Batik Class Tour

Suwat Waterfall is a new tourist area originating from the Suwat Traditional Village which is actually being intensively developing tourism potential in the village. Suwat village itself is famous for the Air Suwat festival which is regularly held every time the new year changes.

The implementation of the Air Suwat festival or the famous water war with the meaning of Siat Yeh is a tradition handed down by the ancestors so that the community regularly holds this event. This water war tradition is trusted as a form of self-cleaning of negative things that have been going on before. So hopefully, the following things will not happen again in the future. Apart from being a symbol of self-cleaning, the normality of Siat Yeh is also a form of respect for the spring which is said to be efficacious for healing all kinds of diseases. The hope is that the springs in Dewa Suwat can continue to flow because water is a very important natural element.

Suwat Waterfall has a height of approximately 15 meters with a calm pool of water below, causing anyone to be persuaded to dive in and swim to enjoy its freshness. Different from waterfalls in general, Suwat Waterfall is decorated with large stones with carvings in the shape of turtles and various species of fish available in the area. Not only save the natural beauty that spoils the eye, this area also contains spiritual tourism objects. Because near Pura Dalem, to the south of the waterfall there is a lightning that is useful for residents to confiscate holy water.

As for history, it can be said that Goa Gajah temple was built in the period 10-11 AD, which at that time was the dynasty of the Warmadewa kingdom, while the name Goa Gajah refers to the statue of Ganesha found engraved on the cave wall. In 1923 the elephant cave site was discovered by L.C Heyting who at the time of discovery, he found Archa Ganesha, a statue of Tri Langga and also a statue of Hariti. Furthermore, a follow-up study was carried out by Dr.W.F. Stutterhiem in 1925 and also in 1950 carried out further research by the Indonesian side, namely from the Indonesian archaeological site in 1954 to 1979 which resulted in the discovery of a small pond which is now in front of the mouth of Goa with six statues of women and their showers.

The water flowing from the shower is believed by visitors who come there to make their age younger. A very shocking discovery of history, where from this discovery it can be seen that we are familiar with the existence of beliefs in ancient times, while some statues such as Ganesha figures are god figures found in Hinduism long time ago, and the spread of religion had occurred at that time.

The Elephant Cave Temple of Goa Gajah dates as far back as the 11th century. Built on a hillside where two streams met to form a river junction, the site was deemed sacred and the temple was built for prayer and enclosed meditation. The entrance to the elephant cave depicts a giant menacing face whose wide open mouth forms the doorway. While there are various animal and forest motifs depicted by carvings on the outer rock face, the giant face of the doorway is considered to be that of an elephant.

Sukawati Traditional Market is the perfect place for you to shop for cheap items. Even if you don't want to shop, but just want to see the types of souvenirs or crafts typical of the island of Bali, the Sukawati traditional market is suitable for you to visit. Sukawati art market is very famous for selling clothes in the form of clothes, sarongs, and traditional Balinese crafts at very cheap prices. Clothing such as Batik, which is characterized by Balinese batik ornaments. Especially for the price of clothes will adjust to the quality of the fabric and screen printing.

You will also see a lot of clothes, both pants and shirts, which you can use to go to the beach and the price is very cheap compared to other places. So you can buy Balinese souvenirs, which you can give to your friends and family, without spending a lot of holiday expenses.