Enjoying the Kecak and Sunset at Uluwatu

Enjoying the Kecak and Sunset at Uluwatu

Temple at the southern tip of the island of Bali. Approximately 1 hour drive from Kuta. Here there is a very important temple for the Hindu community, especially in Bali. A towering temple on the rock, directly opposite the Indian Ocean, providing incredible views. Not to mention if the atmosphere is enjoyed at dusk, when the sun was already walking toward the contest. The scene will be more compelling, because the red-gold color that prepared setting sun bounced off the Indian Ocean, providing a combination of colors and scenery sunset (Sunset) dead beat.

This place is usually much visited in the afternoon between the hours of 5 to 7 pm. Why? Because in the afternoon you will be served:

- Sunset view

- Kecak

- Watch out kecak dance, you generally will be delivered to enjoy a variety of seafood at Jimbaran Beach.

Well, it fit?

 

Information:

- Tickets to watch the current kecak Rp. 50.000 / person

- Be careful with a lot of monkeys hanging around the temple. Should not use: sunglasses, earrings, hats, necklaces and the like are easily stolen by a monkey.

Oh yes, this is a little story about the dance kecak and Pura Uluwatu.

Kecak (paper sourced from here)

Kecak

Kecak (pronunciation: / 'ke.tʃak /, roughly "KEH-chahk", alternate spellings: Ketjak, Ketjack, and Axilla), is a performance art khasBali created in the 1930s and played mainly by men. This dance performed by many (tens or more) male dancers who sit in a circle and lined with a certain rhythm called "top" and raised both arms, depicting the Ramayana as Rama's line of apes help fight Ravana. However, Kecak from ritualsanghyang, the dancers dance traditions will be in unconscious condition [1], to communicate with God or the spirits of the ancestors and then convey their expectations to the community.

The dancers in the circle is wearing a plaid cloth like a chessboard their waist. Besides the dancers, there were other dancers who portray the characters Ramayana as Rama, Shinta, Ravana, Hanuman, and Sugriva.

Kecak dance songs taken from the ritual dances sanghyang. Also, do not use musical instruments. Kincringan used only imposed on the feet of dancers who portray the characters Ramayana.

Around the 1930s Wayan modulus worked with German painter Walter Spies to create a tradition based Kecak Dance Trance and parts of the Ramayana story. Wayan modulus at popularizing this dance around the world in the entourage of his Balinese dancers.

 

Pura Luhur Uluwatu

Pura Luhur is one of the six-status temple heaven Sad Jagat. This temple stands majestically on the southwestern tip of Bali on the bridge of rocks high and steep and overhanging the sea.

Pura Luhur is one of the six-status temple heaven Sad Jagat. This temple stands majestically on the southwestern tip of Bali on the bridge of rocks high and steep and overhanging the sea.

This temple located in the area Pecatu Village, Kuta District, Badung - from Denpasar to south about 31 km.

Uluwatu Temple is situated at an altitude of 97 meters from the sea surface. In front of the temple there is a small forest called kekeran base, serves as a buffer temple sanctity.

Uluwatu temple has some pesanakan, the temple is closely related to the main temple. It is pesanakan Pura Pura Bajurit, Pererepan Pura, Pura toadstool, Pura Dalem Selonding and Pura Dalem Pangleburan. Each temple is closely related to Uluwatu Temple, especially on the days of his piodalan. Piodalan at Pura Uluwatu, Pura Bajurit, Pura Pura toadstool Pererepan and fell on Tuesday Kliwon Wuku Medangsia every 210 days. Manifestation of God who worshiped at Uluwatu Temple is the god Rudra.

How the history of this foundation?

To get to the temple jabaan, we have to climb stairs. In the temple there jabaan clamps sedahan buildings, kulkul bale, bale and bale sakenem murda. Jabaan into a compound of the moment we pass the temple-shaped wings that curved. To reach the temple offal, we passed the temple wearing braces Dwarapala shaped Ganesha statues. The main theater at the temple there is a palinggih Prasada and Meru Tumpang Three, palinggih canopy, piasan chess pandaka. On the left side of the Pura Luhur jabaan is Pura Dalem soldier (Bejurit) are among others Prasada, Danghyang Dwijendra moksanya place alongside monuments of two boats used to sail when coming to the island of Bali.

Other buildings in the Pura Dalem Gedong soldier is an overlap of two, paibon, and bale clamps sedahan Rsi asta. Around the location of Pura Luhur also inhabited ape

Luhur History

In some sources mentioned, around the year 1489 AD came to the island of Bali a purohita, writers and clergy named Danghyang Dwijendra. Danghyang Dwijendra was a Hindu priest, the birth of Kediri, East Java.

