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  • Ngurah Adil Widana  + (Ngurah Adil Widana, was born in Negara, BaNgurah Adil Widana, was born in Negara, Bali, September 14, 1963. Graduated from high school in Kota Negara, continued his education at the Health Academy and continued to the Faculty of Communication Studies in Denpasar. Then he worked at the Ministry of Health in Jembrana, at the Public Relations of the Jembrana Regency Government and finally worked at the Jembrana General Election Commission. learn to write literature self-taught. Several writings in the form of poetry and also cultural notes have been published in the Bali Post and other newspapers in Bali. The book of poetry with him is “Blengbong” (2021). Now he still works at the Jembrana General Election Commission office.mbrana General Election Commission office.)
  • Ni Nengah Mega Risna Dewi  + (Ni Nengah Mega Risna Dewi was born in DenpNi Nengah Mega Risna Dewi was born in Denpasar, September 12, 1995. She graduated from art education at ISI Denpasar. Since 2013 she has been active in many joint exhibitions, including the exhibition "Human Space" at the Bali Cultural Park (2016), "Repositioning" at Discovery Mall Kuta (2018), "A Good Life For Orangutans" at the Jogja National Museum (2019), " X-TION” at Bentara Budaya Bali (2019), and “Freedom in Expression” at Bali Cultural Park (2019). Expression” at Bali Cultural Park (2019).)
  • Ni Nyoman Polok  + (Ni Nyoman Pollok was a Balinese dancing leNi Nyoman Pollok was a Balinese dancing legend from Kelandis.</br></br>In the 1930s, Belgian artist, Adrien Jean Le Mayeur, saw Ni Pollok dance the Legong Keraton. He asked her to become a model for his paintings. Le Mayeur eventually married Ni Pollok and together they build a house in Sanur which later became a museum.ouse in Sanur which later became a museum.)
  • Nyoman Sujana  + (Nyoman Sujana alias Kenyem is a painter boNyoman Sujana alias Kenyem is a painter born in Sayan, Ubud, September 9, 1972. He completed his art education at ISI Denpasar. Since 1992 he has been active in many joint exhibitions. Meanwhile, since 1996 he has displayed his works in solo exhibitions at home and abroad. These include “A Place Behind The House”, Komaneka Gallery, Ubud (2016), “Highest”, Philo Art Space, Jakarta (2013); G13 Gallery, Kelana Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia (2013); “The Bicycle Diaries”, Komaneka Art Gallery, Ubud, Bali (2011), “The Bridges of Nature”, D'Peak Art Space, Singapore (2009). Kenyem's works display the concept of balance (harmony) in the context of human relations with humans, nature, and God. Kenyem works in a meticulously detailed manner, often with calligraphic fields. Iconic to his paintings are small androgynous figures that appear to be dancing. Trees and especially leaves are a recurrent visual motif, as are large hovering rocks. Everything is carefully shadowed to give</br>the impression of floating. Kenyem is one of the founders of the Militant Arts community of artists.of the Militant Arts community of artists.)
  • Pikobet Peplajahan ring Sisya Tuli  + (OM Swastyastu, OM Ano Bhadrah Kratavo VyānOM Swastyastu,</br>OM Ano Bhadrah Kratavo Vyāntu Vicva Taḥ’</br>“May auspicious thoughts come from all directions.”</br></br>Dear future leaders of Bali.</br>Education is the initial provision for achieving goals. Every citizen has the right to education in accordance with Article 31 Paragraph 1 of the 1945 Constitution. The citizens in question are everyone without exception, men, women, children, adults, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Obtaining the right to education is the responsibility of all parties. Parents are obliged to provide basic education to their children. The implementation of education is carried out by the government through the Education Office, both general, special and inclusive education. Now the question is, has the government provided proper access for people with disabilities? The answer is no, brothers and sisters.</br></br>I invite you to focus on deafness. There are so many obstacles for deaf people when continuing their education in higher education because access is not properly provided. Campuses accept deaf students, but do not provide appropriate access, so they cannot study properly. Another contributing factor is the use of SIBI (Indonesian Sign Language System) in primary and secondary education. SIBI is confusing for deaf learners and not deaf culture. SIBI is made by hearing people who use Indonesian vocabulary patterns so that deaf people cannot understand the context discussed. According to Ade Wirawan, a deaf activist in Bali, the forced use of SIBI results in Language Deprivation which has an impact on the cognitive development of deaf children and students.</br></br>The solution to the forced use of SIBI is to use Bisindo (Indonesian Sign Language) which is a natural language that emerges and develops in the deaf community. Bisindo is a representation of deaf culture so it is strongly fought for by deaf communities, organizations and activists. Regarding the use of Bisindo in educational units, the government has played a role in deaf education with the issuance of Government Regulation No. 13 of 2020 concerning proper accommodation for students with disabilities, especially for deaf or hard of hearing disabilities listed in Article 15. Furthermore there is a Circular Letter from the Directorate General of Community Education and Special Education on September 23, 2021, regarding the widespread use of Bisindo in special education units for the deaf or deaf community in the wider community. PP No. 13/2020 and the above circular are in accordance with Law No. 8/2016 on disability. However, the implementation has not gone according to its purpose. Many have not provided proper accommodation for students or teachers who master sign language in a complex manner.</br></br>Things that Bali’s future leaders should realize for equal access to education for deaf students are:</br>1. Adjust the curriculum according to the needs of the deaf.</br>2. Provide an introduction to deaf disabilities to teachers at the elementary school level to serve as a guideline in order to provide teaching in an appropriate manner. </br>3. Provide training to improve complex sign language skills and linguistic understanding of sign language for teachers.</br></br>Bali’s future leaders, let’s work together to address these barriers to education, and fix them immediately. Otherwise, the chain of problems will continue to take root and create more complex barriers. Elections are the perfect venue to fix this long-standing problem.</br> </br>Are you the right person to lead Bali? Are you able to approach the deaf community? Can you fulfill the demands of the deaf community?</br></br>OM Shantih Santhi Santhi OMaf community? OM Shantih Santhi Santhi OM)
  • Permasalah Mendesak  + (Om Swastiastu Om Awighman Astu The fragranOm Swastiastu Om Awighman Astu The fragrant name of shidam, ladies and gentlemen, and dear brothers and sisters, we say Angayubagia to Sang Hyang Parama Wisesa, Therefore from asung kerta wara nugraha because we will convey information today about the 2024 Election. I invite the public Indonesia to work together to make our election a success, the Election of 24 February 2024. Because the election is not just about changing leadership, but the election is our effort to prevent the people from getting worse. Elections are an opportunity for us to evaluate this government. I will explain what the most pressing problems need to be addressed by potential Balinese leaders. The first problem that was considered very urgent to be resolved was controlling the prices of basic necessities, which was chosen by 36.9% of the total respondents. Controlling the prices of basic necessities is the most prominent problem according to residents. Then there are the issues of unemployment, poverty and eradicating corruption, wrote Political Indicators in its report. The respondents involved were all Indonesian citizens who had the right to vote in general elections, namely those who were 17 years of age or older, or were married when the survey was conducted. Sampling used the multistage random sampling method. So I can conclude that we should choose a leader who is firm, honest and responsible for the island of Bali. Thank you, hopefully we will all be given guidance and wisdom in choosing the right leader. Our tribute to Bali, the island we love Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Omsland we love Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Om)
  • Masalah Mendesak  + (Om Swastiastu Om Awighman Astu The fragranOm Swastiastu Om Awighman Astu The fragrant name of shidam, ladies and gentlemen, and dear brothers and sisters, we say Angayubagia to Sang Hyang Parama Wisesa, Therefore from asung kerta wara nugraha because we will convey information today about the 2024 Election. I invite the public Indonesia to work together to make our election a success, the Election of 24 February 2024. Because the election is not just about changing leadership, but the election is our effort to prevent the people from getting worse. Elections are an opportunity for us to evaluate this government. I will explain what the most pressing problems need to be addressed by potential Balinese leaders. The first problem that was considered very urgent to be resolved was controlling the prices of basic necessities, which was chosen by 36.9% of the total respondents. Controlling the prices of basic necessities is the most prominent problem according to residents. Then there are the issues of unemployment, poverty and eradicating corruption, wrote Political Indicators in its report. The respondents involved were all Indonesian citizens who had the right to vote in general elections, namely those who were 17 years of age or older, or were married when the survey was conducted. Sampling used the multistage random sampling method. So I can conclude that we should choose a leader who is firm, honest and responsible for the island of Bali. Thank you, hopefully we will all be given guidance and wisdom in choosing the right leader. Our tribute to Bali, the island we love Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Omsland we love Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Om)
  • Ngirangin kemacetan ring bali  + (Om Swastyastu Thank you for the time givenOm Swastyastu Thank you for the time given to the three of us. Pinihryin me</br>show my name is I Gede Berlin Renaldi and my two friends are</br>This is Kadek Junior and I Made and my son Sujana from SMA Negeri 2 Abiansemal. Health</br>Now let's discuss the role of leaders in managing congestion.</br>is a traffic suspension caused by the number of passing vehicles.</br>more than the short road capacity of Bisnis.com, DENPASAR Promotion Agency</br>Bali Regional Tourism says there are two things that must be considered in order to be successful.</br>currently facing traffic jam problems in Bali. Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, Chair of BPPD Bali and Chair of PHRI Bali, said that to overcome current traffic jams, discipline is needed for</br>for road users and law enforcement. Like traffic jams in the PB road area</br>Sudirman Denpasar is not only a scientific discipline that uses roads, but also the future.</br>A thriving society requires law enforcement. "Two things are true</br>the most important concern," he told media at the Bali Tourism Board, the day of the flight</br>the thirtieth day of the month, two thousand and seventeen. He added, for time</br>In the long term, Bali develops as a service industry, not manufacturing</br>Transportation must be considered. If this is ignored, a cultural approach is used.</br>in our transportation, I am sure this will be wasteful. Although several modes of transportation are available, none is available.</br>"They use it because it doesn't suit the needs of society," he said. He explained that until now his party had not seen the implementation of these two things in society.</br>maximum because there is a feeling of unwillingness from the police, considering that the customer is doing it</br>Local people have adjacent houses and parking spaces in front of the houses. If this is more</br>Even better, the government could provide more parking, which could help.</br>solve the traffic jam problem that is behind. If there are words that I don't like, I apologize, I would like to thank Uncle Santhi Santhi Santhi Uncle.to thank Uncle Santhi Santhi Santhi Uncle.)
