BALI ART CENTER-DENPASAR BALI

 Cultural Park Bali (Bali Art Centre) complex is divided into 4 areas, namely:
- Sacred Garden Complex (Complex Sacred Garden) = Pura Pepaosan Beji, Selonding Bale, Bale
- Complex Quiet = Library Widya Kusuma
- Complex and a half = Mahudara Exhibition Building, Building Craft, Sculpture Studio, House of Arts and Wantilan
- Complex crowded = Open Stage Ardha Candra stage and closed Ksirarnawa (both located in South River)


Cultural Park or the Art Center architecture is a complex of buildings with the main sign of a big outdoor stage. amphitheater can accommodate up to 6.000 spectators to show colossal both for modern and traditional. Designed by Balinese architect Ida Bagus Pugur, opened to the public in 1973. In addition to the traditional open stage, there are many buildings and the hall was built in Balinese architecture with the best decorations. The building consists of two types, one type for the permanent exhibition and others is to exhibit seasonal, particularly during the Bali Arts Festival in mid-June to July each year. Two buildings with Balinese architecture is best for a permanent exhibition where people can see a variety of Balinese art dance facility or figures, engraving, art clothing, paintings, and others. During the Bali Arts Festival with an exhibition of all proposed buildings of all types of products, the art of not only products but also history, books, daily necessities, creative product, with the task of government departments and others.

The situation is real busy for a month party. Activity in the open stage of life even more, as scheduled life today show their representatives of the traditional dance or drama or pantomime of Bali, and other provinces in Indonesia and the participants from abroad. Foreign participants who participated as India, Thailand, United States, France, Australia, Japan, and Korea. new countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia are also actively participating. When the exciting moment is when the opening of an art festival, which always begins with a parade of the square city Puputan Badung Square (in front of Jaya Sabha) and peed processions, dance, music, decor, art and other marshal, in which invited high-ranking officials and foreign dignitaries on the platform waiting for a while, a traditional Balinese pavilion with thatched roofs.

Along the way the procession is made up of various artists show their actions or dance followed by a TV station or reporter. The procession usually starts at 6 pm and finished at 12 noon marks the beginning of a month long arts festival. Life situations can be seen both in the exhibition and on the open stage starting from the evening's opening ceremony with a procession. Every afternoon or evening has been scheduled for replacement each representative to present their events usually have confirmed that long before the event. During the day the rest of the stage is not always open, but several times a school or university will be filled with various activities such as life drum band, drama, or other artistic activities that they can attend. In addition to the normal show there is also a kind of competition between traditional Balinese music like Gong, and the winner will be appreciated.