Gianyar ( Balinese : ᬕ᭄ᬬᬜᬃ, gyañaŕ ) is a regency ( kabupaten ) in the Indonesian province and island of Bali , Indonesia . It has an area of 368.0 km and had a population of 469,777 at the 2010 Census, and 515,344 at the 2020 Census, making it the second most densely populated district in Bali (after Badung ); the official estimate as of mid-2022 was 523,973 - comprising 262,708 males and 261,264 females. Its regency seat is the town of Gianyar. The civil registry survey of April 2011 listed 480,447 people, of which 469,929 were classified as Hindu .
45-824: The town of Ubud , a centre of art and tourism, is located in Gianyar Regency. Although Badung Regency , Denpasar City, and Gianyar Regency are the three richest regions in Bali and most of their wealth comes from tourism, in February 2012 Gianyar Regency officially banned the construction of new and increasingly popular condominium hotels (" condotels ") and apartment facilities. Unlike the Badung Regency and Denpasar, where condotels and apartments remain in high demand for tourist developers and investors, Gianyar Regency wants to protect local entrepreneurs. The regency
90-560: A deictic word, ento 'that' or ené 'this,'" to show that any modifiers act as modifiers instead of as verbs. The definite marker can also be attached to modifiers, especially any which conveys "an inherent property of its referent." Ajectives following possessive (and therefore definite) nouns function as predicative , while adjectives following unmarked nouns function as attributive. Two types of serial verb constructions occur in Balinese. Both verbs are always fully inflected, but in
135-486: A decimal numeral system, but this is complicated by numerous words for intermediate quantities such as 45, 175, and 1600. Kinship terms can be used as pronouns. If these pronouns are used as agents , they refer to either the speaker or the listener, depending on context. Though first and second person pronouns need no antecedent to be understood, third person pronouns do. Instead of grammatical tense, Balinese uses temporal adverbs to talk about time. For present tense,
180-431: A decline in tourism throughout Bali including Ubud. In response to this, a writer's festival was created, Ubud Writers and Readers Festival to help revive tourism, the island's main economic lifeline. The main street is Jalan Raya Ubud (Jalan Raya means main road ), which runs east–west through the center of town. Two long roads, Jalan Monkey Forest and Jalan Hanoman, extend south from Jalan Raya Ubud. Puri Saren Agung
225-406: A means of oral communication, often mixing it with Indonesian in their daily speech. However, in the transmigration areas outside Bali Island, the Balinese language is extensively used and believed to play an important role in the survival of the language. The official spelling denotes both /a/ and /ə/ by ⟨a⟩ . However, ⟨a⟩ is usually pronounced [ə] when it ends
270-472: A northern part of the Greater Denpasar metropolitan area (known as Sarbagita ). Ubud is an administrative district ( kecamatan ) with a population of 74,800 (as of the 2020 Census) in an area of 42.38 km . The central area of Ubud desa (village) has a population of 11,971 and an area of 6.76 km , and receives more than three million foreign tourists each year. The area surrounding
315-636: A small part of Nusa Penida close to these islands, there is a distinct dialect that is quite different from the Nusa Penida dialect. One of the most striking differences is in words like eda (you) and kola (I) in the Nusa Penida dialect. Speakers of the Nusa Lembongan dialect use words like cai or ci (you) and cang (I). Another example is əndək (Nusa Penida dialect) and tusing (Nusa Lembongan dialect), geleng-cenik , hangken-kenken , and so on. Only 13 out of 16 villages in Nusa Penida use
360-589: A unique array of retail selections that have proven attractive to tourists from around the world. One of the initiatives that have boosted Ubud as another popular tourist destination in recent years is the Ubud Food Festival (UFF). Happening in less than a week every April, this festival brings fellow restaurateurs and restaurants in Ubud together to create either special menus or particular promotions that may not be available in other months. In contrast to
405-670: A word, and [ə] occurs also in prefixes ma- , pa- and da- . Depending on dialect, the phoneme /t/ is realized as a voiceless alveolar or retroflex stop. This is in contrast with most other languages in western Indonesia (including Standard Indonesian ), which have a dental /t/ patterning with an otherwise alveolar phoneme series. Stress falls on the last syllable. Even though most basic vocabulary in Balinese and Indonesian originates from Austronesian and Sanskrit, many cognates sound quite different between languages. Balinese has four different registers : low ( basa kétah ), middle ( basa madiâ ), and high ( basa sínggíh ),
450-434: Is Patient Verb Agent . If the agent is a third person pronoun, it is attached to the verb as the clitic suffix -a. This default word order can be reversed (Agent Verb Patient) with a nasal prefix on the verb. The nasal-marked word order cannot be an active construction, because it is marked, nor can it be antipassive , because the patient can’t be omitted. It is considered a second type of transitive voice. There