  • ogoh-ogoh bali 2024 sane katinggalin  + (Om Swastysatu, Om Awighnam Astu Nama SidhaOm Swastysatu, Om Awighnam Astu Nama Sidham, the Queen who smells so good to all of us. Today I would like to convey that Ogoh-ogoh 2024 announced by the Bali Provincial Government will be held in the series of Nyepi Day 2024. However, Balinese people are still allowed to roam around. Head of the Bali Cultural Service, I Gede Arya Sugiartha, explained that holding the provincial level ogoh-ogoh competition was to maintain security until the 2024 elections. According to him, bad race was the cause of all relations. He showed that horseplay could be played again after years of politics. However, people were still allowed to play ball the following night. Group meetings can only be held within their respective traditional village areas. Then he ordered them not to talk about it on the street. I apologize if there is something wrong with what I said, so I will call it Prama Shanti. Uncle Shanti, Santhi, Shanti Uncle.hanti. Uncle Shanti, Santhi, Shanti Uncle.)
  • I Dewa Ngakan Gede Keramas  + (One of the Balinese writers who came from One of the Balinese writers who came from Bangli, namely in Guliang Kangin - Taman Bali, was I Dewa Ngakan Gede Keramas. Has given birth to a gaguritan literary work entitled TIRTHA HARUM in 2000. In gaguritan Tirtha Harum uses several pupuh including, Pupuh Sinom, Pupuh Durma, Pupuh Ginada, Pupuh Kumambang. And in it tells or tells how the naming of Tirtha Harum and the initial milestones of the Taman Bali kingdom.tial milestones of the Taman Bali kingdom.)
  • Anak Agung Gede Alit  + (Only one picture in Bateson and Mead colleOnly one picture in Bateson and Mead collection, purchased Jan. 17, 1937 — crude</br>Member of the ruling family of Batuan. Bateson-Mead information: Age: about 12-13 Son of the highest status and most powerful man in Batuan of the time, Anak Agung Gede Ngurah, who was juru tulis to the Punggawa of the region, which was centered in Pliatan in the late 1930s, was just finishing up 5th year of elementary school in Sukawati, and was about to go on to become an apprentice civil servant (magang) in the Pliatan office that very same year. Survey information: MARGINAL EARLY TEEN UNSKILLED THIRD WAVE LITERATE SPEAKS MALAYUNSKILLED THIRD WAVE LITERATE SPEAKS MALAY)
  • P.L.Dronkers  + (P.L. Dronkers, born 19 August 1917, compleP.L. Dronkers, born 19 August 1917, completed his education in Leiden in September 1941 and became Dutch colonial government administrator (Indisch bestuursambtenaar) and in July 1945 he was one of the first members of the contingent of Dutch colonial administrators to be sent out from The Netherlands to the Netherlands-Indies, at that time still occupied [by the Japanese]. Via Australia and a temporary assignment in Batavia with the Netherlands Government Information Service (Regerings Voorlichtingsdienst, RVD), in the first months of 1946, he was granted a post with the landing forces, which were to bring Bali back under regular [Dutch colonial] administration. Initially, Internal Affairs Administration was militarised with the name Allied Military Administration, Civil Affairs Branch (AMACAB), something which was undone in the course of 1946. In 1947, civil administrators were added to the local self-government as civil advisors (bestuursadviseurs). Mid 1948, these administration advisors were put together at the office of the Balinese 'Rajadom Council' (vorstenraad) Dewan Radja-Radja in Den Pasar. The reason for this was, also at local level, to melt into changed political relations within the Negara Indonesia Timur, to which daerah Bali belonged. The transfer of sovereignty in December 1949 formally ended the interference of Dutch [colonial] Civil Administration with local administration.</br></br>Dronkers held the following positions in Bali: 
junior controller (aspirant-controleur) in Boeleleng and Djembrana, March-May 1946; junior-controller in Djembrana, May-December 1946; controller/administration advisor in Tabanan, January 1947 - June 1948; head of the Political Affairs Department with the Dewan Radja-Radja in Den Pasar, June 1948 - March 1949; head of the Economic Affairs Department with the Dewan Radja-Radja in Den Pasar, June 1949 - April 1950. April 1950, Dronkers together with his family repatriated to the Netherlands.</br></br>In the course of his administrative duties he made some 7,000 photographs of Balinese cultural life.000 photographs of Balinese cultural life.)
  • Putu Indrawan  + (Putu Indrawan lahir di Denpasar, 18 SeptemPutu Indrawan lahir di Denpasar, 18 September 1960. Setelah lulus dari SLUA 1 Saraswati, ia kuliah di Fakultas Ekonomi, Universitas Udayana. Sejak remaja ia telah menekuni seni musik. Pada awal tahun 1980-an, Indrawan bersama kawan-kawannya membentuk grup band dan sering tampil di bar Kayu Api, Legian, Kuta. Grup band yang kemudian bernama Harley Angels tersebut tampil sebagai juara pertama dalam Festival Musik Rock se-Indonesia yang digelar Log Zhelebour di Surabaya pada tahun 1984. Saat itu, Indrawan dinobatkan sebagai pemain bass terbaik. Pada pertengahan tahun 1990-an, Indrawan membuka dan merintis Warung Tresni di Jalan Drupadi, Denpasar. Warung itu menjadi tempat kongkow dan pementasan seni para seniman lintas seni dan lintas generasi. Indrawan juga ikut menggagas kelahiran beberapa komunitas seni, seperti Dapur Olah Kreatif (DOK), Bali Classic Rock Community, Bali Blues Island, dan Bali PuisiMusik. Dalam dunia seni musik di Bali, Indrawan adalah sosok legendaris yang sangat dihormati dan disegani. Indrawan meninggal pada tanggal 8 November 2022.an meninggal pada tanggal 8 November 2022.)
  • Putu Vivi Lestari  + (Putu Vivi Lestari was born in Tabanan, NovPutu Vivi Lestari was born in Tabanan, November 14, 1981. She achieved a Master of Management and works as a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Udayana University. Vivi is married to the painter Ketut Endrawan. They have two children: Made Kinandita Radharani and Nyoman Akira Bodhi Pawitra. </br></br>On April 8, 2017 Vivi died of blood cancer (leukemia).</br></br>Vivi's poems have been published in the Bali Post, Bali Echo, Kompas, Suara Merdeka, Kalam Culture Journal, PUISI Journal, Coast Lines Magazine, People's Thoughts, Horison Literature Magazine, Media Indonesia, and CAK Cultural Journal.</br></br>Her poems can also be found in a number of joint anthologies, including Angin (Teater Angin, Denpasar, 1997), Notes of Concern (Jukut Ares, Tabanan, 1999), Ginanti Pelangi (Jineng Smasta, Tabanan, 1999), Art and Peace (Buratwangi , Denpasar, 2000), Anno's Essay & Waves of Poetry 2001 (Kompas, 2001), Green Kelon & Poetry 2002 (Kompas, 2002), Ning: Anthology of Poetry 16 Indonesian Poets (Sanggar Purbacaraka, Denpasar, 2002), The Blue Angel of Hobart City (Logung Pustaka, 2004), Spirit: A Collection of Poetry Poets from Bali-West Java (bukupop, Jakarta, 2005), Because My Name is a Woman (FKY, 2005), Selendang Pelangi (Indonesia Tera, 2006), Herbarium: Anthology of Poetry in 4 Cities (Library Pujangga, Lamongan, 2007), Rainbow (Indonesia Tera, 2008), Couleur Femme (Jakarta-Paris Forum & AF Denpasar, 2010).</br></br>Vivi has won a number of literary awards, including the "Best Five" small note competition held by the Jukut Ares Tabanan Community (1999), "Ten Best" poetry writing competition for high school students at the national level held by Jineng Smasta-Tabanan (1999), 2nd place in the competition poetry creation in the marine orientation week held by the Faculty of Letters Unud (1999), Art & Peace 1999 "Best Nine Poems", 2nd place in a poetry creation competition with the theme "Bali after the Kuta tragedy" (2003).</br></br>Vivi had been invited to a number of national literary events, including the 2003 Utan Kayu International Literature Festival in Denpasar, 2004 Indonesian Literature Cakrawala at TIM Jakarta, Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2004, Yogyakarta XVII Arts Festival 2005, Printemps de Poetes 2006 in Denpasar, The VIII Main Praja Mitra Literature Gathering in Banten (2013).</br></br>Her book of poetry entitled “Failed Ovulation” was published posthumously by Expression Library, 2017.n” was published posthumously by Expression Library, 2017.)