Dwijendra at Danghyang named Danghyang Nirartha walaka. He married a princess of Daha, east Java. At the same place he studied and in-diksa by-law. Nirartha Danghyang endowed with bhiseka kawikon Dwijendra Danghyang name.

Once diksa, Danghyang Dwijendra dharmayatra given the task of carrying out as one of the requirements kawikon. Dharmayatra this should be implemented in the island of Bali, with the addition of a very heavy task of arranging in-law of customary and religious life, especially in the island of Bali. If necessary dharmayatra it can be forwarded to the Sasak and Sumbawa Island.

Danghyang Dwijendra come to the island of Bali, first set foot on the southwestern coastal region of Jembrana for a moment to rest before continuing the journey dharmayatra. This is where Danghyang Dwijendra left pemutik (there is also mention pengutik) with shaft (starch) wood rack. Starch wood shelf life and it turned out to be a tree thrives shelf. Until now the leaves are used as a wood shelf banten completeness in Bali. As a reminder and tribute to him, built a temple named Purancak.

After a dharmayatra the Sasak and Sumbawa Island, Danghyang Dwijendra towards the southern tip of the southwestern island of Bali, which is in arid regions, full of stones called the hills.

After some time living there, he was getting calls from Hyang Creator to get back amoring acintia Parama moksha. This is where Pedanda Ida Rauh recalled Wawu Sakti (icang eling) with Samaya (promise) himself to return to his home. That's why this place is called Cangeling and gradually became Cengiling until now.

Hence, Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu ngulati Sakti (find) a place deemed safe and appropriate to do Parama moksha. Therefore deemed ineligible, he moved again to another location. In this place, then built a temple called Pura toadstool. The name was derived from the word ngulati. The temple is located in the village of Pecatu.

As he walked to get a new location deemed eligible for Parama moksha, Ida Rauh Wawu Pedanda Sakti very sad and crying inside her. Why? Because he was not willing to leave this world because the scale has not felt completely swadharmanya, namely the Hindu life together in the Sasak and Sumbawa. In place of this mengangis he then founded a temple called Pura cry (tears of origin of the word). This temple is located in tears Middle Village Banjar Adat Pecatu.

Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu Sakti have not found a place that is appropriate for Parama moksha. He then arrived at a place full of big stones. He was just alone. In this place, and erected a temple called Pura Batu Diyi. Also in this place Dwijendra Danghyang feel less safe for Parama moksha. Fairly with the exhausting journey of hunger and thirst, he finally arrived in the hills area who always got the hot sun. For the umbrella away, he took a piece of leaf beetles and try to get drinking water sources. After the tour did not find the source of drinking water, Dwijendra Danghyang finally stuck his stick. Amertha water came out. In this place and built a temple called Pura Umbrella with springs used Tirtha means until now.

Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu Sakti then moved again to another location, to amuse themselves before carrying out the seconds back to the origin. In this place and built a temple called Pura Selonding located in Banjar Kangin Desa Adat Pecatu. After amusing himself satisfied, Danghyang Dwijendra feel tired. So he was looking for a place to rest. I was so tired to the point that he was quiet (overslept). In this place and built a temple called Pura Parerepan (parerepan means pasirepan, the inn) is located in the village of Pecatu.

Approaching the final seconds to Parama moksha, Dwijendra Danghyang cleanse themselves and mulat sarira first. In this place until now stands a Hindu temple called Pura Pangleburan located in the village of Banjar Adat Pecatu Kauh. After purifying himself, he went on his way to the location of the southwestern tip of Bali. This place consists of the cliff rocks. If the note from below sea level, looking at each other joins, shaped head perched on the cliff rocks, with a height of between 50-100 meters from the sea surface. Thus called Uluwatu. Ulu watu mean head and means stone.

Before Danghyang Dwijendra Parama moksha, he called the boat owners who had brought it from Sumbawa to Bali. Boat skipper named Ki Pacek Nambangan Boat. The Pandita for help to skipper a boat carrying clothes and his staff to his fourth wife in pasraman Griya Sakti Mas in Banjar Pule, Mas village, Ubud, Gianyar. Clothing was a green silk robe and a wooden stick young. After Ki Pacek Nambangan pasraman boat headed in Danghyang Dwijendra Mas, Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu Sakti immediately to a large rock pile east of stone relics of the former Royal temple of Sri Wira Dalem Kesari. On top of that rock, Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu yoga Sakti mengranasika, like the keris off so urangka, disappeared without a trace, amoring acintia Parama moksha.

Thus, since Danghyang Dwijendra also called Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu Sakti Parama moksha or called Ngaluhur Temple, this temple is called Luhur.

Source: http://www.wisatabali.net