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Agung Wiyat S. Ardhi was born in Puri Anyar Keramas Gianyar on February 3, 1946. He passed away on 24 Februay 2020. He graduated with a degree from ASTI and a Bachelor of Hindu Religion and worked as a teacher at PR Saraswati Gianyar. He also served as Head of the SPG Saraswati Gianyar, was Head of Saraswati Gianyar High School, was a Gianyar Regency Associate Member. As well he was a member of the Gianyar Regency Wija Kusuma Award Selection Team, the Gianyar Regency Extension Team, the Gianyar Regency Gita Main Supervisory Team, and the Gianyar Kabupatén Gianyar Development Team. In addition, he is also well-known as a Drama Gong player / dancer. He received Rancage Literary Awards in 2001 for a work entitled "Gang Girang Sisi Pakerisan" and in 2010 for his services to the field of Modern Balinese literature. In 2015, he received a Widya Pataka from the Governor of Bali for a Balinese play entitled "Bogolan" . +
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Gus Teja is a flute (Suling) maestro from a small village near Ubud, Bali. He is the youngest of four children from his parents I Nyoman Kadjil and Ni Wayan Darpini. He began playing the flute while attending elementary school, yet spent a lot of time during this period practicing the gamelan (Balinese traditional instrument). As the years progressed, his interest in wind instruments increased. This sparked the obsession in learning all there was about wind instruments from around the world.
Since childhood Gus Teja is excited to be a flute player. Flute is an instrument with melodious voice that represents the voice of peace. He feels free when everytime playing flute as well as a form of meditation in his devotion to God.
Gus Teja continued to challenge himself by creating new instruments to go along with his passion of flutes. Ranging from whittled wood instruments to full fledged bamboo flutes. He is always experimenting with creating new works of music by incorporating musical instruments from modern instruments with traditional sounds. After years of patience and practice, Gus Teja finally formed a world music band named Gus Teja World Music.
Musical works that have been created not only represent an expression of his feeling from the deepest part of his heart, but also reflects peace, serenity, and a strong bond of brotherhood regardless of cultural background or a different race. Gus Teja said, “Music is universal … therefore through music let’s bring peace and love to the world. +
Agus Vrisaba is a writer born in Klaten, Central Java, May 15 1941. In the 1970s he lived in Bali and socialized closely with many Balinese artists. In the late 1980s he moved to Tawangmangu, Central Java. He died on February 17 1992. Agus was a very productive short story writer. His works are published by Kompas, Sinar Harapan. Later also in Suara Pembaharuan, Vista, Jawa Pos, Bali Post, Intisari, Surabaya Post, Suara Indonesia, Zaman, and also various other regional newspapers. Kompas Book Publishers (PBK) is trying to bring back his works and edit them in a book, a collection of his first single short stories, entitled "From Bui to Nun" in 2004. Agus himself, until the end of his life, had not had time to publish his works. There is only one short story, namely "Sodom and Gomorrah" which was included in the anthology "Two Sexes for Midin", published by Kompas Book Publishers in 2003. +
"Invite a Domestic Tourists, Bali Rises from the Covid-19 Pandemic"
None of the Balinese people (including business people, investors, and the government) thought that they would be in a difficult situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bali, which usually doesn't stop bringing in rupiah coffers to support its people's economy, is now deserted.
A few months after the COVID-19 pandemic began to subside, there was a lot of buzz in the social media about the hashtag #WorkFromBali. Bali, as the most popular tourist attraction in Indonesia, is slowly starting to rise from the slump of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most Indonesian people consider Bali as an elite tourist destination, because the majority of visitors are foreign tourists. Not infrequently Indonesian people also think that the price of admission to tourism and the price of food at the place to eat is also high (by the standards of foreign tourists).
Seeing the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic which is still uncertain, it is better for the Bali government to start moving to carry out "Rebranding Bali" for domestic tourists. Because they are considered the safest and most sustainable, to keep the economy in Bali alive and spinning.
There are several ways that the Balinese government can do to invite local and domestic tourists to visit Bali:
1. Ensure that Bali is a safe place during the Covid-19 pandemic, by showing that all frontline Bali tourism has been vaccinated and maintaining proper health protocols;
2. Invite influencers to advertise Bali. The hashtag #WorkFromBali seems to be very good and powerful to be echoed again;
3. Recalculate the highest price specifically for local and domestic tourists, such as the price of tourist entrance tickets, lodging prices, food prices, and so on, by adjusting the socio-economic conditions of the Indonesian people.