  • Anak Agung Gede Raka Turas  + (Related Artists Anak Agung Gede Sobrat Teacher: I Wayan Pendet Relative: I Dewa Ketut Rungun Relative: I Dewa Putu Bedil Relative: Anak Agung Gede Raka Puja)
  • Jero Mangku Dalem Suci  + (Renowned Chef and restaurant owner Jero MaRenowned Chef and restaurant owner Jero Mangku Dalem Suci (Gede Yudiawan or Gede Buldog) is from Desa Les and his incredible cooking skills have been recognized by the most acclaimed Indonesian Chef, William Wongso, and he has joined the maestro in introducing Balinese cuisines across several countries in the world.</br></br>In 2015, he took on the role of pemangku or priest, and has since carried both titles of Chef and Jero Mangku (priest). Having already traveled the world, Chef Jero Yudi believed it was time to return to his village and give back to the place that has helped plant his roots deep into the culinary world. So he opened up, in his ancestral home, Dapoer Bali Moela, a smaller eatery and arak center where he has developed food & beverage products using locally sourced ingredients.</br></br>Chef Jero Yudi also owns Warung Sunset by Chef Yudi in Kuta, Bali. He also helped developing other restaurants in Nusa Dua, Semarang (Central Java), Jogjakarta and in Les Warung Tasik and Warung Sukun.arta and in Les Warung Tasik and Warung Sukun.)
  • Rucina Ballinger  + (Rucina is one of Bali’s cultural icons. SRucina is one of Bali’s cultural icons. She has lived in Bali since 1974 when she did intensive study of dance and its relationship to religion. Her book, co authored with I Wayan Dibia, BALINESE DANCE, DRAMA AND MUSIC: AN INTRODUCTION TO BALINESE PERFORMING ARTS is used in classrooms around the world and by travellers coming to Bali who want to know more about the performing arts in context. She pioneered World Learning’s (ex Experiment in International Living) Bali Academic Semester Abroad program in 1985 and then switched to the other end of the spectrum and ran Elderhostel cultural programs for ten years with her late husband, Anak Agung Gede Putra Rangki.</br></br>She and Agung were the klian adat or traditional heads of their hamlet in Abianbase, Kapal for 2013; as far as we know she is the only foreigner to have held this position.</br></br>After the initial Bali bombings in 2002, the non profit sector became her world and she was the director of YKIP for over a decade, assisting survivors of the bomb with scholarships and livelihood programs. She then worked for the Annika Linden Foundation, helping to create the Annika Linden Centre in Denpasar, Bali, dedicated to one of the bomb victims in the spirit of helping those who are economically disadvantaged. Currently, she runs the CSR program of the Amicorp Group via the Amicorp Community Foundation in the village of Les, North Bali, where a Vocational Training Center is set to be built.</br></br>In 2003, she and three other foreign women of a certain age and size (all married to local men) formed Grup Gedebong Goyang, a comedy group that does song paradies and skits about current affairs in Bali. Their Balinese version of SAKITNYA TOH DISINI has over a million hits!</br></br>Currently she divides her time between Les village and Ubud, where she resides with her entire family (sons Gung Anom and Gung Prabu; daughter in laws Jero Bahari/Edenie and Gung Tia and grandson Gung Arun and granddaughter Gung Prabha) and three dogs.granddaughter Gung Prabha) and three dogs.)
  • Luh Gede Saraswati Putri  + (Saras Dewi, whose full name is Luh Gede SaSaras Dewi, whose full name is Luh Gede Saraswati Putri, was born in Denpasar, Bali, September 16, 1983. Since she was a teenager, Saras has loved singing and writing poetry. In 2002, she released an album titled "Chrysan" with the single "Lembayung Bali". This album was nominated for the Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI) Award in the categories of Best Ballad and Best Single. In 2014, Saras and other Balinese artists sang together for the Bali Reject Reclamation movement.</br></br>Saras has also published a number of books. His first book of poetry, entitled “Jiwa Putih” was published in 2004. The second is a non-fiction book on Human Rights published in 2006 by UI Press in collaboration with the European Union, while the third book entitled “Love Not Chocolate” was published in 2010, the fourth book was published in 2015 entitled “Ekophenomenology”, and the fifth book is an anthology of poetry entitled “Kekasih Teluk” (2017). His writings in the form of essays/articles with social, cultural, ecological, political themes were published in various mass media, including Media Indonesia, Jawa Pos, Bali Post.</br></br>Saras is an environmental activist who is very concerned about the Movement to Reject the Reclamation of Benoa Bay. She is also involved in the feminist movement and the defense of women's rights. Saras successfully completed her doctoral program at the University of Indonesia at the age of 29 in July 2013. Apart from continuing to write and being an activist, Saras teaches philosophy and is the Head of the Philosophy Study Program at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, University of Indonesia.ultural Sciences, University of Indonesia.)
  • Soekarmen  + (Soekarmen was born in Blitar, East Java, 3Soekarmen was born in Blitar, East Java, 30 May 1925. He was the Governor of Bali who led Bali for two terms of office, namely between 1967–1971 and 1971–1978. He was elected governor on November 1, 1967, and ratified by Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia No.203/1967 to replace the previous official, namely I Gusti Putu Martha. Previously, he was Commander of Korem 163/Wirasatya in Denpasar with the final rank of Brigadier General TNI. Soekarmen is the only Governor of Bali who is non-Hindu and not of Balinese ethnicity. He died in Malang, East Java, 10 September 1988.d in Malang, East Java, 10 September 1988.)
  • Dadalan Sejarah Wangunan Monumen Perjuangan Rakyat Bali  + (THE BACKGROUND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THETHE BACKGROUND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONUMENT OF BALINESE STRUGGLE</br>Sporadic struggles for independence against the Dutch Colonial Government emerged in most parts of Indonesia. The violent oppressions by the Dutch resulted many rebellions in various dominions of kingdoms and sultanates under the Dutch colonialism. But unfortunately, the Dutch could easily suppress them by applying their divide et impera (divide and rule) tactic to break the strength of those kingdoms and sultanates by playing off against each other, between a king and the other, between the royal family and the king, the king and his people, and between people as well.</br>The long war experiences and also the more and more Indonesian youth got academic education had aroused the spirit of unity among various social strata and ethnic groups and the awareness to defend their country and to drive away the colonizers. It was initiated by a number of intellectual youths from various regions that on October 28th, 1928, for the firsttime, the Indonesian youth held a conference in which they declared the so called the Sumpah Pemuda or the Youth Pledge. They swore that they were of one mother country: Indonesia, one nationality: Indonesian, and of one language: Bahasa Indonesia or the Indonesian language. This declaration was simultaneously participated by many youth organizations from various islands and ethnics in Indonesia such as, Jong Java of Central and East Java, Jong Pasundan of West Java, Jong Minahasa of North Sulawesi, Jong Ambon of Maluku, Jong Celebes of Sulawesi, Jong Madura, Jong Sumatranen, Jong Batak of Batak ethnic group, etc which later on resulted an idea to form the Jong Indonesia to accomodate all ethnics in Indonesia.</br>This spirit of Sumpah Pemuda has also awakened various youth organizations in Indonesia.One well-known organization, among others, is Sarekat Islam, which was originally as a mere religious movement, then developed into the first popular movement in Indonesia, then the Indische Partij party which also moved in politics. At that time on the island of Java nationalist figures emerged such as dr. Soetomo, HOS. Cokroaminoto, Suwardi Suryaningrat (Ki Hadjar Dewantoro), Douwes Dekker, Tjipto Mangunkusumo, Agus Salim, Soekarno, Muhammad Hatta, and so on. Their pioneering work eventually also inspired other regions to do the same, namely to unite the regions in expelling the Dutch occupation, one of which was a struggle carried out by the Balinese people.</br>Bali Island is one of the bases of the struggle against the Dutch, among which the famous is the Jagaraga War of 1848-1849 in Buleleng, the Kusamba War of 1849, the Banjar People’s Resstance in 1868, the Puputan Badung War of 1906 launched by the King of Badung, Puputan Klungkung in 1908 and also the Puputan Margarana War in the Marga Village of Tabanan conducted by Liutenant Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai along with Laskar Ciung Wanara who had waged in all-out war (Puputan) against the Dutch in 1946.</br>The struggle performed by I Gusti Ngurah Rai has left deep memories for the people of Bali, so as to commemorate his services, a monument, street name, airport name, and so on were erected. The awarding of his services is solely because he has set an example to the younger generation in the struggle for independence which is done unconditionally. The government’s attention to the services of the fighters in Bali was realized by the construction of a grand monument located in the Niti Mandala area, Denpasar known as the the Monument of Balinese Struggle.</br>What is presented in this monument is to recall all the struggles of the Balinese heroes before and after independence. It is also hoped that this monument will also has some benefit in an effort to increase the appreciation of the younger generation in living up to the patriotic values demonstrated by the heroes who sacrifice all his body and soul in defending the dignity of his people without ever expecting retribution.