KLUNGKUNG;
MONUMENT, kertagosa and palace;
The big nation is the nation
that could appreciate his hero's services, that is the series of
word motivated the regional Regency government of Klungkung to build
the Puputan Klungkung Monument in order to recalls and appreciates
services of the heroes who fell and was willing to sacrifice his
body and soul as well as his property in maintaining and holding
the self-esteem from the rape by colonial.
The Puputan Klungkung Monument wich is the Memorial from a historic
war that happened on Tuesday, April 28, 1908 and in this monument
had happened the war to against Dutch Coloniser.
KERTAGOSA,Klungkung as a
former kingdom have many cultural heritages which are become tourist
attraction. One of that is Taman Gili Kerta Gosa. Kerta Gosa is
a part of building complex in Semarapura palace. It built in 1686
by Ida I Dewa Agung Jambe the first King of Klungkung Palace. Kerta
Gosa consisted of two buildings (bale): Bale Akerta Gosa and Bale
Kambang.
This building is called Bale Kambang because it surrounding by the
pond called Taman Gili.
The Kerta Gosa and Bale Kambang uniqueness is the ceiling of these
buildings are decorated with the traditional painting of Kamasan
style (a village in Klungkung) or the style of the puppet that very
popular in the Bali community.
Initially, the painting that decorate the building ceiling was made
from cloth. Since 1930, the cloth is replaced and made above plasterboard,
then it restored in accordance with his original picture and still
intact untill now.
As the cultural heritage of the Semarapura Palace, Kerta Gosa and
Bale Kambang were functioned as the place to try the case and the
place of the religious ceremony such as mepandes especially for
the sons and daughters of the king.
The function from these two buildings are related to the function
of education which are explained through puppet paintings in the
building ceiling.
These paintings are the series from a story that take the main theme
of Swargarokanaparwa and Bima story that give the guidance for punishment
of karma phala (resulting from action good and bad points that were
carried out by humankind all his life) as well as the incarnation
returned to the world because of the action and human sins.
Psychologically, the themes of the painting that decorate the Kerta
Gosa building ceiling contain the values of mental and spiritual
education. The painting is divided into six stratified rows.
The lowest row depicted the theme that came from the Tantri story.
The second row from beneath depicted the theme from the Bimaswarga
story in Swargarakanaparwa. The further row had the theme of the
Bagawan Kasyapa story.
The fourth row took the Palalindon theme that is the characteristics
or the meaning and of the occurrence of the earthquake mythologically.
The continuation story that was taken from the Bimaswarga theme
was described to the fifth row that the location already almost
to the cone of the building ceiling. At the last row or the sixst
row is placed with a picture about god and goddeses life. Beside
that, on the ceiling of Kerta Gosa, the painting of puppet also
decorating the west side of Kerta Gosa building wich is called Bale
Kembang. The Ramayana and Sutasoma Story is taken as the theme of
the puppet paiting in the ceiling of Bale Kembang building.
The taking of the theme Yanga came from kakawin, this gave a guidance
that the function of the Bale Kambang building is the place to carry
out the Manusa Yadnya religious ceremony for example: Potong Gigi
Ceremony (cut the teeth ceremony) for prince and princes in Klungkung
Palace.
The attraction of Kerta Gosa beside the traditional painting of
Kamasan style in Bale Kerta Gosa and Bale Kambang, the other importance
inheritance that still located around it and could not be separated
from the aspect of the historical value is Pemedal Agung (the main
gate/the gateway).
Pemedal Agung is located on the west side of Kerta Gosa that really
describing the inheritance value of the palace culture.
On the Pemedal Agung is contained also the traditional Balinese
value of architecture art.
This gateway had functioned as the supporting mechanism of the holder
authority (Dewa Agung) in Klungkung for more than 200 years (1686-1908).
The war against the Dutch military expedition was known as Puputan
Klungkung during April 28, 1908, the holder of the last throne of
the Dewa Agung Jambe and his follower are fell. (The recorder of
this incident is currently immortalised in the Klungkung Monument
that located across Kerta Gosa).
After this defeat, the core building of the Semarapura Palace (jeroan)
is destroyed and made as the settlement of the local people.
Highest ruins that still remaining are Kerta Gosa and Bale Kambang
with its Gili Garden and the Gateway of the Palace that evidently
became a very interesting object both from tourism and culture point
of view especially from its historic study.
In the war incident against the Dutch military expedition that was
known as the Klungkung bellows incident on April 28 1908, the holder
of the last throne of the Great God Jambe and the his follower died.
Kerta Gosa evidently also had been made function as the court's
convention hall during the colonial Dutch bureaucracy in Klungkung
(1908-1942) and since being lifted the official to become the royal
district head in Klungkung (Ida I the Great God of the Klungkung
Country) during 1929.
Moreover,the former of court's equipment such as the seat and the
wood table wich are carved and the paint with gold paint still existance.
The objects are the inheritance of the institution of traditional
of Klungkung in the colonial period (1908-1942) and the period of
the Japanese occupation (1043-1945).
During 1930, restoration had been done to the puppet painting in
Kerta Gosa and Bale Kambang by the panting artists from Kamasan.
Restoration of the last painting was carried out during 1960
KLUNGKUNG MONUMENT
The big nation is the nation that could appreciate his hero's services,
that is the series of word motifated the regional Regency government
of Klungkung to build the Puputan Klungkung Monument in order to
recalls and appreciates services of the heroes who fell and was
willing to sacrifice his body and soul as well as his property in
maintaining and holding the self-esteem from the rape by colonial.
The Puputan Klungkung Monument wich is the Memorial from a historic
war that happened on Tuesday, April 28, 1908 and in this monument
had happened the war to against Dutch Coloniser.
The Klungkung people really honored and loved their fatherland;
they were supervised by the management of a king who had the power
at that time they were killed during war againt the Dutch colonization.
Even though the territory of Klungkung regency only small area if
compare with the Indonesian Archipelago territory, but they could
defend their territory and right through Klungkung war.
The Klungkung monument had the cone shape called Lingga and Yoni
was established on the area measuring 123 square metre, complete
with 4 gazebos on the each corner of the yard.
On the ground level of lingga there is a square hall with 4 gateways
position in east, west, south and north. The height of the monument
is 28 m.
Whereas between the building in the ground level and the lingga
there is done building with eight sided decorated by 19 painting
lotus flower .
All those number reflecting the date of Puputan KLungkung War on
April 28, 1908, wich is currently commemorated every year.
Whereas in the room of the monument completed with the diorama,
that depicted the struggle for the people Klungkung with his king.
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