Budaga Village Klungkung

Pakraman Budaga Village, that's the name of a village which is located one kilometer west of the City Semarapura, Klungkung. A village with an area of about 35 hectares and a population of approximately 198 heads of households (families), or 733 souls. 367 male 366 female soul and spirit. Since the beginning of its existence, when divided into two Budaga banjar (Banjar Budaga Klod and Budaga Kaler), the people who are really involved pakraman agricultural sector as the main livelihood.

But over time, the farm had now abandoned its citizens. The main reason for the dissolution of agricultural diligent regeneration, but because the area of agricultural land in the traditional village area has decreased as Budaga for residential purposes, the area for the benefit of the traditional villages such as worship (temples), tombs and other places people try several, also because the orientation of the current generation Indigenous Village has also changed in response to Budaga era of development.

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World agriculture was not reliable anymore pakraman village located at an altitude of 117 meters above sea level it. In addition to the amount of his remaining diligent pen three families, also because not many agricultural products that can be relied on from there. The young generation whose parents used to pursue the agricultural sector, now not again. They prefer to pursue a new world that can be done at home. If working on someone, it was still in the environment Pakraman Budaga.

One area of work in recent years so engrossed Pakraman Budaga Village residents after switching from agriculture is a brass handicrafts. Various types of products can be made of brass. There gongseng, gerondong, cookie cutters and various pemengku (trophy).

Pemengku special, very fast because the circulation marketing presence coupled with the production of tourist trophy Kamasan village. Sales not only in Bali, but up to the outside Bali and even abroad. However, as the waning pemengku orders, manufacturing orders are also subsided pemengku in Budaga. Craft type too, although I still use the same material switches, brass. Type of craft is the latest bells (banyu).

That is to say, the village is the village Pakraman Budaga various craft bells. Genta and various types of equipment Ida Pedanda plants cult, such as Nawasanga and siwakrana, currently in great demand. In addition to ordering stakeholders throughout Indonesia, was also ordered by foreign customers for the benefit of accessories and souvenirs.

In addition to handicrafts goods for the needs of religious ceremonies, there are also other crafts to souvenirs of the ball is a dream job I Nengah pengerajin Patra one Budaga Village.

In addition, there are groups other craftsmen that brass Crafts Group Kembang Kuning. For one member of the group, production reached 10 bells each month. If dirupiahkan, the result reached Rp 6 million in raw material costs between Rp 3 million to Rp 4 million. However, attendance is strongly influenced production and the arrival of tourists. Including orders.

"If tourism sluggish conditions, automatically affect the production decline," said the administrator, Wayan Sudiarta.

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Tihingan Village

Tihingan Village in Banjarangkan sub district is the center of Gong gamelan production. Its production is start with crude work then expert work to synchronize the gong sound. This, the most important thing is the expertise to synchronize the gong sound. In Tihingan village there are 2 pande (expert) gong maker groups.

Location

This Village is location in Banjarangkan sub district and can be reached with 2 wheels or 4 wheels vehicles. About 3 km go to the west of Semarapura city. The road to Tihingan is well enough.

Description

The people of Tihing village are very famous in Bali as they are expert of making gamelan instrument like Gong, Other Gamelan instrument gende. Except Gong, The people in this village can make all kind of gamelan Bali like: Semara Pegulingan, Gender puppet, Kelentangan/Angklung and other, made of kerawang metal. Their expertise may descended by their ancient from hundred years ago. It can be approved by looking at Gamelan instrument having by many villages. Their village (Tihingan) is written on those gamelan. The gamelan has become famous in the world and many foreign tourists come to Tihingan and reserve Gong to be brought to their country.

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Kamasan Village

Kamasan is a community of artists painting traditional. So intimate and so long painting of the traditional artist then take the results of painting in the style of their own (style) that is distinctive traditional Kamasan paintings. Indeed, the growing talent in the art works of other art form of sculpture, namely gold and silver and the last bullet is the sculpture. Although the terms of the fabric material used to color the metal changes, but still something special appears in the theme of painting or carving that depicts figures puppet.

Puppet figures to be a theme painting or engraving on the epic story of Ramayana or Mahabharata, and the story kekawin Arjuna Wiwaha, Suthasoma. Therefore, the style of painting or carving or Kamasan puppet can be said is rather old age of the context of its history until now still seemed intact. According to impress the international collector, Kamasan style of painting is still considered to be very smooth and sophisticated, clean, not noisy with the details that are not very important and clear message out. Paintings or carvings, traditional puppets berintikan that bring power attraction for artists, or tourists who visited the village of Kamasan.