</br>The monument was designed by Mr. Ida Bagus Gede Yadnya, a young man who was at that time was a student in the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Udayana University, Denpasar. He succeeded in winning and becoming a champion in the design competition of the the Monument of Balinese Struggle which was carried out in 1981 by setting aside his senior architects in Bali.</br>After the design and drawing improvements were made, in August 1988 through the budget of the Provincial Government of Bali a groundbreaking was carried out, as a sign of the start of the construction of the monument. After going through various obstacles and trials due to the depreciation of the Rupiah in 1997, finally this monument could be completed also in 2001. After that, the development was continued with the making of dioramas that depicted the life history of the Balinese from time to time. In addition to the dioramas, a park was also built to add the beauty and comfort of this monument, which as a whole could be completed in 2003. On June 14, 2003, in conjunction with the Opening of the 25th Bali Arts Festival in 2003, Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri had the pleasure of inaugurating the Monument of Balinese Struggle. Since then the monument has been officially opened for public.</br>PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES</br>The purpose of making dioramas that tells a story of the struggle of the Balinese people is to reconstruct important historical events that have occured in Bali, so that what is implied in them will be more easily appreciated by younger generation.</br>The aim is to perpetuate the spirit of the struggle of the Balinese people from time to time and pass down the spirit of patriotism in the form of self-sacrifice, love of the motherland, love of unity and love of peace, togetherness to the next generation of the nation, and the main thing is to maintain the integrity of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia (Homeland).</br>THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIC OF THE MONUMENT OF BALINESE STRUGGLE</br>This monument is an embodiment of lingga and yoni. Lingga is male symbol (purusa), while yoni is female symbol (pradana). The meeting between the two elements is a symbol of fertility and well-being. In addition to the Lingga-Yoni philosophy, this monument is also based on the philosophy of the Mandara mountain screening (Mandara Giri) in ocean of milk (Ksirarnawa). This story comes from the Adi Parwa book, the first chapter (parwa) of the Mahabarata epic. It is said that the gods and giants (daitya) sought the water of eternal life (tirtha amertha) by turning around Mandara mountain in the ocean of milk. The implementation of the screening of mount Mandara is regulated as follows:</br>1. Turtles (akupa) as the base of mount Mandara</br>2. Besuki Dragon (Naga Besuki) as a strap and turning mount.</br>3. The gods hold the dragon’s tail and the daitya hold the head, while at the top of the mountain sits God Shiva.</br>After working with great difficulty turning the Mandara mountain then successively came out: crescent (Ardha Chandra), Goddess Sri and Laksmi, flying horse (kuda Ucaisrawah), tree of happiness (Kastuba Mani), and the last came out Goddess Dhanwantari who brought Tirta Amertha. The story of searching for Amertha water is then reflected in the shape of this monument, with the following explanation:</br>1. The earthen pitcher containing tirta amertha was symbolized by a kind of pot (swamba), which is located on the top of the monument.</br>2. Naga Besuki’s tail is realized near the pot.</br>3. The head of the dragon is manifested in the entrance gate (Kori Agung).</br>4. Turtle (Bedawang Nala/ akupa) as the foundation of the monument is located on the edge of the lake and its head on Kori Agung.</br>5. The pond that surrounds the monument as the symbol of Ocean of milk (Ksirarnawa).</br>6. Mandara mountain (Mandara Giri) as the overall shape of the monument building.</br>Philosophically, the initiators of this monument wish to give a message to the younger generation that the struggle to achieve success can only be done with hard work, perseverance, and mutual cooperation as told when the Gods and Daitya together seek eternal life.</br>Another symbol depicting the power of God Almighty (Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa) contained in this building is a building plan in the shape of an octagon and an eight-leaf lotus. The eight-leaf lotus is called Asta Dala as a symbol of the omnipotence of God Almighty called Asta Aiswarya, namely:</br>1. Anima : the mildness nature like atom.</br>2. Lagima : the lightness nature like ether.</br>3. Mahima : the great nature that fills all places.</br>4. Prapti : the nature of reaching all desired places.</br>5. Prakamya : all wills are achieved by Him.</br>6. Isitawa : the nature of dominating everything and the most important One.</br>7. Wasitwa : the most powerful character.</br>8. Yatrakama Wasayitwa : His nature and His will cannot be challenged.</br>The symbol of patriotism and nationalism can be found in the 17 number of foot steps towards the main entrance, 8 main pillars of the building and the height of the monument is 45 meters. If these figures are strung together, the numbers 17, 8, and 45 are arranged which show the date, month, and year of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, August 17, 1945. Indonesian Independence, August 17, 1945.)
  • I Ketut Rida  + (The senior poet I Ketut Rida was born in BThe senior poet I Ketut Rida was born in Banjar Kanginan, Sulang Village, Dawan District, Klungkung, September 11, 1939. He finished school at SGA Stella Duce/ Kanisius Yogyakarta in 1958, then continued his B1 Indonesian Language at Dénpasar, but did not finish.</br></br>From 1960 to 1987 he was appointed a teacher at an elementary school. For about 20 years, I Ketut Rida has served as the Principal of an Elementary School. In addition, he was appointed as a supervisor for kindergarten, elementary and SDLB. In the village, it was also believed to be the traditional bendésa of Sulang Village</br></br>Ketut Rida said that he has been pursuing writing or composing since he was a child. Every day Ketut Rida gets stories from his grandmother. That's why Ketut Rida is feeling happy. After completing his B1 Language Department, his attention to writing activities grew, focusing on studying the Kawi language, especially in Adiparwa.</br></br>He has produced several new literary works of Balinese and Indonesian literature and has received several award certificates, such as:</br></br>In 1977–1978, Ketut Rida became the second winner of the Indonesian Language Writing Competition for Elementary School Teachers at the Bali Province. In 1979, he became the first winner of a prose writing competition at the Bali Arts Festival (PKB). In 1980, he won first place in the Balinese Novel Writing Competition in the framework of Language Month. In 1982, he became the second winner of Composing Geguritan at PKB. In 1991, he won first place in the Balinese Short Story Competition in the Bali Post daily. In 1995, he won the first prize in the Balinese Short Story Competition at PKB.</br></br>From 1970 to 1980, many of Ketut Rida's essays were published in the Bali Post. His collection of poems entitled “Nyiksik Bulu” was published by the Dénpasar Language Center in 2004. His Balinese novel entitled “Sunari” was published by the Obor Foundation, Jakarta in 1999. This novel “Sunari” earned I Ketut Rida the Rancagé Literature Prize from the Rancagé Cultural Foundation in Bandung in 2000. In 2014 Ketut Rida received Widya Pataka from the Governor of Bali with his book entitled “Lawar Goak”. Bali with his book entitled “Lawar Goak”.)
  • Theo Meier  + (Theo Meier was born in 1908 in Basle, SwitTheo Meier was born in 1908 in Basle, Switzerland. He was educated in the arts at the Basle School of the Arts. He had worked as a portrait painter for the University of Basle. He made his first trip to Berlin, where he met Liebermann and Hofer at the Berlin Academy, as well as Emil Nolde, one of the contemporary painters he admired most. He studied with Otto Dix who influenced him greatly.</br></br>Meier left Europe for the South Pacific at the age of 24. To finance his travels, he founded a club, where each member promised a monthly fee in exchange for which they could choose one of Meier's paintings upon his return. He sailed to Papeete via Guadeloupe, Martinique, and the Panama Canal, inspired by the beauty he encountered, but also disillusioned by the presence of Western influence.</br></br>After returning briefly to Basel, he went to Bali where his life was changed forever. In Bali, he found an innocence that he did not find in Tahiti. He befriended the German painter Walter Spies, and later moved into the German artist's bamboo house. He married his first Balinese wife in 1936. When the Japanese arrived in Bali in 1941, Meier was granted permission to stay in Bali, unlike his friend Walter Spies who met his death aboard a prisoner of war ship crossing the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately, many of his paintings were lost, some of which were given to Japanese sailors. After the war, Meier remarried, fathering a daughter.</br></br>After 15 years in Southeast Asia, Meier briefly returned to Switzerland, but then returned to Bali, followed by Thailand. In 1957, he married Laiad, his third wife. In 1961, Meier moved to Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, where he lived with Laiad in a beautiful teak house on the banks of the Ping River. He was a prolific artist and continued to paint until his death in Thailand in 1982.paint until his death in Thailand in 1982.)
