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Balinese riding a bicycle

Keywords : Pura Muduwe Karang

Site common namePura Muduwe Karang
Type of artworkSculpture
VillageKubutambaha
StateBali
CountryIndonesia

History of productionThe north Bali was once where Singaraja located, having a completetely different architectural styles from Bali. An example of Pura in Singaraja is Pura Mudwe Karang.
ArtGrey stones are exclusively used in Bali art of Singaraja school, which is different from regular Bali art, which usually combines orange and grey sandstones to create patterns on the walls. Patterns in this school of art include flowers of western influence such as Acantas and sunflower. This shows that Pura in this school of art is not very old and might have been built when the Dutch had already ruled Bali. The patterns are usually larger than Bali art in general.
SchoolSingaraja
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBalinese Art
Age22-25 centuries BE.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and beliefPura in Singaraja usually includes scenes from daily life such as people riding bicycles to Pura Muduwe Karang or Dutch driving cars at Pura Dalem at Sagaraja. These cravings were craved when the Dutch were ruling Bali in the later period when car, bike and plane industry had alrady beeen existed.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali