Majapahit - an ancient East Javanese empire which held power over much of Indonesia from A.D. 1292-1478, finally dissolved by Islamic princes around A.D. 1520. The mightiest indigenous kingdom in Indonesia’s history, Majapahit’s influence had a profound effect on the art, culture, and political organization on Bali.

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The ground floor of Denpasar Building displays various pre-historical and historical collections of Bali consisting of relics and artifacts. Those collections are displayed in accordance with their periodization as follows:

1. The Pre-historical Period
This period is classified into four sub-periods, namely:

A. The hunting and early food gathering (Paleolithicum)
1,000,000 - 200,000 B.C.

The people in this period lived in wondering and always moved from one place to another to get a more fertile soil. Their equipments that were used for hunting or cutting things made from stone, still very simple in shape and coarse, called kapak genggam and kapak perimbas (hand axe). These collections have been found at Sembiran and Trunyan villages.

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Museum Bali is one of the Technical Executing Units of the Bali Cultural Office of which functions are to collect, research, conserve, and exhibit the cultural objects for the purposes of education, study and recreation.

It is located at the center of Denpasar city, exactly on Mayor Wisnu Street, on the Jagatnatha Temple, stretching out from north to south approximately 140 meters with its entrance gate faces to the west or to Mayor Wisnu Street that is closed for the public transportation except for the museum visitors.

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Exhibition of Rare Photos By and About Walter Spies Throught August 8, 2006 at Ubud’s ARMA Museum.

Sponsored by The Spies Family Foundation of Germany, Walter Spies 1895 – 2006 is the result of careful research and preparation by Gundel Sholz, a lecturer at Hochschule fuer Bildbende Kuenste in Braunschweig, Germany. For the current exhibition she has reproduced original photographs, many including the hand-written comments of Walter Spies, collected from a variety of European sources.

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The first wave of visitors hit the beaches of Bali around three to four thousand years ago. These seafaring Austronesians made their way through the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, eventually landing on Bali’s silvery shores. Migrating inwards from the coasts, they spread across the island, leaving rough stone tools and several burial sites for later generations to find.

The picture of Bali’s prehistoric past is still incomplete, for only a few clues have been found by archaeologists. But from what evidence has been unearthed, we know that by the first centuries A.D. the people who populated the island already possessed many of the cultural traits that distinguish today’s Balinese. They grew rice in both dry fields and irrigated paddies; they harnessed water buffalo to the plow, and they kept pigs and chickens for food. They structured their society into small villages and held community meetings using large stone ceremonial platforms. Their religion appeared to have combined ancestor worship with a fertility cult centered around the rice goddess, now known as Dewi Sri. Tantalizing glimpses into Bali’s long-ago past are available to history buffs at a number of spots around the island. Denpasar’s Bali Museum boasts among its collections a number of artifacts from the Bronze Age and before, including stone sarcophagi used in ancient Bali to bury the dead and metal and stone implements and ornaments.

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You Are Invited to Bali to join an extraordinary gathering of concerned global citizens, business leaders, academics and other innovative thinkers in a quest towards a more collaborative, peaceful and sustainable future for humankind and the planet. This unique gathering is designed for individuals concerned about where the world is heading, and who want to be part of the solution.

QUEST FOR GLOBAL HEALING is an opportunity to step forward and define your own commitment to help change the world.

Featuring World Renowned Speakers, Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Fatima Gailani Director Red Crescent Afghanistan , Betty Williams Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, His EXCELLENCY Susilo Yudhoyono President Indonesia, Barry Lopez Award-winning Author, Tjokorda Gde Raka Sukawati Prince Ubud Palace, and many more.

This second Quest for Global Healing conference will have its headquarters at the ARMA Museum in Ubud, Bali. Ubud is considered the arts and cultural capital of Bali and is filled with creative and magical artistry in both nature and the Balinese locals. ARMA Museum is a beautiful 4-acre complex offering a gorgeous hotel resort, galleries that host the best of historic and contemporary Balinese art, rice paddies that are still being farmed daily, and an outdoor theatre that features the best in traditional dance and music performances.

More information visit http://www.questforglobalhealing.org/

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Hotels near by Arma : Agung Raka Bungalows, Ubud Village Resort, Bali Spirit Resort & Spa, Alam Jiwa,  Artini Cottages