  • Tyra Kleen  + (Tyra Kleen (29 June 1874 - 17 September 19Tyra Kleen (29 June 1874 - 17 September 1951) was a Swedish artist, author and women's rights activist. Her paintings, illustrations, lithographs and publications were important to the Swedish fin de siècle art movement. But above all she was an independent ethnographical researcher.</br>In 1919, after WWI, she traveled to Java and Bali on a Swedish cargo ship. In Solo (Surakarta), Kleen worked with Beata van Helsdingen-Schoevers to write an anthropological study on the ritual court dances of Solo. Both also participated in the dance lessons. Kleen felt that dancing not only involved making the right movements on the sound of music, but that it also involved the transition into an altered state of mind to become in harmony not only with oneself, but with the Universe.</br></br>Unfortunately, this project ended in July 1920 in turmoil due to clashing personalities, and van Helsdingen-Schoevers died 17 August 1920 of an unknown disease. The project was finished in 1925 with help from "Volkslectuur" (the commission of folk literature), Mabel Fowler and miss Gobée, wife of the Head of the Office for Internal Affairs, titled "The Serimpi and Bedojo Dances at the Court of Surakarta", with 16 pages of text. In July 1925 there appeared a new edition with 30 pages of text. The coloured plates were reproductions made by the Topographic Service of Kleen's drawings. For everyone involved, but especially Kleen, the result was very disappointing, because she wanted to participate in this project in order to result in a standard reference work that could be presented worldwide.</br></br>When she arrived in Bali in 1920, she started a new project on the mudras, or ritual hand poses, of the Balinese Hindu priests with the assistance of the Rajah of Karangasem, Gusti Bagus Djilantik, whom she had met in Solo the year before, and of Piet de Kat Angelino. This was a turning point in her career because de Kat Angelino was able to explain to her the mudras and also encouraged the priests to cooperate. He was district-officer (controleur) of Gianjar and Klungklung for over a decade and had been collecting material on Balinese priests for years in his home in Gianjar. At his home, she could draw priests and their mudras. Their work together is presented in the book Mudras, with text and illustrations by Kleen, who acknowledged that much of the technical information about the poses and ceremonies came from de Kat Angelino and later on from R.Ng. Poerbatjaraka. Kleen spent the whole of 1921 in Java, working on the material collected in Bali the year before. She exhibited her pictures of the priests at the Art Society in Batavia. Collaboration with de Kat Angelino continued and she met him in Amsterdam on her way home. With his help an exhibition was arranged at the Colonial Institute in Amsterdam. The exhibition was favorably reviewed by de Kat Angelino in the magazine Nederlandsch Indië, Oud en Nieuw. What was the reaction at that time in the Netherlands on her work in Bali? Anne Hallema, a Dutch journalist and art-criticus wrote a critical and extensive article on the Mudra's which appeared Elseviers Geïllustreerd Maandschrift, Jaargang 34, 1924 pp. 145–147. He disqualified her work as an artist but praised her for her scientific contribution. He ends his article with stating that we have to be grateful that this stranger from the land of Selma Lagerlöf toke the initiativ to study the mudra's of the Balinese priests in performing his Hinduistic rituals. Specially the Indologists and Orientalists should be happy with the appearance of this publication.</br></br>Another crucial exhibition was Två vittberesta damer (Two Travelling Ladies) at Liljevalch's Public Art Gallery in Stockholm 1922, where she showed art and artifacts from Java and Bali together with Swedish photographer and author Ida Trotzig contributing works from Japan. This exhibition was the starting point for the "Bali-fever" in Sweden. Kleen's depictions of mudras were shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1923.</br></br>Besides Mudras, Kleen published two other books about Bali: Ni-Si-Pleng, a story about black children written for white children (1924), and, seven years later, Tempeldanser och musikinstrument pa Bali, printed in 300 numbered copies, translated in 1936 as The Temple Dances in Bali.</br></br>Kleen's study on the mudras, the exhibition in Amsterdam at the Colonial Institute and the publication of her books made her internationally known. For her scientific ethnographic work on Bali, Kleen was awarded the Johan August Wahlberg silver medal in April 1938, given to individuals who have "promoted anthropological and geographical science through outstanding efforts".</br></br>Walter Spies was the central figure in the circle of artists residing on the island in Ubud, Klungklung and Karangasem. He was considered to be the greatest expert on Balinese dance and drama. Together with the British dance critic Beryl de Zoete, he wrote the standard 1938 work Dance and Drama in Bali. Spies was jealous of the international success of Kleen[citation needed] and wrote a very critical nine-page review of the Temple Dances in Bali in the journal Djawa (1939). He complained, "the text and the depictions are filled with so many mistakes, errors and incorrect statements that one must shake one's head." Spies claims that as an ethnographic document the book has no value. As a result, there were nearly no references to the work of Kleen in any ethnographic periodicals or publications after this critical review. It is only in 1962 that C. Hooykaas in his article "Saiva-Siddhanta in Java and Bali" supported the importance of the study on mudras by de Kat Angelino and Kleen.</br></br>Kleen contributed work to various European magazines, including Sluyters' Monthly, Nederlandsch Indië Oud en Nieuw, Ord och Bild and Inter-Ocean, between 1920 and 1925 and influenced in this way the perception and expectations of foreign visitors to Bali. Furthermore, she influenced with her colourful, vivid and dynamic art-deco drawing style the development of painting by local artists in Bali, not in a one-way influence but more a kind of mutual influence.Mostly these local paintings were made for the touristic market and depicted daily life instead of exclusively being concerned with gods, demons and the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics. In this way, she took part in the marketing of "the last paradise". This also meant that she became associated with this type of magazine drawing instead of her more important ethnographic publications. more important ethnographic publications.)
  • W. Mustika  + (W. Mustika was born in Kuta, Bali, SeptembW. Mustika was born in Kuta, Bali, September 11, 1970. He pioneered the Rumah Semesta Community since the publication of his 4th book: When the Universe Talks (2013). To date, he has written and published 11 books on life and spirituality. He has also written the poem "Klungkung, Tanah Tua Tanah Cinta" (2016) which was included in the poetry anthology book with the same title. Rumah Semesta is a community that, apart from working in the field of humanity, also focuses on being a shared learning space to understand life, as a place for people to release the inner burdens of the joys and sorrows of life and also as a place to learn together to understand one's spirituality.together to understand one's spirituality.)
  • Walter Spies  + (Walter Spies is a German artist born in MoWalter Spies is a German artist born in Moscow, September 15, 1895. Apart from being a painter, he was also a music and dance artist. In 1923 he came to Java and settled in Yogyakarta. He worked as a court pianist and was asked to help with the palace's artistic activities. He was the first to introduce numerical notation for gamelan in the Yogyakarta palace. This notation was later developed in other palaces and is used today.</br></br>After his contract was completed in Yogyakarta, Spies moved to Ubud, Bali, in 1927. He was close friends with the King of Ubud, Tjokorda Gede Agoeng Soekawati. Spies also got to know many local artists and was very impressed with Balinese art. He collaborated with Wayan Limbak, polishing the sacred Cak dance into Kecak.</br></br>With the support of the King of Ubud, together with the Dutch painter, Rudolf Bonnet, Spies founded Pita Maha, a community of Balinese artists in 1936. Spies also introduced many modern artist techniques to Balinese artists. There are still quite a lot of followers of Walter Spies' painting style in the Ubud area.</br></br>Spies died on January 19, 1942 when his ship Van Imhoff was bombed by Japanese forces during World War II.ed by Japanese forces during World War II.)
  • Arie Smit  + (15 April 1916 – 23 March 2016. Dutch-born15 April 1916 – 23 March 2016. Dutch-born Indonesian painter who lived on Bali.</br></br>Smit was the third of eight children of a trader in cheese and confectionery in Zaandam. His family moved in 1924 to Rotterdam, where Smit eventually studied graphic design at the Academy of Arts. In his youth he was most inspired by the work of three artists named Paul (Signac, Gauguin and Cézanne). In 1938 he joined the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. After three months he was sent to the Dutch East Indies , where he worked as a lithographer for the Dutch army's Topographical Service in Batavia, engraving relief maps of the archipelago. Etching Balinese mountains onto maps ignited his desire to one day go to Bali.</br></br>In early 1942 Smit was transferred to the infantry in East Java, but was soon captured by the invading Japanese forces. He spent three and a half years in forced labor camps building roads, bridges, and railways on the Burma Railway in Thailand, and Burma. After the Japanese capitulation in August 1945, Smit convalesced in Bangkok until January 1946. After being stationed in Denpasar, Bali as a staff writer for the infantry, he returned to the Topographical Service in Batavia in September. Until its discontinuation in 1950, he remained employed at this service, eventually becoming head of the drawing department, but in his spare time he criss-crossed Java as a painter and in October 1948 had his first exhibition in Batavia/Jakarta.[5] After Indonesian Independence on December 27, 1949, all Dutch nationals had to choose between Dutch or Indonesian citizenship within two years. Smit briefly considered emigrating to South Africa, but decided to stay; he became an Indonesian citizen late in 1951. In the following years he taught graphics and lithography at the Institut Teknologi Bandung in West Java.</br></br>Bali</br>On invitation by the Dutch artist Rudolf Bonnet he visited Bali in 1956, together with Dutch artist Auke Sonnega. He soon met art dealer James (Jimmy) Clarence Pandy, who ran a gallery and souvenir shop. Pandy invited Smit to stay in a house on stilts at the beach of Sanur. Smit and Pandy remained friends and formed a partnership. Pandy was well-connected; Sukarno would sometimes bring his state guests to his gallery. With his love for bright colors, Smit was captured by the Balinese landscapes in its 'riotous light', and soon decided to stay to depict its villages, rice terraces, palm trees and temples.</br></br>In 1960, while touring the village of Penestanan in the Ubud District where he then lived, he came upon some boys drawing in the sand. Impressed by their talent, Smit invited them to his studio, where they became the first of a growing number of students. With minimal instruction but lots of encouragement and material support, his pupils created a naive style of genre painting that became known as the 'Young Artists' style, which at its peak had 300-400 followers. Though he is considered the father of the movement, its style is quite different than any of Smit's own styles over the years.</br></br>From the time of his arrival in Bali, Smit moved some 40 times, "to see what is beyond the next hill". He stayed longest in his favorite areas of Karangasem and Buleleng. He finally settled in 1992 in the village of Sanggingan near Ubud under the patronage of Pande Wayan Suteja Neka, founder of the Neka Art Museum. In recognition for his role in the development of painting on the island, Smit received the Dharma Kusama (Flower of Devotion, a Balinese cultural award) in 1992 from the government of Bali. The Arie Smit Pavilion was opened at the Neka Art Museum in 1994 to display his works and those of contemporary Balinese artists. The Museum Bali in Denpasar and the Penang Museum in Malaysia also have collections of his work. Smit further had exhibits in Jakarta, Singapore, Honolulu and Tokyo. Smit lived near Ubud for the rest of his life, but died on 23 March 2016 in a hospital Denpasar at three weeks before turning 100.enpasar at three weeks before turning 100.)
  • Anak Agung Cukit  + (1930s Batuan artist who continued to work in the 1950s. Also a gambuh dancer. A portrait of him has been painted by Bonnet. Also known as "Dewa Cukit" and "Dewa Gede Cukit".)
