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A Bali Island

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island (strictly speaking, the province covers a few small neighbouring islands as well as the isle of Bali).

With a population recorded as 3,891,000 in the 2010 census, the island is home to most of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. In the 2000 census about 92.29% of Bali's population adhered to Balinese Hinduism while most of the remainder follow Islam. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. Bali, a tourist haven for decades, has seen a further surge in tourist numbers in recent years.





The island of Bali is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands along the 153 km and 112 km wide approximately 3.2 km from the island of Java. Astronomically, Bali is located at 8 ° 25'23 "south latitude and 115 ° 14'55" east longitude tropical climate that makes it like the rest of Indonesia.

Mount Agung is the highest point in Bali as high as 3148 m. The volcano last erupted in March 1963. Mount Batur is also one of the mountain in Bali. About 30,000 years ago, Mount Batur erupted and produced a terrible disaster on earth. Unlike in the north, the southern part of Bali is irrigated lowland rivers.

Based on the relief and topography, in the middle of the island lie the mountains that extends from west to east and between the mountains there is a cluster of volcanoes is Mount Batur and Mount Agung and the mountains are not volcanoes, namely Mount Merbuk, Patas and Mt Gunung Seraya. The existence of these mountains cause by Geographic Region Bali is divided into 2 (two) unequal parts namely North Bali with a narrow lowland and less sloping and South Bali with extensive lowland and sloping. Slope of the island consists of flat land (0-2%) covering 122 652 ha of undulating land (2-15%) covering 118 339 ha, steep land (15-40%) and an area of ​​190 486 ha of land is very steep (> 40%) covering 132 189 ha. Bali province to have 4 (four) lakes located in the mountains, the lake Beratan, Buyan, Road and Lake Batur.

The capital of Bali is Denpasar. Other important places as Ubud is the arts center is located in Gianyar regency, while Kuta, Sanur, Seminyak, Jimbaran and Nusa Dua is a place that became a tourist destination, both onshore and tourist resort.
The total area of ​​the Province of Bali is 5636.66 km2 or 0.29% of the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. Administratively, the Province of Bali is divided into 9 districts / cities, 55 districts and 701 villages / wards.



North : Sea Bali
South: Ocean of Indonesia
Western: province of East Java
East: Nusa Tenggara Province







A set of Balinese gamelan.
Balinese music has in common with traditional music in many other areas in Indonesia, for example in the use of gamelan and various other percussion instruments. Nonetheless, there are peculiarities in the technique of playing and gubahannya, for example in the form of Kecak, a form of singing that is supposedly imitating the sounds of monkeys. Similarly, also played a variety of gamelan is unique, for example jegog gamelan, gamelan gong big, xylophone gamelan, gamelan and gamelan Semar selunding Pegulingan. There is also music Angklung played for cremation ceremonies and Bebonangan music played in various other ceremonies.
There is a modern form of traditional music of Bali, for example, Gamelan Gong Kebyar which is a dance music that developed in the Dutch colonial period and Joged tube which became popular in Bali since the 1950's era. Generally Bali music is a combination of a variety of metal percussion instruments (metallophones), gongs and wooden percussion (xylophone). Because of social relations, politics and culture, traditional music of Bali or Balinese gamelan games to influence or affect each other in the area surrounding culture, for example in the traditional music and traditional music community Banyuwangi Lombok.
Gamelan orchestra
Jegog
Genggong
Silat Bali
Dance
Balinese dance in general can be categorized into three groups, the guardian or sacred dance performances, dance performances bebali or for the ceremony and also for visitors and balih-balihan or the art of dance for the entertainment of visitors.
Balinese dance experts I Made Bandem at the beginning of the 1980s had classified the Balinese dances, among others who belong to the trustee for instance Berutuk, Sang Hyang Dedari, Rejang and Gede line, among others, is Gambuh bebali, Mask and Puppet Pajegan Wong, whereas balih-balihan among others is the Legong, Parwa, Arja, Prembon and Joged as well as many other modern dance choreography.
One of the dances are very popular for tourists is the Kecak Dance. Sometime in the 1930s, Wayan Limbak working with German painter Walter Spies to create Trance dance is based on tradition and part of the Ramayana story. Wayan Limbak popularizing this dance while traveling the world with his troupe of Balinese dancers.


Young dancers were dancing grouse dance, contemporary choreographic works Suasthi Bandem Ni Luh.


Bali clothing is actually very varied, although it briefly seemed the same. Each area in Bali has a symbolic and ornamental characteristics, based on the activity / ritual, sex and age of users. One's social and economic status can be determined based on the mode of dress and ornaments worn jewelry.










Bali house in accordance with the rules of Asta Kosala Kosali (the Vedas are the layout of rooms and buildings, like Feng Shui in Cultural China)
According to the philosophy of the Balinese people, the dynamism of life will be achieved when the realization of a harmonious relationship between aspects Pawongan, Palemahan and Parahyangan. For the construction of a house should include these aspects, or the so-called Tri Hita Karana. Pawongan are the occupants of the house. Palemahan means there must be good relations between residents and the environment.
In general, buildings or areas of traditional Balinese architecture is always filled with ornaments, carvings, tools, and the color. Decorative contain a certain sense of beauty as an expression of symbols and communication delivery. Decorative forms of fauna species also serve as ritual symbols are displayed in the sculpture.