495-491: Is a hill in nearby Campuhan, from where one can see two rivers, Tukad Yeh Wos Kiwa, and Tukad Yeh Wos Tengen, merge. A one-meter wide paved-block track runs about two kilometers to the top of the hill which is a popular spot to watch the sunset. Goa Gajah: Also known as the Elephant Cave, Goa Gajah is an archaeological site with intricate carvings and a tranquil meditation cave. Balinese language Balinese
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#1732764709252540-417: Is a large palace located at the intersection of Monkey Forest and Raya Ubud roads. The residence of Tjokorda Gede Agung Sukawati (1910–1978), the last ruling monarch of Ubud, is still owned by the royal family. Dance performances and ceremonies are held in its courtyard. The palace was also one of Ubud's first hotels, opening its doors back in the 1930s. Some Hindu temples exist, such as Pura Desa Ubud , which
585-419: Is a popular destination for tourists interested in local culture. Like other towns popular with tourists in Bali, it is not permitted to order a metered taxi or ride-sharing service for pickup within Ubud. Instead, a taxi and price must be negotiated with a member of the local taxi cooperative. This protectionist system ensures the driver is from the local area, and also keeps the fares inflated to up to 10 times
630-407: Is a true passive voice (Patient Verb Agent) borrowed from Javanese and marked by the verbal prefix ka-. It is used mostly in high registers. If the agent of this passive construction is third-person, it must be preceded by a preposition . If it is not third-person, it cannot be preceded by a preposition. The second true passive voice (Patient Verb), marked by the verbal prefix ma-, always omits
675-553: Is an Austronesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali , as well as Northern Nusa Penida , Western Lombok , Southern Sumatra , and Sulawesi . Most Balinese speakers also use Indonesian . The 2000 national census recorded 3.3 million people speakers of Balinese, however the Bali Cultural Agency estimated in 2011 that the number of people still using the Balinese language in their daily lives
720-404: Is divided into seven districts ( kecamatan ), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid-2022. The table also includes the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 64 rural desa and 6 urban kelurahan ), and its postal codes. The administrative centre of each district bears
765-522: Is for the town of Gianyar. This Bali location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ubud Ubud is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District , located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency . Promoted as an arts and culture centre, it has developed a large tourism industry. It forms
810-616: Is held regularly at the Bali Culture Center (BCC) in Ubud four times a week. Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) is held every year, which is participated by writers and readers from all over the world. Many Balinese dances are performed around Ubud including the Legong by the Peliatan Dance Group, the first troupe to travel abroad. Ubud has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). Ubud kecamatan/district
855-656: Is made of up the following desa (villages): Kedewatan, Sayan, Singakerta, Peliatan, Mas, Lodtunduh, Petulu, and Ubud itself. The Mandala Suci Wenara Wana is known to Westerners as the Ubud Monkey Forest . The grounds contain an active temple and are located near the southern end of Monkey Forest Street. This protected area houses the Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal , and as of June 2017, approximately 750 crab-eating macaques ( Macaca fascicularis ) monkeys live there. The Campuhan Ridge Walk
900-407: Is nearby. Galleries promoting local and overseas crafts are abound, too, in Ubud. Some often hold exhibitions focused on stimulating a dialogue between both local and international artists, and less about selling artworks. One of the primary examples is BIASA ArtSpace, founded by art enthusiast and fashion designer Susanna Perini . The Tek Tok is a traditional Balinese dance that is accompanied by
945-530: Is part of the Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa subgroup. Internally, Balinese has three distinct varieties; Highland Bali, Lowland Bali, and Nusa Penida Balinese . According to the 2000 census, the Balinese language is spoken by 3.3 million people in Indonesia, mainly concentrated on the island of Bali and the surrounding areas. In 2011, the Bali Cultural Agency estimated that the number of people still using
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#1732764709252990-407: Is the main temple, Pura Taman Saraswati , and Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal , the temple of death. The Gunung Kawi temple is the site of the royal tombs. Goa Gajah , also known as the Elephant Cave, is located in a steep valley just outside Ubud near the town of Bedulu. The Moon of Pejeng , in nearby Pejeng , is the largest single-cast bronze kettle drum in the world, dating from circa 300BC. It