  • Agung Raka  + (1930s Sanur painter. Bateson and Mead note1930s Sanur painter. Bateson and Mead notes refer to Gusti Gede Raka and Gusti Putu Raka co-painting a work.</br>May be the same person as Gusti Putu Raka (and/or Gusti Gede Raka); in Bateson's catalogue, described as the son of Gusti Sodang</br></br>Related Artists</br>Also known as: I Gusti Putu Raka</br>Mother: Anak Agung Made Glogori Putu Raka Mother: Anak Agung Made Glogor)
  • A.A. Raka Sidan  + (A A. Raka Sidan's real name is A.A. Gede RA A. Raka Sidan's real name is A.A. Gede Raka Partana. He is a songwriter and Balinese pop singer who was born June 27, 1979. He studied at UNHI Denpasar and produced a number of albums, including "Suud Memotoh" (2005), "At-Pada Ngalih Makan" (2007), "Pak Boss" (2009), "Song Brerong" (2012), "Kenceng" (2015). The songs contain a lot of moral messages and social criticism wrapped in humorous nuances.ial criticism wrapped in humorous nuances.)
  • Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres  + (Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres was a BelAdrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres was a Belgian painter who lived in Bali and donated his house in Sanur as a museum. He was born in Brussels, Belgium, February 9, 1880. The Impressionist painter arrived in Bali in 1932 and first rented a house in Banjar Kelandis, Denpasar. It was also at Kelandis that he became acquainted with Ni Nyoman Pollok, a Legong dancer who was 15 years old at the time, and later became a model for his paintings.</br></br>Le Mayeur's works using Ni Pollok as a model were exhibited in Singapore for the first time in 1933 and sold out. Then Le Mayeur bought a plot of land on the shores of Sanur Beach which he used as a studio and house. That is where every day Le Mayeur painted with Ni Pollok as the main model. In 1935, Le Mayeur married Ni Pollok.</br></br>In 1956, the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia, Bahder Djohan, visited Le Mayeur's house and was fascinated by these gentle works. Bahder then suggested to Le Mayeur that his house would later be used as a museum. Le Mayeur agreed and worked even harder to improve the quality and add to his collection of paintings.</br></br>On August 28, 1957, Le Mayeur signed a testament in which Le Mayeur bequeathed all his possessions including land, house, and everything in it to Ni Pollok as a gift. At the same time, Ni Pollok then transferred everything that was inherited from her husband to the Government of Indonesia to be used as a museum.</br></br>In 1958, Le Mayeur suffered from ear cancer. Accompanied by Ni Pollok, he was treated in Belgium. Two months later, on May 31, 1958, Le Mayeur died at the age of 78 and was buried in Brussels. Ni Pollok then returned to Bali to take care of his house until her death on July 18, 1985 at the age of 68 years.</br></br>Le Mayeur's works can be enjoyed at the Le Mayeur Museum, which is located on the shores of Sanur Beach, Denpasar.ed on the shores of Sanur Beach, Denpasar.)
  • Gede Kresna  + (An Architect by profession, Gede designed An Architect by profession, Gede designed and built Rumah Intaran - home of Pengalaman Rasa. His brings extensive knowledge of local produces and a keen eye for potential business opportunities to Pengalaman Rasa. He is passionate about diving into the richness of Northern Balinese culture and natural produces to find the best ingredients, products, and experiences.</br></br>https://www.pengalamanrasa.com/</br></br>"Working out of Rumah Intaran (the House of the Neem Tree), architect Gede Kresna has transformed the northern Bali village of Bengkala into a learning mecca for students and farmers – and it all centres around the kitchen...</br></br>“I often wonder why rich people can afford to pay for a private doctor or a private architect but never think of paying a private farmer to produce their own healthy food?” he (Gede Kresna) asks. “Food can be called healthy if it has a balanced cycle that comes from local farmers who grow from local seeds; only then can we actually solve our food problems, including many economic problems facing the country.”...</br></br>Full article at https://www.gaiadiscovery.com/latest-people/gede-and-ayu-kitchen-missionariest-people/gede-and-ayu-kitchen-missionaries)
  • Anak Agung Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik  + (Anak Agung Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik was bAnak Agung Ayu Bulantrisna Djelantik was born in Deventer, the Netherlands on September 8, 1947. She is the eldest daughter of Dr. Anak Agung Made Jelantik (UN Doctor). She has loved dance since childhood and is now a Legong dance maestro. Besides being known as a dancer, she works as an ENT specialist and lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Bandung. </br></br>Bulantrisna is the granddaughter of Anak Agung Anglurah Djelantik who was the last king of the Karangasem Kingdom, Bali. At the age of ten, Bulantrisna was invited by President Soekarno to the Presidential Palace in Tampaksiring, Gianyar, Bali to entertain Palace guests. Her main mentors are Anak Agung Mandera and Gusti Made Sengog, the first generation of Legong dancers. Besides Legong dance, Bulan also mastered other dances, such as Oleg. Dancing for the Moon is a release of emotion, creativity, joy, moving with soul, and as a means of prayer. Her love for dance is not only limited to movement, but she also founded a dance studio called "Ayu Bulan" in 1994. One of her dance creations is the Legong Asmarandana dance. Bulantrisna died on February 24, 2021 at Siloam Hospital, Semanggi, Jakarta due to pancreatic cancer she suffered.rta due to pancreatic cancer she suffered.)
  • Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga  + (Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga was born Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga was born in Denpasar, 7 July 1965. He completed his Bachelor's degree at Ngurah Rai University, Denpasar, in 1991. He is Minister of Cooperatives and Indonesian Small and Medium Enterprises in President Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet. He served from 2014 to 2019. Before becoming a minister, he served as Mayor of Denpasar for two periods, namely 1999-2004 and 2005-2010. In the second period, halfway through, he was elected Deputy Governor of Bali for the 2008-2013 period.Governor of Bali for the 2008-2013 period.)
  • Antonio Maria Blanco  + (Antonio Blanco was born on September 15, 1Antonio Blanco was born on September 15, 1911, in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Both of his parents were Spanish, a fact that Blanco believed linked him geographically and spiritually to Miro and Salvador Dali. His father settled in Manila during the Spanish - American War, where he attained prominence as a physician. Blanco was educated at the American Central School in Manila. During his high school years he loved the arts, literature and language classes but struggled in scientific subjects. It is no wonder that he spoke six languages - Spanish, French, English, Tagalog, Indonesian and a bit of Balinese. After completing high school in Manila, Blanco studied at the National Academy of Art in New York under Sidney Dickinson. During those early formative years, Blanco concentrated on the human form, fascinated by the female body more than any other subject matter. To further his studies and ignite his traveling spirit, he traveled extensively throughout the world before he finally landed in Bali in 1952. The King of Ubud gave Blanco a piece of land to set up his home and studio in Campuan, Ubud, at the confluence of two sacred rivers. Blanco and his Balinese wife, the celebrated dancer Ni Ronji, lived in their mountain retreat, barely leaving it for the world outside. Following a brief trip to the United States, where Blanco acquired many new collectors, the couple never left their fantasy home again.</br></br>Living in serene surroundings with his four children, Tjempaka, Mario, Orchid and Maha Devi, Bali became Blanco's center. He was fascinated by the island and completely captivated by its charm.</br> </br>Blanco lived and worked in his magical hilltop home until his death in 1999, feverishly creating his fantasy portraits of beautiful women. Surrounded by lush gardens, rice fields and with a Banyan tree standing over his family's temple, Antonio Blanco proceeded to create a new reality for himself. His artistic outpourings of this isolated world became much sought after by eager art lovers, collectors and promoters. Within a few years, Blanco became the most famous foreign artist to make Bali his home. He was recognized in both Indonesia and abroad, receiving numerous Blanco Awards and commanding huge prizes at international auctions.</br></br>By the end of his life, Blanco had begun building his museum at his studio in Campuan. Dramatically, he died just before its inauguration. His funeral was marked by a very important Blanco Cremationin Ubud. It was Blanco's dream to turn his studio-mansion into a museum. His son, Mario, fulfilled this dream by following his path to become a painter. The Blanco Renaissance Museum is now open to the public, exposing both the maestro's and Mario's art works. both the maestro's and Mario's art works.)
  • Arif Bagus Prasetyo  + (Arif Bagus Prasetyo was born on September Arif Bagus Prasetyo was born on September 30, 1971, has lived in Denpasar since 1997. He is known as a poet, literary critic, fine arts curator, and book translator. Alumnus of the International Writing Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. Received a number of awards in the field of writing, including: the Jakarta Arts Council Literary Criticism Prize, the Jakarta Arts Council Fine Arts Criticism Prize, and the Bali Provincial Government Widya Pataka Award. His books: Witness Words: 18 Literary Essays (soon to be published), Memento: Poems (2015), Memento: Poetry Books (2009), Epiphenomenon: Study of Selected Literature (2005), Stephan Spicher: Eternal Line on Paper (2005), Beyond the Forms : A Face of Modern Indonesian Painting (2001), Mangu Putra: Nature, Culture, Tension (2000), and Mahasukka: Book of Poetry (2000).00), and Mahasukka: Book of Poetry (2000).)
  • Aryadimas Ngurah Hendratno  + (Aryadimas Ngurah Hendratno was born in DenAryadimas Ngurah Hendratno was born in Denpasar on September 13, 1975. He has been writing poetry since he was a teenager, was once a part of Teater Angin (SMAN 1 Denpasar), and had contact with Sanggar Minum Kopi. A number of his poems have been published in Bali Post and in the anthologies Ensiklopedi Pejalan Sunyi (2015) and Klungkung: Tanah Tua, Tanah Cinta (2016). He is the "village head" of the Jatijagat Kampung Puisi (Jatijagat Poetry Village), teaches literature and theater at the Tahkta Theater at SMK Saraswati 1 in Denpasar, and manages the Rumah Belajar Seni (Art Study House) in Denpasar.lajar Seni (Art Study House) in Denpasar.)
