As a former empire, Klungkung has a lot of natural
heritage is now a tourist attraction. One is Park Kerta Gosa, the cultural
heritage Semarapura Klungkung palace. Kerta Gosa is a building (bale) which is
part of the palace complex of buildings Semarapura and has been built around
the year 1686 by the founder of the first holder of the throne of power and the
kingdom of Klungkung is Ida I Dewa Agung Jambe.
Gosa Kerta consists of two buildings (bale) that Bale and
Bale Kambang akerta Gosa. Bale called Kambang because this building is
surrounded by a pool of Taman Gili. The uniqueness of the Bale Kambang Kerta
Gosa is on the surface of the ceiling or ceiling bale is decorated with
traditional painting style of Kamasan (a name of the village in Klungkung) or
style puppets are very popular among the people of Bali. At first, the
paintings that decorate the ceiling of the building was made of cloth and parba.
Around the year 1930 to be replaced and made in the plasterboard and then
restored in accordance with the original and still intact today. As a cultural
heritage palace Semarapura, Kerta Gosa and Bale Kambang enabled to hear the
case and place where religious ceremonies are especially yadnya cut teeth
(mepandes) for the children of the king.
Function of both buildings is closely related to the
function of education through puppet paintings presented at the ceiling of the
building. Therefore, the paintings is a series of stories that take a central
theme, namely parwa Swargarokanaparwa and Bima Swarga who guide the punishment
karma phala (result of the merits of human acts committed during his lifetime)
as well as re-incarnation into the world because of the deeds and sin- sin.
Therefore not wrong to say that psychologically, the themes of paintings that
decorate the ceiling of the building Kerta Gosa contains the values of mental and
spiritual education. The painting is divided into six rows of the story.
Bottom row illustrates the theme of the
story comes from Tantric. Dereta second from the bottom illustrate the theme of
the story in Swargarakanaparwa Bimaswarga. The next row of Kasyapa Bagawan
themed story. The fourth row is a theme Palalindon characteristics or the
meaning and significance of the earthquake are mythological. Continued story
taken from the theme Bimaswarga indescribable in the fifth row of the cone is
located almost on the ceiling of the building. In the last or sixth row is
occupied by a picture of the life of nirvana. In addition to the roof of the
building Kerta Gosa, wayang paintings also decorate the ceiling of the building
to the west of the Bale Kambang Kerta Gosa. On the palate this Kambang Bale
puppet themed paintings from the Ramayana and Sutasoma Kakawin story. Decision
yanga theme derived from this kakawin indicate that the function of the
building is Bale Kambang place to hold religious ceremonies Manusa Yadnya teeth
cut the king's sons and daughters in Klungkung. The attraction of Kerta Gosa
than the traditional style of painting in Kamasan Bale and Bale Kambang Kerta
Gosa, other important relics are still around and can not be separated in terms
of historical value is great pemedal (the gate / gate). Pemedal located west of
the Great Kerta Gosa very emit value of cultural heritage palace. Pemedal
contained on this Court also artistic value of traditional Balinese
architecture. This gate serves as a crutch ever holder of the throne of power
mechanism (Dewa Agung) in Klungkung for over 200 years (1686-1908).
In the event of war against the Dutch
military expedition known as Puputan Klungkung on April 28, 1908, the last
holder of the throne of Dewa Agung Jambe and his followers killed. (A copy is
now enshrined in Puputan Klungkung monument is located across Kerta Gosa).
After the defeat of the core building Semarapura Kraton (offal) crushed and
used as a human habitation. The highest of the remaining debris is Kerta Gosa,
Bale Kambang with his Taman Gili and the Palace gate. Until now the object of a
very attractive both in terms of tourism and culture.
Gosa Kerta park has also been used as a
tribunal, that is, during the Dutch colonial bureaucracy in Klungkung
(1908-1942) and since the appointment of a chief native officials in the
kingdom of Klungkung (Ida I Dewa Agung of Klungkung State) in 1929. In fact,
the former supplies the court of a chair and wooden table carved and paint wear
prade still there. The objects are evidence of traditional heritage
institutions such as courts ever apply in Klungkung in the colonial period
(1908-1942) and the Japanese occupation period (1043-1945). In 1930,
restoration of paintings ever made puppet contained in Kerta Gosa and Bale
Kambang by the artists of Kamasan painting. Restoration of the last paintings
done in 1960.
