Visiting some art village along the way such as Celuk village, Batubulan village, and also Mas Village ..

CELUK VILLAGE

This village is located strategically on the main road form the Denpasar to Gianyar Regency which is about 5 km from Denpasar Town, Celuk Village is the famous village in Bali as a tourist destination cause of the local residents is very proactive and full of innovation to the gold and silver crafting. This countryside is located in sub district of Sukawati, Gianyar Regency and owns the individuality and excellence in production of gold and silver crafting. Most of them are Balinese professionals, artistic and skillful of design development related to the silver and gold crafting.

 

 

MAS VILLAGE

is one of traditional villages in Bali fundamentally as an artistic countryside by focusing the art of wood carving. This village is famous in the island as Bali Wood Carving Center located in Ubud sub district and Gianyar Regency. It owns the typical style of wood carving art by placing forward the distinguish synergy of the humanism and naturalism. The village’s popularity as an art village is famous in the national as well as world wide. It is coming from the highness name of some maestros born and found the spirit  and soul of art (Taksu). The famous maestro who was borne at Mas Village is Ida Bagus Tilem.

The artistic of Mas Village can be seen from long history root. The result of wood carving art in Mas Village owns the immeasurable and wide dimension such as idol for the devoting (Arca idol), representative dimension of everyday Balinese social society life (farmer, fisherman, worker, intellectual, merchant etc) And also, the abstract dimension as existing of actor imagination is listening carefully of reality, dynamics and life philosophy.

We recommend you to visit this village to discover the local sculptors create the beautiful of art in form of wooden carving.

 

BATU BULAN VILLAGE

The identity and image of an art village has been famous in Indonesia and around the world, this village is built through the art of Barong Dance performances (Barong and Kris Dance) those are performed at five different Barong Stages such as Puseh Temple Stage, Tegal Tamu Stage, Denjalan Stage, Sahadewa Stage and Sila Budaya Stage. The attractiveness of these tourism objects are all sourced from the diversity and quality of art potential owned by the villagers such as dances, Kerawitan, sculpture and literature. In addition to the development of touristic art, there are also the living entertainments and sacred art in this countryside.