BALI

Bali is the name of a province in Indonesia and is also the name of the largest islands that are part of the province. In addition to comprising the island of Bali, Bali Province region also consists of islands smaller in the vicinity, namely the island of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan Island, Nusa Island and Island Ceningan 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 famous Bali as a tourist destination with a unique variety of art-culture, especially for the Japanese and Australian tourists. Bali is also known as the Thousand Islands and the island temple.


Geography
Bali Island is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands along the 153 km and 112 km wide around 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 lie the mountains that extends from west to east and between the mountains there is a cluster of volcanoes of Mount Batur and Mount Agung and the mountains are not volcanoes, namely Gunung Merbuk, Mount Gunung Patas and Seraya. The existence of these mountains cause by Geographic Region Bali is divided into 2 (two) parts are not the same as the North Bali with a narrow lowland and less sloping and the lowlands of South Bali's wide and sloping. Bali slope of the land consists of flat land (0-2%) covering 122 652 ha of undulating land (2-15%) covering 118,339 ha, steep land (15-40%) and covering an area of ​​190,486 ha of land is very steep (> 40%) an area of ​​132,189 ha. Province of Bali has 4 (four) lakes are located in mountainous areas, namely Danau Beratan, Buyan, Tamblingan and Lake Batur.


The capital of Bali is Denpasar. Other important places are Ubud as an art center located in Gianyar regency, while Kuta, Sanur, Seminyak, Jimbaran and Nusa Dua are some places become tourist destinations, both coastal and resort tourism.
The total area of ​​Bali Province 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 / village.

Museum Bali

On the ertern side of Puputan Squere is Museum Bali. Erected in 1932 by the Duch, and wuth the subsequent assistance of Walter spies, it attempts to present a historical account of Balinese culture within aggricultural framework. Housand in Tabanan, Karangasem and buleleng styles of architecture, the museum illustretes the two types of cuntstruction in Bali, temples and palaces. The split gate, outer and inner countyards, and kulkul drim typify the temple, while the thatched roofs, ornate windows an verandahs characterise the palace.
 The main two-storey building, located at the back of the enterance countyard, house traditional  artefacts from Bali's prehistory, incluiding a massive stone sarcophagus. There are two black and white phographs documenting the 1906 puputan at Badung.
The first pavilion was designed in Singaraja style of architecture and contains textile including endek (ikat), geringsing (double ikat) and silk songket. The second pavilion, built in the style of an18th  century Karangasem palace, house religious and ceremonial artefacts. The third pavilion is reminiscent of Tabanan palaces and displays thge mask, costumes and puppets associated with music and dance.
The museum's content are a little disappointing as some are item poorly lablled and rather haphazardly arraged. Nonetheless, the museums is worth visiting for the examples of architecture, and does give the visitor an idea of history and culture of the island.
   The museum is open : tuesday to thursday 7.30am-1.30pm.
friday 7.30am-11.30am. Saturday to Sunday 8am-12pm and Closed monday.