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Friday, March 18, 2011
Bali Today Governor must implement the spatial plan rule Antara
Denpasar – The special committee for analyzing the provincial rules regarding the spatial planning choose to support the decision of Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika. “The Governor can carry out the rule because it is the duty of the head of the province,” the head of the committee, Wayan Disel Astawa, said.
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Barong Bangkung
Barong Bangkung Keeps on Pursuing Its ’Prey’ On hearing the expressions, children then run helter-skelter regardless of the danger impeding in front them. There is a child jumping over the wall compound, running into the house and then lock the door, while some others climb up the trees nearby as they are so scared. Meanwhile, the barong bangkung (barong in the form of huge she-pig) does not want to lose its target and keeps on pursuing them. When the children are missing from its presence, this black barong is only grunting and occasionally showing off while luring the children to go out. In the meantime, its gamelan music accompaniment named batel keeps on being played so that the show becomes more attractive. If the barong bangkung often chases the children, so the barong bangkung is also hunted by many organizers for a show. Thus, the uniqueness of barong bangkung art show held during the period of Galungan to Kuningan festivity. By and large, the barong
show is habitually performed for 15 days starting from two days prior to Galungan (penyajaan) until Manis Kuningan. In its show, the art of barong bangkung is really different from other traditional Balinese performing arts. It does not require special stage, but it performs the show from one house’s entrance to another commonly known as ngelawang or gallivanting show. Virtually every single region in Bali has an art tradition of barong bangkung. By performing the barong bangkung, the Hindu community in Bali believes they will be free from evil forces. Barong bangkung has function to neutralize (nyomya) the evil forces into good forces. Yet, there are also people organizing the show just to please their grandchildren at the feast of the victory of dharma (truth) against adharma (untruth). However, most people in the region of Tabanan believe that by performing barong bangkung
show, their pregnant she-pig cattle will give birth to many piglets. In the region of Ubud Gianyar, the presence of barong bangkung will become an interesting spectacle for tourists. Meanwhile, in the region of Badung and Denpasar, the art of barong bangkung is usually danced by adults. Then, at Gulingan Village the barong bangkung is played by two generations, namely children and the adults. I n t h e g a l l i v a n t i n g s h o w, people do not only present the barong bangkung, but also other barongs like barong macan (barong in the form of tiger), barong landung (tall Chinese couple) and some others. These days, the gallivanting show is also commonly undertaken at hotels specifically intended for tourists. Bali Provincial Government through the annual Bali Arts Festival (BAF) regularly organizes the gallivanting show as an effort to preserve the tradition. (BTN/015)
According to Disel, even tough the Governor will still carry out the spatial plan rule, the committee is still needed. “The committee was formed due to the problem in implementing the rule on the real life condition. The committee consist of the member of Bali House of Representative has the right to control the execution of the rule,” he added. Disel also said that the committee is only analyzing and controlling the implementation of the rule and not for other reason so he hoped everyone supports the work of the committee.” He explained that on the rule no 16 in 2009 stated that every regency
in Bali should arrange or revise the spatial plan of their own the latest three years after the rule was established. However, the rule only can be applied after all stock holders agree on it. Disel Astawa wanted everyone to take a look on the process of arranging the rule which make many regencies complained. “We found out that during the process of making the rule, several head of regencies had file in their complaints through the Province Development department but they didn’t get any response. We want to clear out the matter so we created the special committee,” he added.
Bali Tourist Drivers Reminded Not to Discuss Passengers The vice-chairman of the Bali Guide Association (HPI Bali), Sangtu Subaya, has issued a reminder to drivers bringing tourists around the island o tours that they are not permitted to accompany tourists on their visits to tourist objects and attractions. Moreover, drivers are being generally discouraged from giving tourist information to their passengers. As reported by Bisnis Bali, Subaya admitted that while it is impossible to prevent the free exchange of information between drivers and their passengers inside a moving car, drivers who are not in possession of a guide license are strictly prohibited from ac-
companying their passengers when touring temples and other tourist attractions. Insisting that drivers should never purchase admission tickets for their passengers and remain near their vehicles in the parking lot, Subaya underlined that only guides licensed by the province are entitled to accompany guests through tourist objects and provide destination information. While tourists hiring drivers are not obliged to hire tour guides, drivers attempting to fill that role are subject to apprehension by police and tourism officials who regularly patrol tourist object on the look out for unlicensed guides.