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25 April 2009 1,031 views No Comment
Gunung Batur Kintamani Bangli

Mount Batur Kintamani Bangli

Mount Batur is one of the volcanoes that still active in Bali which is located in Kintamani sub district of Bangli regency, Bali. Having a caldera about 13.8 x 10 km and located in the west of mount Agung, mount Batur is providing a challenge for adventures to reach its peak at the time of the morning sun rise. In its caldera at the south east side, there is crescent-shaped of lake about 7.5 km long with maximum width about 2.5 km, having diameter around 22 km and width about 16 km square. This crescent-shaped of lake is known as Lake Batur. As tourism mainstay of Bangli regency, mount Batur offering a unique charm. In addition of this nature beauty, there is also cultural tourism object that lies on one of the lakeside at Lake Batur and popular to be called as Trunyan village.  The unique one about this place is although stated that Trunyan’s entire population is Hindu, but their religion is a genuine heritage of Majapahit Hindus Kingdom.
Danau Batur Kintamani Bangli

Lake Batur Kintamani Bangli

In the north of Trunyan village, there is a cemetery where the corpse is not buried or burned, but placed under the tree after passing such a complex funeral ritual. Way of placing the corpse makes this place full of human bones. We might be able to find the dead bodies that are still new on this cemetery.

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