Giri Putri Cave

Pura Goa Giri Putri

 

Pura Goa Giri Putri located on Suana Village, Nusa Penida, Klungkung regency. Pura Giri Putri will provide a different experience that is rarely found in Bali.

This temple history predicted since the Neolithic era.  
In this era, it is said that human life without norms, feelings and even rules. They have always lived as a threat to other human beings, who is stronger, it will survive in this world.  
To save lives and family, the cave was used as a shelter.  
And then the world is getting bigger and the temple was used as a place of meditation and spiritual functions. The word Giri means hill and the word Putri mean princess.  
The words are given relating to the holy cave as a manifestation of Shiva with goddess worship that has properties of protecting, caring, and loving human beings.

One unique about Cave is a very small entrance and narrow.  
Track only of the bucket.  
Even adults it would not be able to get into.  
However, just seem narrow entrance.  
But When you have entered into the cave,  
then you will be amazed to see indoor in the cave,  
which is so wide and large that can accommodate around 5000 people. This temple is also has a close relationship with the two biggest pretend that there is on the island of Nusa Penida.  
When a large ceremony to take place in ten (based on Balinese Calendar), Big ceremony is also held at Pura Puncak Mundi and Pura Dalem Ped

Buffalo Race

Buffalo Race

Makepung or Bull Race, This attraction is only found in the western part of Bali. Mekepung means romp, the inspiration is derived from the activity of rice farmers during of processing the fields or farmland before planted with rice paddy Rice fields to be in a plow and will pull up by two buffalos. During the event of these buffaloes will wearing a necklace or Gongseng/ large bell made from wood, when a plow the field and pull up by the buffalos, Gonseng will sounded like a music.