4. Provide understanding and training for the frontline Bali tourism, to treat local and domestic tourists in the same way as treating foreign tourists.
Hopefully Bali's economy will get better.
Aldwin is a senior analyst for AkarAsia. He recently graduated with a master’s degree in International Development Studies at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, specializing in private sector development. He received his B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder, focusing on Southeast Asian politics and economy. +
Alexander Cuthbert is Emeritus Professor of Planning and Urban Development at at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He was educated in Scotland with degrees in Architecture, Planning and Urban Design, and a Doctorate from London School of Economics and Political Science. His main interest has been in urban design, with teaching and practice in Greece, Britain, the United States, Hong Kong and Australia. +
Good morning,everyone.
First of all, let's offer thanks to the presence of God Almighty. Here I would like to thank you for the opportunity that has been given to me, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ni Kadek Feby Dhiyo Dharma Yanthi, I am from SMK Negeri 2 Seririt. Here I will deliver an oration about the conversion of agricultural land. This is one of the problems that must be overcome by potential Balinese leaders.
As we know, the population of Bali is increasing and more and more foreign tourists are visiting, therefore a lot of agricultural land is being converted into housing, hotels, restaurants and other buildings that support the tourism industry. Therefore, there are no farmers in Bali who own large areas of land. Head of the Bali Agriculture and Food Security Service, I Wayan Sunada, explained that currently the largest farmer's land area in Bali is around 75 are/0.75 ha, it is very rare for farmers to have land above one hectare. "The weakness of farmers in Bali currently is that their land is limited, some are 25 hectares, the maximum is 75 hectares. "This is the result of land conversion that occurs every year." said Sunada to Bisnis, Wednesday (22/6/2022). Based on these problems, the Government or prospective Bali Provincial Government must really pay attention to the problem of Land Conversion by ensuring the welfare of farmers, for example:
1. During the planting season, attention must be paid to the distribution of subsidized and non-subsidized fertilizers to avoid fertilizer shortages.
2. During the harvest season, the Government must help farmers market their agricultural products.
If the government really paid attention to the welfare of farmers, land conversion could be prevented because people and the younger generation would want to become farmers. In this way, the national food security program can be achieved.
That is the speech that I can convey, if there are any sentences that are not acceptable, I apologize profusely. I would like to express my gratitude
Allistair Speirs has been in the publishing, advertising and PR business for the last 25 years. He started both NOW! Bali and NOW! Jakarta as each region's preferred community magazine. +
Alit S.Rini was born and live in Denpasar with the name Ida Ayu Putu Alit Susrini. She wrote poems in the Bali Post newspaper which afterwards become her workspace. Then she was promoted to the culture, religion, education, opinion desk and 1998 as performance editor, and then moved to the opinion desk until she retired in 2015. "Karena Aku Perempuan Bali" (Since I am a Balinese Woman) 2003 is her single poem compilation. Her poem was compiled in book "Cinta Disucikan Kehidupan Dirayakan", "Bali Living in Two World" (2002), "Dendang Denpasar Nyiur Sanur" (2016), "Klungkung: Tanah Tua Tanah Cinta" (2017) is a compilation of her poems published in 2017. She later collaborated with Nyoman Wirata with a book entitled "Pernikahan Puisi". +
"One of the first female writers of erotica, Anaïs Nin is perhaps most famous for her soul-penetrating diaries, her bohemian love affair with writer Henry Miller and an incestuous relationship with her father at the advice of her psychologist. She was also heavily involved in the psychoanalyst scene, and was interested in integrating and harmonising the self through the process of writing. Therefore it is no surprise that she idealised the idyllic island of Bali—a quiet refuge in which man lived in harmony with his universe....
In 1955, Anaïs first took LSD under the guidance of Aldous Huxley and wrote a beautifully evocative description of her visions and subconscious landscape which included images of Javanese temples, Balinese music, symbolic dance gestures before finally finishing with the conclusion, “Ah, I cannot capture the secret of life with WORDS.” She was beginning to reveal what her soul desired deep down—for Anaïs, utopia was a state of mind in which the artist had access to the world of dreams. Perhaps this is why she fell in love with the mysticism and art of Bali. In her final journal (volume 7 of her diaries) she finished with a reflection on her trip to this island, complete with magical descriptions of sacred cremations, opulent gardens, temple dances, Wayang shadow puppets, natural-material bungalows used as hotels, the haunting music, and the sophisticated and gentle ways of the Balinese people." +
Anak 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.
