by the Balinese.
There is a legend that tells that when Hanuman (a Hindu mythical monkey warrior) raised Mahameru mountain in Java, and some parts of the mountain collapsed in Bali. Some ruins of the mountain was called Bukit Sari. Hill was then inhabited by monkeys. Which then Bukit Sari became unsustainable after being made into a park by the royal Mengwi in earlier times.
Sangeh forest area styled to be like a garden. Many monkeys Sangeh inhabit this forest and became a symbol for Sangeh. Bali is a tourist destination located in the village of Sangeh, District Mengwi, Badung regency. The distance is about 20 km from Denpasar or Kuta beach and the trip can be completed in about 30 minutes.
Besides being known as the Monkey Forest, Bali also has many Sangeh nutmeg tree that thrives in the area Sangeh. The age of the tree is about hundreds of years, even up to three hundred years. The trees have a good structure, growing straight up, and some say the nutmeg trees cannot be grown in places other than Sangeh. Local people did not dare to cut down trees, although the trees have withered and died. There is a tree called "Lanang Wadon" (lanang = male, wadon = female) because it is shaped like male and female. Surrounding communities also said the monkeys were divided into three regions and they are all centered on a sacred temple called Pura Bukit Sari.

Monkey Sangeh wild character traits. These animals are often "taking" something from the tourists and will not be returned if not exchanged for food. For the tourists, it is recommended to not bring objects that hang around the neck, such as a camera, cell phone, sunglasses or hats.

You only need to pay Rp. 9.500, - per person to be able to interact with wild monkeys in the forest Sangeh. The layout of the Place at these sight be set very well. There is a road designed specifically for pedestrians for tourists so that tourists can enjoy the beauty of the forest with ease. Sangeh Forest is located near the highway, making it easily accessible by bus, car, or motorcycle. In this place there are many souvenir shops and art markets to satisfy visitors who want to buy souvenirs typical of Bali Sangeh. Click here to find hotels near Sangeh.

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kuta bali

Kuta Bali

Kuta is a place of interest, located in the district of Kuta as one district in Badung regency, Bali, about 10 minutes from the airport. Located in the southern part of the island and is famous for its white sandy beaches, a great place to surf and to see the sunset. Kuta has been recognized by travelers worldwide, who want to spend their holiday in the paradise island while relaxing on the white sandy beaches. Kuta is always busy and crowded during June to September because there are several holiday period.

Kuta provides a wide selection of tourist activities and facilities including a large mall, art shops, restaurants, traditional local markets, water sports recreation, night clubs and much more. This is a shopping paradise for both local and worldwide visitors. You can try your bargaining skills for dealing with local merchants to bid on something you might want to buy. Additionally you can interact with the local community, to see the artwork and also see how they prepare the offerings.

Accommodation

Cheapest accommodation options from Inn, houses to five star's can be found around Kuta. In the vicinity of Jalan Legian, Poppies roads and paths Benesari, you can find cheap hotels from as low as RP 100,000 per room per night. But do not forget to choose a hotel with good facilities and well maintained. Most of the cheap accommodation in Kuta or Bs do not provide bath towels, soap and toilet tisue.

If you have more budget for a holiday in Bali, then we recommended stay at a hotel with a good standard as Harris Resorts Kuta, Adhi Jaya Hotel Inna Kuta Beach, Bali Jayakarta Beach Resort, Residence & Spa, Alam Kulkul Boutique

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