Saturday, November 7, 2009

Bali & Its History

Ending the prehistoric, Bali was intended to do a search and travel by spiritual leaders. Rsi Markandeya recorded as the spiritual leader of the first set of Java travel in Bali. Travel search inner purity and balance of nature and place of Hindu religious order pole on the south slope of Mount Agung is now known as the Pura Besakih. Basukian Temple is believed to be the first milestone with their followers Rsi Markandeya Bali as a land ensuring the goal of building a spiritual value.

How sustainable, the order of spiritual life coincided with simultaneous governance in Bali. The Kingdom of Warmadewa Dynasty mentioned in various ancient texts is very supportive of religious survival of the culture and local customs that invite the arrival of spiritual leaders and the land of Java. The arrival of Professor Kuturan on 11th century sektar certainly capable of glue fabric of local communities living with Hinduism order brought from Java. Order with the concept of traditional village parhyangan as the personification of God in the Tri Murti function is an effort to accommodate the local concept of union with the Hindu concept.

Continuing spiritual journey made by leaders of the Hindu religion of Java. The unification of Archipelago by the Majapahit is the culmination of the journey and the transformation of religion and local culture with Hindu culture. In the course of time, Bali and its people then live their daily lives with the administration, religion, art, and unique culture. The uniqueness of this later, in about the year 1579, the attention of a Dutchman named Cornelis de Houtman who travel to Indonesia in search of spices. Fertile soil, agriculture and cultural uniqueness of people in daily living was a major concern for the expedition de Houtman.

Together with Indonesia, which is known as a producer of spices, Bali has become a popular world of the cultural side. Dutch mastery of Indonesia was at about age 17 and 18 is not much influence on religious life and culture in Bali. Hinduism in Bali at that time and even into the heyday of the kingdom in Bali headquartered in Gelgel and then transferred to Smarapura (Klungkung). Early 20th century, then occupied by the Dutch Bali marked the fall of the Kingdom of Klungkung Klungkung Puputan War through 1908.
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Since the acquisition by the Dutch, Bali seemed wide open for a stranger's visit. Bali is not only the arrival of foreigners as tourists but no less the observer and cultural penekun came to record the uniqueness of Balinese culture and art. From the cultural penekun consisting of writers, authors, and this is the uniqueness of Balinese painters increasingly spread in the international world. Submission of information through various media by foreigners were able to attract travelers to visit Bali. Admiration for land and to inspire interest Bali strangers gave the title to Bali. The Island of Gods, The Island of Paradise, The Island of Thousand Temples, The Morning of the World, and various other praise names.

1930, in the heart of Denpasar, built a hotel to accommodate the arrival of tourists at that time. Bali Hotel, a colonial architectural style buildings, a milestone in the history of Bali tourism until now these buildings are still solid in the original style. Not only was visited by tourists, ambassadors from the village of Balinese arts Peliatan cultural visit to several countries in Europe and America indirectly, that visit as well as introducing the existence of Bali as a tourist destination well worth a visit.

Tourism activities, which began to blossom when he was, had stopped due to World War II between the years 1942-1945 which was followed by an increasingly bitter struggle for independence struggle of Indonesia, including what happened in Bali until the year 1949. Mid 50's decade Balinese tourism reorganized and in 1963 built Hotel Bali Beach (The Grand Bali Beach Hotel) at Sanur beach with a ten-story building. This hotel is the only tour that shaped residential high-rise residential facilities while tourism (hotels, home stay, pensions) that developed later only a one-story building. In the mid decades of the 70th Balinese local government issued a regulation governing the area maximum building height of 15 meters. This determination is determined by considering the cultural factors and traditional spatial Bali so Bali is still a cultural values that can be  tourism leading sector.

With certainty, since the operation of Hotel Bali Beach in November 1966, construction of residential tourism facilities grew rapidly. In terms of quality, Sanur grew relatively better planned for alongside the Bali Beach Hotel Kuta Beach while the herd berkemabang naturally moves from the local residential models. Model homestay and pensions grow more dominant than the standard model of the hotel. Similarly, Kuta, Ubud area in Gianyar district developed naturally, grew up in houses that still survive in rural feel.

Construction of residential facilities of international-class tourist finally began with the development of Nusa Dua area into an international tourist resort. Managed by Bali Tourism Developmnet Corporation, an agency of government formation, Nusa Dua area is developed to meet the needs of international tourism. Some hotel operators in Nusa Dua area as the investors who ultimately was able to increase tourism area development of Bali.

Subsequent periods, tourism and residential facilities with very rapid growth in the residential center of tourism, especially in areas Badung, Denpasar and Gianyar.  Pantai Kuta area, Jimbaran, and Seminyak into residential tourism in Badung regency, Sanur, and the central city to Denpasar area. Ubud, Kedewatan, Somerset West, and Terrace into a residential development of tourism in the region of Gianyar.


Controlling growth is very rapid, local government and establish Bali in Bali 15 area as a residential area following tourism supporting facilities such as restaurants and shopping centers. Up to now, Bali has more than 35,000 have the hotel rooms consist of class Virtual Library, Jasmine, up 5 Stars. Facility hotels are appearing in various forms ranging from a model home, standard hotels, villas, bungalows, and boutique hotels with price variations. This diversity gives more value to Bali because they offer many choices to the traveler.

As a result of the development of tourist visits, various supporting facilities such as restaurants, art shop, art market, entertainment, and recreation is growing rapidly in residential centers or tourist attractions in the area. The travelers who visited Bali, finally had little choice in their vacation in Bali, tourism organizations such as the end PHRI (IHRA), ASITA, and other tourism organizations in Bali, which are professionally managed and provide tourism services, as if to give assurance to comfort of travel in Bali.(Adopted from Bali's govt. official web)

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