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Denpasar is the capital city of the province of
Bali, Indonesia. Denpasar City Tour is a unique tour to visit Denpasar town with
all its local society activities. Some other places of interest are also visited
on this tour like Kumbasari Traditional Market, Jagatnata Temple and Bali
Museum.
Denpasar City Tour is a unique tour to visit Denpasar town with all its
local society activities. Some other places of interest are also visited
on this tour like Kumbasari Traditional Market, Jagatnata Temple and Bali
Museum.
It is one of the short tours in Bali, which takes around 4 - 5 hours. The
tour will bring you to the unique places like traditional market where
you can see the local society perform their activities in the market.
Places of
Interest
Traditional Market
Badung Traditional
Market located in the main road, Gajah Mada Street, is the center of the town's
economics. This area has become a shopping centre of Bali. This market cannot be
discharged from the existing market across Badung's river, called Kumbasari
Market because the local society will feel that their shopping experience would
be incomplete without going there to the Kumbasari Market, especially for the
Balinese who want to buy their ceremonial items.
Kumbasari Market sells
costume and clothing items at prices relatively cheaper than clothing items sold
at the shops in Gajah Mada Street which are mostly owned by citizens of Chinese
clan. Kumbasari Market was previously called Peken Payuk (pot market); it sold
such items as gerabah (jar like pot), cobek (clay plates), paso (clay buckets),
caratan (clay water jug), jeding (clay barrel), penyantokan (mixer from clay),
coblong (clay cup), kekeb (rice cover) and others. All of these items are used
as kitchenware and for ceremony. Since this market was most popular as a place
to sell payuk/pot, hence Kumbasari Market in the past was referred to as Peken
Payuk or pot market.
Bali’s Governor, Prof. Dr Ida Bagus Mantra,
officially opened the Denpasar Market on 24 April 1984. This market area is
about 14,544 M˛ with an outdoor area of 9,064 M˛. The building has four storeys.
The local people who shop at this market are not only from environment of
Denpasar community but also come from outside of town. In the days leading up to
the big holidays like Galungan, Kuningan and others, this market is always
crowded with buyers who are mostly from the local society.
This market
is open around the clock - from 5 o'clock in the morning to close at 5 o'clock
in the evening. Then, the evening market opens from 05:00 pm until 05:00 am the
next day when the morning market starts again. Meanwhile the Senggol Market in
Kumbasari opens at 02:00 pm and closes at 11:30 pm.
The unique name of
‘Senggol’ Market is possibly taken from the situation and condition of people’s
movement on shopping where they must jostle each other for position because of
visitor denseness. This Senggol Market sells a variety of cheap foods from the
Balinese, Javanese and Chinese cookery. It also sells various types of adults
and children’s clothing.
The location of Denpasar Market is encircled by
shops along the street of Gajah Mada. On the right side there is Sulawesi Street
which is famous for textiles. Denpasar Traditional Market is progressively
strengthening the identity of Denpasar's economic center which is open 24 hours
and is never silent or empty of visitors.
At traditional market, you
will find transactions taking place between buyers and merchants with
multifarious merchandise to satisfy life’s daily needs such as kitchen supplies,
appliances required for Hindu ritual, fruits and traditional clothes. In this
market, you will see the local people, especially the women who carry extremely
heavy items in a big basket balanced on their heads.
Jagatnata
Temple
Jagatnata Temple is the biggest Hindu temple in Denpasar
town, which many Hindu people in Denpasar visit to pray, particularly on full
moon and new moon. This temple is full of religious and artistic ornaments. In
the center of temple area, there is a high temple building encircled by the
fertile tropical garden. From the entrance gate to the temple building you will
find the Balinese decorations full of meaning to Hindu
devotees.
Bali Museum
Bali Museum is located right
next door to Jaganata Temple and in this museum you will find a lot of the
ancient artifacts of prehistory which have very high artistic value. The
collection in this museum provides a different experience on your tour. If the
museum is not opened on the day of your tour, we will offer the alternative to
visit Bali Art Center to see the biggest open theater in Denpasar
town.
Bali Struggle Monument
This monument is erected in the middle of Denpasar civic center, Renon.
It is a symbol of Bali people’s struggle to gain independence after the
Dutch Colonials retreated from this country. This monument immortalizes
the soul and spirit of Bali people’s struggle. It also aims to take care
of and develop and preserve the Balinese culture for future generations.
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