PURA LUHUR ULUW

Pura Luhur Uluwatu temple is a temple or residing in the village of Pecatu, District of Kuta, Badung. Temple is located at the southwestern tip of the island of Bali on the bridge and the steep rocks jutting into the sea high and this is the Temple of Heaven Sad believed by Hindus as a buffer from 9 of the wind. This temple was originally used as a place to worship a holy priest of the 11th century was named professor Kuturan. He lowered the teachings of Indigenous Village with all the rules. This temple is also used to worship the holy priest that followed, namely Dang Hyang Nirartha, who came to Bali in late 1550 and ended the trip with a so-called holy Moksah or Ngeluhur at this place. The word is at the origin of the name Pura Luhur Uluwatu. Uluwatu temple is situated at an altitude of 97 meters above sea level. In front of the temple there is a small forest called Kekeran board, serves as a buffer sanctity of the temple.

Pura Uluwatu temple has some pesanakan, the temple is closely related to the parent temple. Pesanakan the temple of Pura Bajurit, Pererepan Pura, Pura Toadstool, Pura Dalem and Pura Dalem Selonding Pangleburan. Each temple has a close link with the Uluwatu Temple, especially in the days of his piodalan. Piodalan at Pura Uluwatu, Pura Bajurit, Pura Pura Pererepan and Toadstool fell on Tuesday Pon Wuku Medangsia every 210 days. Manifestation of God who was worshiped in the Pura Uluwatu is the god Rudra. Uluwatu temple is also known for directly below Pecatu beach is often used as a place for surfing, even international events are often held here. This beach is very famous waves suitable for surfing to be a place apart from the natural beauty of Bali are indeed very beautiful.

Uluwatu Temple is one of the popular tourist attraction on the island. Temple is located at the end of this rock looks so unique and interesting, here the visitors can see the sunset / sunset is beautiful. At the location of the temple every day Kecak dance performance is held against the background of sunset make a spectacular show, accompanied by a group of male dancers numbering about 50 people. If your holiday is a time for the island to enjoy the sunset at Uluwatu Kecak dance entertainment.

To get into the Pura Luhur Uluwatu, we only need to pay his ticket parking lots alone, amounting to Rp. 10,000 dollars for the motor san Rp. 5000 for motorcycles

In Uluwatu also have a Kecak dance show, were performed every 6 pm every day.
 "Kecak" is derived from an old Balinese ritual called the sanghyang - a trance dance driven by its participants' repetitive chanting. In its ancient form, the sanghyang communicated the wishes of the gods or of the ancestors.

In the 1930s, a German visitor reformatted the sanghyang into the more familiar kecakperformance - doing away with the spiritualistic aspect of the dance and building it around the Hindu Ramayana epic. No musical instruments are used in a kecak performance - instead, you find about thirty bare-chested men sitting in a circle, uttering "chak… chak… chak" rhythmically and repetitively. The total effect is trance-inducing - repetitive voices and outlandish costumes creating a trippy multimedia experience. The performance plays out as the sun sets, and the culmination involves a giant fire display that is integral to the plot. (Visitors wearing flammable material may want to get a seat higher up in the stands.)

Rama and Sita

To help those unfamiliar with the Ramayana, synopsis sheets are handed out to audience members before the show.

The plot goes like this:

Rama, a wise prince and the legal heir of the throne of Ayodha, is exiled from the his father Dasarata's realm. He is accompanied by his beautiful wife Sita and his loyal younger brother Laksamana. While crossing the enchanted forest of Dandaka, the demon king Rahwana spots Sita and lusts after her. Rahwana's deputy Marica transforms himself into a golden deer to distract Rama and Laksamana. Rahwana then transforms into an old man to fool Sita into stepping away from a magic circle of protection set by Laksamana - thus fooled, Sita is spirited away to Rahwana's realm of Alengka.Rama and Laksamana discover the deception too late; lost in the forest, they encounter the monkey king Hanoman, who swears his allegiance and goes off in search of Sita.

Hanoman finds Sita in Alengka. The monkey king takes Rama's ring to Sita as a token of his contact with her husband. Sita gives Hanoman her hairpin to give to Rama, along with a message that she is waiting for his rescue. Hanoman marvels at the beauty of Alengka, but begins to destroy it. Rahwana's giant servants capture Hanoman, and bind him to be burned. Hanoman uses his magical powers to escape from certain death. Here, the performance ends. Despite the historical and cultural implications of the performance, the Uluwatu kecakperformance is strictly for the tourists. The fiery escape of Hanoman is played up for visual effect, and the actors who play Hanoman, Rahwana, and the giants ham it up mightily. The night I watched, Hanoman went up to a bald German tourist in the front row and rubbed the man's head, to everyone's amusement.