Location

Kamasan as the center of the painting and carving is the traditional name of a village in sub district and Klungkung Regency. Kamasan village is geographically including lowland coastal villages or beach Klotok User ± 3 km. The distance from Denpasar to this village is 43 km, can be reached by motor vehicle, and all the way to an object that is the major painting or carving crafts already paved.
Be conducted through three channels, namely: (1) west of the line center of the city district to the south along the 1.5 km turn left to line up directly Sangging, a house painter who celebrates the traditional puppet Nyoman Mandra. To the south a little longer to train Pande Mas, center carvings of gold, silver, (2) line north from the town of Klungkung regency slightly in the east to south through the winding-up on the winding road banjar elbow, also house a traditional painter named Mangku Mura, (3) south line of the midst of the city of Klungkung regency to the south along the 3 km through the villages and Tojan banjar Gelgel to Pande, the craft of carving traditional bullet.
Along the road that passed in the train-line, or villages, Tojan and Gelgel neighbors still be the hammer and craftsmen carved silver bullet or the sound texture of the cloth Cagcag songket. Can be called objects around is Kertha Gosa in Klungkung city, Temple and Batu Klotok temple Basic Gelgel in history that has the remnants Gelgel century kingdom of greatness-to-15 and to 16 in Bali.

Facilities

There is an exhibition space sales or painting or carving, place in the west banjar Sangging, about 50 meters. A painting studio practice was established by Nyoman Mandra in their own house. When guests visit Kamasan then are able to enjoy more direct workshops of the artists painted or carved at it home respectively. Roads that are entirely asphalt can be a motor vehicle (car, motorcycle) or traditional transportation is also available gig.

Hits

Kamasan painting as the central product or get a lot of carving traditional visits the Indonesian Archipelago and foreign tourists. Time they visit is during the day. Tourists who come to use the equipment Kamasan a motorcycle, car, taxi or gig.

Description

Kamasan or "Ka-gold-an" is a name that is quite old for the community of those who have jobs in the field that is sufficient Pande Mas in accordance with the name of one of the train in the village of Kamasan. Bukit archeologist found that the form of the throne-the throne of stone, menhir statue, a stone mortar, stone manger, a cylindrical monolith, stone dakon, lane-lane road that coated stones that have been found time in 1976 and 1977, which spread in the villages Kamasan, Gelgel and Tojan, gave instructions that the community is quite old age. That findings archeologist also gave instructions that the tradition was some coloring megalithic in Kamasan community life and its surroundings, namely the life of the community pre-Hindu roots of the neolitikum (+ 2000 years BC). Megalithic tradition has been absorbed by the undagi and Pande-to-an in the period then. The Pande increasingly recognized and enabled by the King (Ida Dalem) is based in the kingdom since Gelgel (1380-1651). Product metal sculpture on a gold or silver in the dish (trophy, tray, etc.) have been made equipment goods jewelry palace Sweca Linggaarsa Gelgel Temple. In addition to sculpture, painting also developed puppet for decoration on the cloth as a flag (have the opportunity, banner, lelontek), fabric decoration (ider-ider and parba) that complement a decor in holy places (temple) or in the building complex Kingdom. Since throne holder of the power that is Dalem II Waturenggong (1460-1550) the kingdom Gelgel culminates celebrity, it is a golden Kamasan village craftsman. Row-line is particularly Sangging and it can be said Pande Mas banjar Gilda, working groups, of which consists of houses and workshops where people live, work and to serve the King until the end of life is seen as their god. King of the duty to keep World (of the universe and its contents) is always in a state of balance and harmony. Because art is seen as an important element in maintaining the harmony of the sacred works of art then becomes the task of authorities to protect and maintain thing having to do with art. At the center of power moved to Klungkung Gelgel, Dewa Agung Jambe by year 1686, direct descendants of the Dynasty Kepakisan in Kresna Gelgel, the village of Kamasan is berintikan Sangging and Pande Mas banjar Gilda as a place of artists painting and carving, but still dipertahankan. Klungkung will changed now after the capital district of Bali Province and the descendants of the King and become of nobility RI officials and employees, and banjar Sangging Banjar Pande Mas not banjar Gilda from the King. However, the artists and craftsmen Sangging, Banjar Pande Mas-line and other square, Geria, Kacangdawa, Pande Peken Tabanan and still continue to produce paintings or carvings Kamasan style or style of product has been puppet. Expansion variety, not just limited to engraving gold and silver but also showing the sculpture of copper or brass and bullet. Art form of their product or painting carved object requested by many foreign tourists or archipelago. Similarly, in line with increased tourism, souvenir shops and art in Klungkung, or the art market and Denpasar Gianyar hotels and also the customers who keep the product from the arts in the Kamasan style puppet.

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