  • Ayu Weda  + (Ayu Weda fully named I Gusti Ayu Made WedaAyu Weda fully named I Gusti Ayu Made Wedayanti. She was born in Singaraja, September 1 1963. She is alumi of Airlangga University, Surabaya. In era of 1980s, she was well known as lady rocker singer. Her achievement in vocal and stage field, such as in 1981 she gained The third champion in Radio Star award and TV (BRTV) in National Level. Moreover, She got award as the best performance in group category with her two sisters in Trio Ayu Sisters, who are I Gusti Ayu Partiwi and I Gusti Ayu Laksmi. In that year, Ayu Weda as representative of Bali in Puteri Remaja Indonesia award which was held by Majalah Gadis. in 1982, she successfully released album "Rindu Teman Sehati" arranged by national muse Adriadie. Meanwhile in 1987, she released album "Memetik Bintang" arranged by Deddy Dores. Besides singing, she also liked to write. Her short stories compilation "Badriyah" was published by Gambang Publisher in 2016. That book most told story of woman's life in happy and sad situation.f woman's life in happy and sad situation.)
  • Putu Marmar Herayukti  + (Born in Denpasar, 13 September 1982. TattoBorn in Denpasar, 13 September 1982.</br>Tattoo and visual artist who owns the studio Hellmonk Tattoo. He is a prominent Ogoh-Ogoh artist and gained a following for use of eco-friendly materials. (https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/marmar-herayukti.html)</br></br>About the statue in the profile picture:</br>‘Waruna’ Marmar’s recycled paper, rattan and bamboo installation is suspended from the ceiling on the second level of Wishingwell. It features the mythical guardian of the ocean surfing a wave. Part human part beast, the fantastic creature has a powerful upper torso and elongated octopus tentacles for legs. “I set out to make an artwork which included sustainable materials along with rubbish from the ocean,” Marmar said.with rubbish from the ocean,” Marmar said.)
  • Made Gede Wiguna Valasara  + (Born: 1983 Hometown: Gianyar, Bali BasedBorn: 1983</br></br>Hometown: Gianyar, Bali</br></br>Based In: Gianyar, Bali</br></br>Made Gede Wiguna Valasara is an artist who deeply engages in painting and sculpture, his most known works are the ones with stuffed canvas technique. His subject matter varied from his reinterpretation on Bali Traditional Painting to appropriation on Renaissance and Modern Paintings. </br></br>He completed his studies at FSR ISI Yogyakarta (2007). He has participated in no less than 29 group exhibitions and three solo shows. His solo exhibitions include Animal Behaved, MonDecor Art Space, Jakarta, and Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung (2010); as well as Marshalling Lines and Colors, Galeri Canna, Jakarta (2009). </br></br>His works won a number of awards, including finalist at the UOB Painting of the Year (2012); finalist at the 2010 Indonesian Art Award; Best Painting at ISI Yogyakarta’s 23rd Dies Natalis (2007). In 2011, he was artist-in-residence at Selasar Sunaryo Artspace, Bandung.ence at Selasar Sunaryo Artspace, Bandung.)
  • Catur Yudha Hariani  + (Catur Yudha Hariani was born on September Catur Yudha Hariani was born on September 14 in Trawas, Mojokerto, East Java. After graduating from High School (SMA) in 1990, she became an environmental activist and joined the Seloliman Center for Environmental Education (PPLH) in Trawas. In 1997, PPLH Bali established a branch in Sanur where Catur worked on a casual basis. Then in 2002, she was appointed Director. Catur handles a number of environment-related programs. Among these are waste management, education and community facilitation for dealing with the self-management of waste, and waste management workshops for students. Catur is very much devoted to her life as an environmental activist. She is also known as one of the activists in the movement rejecting the reclamation of Benoa Bay.nt rejecting the reclamation of Benoa Bay.)
  • Cokorda Sawitri  + (Cok Sawitri was born in Sidemen, KarangaseCok Sawitri was born in Sidemen, Karangasem Bali, September 1st, 1968. Now, She lives in Denpasar, Bali. In the middle of 2006, she collaborated with Dean Moss from New York in Theatre Dance Event. Besides being a theater activist, she also wrote many articles, poems, short stories and novel. She has been active in social cultural activities, and is the founder of Perempuan Mitra Kasih Bali Firm and Tulus Ngayah Group. </br></br>Her works include Meditasi Rahim (1991), Pembelaan Dirah, Ni Garu (1996), Permainan Gelap Terang (1997), Sekuel Pembelaan Dirah (1997), Hanya Angin Hanya Waktu (1998), Puitika Melamar Tuhan (2001), Anjing Perempuanku, Aku Bukan Perempuan Lagi (2004), Badan Bahagia. Novelnya adalah Janda dari Jirah, Tantri, dan Sutasoma.</br></br>Longer biography available at http://lifeasartasia.weebly.com/uploads/2/3/6/8/23681555/cok_sawitri.pdfm/uploads/2/3/6/8/23681555/cok_sawitri.pdf)
  • Gede Suanda  + (Contemporary art is an empowering communicContemporary art is an empowering communication platform allowing artists to give a visible presence to the invisible. The artist’s role is often to highlight important socio-political and environmental issues to create awareness and hopefully change. </br></br>Gede ‘Sayur’ Suanda is a multi-talented contemporary Balinese artist who expresses statements about the rapid changes engulfing Bali in both 3-dimensional works as well as paintings. In 2015 Sayur’s landmark installation ‘Last Defence’ was presented in ‘Violent Bali’, a group exhibition by sixty of Bali’s finest contemporary artists at the Tony Raka Gallery in Ubud. The towering 3-metre-high impression of the ‘rook’ chess piece made from bamboo, dried rice stalks and husks was his comment concerning the rapid transformation of rice fields in Bali for modern development. According to the artist, the rice fields are vital to the Balinese way of life, which is constantly under threat and the last defence of the culture, which is increasingly vulnerable to change.</br>More recently, Sayur has channelled his creativity into contemporary paintings. As a child, he learned the technical aspects of Balinese painting passed down through the generations. Drawing is the basic fundamental of Balinese painting and the initial process of rendering the composition details. The application of paint with small hand-crafted bamboo brushes follows various technical, traditional guidelines. The physical action is similar to drawing or colouring in.</br></br>The ancient classical Balinese religious paintings that decorate the temples throughout the island function as a collective expression of ideas from the community to the Balinese Gods and ancestors. During the last century, technical aspects of these sacred paintings merged with western painting techniques and individual ideas. As a result, various village styles or “schools” of painting evolved from the 1920s onwards, catering to new tourist markets.</br></br>A distinct aspect of traditional Balinese painting is that all visual information is contained within black outlines. When observing these paintings, flowing lines and rhythms entertain our eyes as we traverse the composition from left to right and from the top down. Natural universal rhythms are inseparable from daily life and determine the timing of the many Balinese religious ceremonies and cultural practices. Visual rhythms, therefore, are a unique and essential essence of Balinese painting.</br></br>From 1999 – 2006, Sayur studied fine art at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts of Yogyakarta. Living and learning outside the cultural restraints of his village opened him to new ideas, creative influences and time to explore different artistic possibilities. Such an experience is instrumental for the Balinese to help them break free from the rules and collective mindset that define Balinese painting. In doing so, they may create compositions to express personal ideas constructed with modern western painting techniques. Sayur’s time living within a foreign culture allowed him to perceive his upbringing and the ever-changing dynamics of modern Bali through a new lens. </br></br>Richard Horstman</br>@lifeasartasiaw lens. Richard Horstman @lifeasartasia)
  • Jalan Rusak di Kabupaten Buleleng Penghubung Desa Bukti dan Desa Tanjung Perlu Perhatian Pemerintah Bali  + (Damaged Roads in Buleleng Regency ConnectiDamaged Roads in Buleleng Regency Connecting Evidence Village and Tanjung Village Need Attention from the Bali Government.</br></br>Om Swastyastu,</br>We respect Mr. Teacher and brothers and sisters who we love very much.</br>First of all, we would like to express our gratitude to Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa, because it is thanks to Him that we can express opinions regarding issues that must be paid attention to by the Bali government.</br></br> Where you can see that there are lots of damaged roads in Bali, such as Jalan Merak, Buleleng Regency, which is precisely the link between Evidence Village and Tanjung Village.</br>From the information we got, this road has been damaged for quite a long time, even for years, according to residents there. Local residents said that this street had already been patched using cement with the residents' limited funds, but it was damaged again, and local residents even said that this street had gone viral before, until it was planted with banana trees.</br>The roads are so damaged that residents feel like they are riding horses. Due to the damaged roads, residents often fall and fall, especially when it rains, the roads are slippery.</br>Evidence Village Head, Gede Wardana, said the road had been damaged for a long time. The village cannot repair the road because it is not within their authority.</br>The solution to this problem is that the government promises that the roads will be repaired by 2024.</br></br>That's all we can say. More or less sorry. We close with paramasanthi.</br>Om Santhi, Santhi, Santhi Om.aramasanthi. Om Santhi, Santhi, Santhi Om.)
  • Dewa Gede Purwita  + (Dewa Gede Purwita is a lecturer in the fieDewa Gede Purwita is a lecturer in the field of Visual Communication Design at the Bali Design and Business Institute. Dewa is also a painter and writer known by the pen name Purwita Sukahet. He expressed his deep interest in the work of I Ketut Gede Singaraja in a solo exhibition dissecting the works of this painter from Buleleng who is famous for his pictorial realism style in 2019.s for his pictorial realism style in 2019.)
