About Bali City Indonesia

BALI CITY

Bali is the name of a province in Indonesia and also the name of the largest islands that are part of the province. In addition consists of the island of Bali, Bali Province is also made up of islands surrounding a smaller, namely the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan Island, the island of Nusa Island Ceningan and attack.

Bali lies between Java and Lombok Island. Denpasar is the provincial capital located on the southern island. The majority of Balinese are Hindu. In the world, Bali is famous as a tourist destination with a unique variety of art-culture, especially for Japanese and Australian tourists. Bali is also known as Thousand Island Island of the Gods and temples.

Interest Place in Bali - Indonesia

BALI CITY GEOGRAPHY

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 of Bali lies the mountains that extends from west to east and between these mountains there is a cluster of volcanoes of Mount Batur and Mount Agung and the mountains are not volcanoes, namely Mount Merbuk, Patas Mountain and Mount Seraya.

The existence of these mountains cause by Geographic Region Bali is divided into 2 (two) are not the same part of North Bali with a narrow lowland and less sloping and the South Bali with extensive lowland and ramps. Bali slope 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%) an area of ​​132,189 ha. Province of Bali has 4 (four) lake located in mountainous areas, namely Lake Beratan, Buyan, Tamblingan and Lake Batur.

The capital of Bali is Denpasar. Other important places are Ubud as art center located in Gianyar regency, while Kuta, Sanur, Seminyak, Jimbaran and Nusa Dua are some places that became a tourist destination, both the beach 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 / districts.

BALI CITY DEMOGRAPHICS

Bali residents about a number of 4 million souls, with a 92.3% majority Hindu religion. Other religions are Buddhism, Islam, Protestantism and Catholicism.

Apart from tourism, Bali residents also live from agriculture and fisheries. Some also choose to become an artist. The language used in Bali is Indonesian, Balinese and English, especially for those who work in tourism.

Language Balinese and Indonesian is the language most widely used in Bali and Indonesia as the other inhabitants, the majority of Balinese people are bilingual or even trilingual. Although there are several dialects in the Balinese language, Balinese generally use a form of Balinese society as a choice in communication. Traditionally, the use of various dialects of the Balinese language is determined by the color chess system in the Hindu Dharma and clan membership (terms Bali: Soroh, gotra), although the implementation of these traditions tend to decrease.

English is the third language (and the primary foreign language) for many Balinese people are influenced by the needs of the tourism industry. The employees who work at tourist information centers in Bali, often also understand some of the foreign language with adequate competence.

TRANSPORTATION IN BALI

Bali has no railway network but a very good road network is available, especially to areas of tourist destination. Most residents have a personal vehicle and choose to use it because public transportation is not available with either, except for taxis.

This type of public transportation in Bali, among others:

Gig, using the horse as a vehicle towing

Motorcycle taxi, motorcycle taxi

Bemo, serving in and intercity

Taxi

Komotra, serving bus trip to Kuta beach and surrounding area

Bus, serving intercity relations, rural, and between provinces.

Connected with the island of Java, Bali with a ferry service linking the Port of Port of Gilimanuk Ketapang in Banyuwangi the long latency of about 30 to 45 minutes. The crossing to the island of Lombok through the Port of Sheet Harbour Padangbai toward which takes about four hours.

Air transport is served by Ngurah Rai International Airport and destinations to several cities in Indonesia, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Japan. Runways and aircraft coming and going can be seen clearly from the beach.

BALI CULTURAL SOCIETY

MUSIC

Traditional 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. Nevertheless, 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, various gamelan is played also has uniqueness, for example jegog gamelan, gamelan gong big, gamelan xylophone, 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 give effect or influence each other culture in the surrounding area, such as the traditional music community as well as traditional music community Banyuwangi Lombok.

Gamelan

Jegog

Genggong

Bali Girl Picture

 BALI DANCE

Balinese dance in general can be categorized into three groups, namely guardian or sacred dance performances, bebali or dance performances for the ceremony and also for visitors and balih-balihan or the art of dance for the entertainment of visitors.

Balinese dance art experts I Made Bandem in the early 1980s never classify these Balinese dances, among others who belong to the trustee for instance Berutuk, Sang Hyang Dedari, Rejang and Baris Gede, bebali among others is Gambuh, Mask Pajegan and Wayang Wong, whereas balih-balihan among others is the Legong, Parwa, Arja, Prembon and Joged and various other modern dance choreography.

One of the dances are very popular for tourists is the Kecak Dance. Around 1930, Wayan Limbak worked with German painter Walter Spies to create this dance is based on tradition Sanghyang and parts of the story of Ramayana. Wayan Limbak popularized this dance while traveling the world with his troupe of Balinese dancers.