Old Architecture

In the bustling city of Denpasar, visitors are bored with the crowds and modern buildings, especially along the main street. It is difficult to see traditional architecture, amid the urban modern building. In this circumstance, the seen is western style architecture, but the unseen is traditional architecture which is situated beyond the seen especially at Balinese temple worshiping by the local citizens as the host. One of them is the temple of Dalem Toh Jaya (clan temple) at Lumintang, Jalan A. Yani Denpasar. There are twelve shrines with black roofs, constructed of brick without carving, ornament and relief, a simple architecture. The cloth adorning all shrines on the temple festival is plain without foliage, using the basic colors such as red, black, yellow and white. The surrounding is small forests and bush, so the wind is breezy. The best time to visit this interesting temple is on its own temple festival when people of Lumintang (the host) the village of Kapal (Badung Regency) and Belayu (Tabanan) flock together. On the occasion, two barongs from outside Lumintang: Barong Ket (bear) and Barong Landung (man barong) having a night at the temple. At midnight, many people are in a trance with their own keris (dagger).
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