Bajra Sandhi Monument Bali

 There are various ways to commemorate and perpetuate the struggle of a nation, one with erect monuments. In Bali, the Balinese people struggle from time to time recorded properly in the Bajra Sandhi Monument. This monument depicts the life of the Balinese people since prehistoric times until the time of maintaining independence, between the years 1950-1975. The forms of struggle are illustrated in the 33 units diorama.

Bajra Sandhi Monument was built in 1987, but was inaugurated on June 14, 2003 by President Megawati Sukarno Putri. The main objective is the construction of this monument to perpetuate the spirit of struggle and creation of Balinese culture as well as efforts to pass it on to the younger generation. Name Bajra Sandhi monument taken from the shape that resembles a bell which is used by the pedanda (prince of religion in Bali) when he led the prayer. As the bell used to mark the time to pray, the name was chosen to remind residents of Bali on the meaning of the struggle of his predecessors.

Feature

Visiting this monument travelers will get a fairly complete picture of the history of the people of Bali from ancient to modern times. The picture is presented with a circle of 33 dioramas follow the contour of the room. Each section contains figurines diorama complete with natural environmental setting. To clarify the information, there is a label on the outside in three languages: Bahasa Bali in Old Javanese, Indonesian, and English.

In the earlier parts, diorama displays of early humans at the time of hunting and gathering. In this section, it appears Pithecanthropus Erectus was hunting pigs using a hand-held ax. The next section describes the development of the kingdom of the Balinese people, the colonial period, a period of physical revolution, until the post-independence period. At the end, a diorama showing the development process that lasted Udayana University in 1975.

After enjoying the glimpses of history, visitors can climb the ladder to reach the top of the bell-shaped monument. From the top of the monument, visitors can see the beauty of the city of Denpasar from a height of about 45 meters. If the time is right, so visitors can enjoy the sunset of the place.

Location

Regions Renon, Denpasar, Bali Province.

Access

Bajra Sandhi Monument government complex located in Bali, exactly in front of the provincial governor's office in the area Renon, Denpasar, Bali. To reach this monument, tourists can use private vehicles and taxi. For these two types of vehicles, visitors are not too difficult as access to the monument is not too difficult.

However, if travelers take advantage of public transport (minibus), it should be noted that the road to the monument is a one-way street, so only one regular public transport pass, which majors bemo-Uma Sanur. If travelers depart from Sanur, then tourists will certainly go down in front of the monument complex. However, when departing from Jalan Teuku Umar, the tourists must get off at Jalan Cok Agung Tresna then walk to the monument as far as 300 meters +.

Ticket Prices

To enter the monument, visitors subject to import duties of IDR 3.000 for the adults and IDR 2.000 for children (2008).

Accommodation and Other Facilities

If the benighted traveler because it's too cool to enjoy Bajra Sandhi Monument complex, tourists can rent hotels ranging from budget class to four-star hotel is on the corners of the city of Denpasar. Not only that, a variety of cafes, pubs, clubs, and other entertainment venues can be an alternative to spending the night in the city of Denpasar.

Le Mayeur Museum Bali

Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres is a descendant of royalty from Belgium. He was born in Brussels, February 9, 1880, and inherited the art from his parents' blood. Last education is the building engineer at the University Libre, Brussels. Because forbidden developing talent painting, Le Mayeur desperate to leave his family and travel the world.

Le Mayeur arrived in Bali in 1932 through the port city of Singaraja. Shortly thereafter, he went to Denpasar and Sanur Beach began to settle. Initially Le Mayuer planning to travel for eight months, but see the natural beauty and the beauty of Balinese dancers, Le Mayeur conceived to build a house and painting studio on the edge of Sanur Beach. A Legong dancer named Ni Nyoman Pollok who modeled his painting Le Mayeur appealing to propose. They were later married.

The story of the lives of the two artists is actually quite touching. Through marriage with Le Mayeur, Ni Pollok actually want to have children. But the desire was rejected by her husband. The reason, Ni Pollok was painting the model. The beauty of body Ni Pollok feared damaged if pregnancy and childbirth. Couple these artists are not blessed with offspring until the end of his life.

The house and painting studio built by Le Mayeur later dedicated as a museum. Through a will, written in 1957, it was agreed that if the pair Le Mayeur-Ni Pollok had died, the house in Sanur beach will be submitted to the government as a museum.

Feature

Le Mayeur is known as a painter who raised the beauty of natural scenery, cultural expressions, as well as the beauty of Balinese women into the canvas. In the museum, visitors can enjoy the works of paintings and objects of historic relics such as Le Mayeur chairs, carved tables, beds, cabinets, ceramic flower vase, silver utensils, jars, books, and sculpture.

Le Mayeur's paintings to 88 pieces, generally characterized impressionist, and was made between 1921 to 1957. Uniquely, these works are some of them use media other than canvas painting, for example hardboard, plywood, paper, and Bagor or burlap. The media painted burlap, for example, is used by Le Mayeur the Japanese colonial period because of difficulties getting shipments canvas from Belgium.

Location

Le Mayeur Museum is located in the tourist area of ​​Sanur beach, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

Access

From downtown Denpasar, the trip to the Museum Le Mayeur can be reached by private vehicle or public transportation (minibus). Public transport (minibus) to the Sanur beach area can be accessed via the terminal Kreneng, Denpasar, and will take visitors up to the end of the Hang Tuah. From here, visitors have to go through the path to the location of the museum with a distance of  ± 70 m.

Le Mayeur Museum is open between the hours of 8:00 am to 15:00 pm (Saturday-Thursday), while on Friday between the hours of 8:00 am to 12:30 pm. The museum is closed on national holidays.

Ticket Prices

Ticket prices are distinguished based on several categories. For individual tickets (between 1-9 visitors), adult visitors are charged 2.000 IDR / person and children who are 1.000 IDR / child. For group tickets (minimum 10 people), the adults just pay 1.000 IDR / person and children who are at 500 IDR / child (March 2008).

Accommodation and Other Facilities

After enjoying a dish of artwork in the Museum Le Mayeur, tourists can sample traditional Balinese cuisine at the stalls are located along Sanur Beach. If need lodging, a wide range of accommodation ranging from budget class hotels to five-star hotels are common in this region. To complete the visit, of course, is not complete if you do not buy the various Balinese souvenirs are sold at souvenir stalls around Sanur Beach. Besides its beauty, the price is also quite affordable.