  • Drs. I Nyoman Aris  + (Drs. I Nyoman Aris is a writer from BanjarDrs. I Nyoman Aris is a writer from Banjar Kebayan, Tangeb Village, Abianbase Village, Mengwi District, Badung Regency. Drs. I Nyoman Aris was born on September 19, 1984. He is the son of the late. I Wayan Lanus and Alm. Ni Nyoman Namrug. His educational history is that he took the People's School (SR) in 1962, junior high school in 1965, KPG in 1978, PGSLP in 1980 and S1 majoring in Balinese Language and Literature in 1990. Drs. I Nyoman Aris is an educator at the Tangeb Carving Art Vocational School. In addition, he is also a farmer and often serves as a judge as well as a coach in the Utsawa Dharma Gita competition. He won many awards, one of which was the 1st place in Mekidung/Makakawin. His greatest work is Kidung Yadnya, other works such as the imba tembang (pupuh), the malajah makakawin guide, and the malajah makidung guide, complete with scales and notation, making it easier for us to learn makidung.making it easier for us to learn makidung.)
  • PERNIKAHAN DINI MENGANCAM BAL  + (EARLY MARRIAGE THREATENS BALI Ladies and gEARLY MARRIAGE THREATENS BALI</br>Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and my friends, if I saw all of your faces</br>It seems like we're still the same age, maybe around a dozen years old and still smell like kencur. Same with me, too</br>still 20 years old Seeing our peers who got married at that age who were pregnant out of wedlock,</br>is it appropriate for us? Friends, we actually have a future. That future</br>is actually in our hands. Through our step by step now this is the future</br>can reach us. And the future is ours. We have a future that must be planned, though</br>God has a plan. Every human being must try and pray. So, effort, behavior and what</br>What we do now will affect our future. Including if we marry early.</br>Of course there are positive and negative sides if we do this. The negative side comes from violations</br>the laws we follow. Meanwhile, the positive thing is that we can justify our partner and be far from him</br>threat of sin. But have you ever thought about economic problems, health stunting, children dropping out?</br>schools are increasing day by day. Various problems arise as a result of not doing so</br>ability to support the family. Once on this island of the gods, there is a saying</br>"sing beling sing naganten" this refers to a society that prioritizes pregnancies outside of marriage</br>which we often encounter in young children.</br>Bali, which has a diverse culture that has a variety of arts, is worth wearing clothes</br>openly, I know that in this free era, many young people are having relationships</br>sexual relations outside of marriage, many people dress openly and are only concerned with lust.</br>Is it in accordance with the teachings of Hinduism, think about it! Where will the future of Bali go where art will go</br>Even Balinese taksu will fade in the future just because we are only concerned with lust and</br>choose quickly quickly to get married, think about it!ly quickly to get married, think about it!)
  • Luh Gede Gita Sangita Yasa  + (Emerging female Balinese contemporary painEmerging female Balinese contemporary painter Luh Gede Gita Sangita Yasa has seemingly materialised from anonymity and appeared on the Bali art scene. After five years living in West Java, studying fine art at the Institute of Technology Bandung, she returned in 2020 to live in Batubulan, Bali. However, media exposure in international magazines and exhibitions in Java and Singapore preceded her. In 2021, her presence had become more “localised” by exhibiting in Bali. Refreshing and powerful suggestive Luh’De’s pictures captivate and reveal a fascinating lens upon life.</br></br>Vibrant, yet unusual mindscapes depict alternative realities: Luh’De expresses a Gen-Z experience of dwelling in both the digital and natural worlds. As the first generation having grown up with immediate Internet and mobile digital technology access, members of Gen-Z are dubbed “digital natives”. Luh’De’s sensitivity pieces together seemingly unrelated, contrasting imagery into balanced compositions introducing the audience to fresh narrative realms she refers to as “fragments of memories”.</br></br>For most people, the concept of existing simultaneously in parallel universes may be too abstract to process. Not for Luh’De. Curiosity infused with ingenuity is harnessed into images of the past, present and future which are unique within the Indonesian contemporary art world. Light years beyond the conventional Balinese painter, Luh’De never references traditional icons, narratives and techniques. Instead, she boldly investigates her potential and intuitive trajectory.</br></br>Merging Pop Art, abstract and semi-realism styles often with a minimalist sense of space, blank areas on the canvas create interludes that allow us to pause and think. The outcomes are contemplative and uber-chic. Luh’De is the first Balinese woman artist to establish an identity upon such a compelling aesthetic formula.</br></br>“My creative process begins by sourcing images from the Internet, screenshots from the online simulation game The Sims and other images I have collected. I then photoshop combinations into compositions I call ‘happy incidents’,” said Luh’De, who was born in Bali in July 1997 and worked briefly as a graphic designer. </br></br>“At university I found myself working best in oil paints. I like that it takes around 8 hours for the paint to dry giving me time to manipulate my compositions into shape. This process helps me understand more about what I’m going through. I’ll connect everything, asking myself why this is here? This is where my instincts draw connections and make assumptions. The results are impossible to preconceive and often without meaning or explanation.” </br></br>One of the greatest challenges for Balinese artist’s is to grow and to introduce change. Some settle on a formula which sells and then remain in a comfort zone, yet creatively stagnant. Others lack courage to break free and experiment and over time new horizons become increasingly difficult to achieve. Luh’De is a driven artist, whose work has technically and thematically evolved. </br></br>From 2016-2018 she worked developing ideas and arranging different components to uncover a functional formula. During 2019-2020 she explored ‘PARADISO: On Fragments of Times’, a series inspired by beach scenes and people at leisure. “I grew tired of painting figures and beach themes. There was nothing more to dig and it was time to move on,” she told me. </br></br>In 2020 Luh’De was diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder and temporarily stopped painting. “When I began painting again, my old subject matter – the Paradiso Series– no longer represented me. I developed a liking towards sweets to help stabilise my moods, and I spent more time playing Sims as a form of escapism. I created a new ‘ideal’ personal painting reality I called my Sweet and Sour Series,” said Luh’De who was nominated in 2021 as a Finalist UOB Indonesian Painting of the Year – Established Artist Category.</br></br>Richard Horstman</br>NOW Balirtist Category. Richard Horstman NOW Bali)
  • Frans Nadjira  + (Frans Nadjira was born in Makassar, South Frans Nadjira was born in Makassar, South Sulawesi, September 3, 1942. Since 1974 he has lived in Bali. He is known as a writer. In 1979 he joined the International Writing Program creative writing program at the University of Iowa, Iowa, USA. He studied fine art at the Indonesian Painting Academy (ASLI), Makassar. When he paints, he chooses and uses the automatic painting method (psychography) which he has been working on until now. Rhythm, motion, composition, and color become the spirit in his works.</br></br>In the field of literature, in particular, he galvanizes prospective poets in Bali who are learning to write poetry. His writings have been published in various local and national media as as well as abroad, including the Bali Post, CAK, Kalam, Horison, Kompas, Koran Tempo, Media Indonesia. His work also appears in the anthology Blue Sky Blue Sea, ASEAN Poetry, Spirit That Moves Us (USA), On Foreign Shores, When Kata When Colors, Ginseng Tea, A Bonsai's Morning.</br></br>His literary works include Window (Kumpulan Poetry, 1980), Conversation Under the Fallen Leaves (Kumpulan Short Story, 1981), Mata Air Mata Air (Kumpulan Poetry, 1998), Curriculum Vitae (Kumpulan Poetry, 2007 ), The Fireflies Tree (Short Story Collection, 2010), Notes on Wet Paper (Poetry Collection, 2015), Lara's Family (Novel, 2016), Traces of Dreams (Novel, 2016), Hug Me (Poetry Collection, 2017) . 2016), Hug Me (Poetry Collection, 2017) .)
  • Gde Artawan  + (GDE ARTAWAN was born in Klungkung on FebruGDE ARTAWAN was born in Klungkung on February 20 1959. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Indonesian Language and Literature at Undiksha (Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha). He has a Ph D in Linguistics from Universitas Udayana. He contributes essays, poems and short stories to several mass media outlets. He is often invited to be a speaker in literary activities and scientific gatherings and has acted as a jury member in literary reading and writing activities. He has twice been awarded the Wija Kusuma Art Award by the Buleleng government, in 1999 and 2007. In Singaraja he is the coordinator of the Buleleng Art Pier (Dermaga Seni Buleleng) which often holds literary appreciation activities and which has, on several occasions, held a Bali-wide poetry writing competition for the Singa Ambara Raja Award as part of the birthday of the city of Singaraja. A collection of his short stories ‘Petarung Jambul’ received the Widya Pataka Art Award from the Provincial Government of Bali in 2008. His collected literary works can be found in ‘Kaki Langit’ (1984). Other works include 'Buleleng dalam Sajak' (1996), ‘Kesaksian Burung Suksma’ (1996), ‘Spektrum’ (1997), ‘Tentang Putra Fajar’ (2001), ‘Puisi Penyair Bali’ (2006), and ‘Dendang Denpasar, Nyiur Sanur’ (2012). His only anthology of poems is “Tubuhku Luka Pesisir, Tubuhmu Luka Pegunungan” (2014). Pesisir, Tubuhmu Luka Pegunungan” (2014).)
  • Gede Benny Setia Wirawan  + (Gede Benny Setia WIrawan is a researcher iGede Benny Setia WIrawan is a researcher in Center for Public Health Innovation, a research unit in Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia. His current works mostly involve social determinants of health and health behavior, especially on HIV related risk behaviors. Since the COVID-19 pandemic he has work on projects related to mental health, HIV, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors.h, HIV, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors.)