Lake Buyan: Three on the Kaja Border
Kaja in Bali is a sacred direction or orientation. On the kaja border that divides Bali into the south and the north, there are three lakes almost parallel to each other and considered sacred. The three have different stories. Lake Buyan is steeped in the tale of Buleleng's nobility and a hoard of treasure in it. Lake Tamblingan is connected with the forest shielding it. Lake Bratan has the legend of the Ulun Danu Temple fame. All the stories boil down to one thing: that the sacredness of lakes in Bali should always be preserved.
November 8, 2016
BALI is almost the same as Yogyakarta, which relies on mountains and coasts to pinpoint its northern and southern directions. Lor and kidul in Javanese, so there are kaja and kelod in Balinese. In Yogyakarta, Mount Merapi will always be lor, the northern direction, while the span of coastlines in Bantul will always be kidul, the southern direction.
In Bali, it is different. The mountain area stretching from the west to the east becomes the orie
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