Sunday, April 19, 2009

Visit Batu Bulan to Watch Barong Dance

BATUBULAN

Batubulan village was the border village between Gianyar and Badung. The distance from Denpasar City around 8 Km. Batubulan well known with the art stone statue. All art shop along the main road displayed the statue of the rocky stone.

These statues are generally used for the holy place or religion means. Later, the sculpture were use for the secondary interests like the garden decoration. Beside the rubble statue, Batubulan also has Barong Dance that was gotten 3 open stages open (Tegal Tamu, Puri Agung and the Puseh Bendul Temple), the place of the dance barong was staged daily, from 10,00 am, with the tourists as the main audience. The Group of barong dance was developed since 1970 's by all perspective up to now. In line with the tourism development, Batubulan currently also could be seen as the market handicraft product like silver/gold, ceramic, furniture and or the antique house accessories.

CELUK
Almost each Banjar in Singapadu had the gamelan unit, for the interests of the ceremony in the temple or the staging of the tourist attraction. Singapadu was known as the centre production of the barong mask. TheArt shop sold gold jewellery and silver (the brooch, the bracelet, the necklace, the ring et cetera) along the main road of the Celuk Village. The handicraft product of Celuk has penetrated the export market for a long time ago. The design has developed as the blend of the local Celuk and the international art that introduced through foreign tourists.

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