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. +
Anak Agung Bagus Sutedja, the governor of Bali who headed the island twice, was born in 1923 and vanished on July 27, 1966. His first term as head of Bali's executive body, from 1950 to 1958, was determined by the Regional Government Council, while the legislative body, Paruman Agung, which was composed of delegates from Bali's eight kingdoms, was superseded by the Temporary Regional People's Representative Council (DPRDS). He was re-elected as Bali's governor in December 1959, having served as the island's temporary regional head from 1958 to 1959 before being ousted by I Gusti Bagus Oka. His second term of office ended in 1965, a few months after the G30S/PKI. His second term of office ended several months after the G30S/PKI occurred in 1965. He was then replaced by I Gusti Putu Martha. He "disappeared" on July 29 1966 in Jakarta, thought to be a victim of political kidnapping that occurred at that time. +
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". +
Anak Agung Gde Mandera Erawan (Agung Bangli) is a traditional dance maestro from Puri Kaleran Peliatan, Ubud. He was born in artist family, son of Gung Kak Mandera, maestro of traditional music the founder of Kelompok Musik and Tari Gunung Sari and a dancer mother. Gung Kak Mandera was one of artist of Bali that travel arround in Europe and performed in Paris in 1930s.
Almost all of countries had already visited by Gung Aji to perform Balinese dance to the world. it can be said that his life was dedicated for traditional dance and music arts of Bali. Maintain and preserve it to keep this culture existed.
He inherited his late father role to lead group of Gunung Sari Peliatan, which hold a performance in every week in Balerung Peliatan. Legong Nandira is Tari Legong with male dancer is one of his creations. +
Anak Agung Gde Rai or usually called as Agung Rai, born in Peliatan, Ubud, on July 17th, 1955. He is a humanist (cultural practitioner) and an artist who has big role in preserving and promoting arts of Indonesia, particularly Bali. He is the founder of ARMA (Agung Rai Museum of Art). The poverty during his childhood motivated him to change their family life to make it better by continuously work hard. When he was young, he has ever become “merchant” of artistic goods for tourists in Bali.
Agung Rai has a dream to become a teacher, but he has to burry it since cant afford the tuition. Then, he learned to paint. But, he realized his skill is yet sufficient as painter. Otherwise, he took a course of English and became a tour guid. From his interaction with the tourists, he got sense of business to try as seller of artistics goods made by his neighbors in his hometown. Since then, he is becoming a merchant in arround Sanur, Kuta until Padangbai. As a merchant, his sense of business and arts was developed. Then he mad friend with many arts collectors. He followed his friend to be a collector of maestro’s artwork. From a collector, he became a currator for artwork exhibition. Such as, in 1989, Agung Rai went to Japan and took a hundred of artworks from fifty painters that joined a group of Sanggar Seniman Agung Rai (Agung Rai Artists Group). This paintings then was shown in Japan for two months.
Anxiety and worry for his country’s cultural preservation mainly in field of arts make him obssessed to establish a museum and arts galery. Then, with wonderful effort of him, in June 9th 1996, ARMA Museum officially opened by Prof. Dr. Ing. Wardiman Djojonegoro while at that time have position as Minister of Education and Culture. ARMA is one of museums with most complete collection in Indonesia. From classical artwork until contemporary, even artwork of local artist and other countries. Moreover, ARMA periodically held an exhibition of artworks.
The popularity of ARMA is masively increasing since it often held various cultural event such as music performance, theatre, providing bookroom with various collection for visitors, held seminar of culture and art. Events in ARMA mostly in international scale and often were hold by various artworkers and culture from many countries. With various arrangement of these kind of event, ARMA achieved predicate as most popular museum and the best museum in Indonesia based on tourist as how it was compiled by world travelling site, TripAdvisor.
For his effort to preserve arts, Agung Rai was awarded many awards. Such as, in 2002 he was awarded by Indonesia Government as “The pioneer in advancing the fine arts”. In 2012 he was chosen as Chief of Himusba (Himpunan Museum Bali) 2012-2017. In 2016 “TripAdvisor” awarded ARMA as the best museum in Indonesia. The choice was determined by the tourists who has visited the various museums in Indonesia.
The Books of Agung Rai and ARMA can be read in “Gung Rai, Kisah Sebuah Museum // Gung Rai, A Story of Museum” (KPG, 2013), “Saraswati in Bali: A Temple, A Museum and A Mas” (BAB Publishing Indoneisa, 2015”, “Agung Rai, Sang Mumpuni // Agung Rai, The Maestro” (Lestari Kiranatama, 2017).
