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We wandered around Batuan marveling at the traditional
paintings, faithfully depicting religious and mythological
subjects, which were for temple and palace decoration, and
the set colors were made from soot, clay and pigs' bones.
Following this, we made our way to the active volcano.
Since the weather turned bad, we couldn't take our time
exploring the site. We went to a nearby restaurant for lunch,
which gave us a breathtaking view.
As the evening approached, it started to rain, we stopped
by a tea and coffee estate. Here, we tried 6 delicious
varieties of Tea and 2 varieties of Coffee. As lovers of Coffee
and Tea, we were in seventh heaven!
All set to Jet ski.
We ended our day with a trip to Tirta Empul, one of Bali’s
most famous water temples. Balinese visit this temple to
bathe in the pools of healing water, queuing on the left side
and washing underneath each of the 30 spouts until
reaching the end of the second pool.
The Kintamani district is the earliest known
kingdom in Bali, dating from the tenth century
On our way to the volcano, we visited the
Batubulan village which is renowned for its hand
printed dresses known as Batik. Next, we stopped
over at Mas village famous for its wood carvings.
Bali is a city where you can find beautiful wooden
items at minimal cost, and for cat lovers, you have
some amazing collection of cats carved in wood.
The next village we paid a visit to was Celuk, Bali’s
major center for goldsmiths and silversmiths. The
gold and silver items crafted here are of high
quality and feature unique and elaborate designs
as the craftsmen are known for their skills and
their industriousness.
Sea bed walking with the hubby.
A loose classification of Balinese art styles is
classical, or Kamasan,Ubud style, Batuan, Young
Artists and finally, Modern or Academic
Famed for its enchanting art work, the village of
Batuan is famous for its style of painting which
began in the 1930s and then boomed into its
major Balinese artistic style, Batuan painting.
Artisan working on a hand print dress.
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