Batubulan Village | Stone Carving | Barong & Keris Dance

By Sorga Bali at 8:07 PM

Is a place that became the center of stone carvings also traditional dance performances barong and keris at Batubulan Village, often traversed by tourists when they take a trip on Bali Holiday Packages, and stop in this village. Name of batubulan itself, of yore there is a stone that shines like the moon, and finally in the place it was built a palace, with adopted son by the King of Badung, which is empowered to build a palace in the east of Badung - Denpasar, that formerly was the wild forest.

Batubulan Village - Stone Carvings - Barong and Keris Dance

The width area of Batubulan is 6.5Km2 and divided into 3 regions indigenous villages, such as Tegal Tamu, Jero Kuta, Delod Tukad village. And each of those villages also splitted into Banjar (Small Community). Even the main income still on farming, each village also customary have a place, that is able to present art and culture, as Barong and Keris dance. Showcased every morning at 9:30am, also Kecak and Fire dance at 6:30pm.

Besides the art of dance, this area is also be a center of art craft from various kinds of stone sculptures, such as sandstone, ceramic, rock, and white sandstone, especially imported from other island. Expertise the local people of batubulan themselves, capable of making this area become center of art and culture in Bali. It is also motivated by presence the schools of art, such as SMSR (Middle School of Art), SMKI (High School Musical art of Indonesia), also SMIK (High School of Crafts Industry). The village of Batubulan which has a distance from Denpasar City about 10Km away, located at Sukawati district, Gianyar regency. Batubulan Village itself, is a tourists destination that most visited by tourists for the first stop, normally before they travel to other tourism objects, heading towards to Ubud Art Village or Kintamani Volcano Tour, which is often done by travel agency in Bali.

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