Only one picture in Bateson and Mead collection, purchased Jan. 17, 1937 — crude
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 MALAY +
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. +
There seem to be a number of A.A. Okas, and there may be confusion between the 1930s Batuan artist (one work int he Bateson-Mead collection), an artist from Mas, and the Batuan artist born in 1955. +
From the family of Turas. Produced a number of the illustrations in Sprookjes van Bali. +
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Anak Agung Gede Sobrat
Teacher: I Wayan Pendet
Relative: I Dewa Ketut Rungun
Relative: I Dewa Putu Bedil
Relative: Anak Agung Gede Raka Puja +
The principal artist of the Ubud school, continued working after World War II. Works in all major collections, including the Sana-Budaya Musuem, Jogjakarta.
Worked closely with Bonnet and Spies. Described by Bateson and Mead as having a lively and intelligent mind he is versatile and a distinguished colourist. (PM 72). Puri Lukisan has alternative birth date of 1917 +
Joni Agung, whose real name is Anak Agung Junni Antara is a reggae musician born in Denpasar, 1973. His love for music has grown since he was a teenager. At first he played music from cafe to cafe around Sanur and Kuta with the band “Sunshine”. In 2002 he met the band "Double T", and in 2003 spawned their debut album entitled "Pocol". The songs entitled "Nyoman Klepon" and "Janjin Beline" are two very popular songs by Joni Agung and Double T. Up to now, Joni Agung and Double T have released seven albums, including "Jero Gede", "Love and Love" , “Semara Ratih”, “Ogoh-ogoh”. Most of the song's lyrics are in Balinese with a tingly humorous tone. Apart from musicians, Joni Agung who has dreadlocks hair is also known as a yoga trainer. +
Anak Agung Made Cakra was born in Denpasar, November 11, 1928. He is a musician and Balinese pop songwriter who was very popular in his time. He taught himself music at the age of seven. In 1943, when he was still a SR (People's School), he participated in a Japanese song competition in Singaraja, and managed to get the attention of a Japanese musician who was present at that time. The Japanese musician then mentored and employed him.
In 1950 he collected music in Denpasar and formed an orchestra group and in 1953 the group performed around Denpasar. He also joined the kroncong orchestra group Puspa Teruna led by Ida Made Rai. Then he joined the Melati Kusuma keroncong orchestra led by Merta Suteja, the Merta Kota keroncong orchestra and the Cendrawasih keroncong orchestra. He is also involved in routine musical activities at RRI Denpasar Station. He then formed and led the New Dawn keroncong orchestra group.
In addition to performing music, Gung Cakra also writes songs and musical compositions. One of his most famous songs is entitled "Kusir Dokar". In 1963, the song was often played by the band Putra Dewata founded by Gung Cakra and his colleagues. The band's musical instruments were made by Gung Cakra himself with easily available materials. In 1976, Gung Cakra began to enter the recording studio through Bali Record. Apart from "Coach Dokar", his popular songs are "Bungan Sandat" and "Ada Kene Ada Keto". +
1919-2007
A prince from Karangasam who studied in Holland during the Second World War and returned to Indonesia as a medical doctor. Later upon his return to Indonesia he was sent to different parts of Eastern Indonesia that were frequently quite isolated to help the people there. In the course of these postings both he and his wife contracted malaria but he also became a specialist in the treatment of malaria. This proved to be extremely useful when Dr Djelantik worked for the World Health Organization which sent him to Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan. Later he became the head of Bali’s main teacher’s training college in Sanglah and helped to found the Medical Faculty which he later also headed at the University of Udayanan in Denpasar.
Dr Djelantik playing the violin as a young boy. (photo: Bulantrisna Djelantik)
Dr Djelantik was a Renaissance man who was also active in the field of Balinese culture, both studying and promoting it. He was head of the Walter Spies Society with its Walter Spies Festival which focused on music and dance. Together with Fredrik de Boer, Hildred Geertz, and Heidi Hinzler he established the Society for Balinese Studies or Lembaga Penkajian Kebudayaan Bali in 1985. It held annual conferences in Bali and also abroad and according to Adrian Vickers Dr Djelantik was the natural leader of the organization. Via the organization he promoted both Balinese culture as well as the study of it. Dr Djelantik wrote papers on Balinese culture and a book on Balinese paintings which covers Balinese art history as well as Balinese aesthetics. Later he taught Aesthetics at the Akademi Seni Rupa Bali or the Balinese Academy of Arts. He also wrote an autobiography called “The Birthmark, Memoirs of a Balinese Prince”. +