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Ubud Art Village Tour
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35 / car ( 8 hours ) |
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First
stop will see the Barong and Keris Dance at Batubulan Village, the
performance start at 9.30 am and finish at 10.30 am. The Barong
play represent an enternal fight between good and evil spirit. A
Barong (a mythological animal) represent good spirit and Rangda
(a mythological monster) represent evil one. Balinese people also
belived that the Barong is symbol of protector. Many kinds face
of Barong, mostly is Barong cat, Barong Landung, Barong Macan (tiger
face) Barong celeng (pig face).
The ticket cost at 80,000 rupiahs/person |
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Second stop at Bali Birds Park and Bali Reptile Park located at
stone carving village (Batubulan village). First opened in October
1995, the Park is the realization of a life-long dream and ambition.
With more than 1.000 birds of over 250 different species housed
within lush tropical gardens, the Park is renowned for its dedication
to perfection and has already become one of Bali 's most visited
destinations. Birds collection such as Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus),
Asian Pied Hornbill (Antbracocerus albirostris), The Javan Kingfisher
(Halyon cyanoventris), Bali Starling (Leucopsar rot). Entrance
ticket cost to visit both places at US $23.50/person ..
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Third
stop at silver smith, woodcarving and painter village, the gold
and silver smith is Celuk Village, located next to Bali Birds Park,
there are a lot of huge silver shop in this village. The woodcarving
Village name is Mas and Kemenuh Village, both village produce very
good quality of woodcarving made from very hard wood such as teak,
mahogany, ebony and hibiscus wood, those of wood import from another
island Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi. Painter village name is Batuan
or Lod Tunduh Village, the artist in this village created variety
of painting.
Free entrance |
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fourth
stop at Visiting Ubud art villages, Ubud Market and Ubud Palace,
visit gold and silver smith in Celuk Village, there are a lot of
huge silver shop in this village. The woodcarving Village name is
Mas Vilage and Kemenuh Village, both village produce very good quality
of woodcarving made from very hard wood such as teak, mahogany,
ebony and hibiscus wood, those of wood import from another island
Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi. Painter village name is Batuan or Lod
Tunduh Village, the artist in this village created variety of painting.
The Ubud market has two different parts, traditional market located
in the west of arts market, the traditional market sell daily food
and open earlier. The arts market sell various of handicrafts, arts
and textiles. Next to Ubud market is Ubud Palace where is the Royal
Family live
No entranec fee |
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Fifth
stop at Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah), this cave built in 11 century
by the king of Udayana. The name is came from the name of the small
river nearby, it's name Lua Gajah (Female Elephant). In front of
the cave built place for bathing with six figures (Sapta Gangga).
Inside of temple there is places for meditation, west side is the
statue of Sri Ganesh (the god of protector), east side is three
Lingam, belived one with black cloth is for Wisnu Gods symbol of
water, white cloth is for Siwa Gods symbol of the air and red cloth
is Brahma Gods symbol of fire.
Entrance ticket at 15,000 rupiahs/person |
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Sixth
stop at Monkey Forest Ubud, The monkeys within the Sacred Monkey
Forest of Padangtegal are commonly called long-tailed macaques.
Their scientific name is Macaca fascicuiaris. On Bali , there are
Balinese long-tailed macaque troops (populations) that live in areas
where they have little to no contact with humans and troops that
come into contact with humans on a regular basis. In western part
is Dalem Temple (temple dedicated to Siwa Gods), in eastern is the
cemetery and Merajapati Temple dedicated to Goddes of Durga (wife
of Siwa God).
Entrance ticket at 20,000 rupiahs/person |
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