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Bali Trekking Tours
Po.Box.1006.Kintamani.Bali
Telp/fax : +62(366)51378
24 hrs : +62 (81)338459739
Email : booking@pinehbalitours.com
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| TOYA BUNGKAH - THE ART CENTER |
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Also called the Balai Seni Toya Bungkah. Above the air panas
is a retreat for the study of the arts, including a dance academy
and amphitheater. Rooms and bungalows spread out among nice
peaceful gardens (see "Accommodations," below). If
you stay here, you can watch the dances and an occasional wayang
kulit for free. Good selection of books available to guests,
with the emphasis on painting, from Dyer to the Fauvists. If
no visiting study group is in town, the center seems virtually
deserted; no one can provide any information on anything other
than the rooms and restaurant. When an event is going on, the
place is bustling.
The center (tel. 0362-7802719) was established in 1971 by Sutan
Takdir Alisjahbana, a North Sumatran novelist, philosopher,
and painter. Known as "The Father of the Indonesian Language,"
Alisjahbana played a pivotal role in developing Bahasa Indonesia
as a tool for sophisticated intellectual and technical usage.
The old professor now spends but a few days a month here; the
rest of the year he's in Denpasar or Jakarta. |
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