Ubud Village
Ubud Village is a traditional
village supervising 13 Banjar (group of community) and 6 custom
countryside. It is located in Ubud sub district, Gianyar Regency and about 20 km from Denpasar Town. Ubud Vilage
can be reached within 30 minutes or 15 minutes from Gianyar Town and
this place is situated in the high land about 300 meter above sea level.
Ubud is surrounded by the good temperature compare with other regions
in Bali where the temperatures are relative cool that is ideally for
everyone to stay in this beautiful place. This village is occupied 9.800
peoples which most of them are Hindu. They able to keep the environment
naturally so that way this place usually used by many
tourist/people/actors to get the art inspiration.
The Born of Ubud Village
Ubud Village
is also well known as a culture village where we easily find the local
community presenting traditional cultures from the ritual up to the
traditional dance performances. This village own the rich culture with
the history heritage of all big actors, especially all famous artists,
for example I Gusti Nyoman Lempad (1862 - 1978), Anak Agng Gede Sobrat (1919 - 1992), I Gusti Made Deblog (1910 - 1968), afterward caught up by others like, I Gusti Ketut Kobot, Ida Bagus Made, Dewa Putu Bedil, Ida Bagus Rai and others. The popularity of all above artists follows to give the inspiration to all west artists to live in Ubud Bali. In year 1920's, two European artist people that are Rodolf Bonnet from Dutch and Walter Spies
from Germany inscribe the new history of artistic growth paint the
countryside of Ubud. Second, the European artist introduce the European
esthetics technique especially illumination area, shadow, perspective
and anatomy. All local artists permeate the new technique matching with
value and base on local mind fixed take the traditional so that able to
give the separate identity by the name Ubud. Ubud Village progressively
famous as a born area of all painters because the existence of the
cooperation between Tjokorda Gede Agung Sukawati and Rudolf Bonnet to
form the Pita Maha. Pita Maha represent a place to
discuss the artistic growth and problem paint, and also to compare mind
to each other and introducing result of art which they own. 
The word of Gua Gajah is anticipated coming from the word of Lwa Gajah, the name of Buddhist Temple
or hermitage for Buddhist monk. The Gua Gajah's name is written on
Negarakeertagama papyrus which is compiled by Mpu Prapanca on 1365 M.
Lwa or Lwah/loh mean the river and it reflect to the meaning that the
hermitage is located at Gajah River or in Air Gajah. In the year
inscription 944 Saka, it is mentioned with the name of ‘ser ring Air
Gajah' that is meaning the Subak leader in Air Gajah. The word has
mentioned that the hermitage of Lwa Gajah is located in Subak Air Gajah.
Mas Village is one of villages in Bali fundamentally identified as an artistic countryside by focusing in artistic of wood carving. 
This
Artistic countryside owns the long history root. The result of wood
carving art in this village owns the immeasurable and wide dimension
like idol for the devoting (arca idol), representative dimension of
everyday Balinese social society life (farmer, fisherman, worker,
intellectual, merchant etc), the abstract dimension as existing of actor
imagination which is listening carefully of reality, dynamics and life
philosophy. The villagers are same as villagers at 
The
productions of gold and silver at this village have penetrated to the
local, national and international market. It can be measured from the
type of artwork result and variation of ornament, good as present and
also export commodity. The type of gold and silver craft has been
produced in this countryside are covering various of rings, bangles,
chokers, earrings, mother of pearls, Tusuk Konde, broach and other
types. Beside of that, Celuk's workers are able to response the market
demands and produce the modern product like medal, maket and culture
symbol. In spanning of artistic growth history, the silver and gold
crafting had been started by a group of family pertained by Clan Pande.
From this family circle, the activity of gold and silver crafting has
disseminated to entire society as a top profession which are previously
as the farmer. In year 1970's decades, it has been happened the change
of countryside society culture significantly from agrarian society
structure to industrial society structure of crafting. Even nowadays,
some of them have jumped again to the economic structure of service by
focusing in tourism industry. The change and jumping movement of these
structures have brought the new positive impact for prosperity. Celuk
Village, Kuta and Ubud are the prosperous countryside in Bali by the
higher resident's income cause of tourism. 
The
houses exist in this countryside from north to the south is look very
beautiful in particular the Balinese traditional entrance gate which are
made similar each other. When we step down to this village, we will
meet the Balinese houses are oriented northeastwards to Mount Agung
which is located in north-east of Bali Island . The structure of house
building between one house and others are equal in particular to
condition, form, size and function from the building except building of
family bed room is freeform. The family temple building is places the
same direction to the Agung Mount, kitchen is located in upstate from
the lawn and the building of Bale Sakaenem is the six beamed building
which its function for ceremony place. The place for look after the
livestock and the place to plant assorted vegetable are referred as non
irrigated dry field which is called Teba. Its Construction material is
made from wood except family residence. It is predominated by substance
from bamboo because around this countryside is bamboo producer.