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Jembrana is where the Bali begins for those who come to Bali from
Java by using ferry or inland way. Bali and Java mere 4kms in distance
or about threty minutes by using ferry. Within Negara as its capital,
Jembrana is Bali's westernmost district and where some of Bali's
oldest remains of prehistoric humans have been found.
Jembrana also happens to be Bali's most sparsely populated district.
A ruling family related to the Gelgel house was established here
in the mid 1400s, but a dispute among its two founders led to civil
war and a destruction of the court. For a while the area was considered
to be a marginal part of the Badung kingdom, but when a prince from
Sulawesi set himself up as ruler of Jembrana in the seventeenth
century, he did so with little difficulty. Karangasem nearly took
Jembrana in the late 1800s, but was pipped at the post by the Dutch,
to whom Jembrana surrendered peacefully even before any of the other
kingdoms were subdued.
If the traditional art forms of Jembrana are known for anything,
it is their size. Bigger is better, it seems, in Jembrana, which
boasts the huge bamboo xylophones of the gamelan jegog, the kendang
mebarung competitions of large oversized rums.
The makepung bull races festival is a traditional game to celebrate
harvest day. It consists of a race between two carts pulled by buffaloes
which is decorated very attractive and they run for 2 km long a
line which take place in the villages of Banyubiru and Dlod Brawah
in the dry season
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- Bunut Bolong
Located 9 km northeast the main road in Jembrana or can also be
reached from Pupuan by following the sign og ' Bunut Bolong"
to southwest. When you see a giant three standing above the road
than that is Bunut Bolong, a Bunut three that has a big hole in
the bottom to let the traffict passing through
- Delodbrawah Beach
is a beautiful beach with its magic black sandy beach and one
of holiday place for local people.
- Gilimanuk
This ferry port at Bali's westernmost tip-88 km from Singaraja
and 134 km from Denpasar-links Bali with East Java across a narrow
strait, Strait Bali. Except as an around-the-clock ferry terminus,
Gilimanuk has little to offer tourists. But with its basic no-frills
services and amenities, Gilimanuk is a friendly little town for
stopovers, for resting up. The strait itself less than three km
wide with 60 meters in depth and takes only 30 minutes to cross.
- Medewi Beach
Medewi beach is known for its wave, one of good places in Bali
for surfing.
- Malaya Village
is inhabitant by Balinese Christians. This village is also the
entrance to the West Bali National Park where you can find wild
Bali’s Starling bird (Leucopsar Rotschildi).
- Menjangan Island
is also a part of the National Park, and is renowned as harbouring
the best reefs in all of Bali for snorkling and diving. Boats
leave regularly to Menjangan from the port adjacent to the island
in the park, and diving trips to here can be arranged from Lovina
and other major tourist centres. As for surfing, go no further
than Medewi beach, on the southern coastal road leading from Kuta
to Tabanan and through to Negara.
- Rambut Riwi, Temple
Located on the north coast road that links Singaraja with Gilimanuk,
is without doubt the most renowned temple complex in Jembrana.
- The West Bali National Park
as a counterpoint to the cultural wealth of southern Bali, Jembrana’s
main point of interest is its West Bali National Park and reserve,
which encompasses the forests, mountains, and coasts of much of
the district. To enter the Park, visitors must obtain a permit
at Cekik, A good road provides a pretty, scenic drive from the
Gilimanuk end of the park, in the west, almost all the way to
Lovina in Buleleng. It is in the forest that hems this road that
the long-extinct Balinese tiger once roamed, and here also the
rare white Balinese starling may be sighted.
Some villages are ethnically mixed, Loloan village is populated
by Bugis descent with Islam as the main religion.
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