1035-538: Is under 1 million. The language has been classified as "not endangered" by Glottolog . The higher registers of the language borrow extensively from Javanese : an old form of classical Javanese, Kawi , is used in Bali as a religious and ceremonial language. Balinese is an Austronesian language belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the family. Within Malayo-Polynesian, it
1080-558: The Balinese script , and in modern times the Latin script . The Balinese script ( Aksara Bali , ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭᬩᬮᬶ ), which is arranged as Hanacaraka ( ᬳᬦᬘᬭᬓ ), is an abugida , ultimately derived from the Brāhmī script of India . The earliest known inscriptions date from the 9th century AD. Few people today are familiar with the Balinese script. The Balinese script is almost the same as
1125-679: The Javanese script . Schools in Bali today teach a Latin alphabet known as Tulisan Bali . ^1 In Balinese script, Sanskrit and Kawi loanwords tend use conservative orthography as standard form in Balinese script. The word for language, basa , in Balinese is a loanword from Old Javanese bhāṣa which came from the Sanskrit word भाषा bhāṣā , hence it is written according to Sanskrit and Old Javanese spelling ᬪᬵᬱᬩᬮᬶ in Balinese script. The [Bali] Error: {{Lang}}: invalid parameter: |3= ( help ) form in Balinese script
1170-414: The Balinese language in their daily lives on Bali Island does not exceed 1 million, as in urban areas their parents only introduce the Indonesian language or even English as a foreign language, while daily conversations in the institutions and the mass media have disappeared. The written form of the Balinese language is increasingly unfamiliar and most Balinese people use the Balinese language only as
1215-489: The Nusa Penida dialect. The remaining villages either speak the Nusa Lembongan dialect or a dialect resembling mainland Klungkung Balinese. The Nusa Penida dialect is also used outside Nusa Penida, mainly due to the migration of its speakers following the eruption of Mount Agung in 1963. Significant speakers relocated to southern Sumatra , particularly to Bandar Lampung , Palembang , Mesuji , and East Lampung . Balinese has been written in two different writing systems :
1260-455: The adverb jani ("now") can be either definite or indefinite depending on context. Its more emphatic form, jani san ("right now"), is definite. The indefinite word ajanian ("up to now") refers to any time before or during the utterance. The word buin/bin ("again") is obligatory for puan and telun to clarify that they are not being used for their past tense meanings. Mani, manian, and puan can all be prefixed with mani to refer to
1305-510: The agent. It connotes a complete event and is only available to some verbs. Balinese has 2 main dialects, the Highland dialect and the Lowland dialect. The difference between the two dialects lies in the variety of vocabulary, phonology, and usage of register (e.g. High register vs. Low register). Highland dialect, also referred as Bali Aga dialect, has a few to absence of high register while
1350-459: The first type, the verbs have the same agent, whereas in the second, the object of the first verb is the subject of the second. The word order is similar to that of Indonesian , and verb and noun inflectional morphology is similarly minimal. However, derivational morphology is extensive, and suffixes are applied to indicate definite or indefinite articles, and optionally to indicate possession . The default, unmarked word order of Balinese
1395-411: The future. Balinese is agglutinative . Verb and noun inflectional morphology is similarly minimal to Indonesian , but derivational morphology is extensive. Of the two dative suffixes, -ang and -in , the latter should be used if the object is animate. The suffix -né / -é marks nouns for both definiteness and possession . Nouns come before their modifiers, and are often marked with
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1440-624: The highland dialect is grouped into three main usage areas, namely the eastern, northern, and western regions which are detailed as follows: Overall, there are two Highland sub-dialect that is distinct from varieties spoken in the area mentioned. Those sub-dialect are Nusa Peninda dialect , spoken majorly in Nusa Penida , and Kapara dialect (also called as Bali Kapara ) notably spoken in Sembiran village , Tejakula sub-regency , Buleleng Regency with estimated 4,883 user. Nusa Penida dialect on
1485-624: The last couple of years with limited facilities such as uneven roads and no parking lots. On June 18–29, 2013, Keramas Beach was on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)'s 2013 Men's World Championship Tour schedule as the Oakley Bali Pro. In football , Bali is home to the football club Bali United , which plays in the Liga 1 . The team was relocated from Samarinda , East Kalimantan , to Gianyar , Bali. Harbiansyah Hanafiah,
1530-474: The lowland dialect recognises both high register and low register. The highland dialect, also known as Bali Aga [dialect] is a dialect of the Balinese language spoken by the Bali Aga people in mountainous areas and northern part of Bali , especially in the mountain range of Kintamani, and regencies nearby such as Bangli , Buleleng , and Karangasem , as well in Nusa Penida . According to Bawa (1983:394),
