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25
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The
Art Village Ubud Tour starts at around 10:00 (suggested for those who are staying around Ubud; out of Ubud, it is
suggested to take a one day tour). We are going to take you to see some art
work made by Balinese artists including stone carvings, paintings, silver
works, handicrafts, etc. Here are some places that we might visit during the
tours as follows:
- BATUBULAN : Barong and Kris dance, stone carving
- CELUK : Balinese style silver works
- MAS VILLAGE : The centre of fine wood carving
- UBUD : Colony of artist and monkey forest
BATUBULAN
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This village
is famous for its Barong & Kris Dance which is performed everyday in two
different timing: morning and evening. Morning dance is conducted from 09:30
to 10:30. The Barong & Kris dance tells us about the balance between
goodness and badness in everyday life of Hindus people. Visitors are advised
to see it all because it is so attractive and entertaining. Besides, this
area is well-known for its spectacular stone carvings. These fabulous stone
carvings take in various forms starting from beautiful creatures of Hindus
colossal story to a modern art style. The stone carvings are displayed in the
side roads, right in front of people’s houses along Singapadu to Batubulan
streets. Come and have a visit to have better overview of the Balinese
carving.
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CELUK
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It is a silver and gold smith village
which has been renowned all over the world. Various and high quality silver
work is made by local silver smiths which is incomparable to any places in
Bali. For jewellery lovers, it is highly recommended to have a visit in to
this place and buy one for souvenir or self-used. This place is reachable
only 20 minutes drive from Ubud or 5 minutes from Barong Dance venue of
Batubulan. Various unique design silver works are produced everyday and
showcase in each art shop along Celuk street. Not only is it admired by local
people, it is much loved by people from other countries. This makes the
silver work producers export their high quality work to United States,
England, Japan, etc.
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MAS
VILLAGE
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An art village
seems to be very suitable to address this place. Thousands of handicrafts and
paintings can easily be found here. If you look for either old or modern
furniture, this village offers a wide range. Starting from entering the
village, on both sides of the road you will see lots of displays of art from
the shops and they seem attracting visitors to have a closer look inside.
This is a good place to visit by art lovers because they can go from one shop
(or gallery) to another just in seconds. It takes only 10 minutes drive from
Celuk or 15 minutes drive from Ubud city you can have high quality arts which
are originally made by local villagers. Throngs of visitors visit this place
every day, and now is your turn to be part of them and see the specialty of
Balinese art.
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UBUD
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Famous for its art and culture, Ubud
becomes the only tourism object to which people interested in arts are coming
and visiting this place. Frankly speaking, Ubud tourism site is focusing on
arts and culture; thus, many art work can be found almost everywhere in Ubud.
Museums and fine art galleries are plenty. Besides, Ubud is also famous for
its traditional market and holy monkeys (Monkey Forest). Ubud traditional
market starts from early morning to eight o’clock, and will change to an art
market afterwards. Both traditional and art markets are so recommended as
they offer a very competitive price. The monkey forest itself is just 10
minutes away from the market. There are more than 300 sacred monkeys there
and they are quite friendly to the visitors. If you come and visit it, do not
forget to bring some bananas for them.
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