Kamasan: Klungkung Traditional Painters Community

Kamasan is a community of traditional artists' paintings. So intimate and so long the development of traditional painting artists painting called the results there has a style (style) that separate the traditional Kamasan paintings. Truly artistic talent is also growing in other art works of sculpture is in the form of gold and silver and the last is the art of carving a bullet. Although in terms of color fabric material used to follow changes occurring metal, but still appeared in his trademark theme of the paintings or carvings which depict figures of puppets.

Puppet characters who became the theme of a painting or carving based on the epic story of the Mahabharata or Ramayana, as well as the story of Arjuna kekawin Wiwaha, Suthasoma. Therefore, the Kamasan style of painting or carving or Wayang Kamasan can be said to somewhat older than its historical context, which until now still appears intact. According to impress the international collector, Kamasan style paintings were deemed to be ethereal and sophisticated, clean, do not fuss with the details that are not important and a very clear message story. Traditional painting or carving that is what brings puppet cored special attraction for artists or tourists visiting the village of Kamasan.

Location
Kamasan as a center for the development of painting and traditional carving is the name of a village in the district and regency of Klungkung. Kamasan village is geographically includes lowland coastal villages or beach klotok Meet ± 3 km. The distance from Denpasar to this village is 43 km, can be reached by vehicles, the entire path to the object which centers painting or carving handicrafts already paved.

Can be reached through three channels, namely: (1) West Line from the middle of the city district to the south along the 1.5 km turn left direct to banjar Sangging, the residence of a renowned painter of traditional puppet Nyoman Mandra. Go south a little longer until the Banjar Pande Mas, center carvings of gold, silver, (2) Line north from the town of Klungkung regency in the eastern part slightly to the south via the road turns up in banjar Elbow, also the residence of a traditional painter named Mangku Mura, (3) Line south from the middle of the town of Klungkung regency to the south along the 3 km through the villages and Gelgel Tojan to Banjar Pande, the traditional carving handicraft center bullet material.

Along the road at the train-train or villages, Tojan and neighbors still sounded dentangan Gelgel craftsmen carved silver hammer and the bullet or the sound is also used to produce woven fabrics Cagcag songket. Can be referred to the surrounding objects is Kertha Gosa in Klungkung city, Pura and Pura Batu klotok Elementary Gelgel who have a history of the remnants of royal grandeur Gelgel 15th century and the 16th in Bali.

Facilities
There is an exhibition space or paintings or carvings of product sales, place in the west banjar Sangging, about 50 meters. A training workshop was established by Nyoman Mandra painting in her own home. When the guests visited the Kamasan then more able to enjoy direct workshops the artists painted or carved at home respectively. Entirely paved road can be traveled in motor vehicles (cars, motorcycles) or traditional transportation available also buggy.

Visit
Kamasan products as a center of traditional painting or carving that have many domestic and foreign tourists. Time of their visit is during the daytime. The tourists who visit Kamasan using equipment motorcycle, car, taxi or buggy.

Description
Kamasan or "Ka-gold-ness" is the name that is quite old for a community of people who have jobs in the fields of Pande Mas adequate in accordance with the name of one row in the village of Kamasan. Archaeological hill found a throne-the throne of stone, menhir statues, stone mortar, stone trough, cylinder-shaped monolith, stone dakon, alleys paved road that time has ever been found in 1976 and 1977, scattered in villages Kamasan, Gelgel and Tojan, giving enough clues that older communities.

From archaeological finds it also gives clue that had colored the life of the megalithic tradition in Kamasan and surrounding communities, namely the life of the Hindu community that is rooted in pre-Neolithic period (+ 2000 years BC). Megalithic tradition has been absorbed by the undagi and the Pande's at a later period. The Pande is increasingly recognized and enabled by the King (Ida Dalem) since the kingdom centered in Gelgel (1380-1651). Items on metal sculpture shaped gold or silver plate (bowls, platter, etc.) are used as accessories jewelry palace Suweca Linggaarsa Pura Gelgel.

In addition to carving, painting developed also for decoration on the fabric of the flag (Kober, banners, lelontek), decorative cloth (ider-ider and Parba) as supplementary decorations in the holy places (temple) or in buildings Kraton.Sejak complex II ruled that the holder of the throne of Dalem Waturenggong (1460-1550) royal Gelgel fame peaked, then the golden age of the village of Kamasan is a craftsman.
Banjar-existing series and especially Sangging Banjar Pande Mas can be said Gilda, the working group, consisting of craftsman houses and workshops where its citizens live, work and serve the King until the end of Life is seen as a god mereka.Raja king in charge of keeping the universe (the universe and its contents) always existed in a state of balance and harmony.

Therefore, art is seen as an important element in maintaining harmony through art is sacred then became ruler of duty to protect and maintain the kesenian.Pada time the center of power moved from Gelgel to Klungkung, the Dewa Agung Jambe year 1686, a direct descendant of the dynasty of Lord Krishna in Gelgel Kepakisan , the position of the cored Sangging Kamasan village and Banjar Pande Mas as Gilda craftsmen where the artists paintings and engravings will be retained.

But now that he turned into the capital city of Klungkung regency, Bali and the King and his royal descendants became officers and employees of RI, Banjar Banjar Pande Mas Sangging and no longer train from King's Gilda. Nevertheless, the artists and craftsmen Sangging, Banjar Pande Mas-row and other: Elbow, Geria, Kacangdawa, pecan Pande and Tabanan still continue to produce paintings or carvings Kamasan style or style puppets. Craftsmen have diverse product expansion, are not limited to gold and silver engravings but also emerged that sculpture made from copper or brass and bullets.

Products of their art form of painting or engraving many booked by foreign tourists or domestic. Similarly, in line with the increase in tourism, souvenir shops and art galleries in Klungkung, or the art market and Denpasar and Gianyar hotels also become a permanent customer of the art products in the Kamasan style puppet. [Www.klungkungkab.go.id]