1575-485: The main commissioner of Bali United, explained that he did the name change and moved the home to Bali because there were no representatives from Bali in the highest football tier in Indonesia. Another reason was that local fans in Samarinda preferred to support Pusamania Borneo F.C. more than Persisam. Gianyar has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate to heavy rainfall year-round. The following climate data
1620-579: The musical sound of mouth 'Tek Tok' altogether with various combinations of body movement and other sounds. The story Draupadi Parwa told in the Tek Tok Dance tells a moral message, when a woman who embodies the values of patience, sacrifice, compassion, devotion, and holy sincerity is disrespected, then disasters and calamities will befall a kingdom or state. This story also conveys the message that truth, virtue, devotion, and genuine compassion will always be protected by God. The Tek Tok dance performance
1665-413: The other side was thought to be a different dialect, but there are some indication that Nusa Penida dialect might be sub-dialect of highland dialect. According to Jendra, et al. (1997), both Nusa Penida and Highland dialect share the same phonological pattern as explained below: However, there are other notable differences between the two dialects, namely the absence or reduction of the distribution of
1710-495: The phoneme / a / in word-final positions. Currently, the Nusa Penida dialect is widely used only in Nusa Penida in Klungkung Regency . However, it is important to note that not all communities in Nusa Penida use the Nusa Penida dialect. There are several groups of people who communicate using different dialects. On the islands of Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan , which are located next to Nusa Penida, as well as in
1755-420: The rates available elsewhere. The economy of Ubud is highly reliant on tourism which focuses on shopping, resorts, museums, yoga, and zoos. There is a strong focus on sustainable economy regarding the retail industry in Ubud, with many Bali-grown brands favoring materials and ingredients that would not cause much waste to the environment. From home and living amenities to tropical clothing brands, Ubud has quite
1800-705: The same name as the district it is in. Notes: (a) comprises 5 kelurahan and 12 desa . (b) including one kelurahan - the town of Ubud. The four southern districts (Sukawati, Blahbatuh, Gianyar, and Ubud) are included within the official metropolitan area of Greater Denpasar ( Sarbagita ), while the three northern districts (Tampaksiring, Tegallalang, and Payangan) are excluded. The civil registry survey of April 2011 listed 480,447 people, of which 469,929 were classified as Hindu . List of districts and villages in Gianyar Regency as follows: Keramas Beach in Blahbatuh has hosted international surfing competitions in
1845-533: The site of which remains a pilgrim destination. The town was originally important as a source of medicinal herbs and plants; Ubud gets its name from the Balinese word ubad (medicine). In the late 19th century, Ubud became the seat of feudal lords who owed their allegiance to the king of Gianyar , at one time the most powerful of Bali's southern states. The lords were members of the Balinese Kshatriya caste of Suk and were significant supporters of
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1890-835: The tourist area in southern Bali, the Ubud area is less densely populated by locals. However, tourists far outnumber locals, with the Gianyar regency seeing 3,842,663 tourist arrivals in 2017 - 1.3 million alone visiting Ubud Monkey Forest . The town and area have some art museums, such as the Blanco Renaissance Museum , the Puri Lukisan Museum , the Neka Art Museum , and the Agung Rai Museum of Art . The Museum Rudana in Peliatan
1935-478: The town is made up of farms, rice paddies, agroforestry plantations, and tourist accommodations. As of 2018, more tourists visited Ubud than Denpasar to the south. Eighth-century legend tells of a Javanese priest, Rsi Markandya, who meditated at the confluence of two rivers (an auspicious site for Hindus) at the Ubud locality of Campuhan. Here he founded the Gunung Lebah Temple on the valley floor,
1980-618: The uses of which depend on the relationship and status of those speaking and those being spoken about. High Balinese is not commonly used except to speak to pedandas , so few are fluent in it. The common mutations in inherited Balinese words are: However, these mutations are not expressed in High Balinese, indicating that High Balinese contains many loanwords from Sanskrit and ( Old ) Javanese . These loanwords are identical in sound to their modern Javanese cognates, but reflect fifteenth-century usages from Old Javanese. Balinese has
2025-487: The village's increasingly renowned arts scene. Antonio Blanco , a Spanish-American artist, lived in Ubud from 1952 until he died in 1999. A new burst of creative energy came in the 1960s after the arrival of Dutch painter Arie Smit and the development of the Young Artists Movement. The Bali tourist boom since the late 1960s has seen much development in the town. In 2002, terrorist bombings caused
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