Gedong Kirtya – Learning the Balinese Manuscript

Buleleng Regency is the historical town, because it had become capital city of Bali on 1885-1958. If you visit Buleleng, you must visit Gedong Kirtya Museum. 

Gedong Kirtya Museum located in veteran street Singaraja, or 10 km from Lovina Beach. This museum was built by Resident I.J.J. Calon on June 2nd 1928, who was a government official in Bali and Lombok during the Dutch colonial era. Initially, this place is used to research the Balinese Culture by 2 Dutch scholars F.A. Liefrienk and Dr. N. van der Tuuk . The name this museum was given by I Gusti Putu djelantik (Buleleng’s King), “gedong” mean building and “kirtya” mean to endeavour. So Gedong Kirtya means the building to conserve of Balinese Culture, especially the manuscript. 

The total area of this manuscript museum is 300 squares meter and divided into 4 rooms. The first room, to keep lontar or old manuscript; the 2nd room, the place for copying the lontar; the 3rd room is the place for administration and the last room is exhibition place. Gedong Kirtya Museum collected the copies and preserves thousands of lontar (manuscripts made of palm leaf), "prasati" (transcriptions on metal plates) and books which contain various aspects of human life, such as religion, architecture, philosophy, genealogy, homeopathy, "usada" (medical manuscripts), black magic, and so on, in the Balinese, Kawi (old Javanese) and the Dutch, English and German language.  

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It is recommended place to visit when you get holidays in the Beautiful Island, where you just book your trip through a reliable travel agency. I believe your trip will be awesome and great experience.

Busungbiu Rice Terrace Beautiful and Relaxing

Busungbiu Terrasering is another beautiful rice field attraction located in the northern part of Bali, precisely, Kekeran Village, Busungbiu Sub district, Buleleng Regency. Bali offers many beautiful rice field attraction, Busungbiu Terrasering is one of it and lately is becoming one of the favorite among other rice field attraction. This beautiful rice field is situated by the main road from Denpasar to Singaraja via Pupuan sub district of Tabanan.

Like other rice field attractions in Bali, Busungbiu Terrasering also offers great panorama of rice field with hills as its background. The atmosphere is very quiet and calm, far from the city and crowds as well as pollutions. There are gazebos provided for visitors, it is very comfortable for relaxing and having a picnic. For visitors who like trekking, it is recommended to have a trek in this beautiful rice field. Visitors would see a clear fresh river flowing as the irrigation and also have a chance to see the farmers activities from a close distance. It is a great place to have a rest after a long journey from Denpasar, or on the way back from Lovina Beach.

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Pemuteran Beach another Beautiful Beach of Bali

Pemuteran Beach is another great tourist destination located in the northwest part of the island, Pemuteran Village, Grokgak sub district, Buleleng Regency. It is approximately 55 kilometers away from Singaraja City or about 1 hour drive from Lovina Beach and very far from Denpasar City, about 200 kilometers away roughly 3 hour drive. But the long drive would be rewarded by the magnificent view of the beach and the seaside village. 

Pumeteran Beach has a similar condition to Menjangan Island. The peaceful atmosphere of the beach attracts many foreign tourist to visit this beach. The beach is very appropriate for doing yoga and meditation, as well as sightseeing.The sea water is very clean and clear, lots of beautiful coral reefs are found in the waters of this beach. All the corals are conserved well by the environmentalist foundation, hence, colorful corals from all over Indonesia can easily be seen. Besides beautiful corals, various types of fish make this beach as their habitat. To maintain the preservation of the corals and fish, the local fishermen are only allowed to catch fish with traditional equipments. For diving and snorkeling lovers, Pemuteran beach is another great place to come besides Tulamben and Amed.

Several water sports are also available in this beach, such as Jet skiing and glass bottom boat. But the best thing to do when visiting Pemuteran Beach would be snorkeling and diving. This beach is a great place to visit when visiting Bali, home stays and hotels are also provided for visitors who want to stay longer in the coast Pemuteran.

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