After successful performance of Bedaya Legong Calonarang Fusion Dance in Esplanade Theater Singapore, Ayu Bulan Dance Workshop presented its new opus, Legong Mintaraga which was staged for the first time at Ancak Saji (front courtyard) of Puri Agung Peliatan (Great Palace of Peliatan) on Wednesday 8/29/07, in a series of legong dance performances to honor the legendary dance teachers Anak Agung Gde Mandera and Gusti Made Sengog.

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Located just 20 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport, the hotel is tucked into a peaceful corner of Sanur. It offers a direct access to a white sand tree lined beach where you can swim in the clear blue sea protected by a natural coral reef barrier. Stone pathways will lead you around the 5-hectare tropical garden with its fragrant trees,

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The Balinese dance and musical performances on the fourth day of Mengenang Sang Guru: A Tribute to Anak Agung Gde Mandera and Gusti Made Sengog, Wednesday, 8/29/07 were definitely a beauty in diversity. Dancers and musician from different ages range from 67 to 20 years old, various ethnicities, and religions gave their best performance to honor the great teachers Anak Agung Gde Mandera (affectionately called ‘Gungkak’) and Gusti Made Sengog (affectionately called ‘Niang Sengog’).

Legong Kuntul Putih dance

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Prani Legian Hotel ideally located in the centre of famous Bali’s tourist attraction center, Kuta. The Prani Legian Hotel is the ideal hotel to explore Bali. Centrally located only a 10 minute drive from Bali’s International Airport and only a 10 minute walk from lovely sunsets on Kuta Beach. The hotel is surrounded by great shops and fine restaurants.

Surrounding the central courtyard and swimming pool, The Prani Legian Hotel offers 17 completely furnished standard rooms and 3 generously sized deluxe rooms. All are tastefully appointed and feature individually controlled air-conditioning, private shower and bath with hot water, telephone and balcony with garden views. Everything you need for an enjoyable holiday.

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The first European visitors to Bali saw much different Bali than nowadays visitors have seen. The first foreign visitors saw Bali as an island of theft and murder, full of menace with ferocious inhabitants, a warlike nation. In the mid-seventeenth century Bali was a dangerous place, wild and untamed, where Europeans loath to go. In the eyes of European writer Bali was a heathen land where barbarities such as widow burning practiced in much vigor.

During the flourishing time of slave trade in seventeenth century, the rebellious nature and great tendency of run amok of Balinese male slave contributed a great deal to form warlike image of Balinese. Jan Troet, one of the prominent slave traders in the archipelago, gave much information on Bali as a place of brutality through his letters of complaints to the VOC rather than any comprehensive account of Bali or Balinese slave. In 1661 Troet sent a complain letter to the company about male Balinese slaves.

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BALI UNVEILED
A collection of rare photographs taken in Bali from 1890 – 1960s

7 September – 23 November 2007
Quidzy Gallery
Jalan Kunti II/No. 20
Banjar Seminyak, Kuta
(50 meters from the Pertamina petrol station located at the corner of Jl. Kunti and the Sunset road)
Phone: 0361 738631

OPENING LAUNCH:
7 September 2007
6:00 p.m. (18:00)

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