Jembrana Regency

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Jembrana Regency
Kabupaten Jembrana
ᬓᬩᬸᬧᬢᬾᬦ᭄ᬚᬾᬫ᭄ᬭᬦ
Kabupatén Jĕmbŕ‌‌ana
Regency
Official seal of Jembrana Regency
Seal
Motto: 
Tŕ‌‌i Anānta Bhāktī
Location within Bali
Location within Bali
Country Indonesia
Province Bali
CapitalNegara
Government
 • RegentI Nengah Tamba
Area
 • Total325.0 sq mi (841.8 km2)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
 • Total327,850
 • Density1,000/sq mi (390/km2)
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 365
Websitejembranakab.go.id

Jembrana Regency is a regency (kabupaten) in the southwest of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 841.8 km2 and had a population of 261,638 at the 2010 Census[2] and 317,064 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 327,850.[1] Its regency seat is the town of Negara.

Administrative districts[edit]

The Regency is divided into five districts (kecamatan), listed below from west to east with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 41 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.

Kode
Wilayah		 Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
2010
Census		 Pop'n
2020
Census		 Pop'n
mid 2022
Estimate		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
code
51.01.04 Melaya (a) 197.19 50,381 61,494 63,670 Melaya 10 (b) 82252
51.01.01 Negara 126.50 77,812 95,539 99,290 Baler Bale Agung 12 (c) 82218 (d)
51.01.05 Jembrana (district) 93.97 51,634 61,812 63,760 Dauhwaru 10 (c) 82218 (e)
51.01.02 Mendoyo 294.49 56,222 67,536 69,710 Pergung 11 (b) 82261
51.01.03 Pekutatan 129.65 25,583 30,483 31,420 Pekutatan 8 82262
Totals 841.80 261,638 317,064 327,850 Negara 51

Notes: (a) including the small offshore islands of Pulau Buring and Pulau Kalong.
(b) including 1 kelurahan.
(c) including 4 kelurahan.
(d) except four villages with different post codes - Baler Bale Agung (62212), Banjar Tengah (62213), Lelateng (62214) and Loloan Barat (62215).
(e) except the villages of Pendem (62211) and Loloan Timur (62216).

Melaya district[edit]

Its ten villages are Belimbingsari (or Blimbingsari), Candikusuma, Ekasari, Gilimanuk, Manistutu, Melaya, Nusasari (or Nusa Sari), Tukadaya, Tuwed and Warnasari.[4]

Palasari and Belimbingsari[edit]

This district includes the two christian communities, founded on land given by the colonial administration to stop conflicts between newly converted Christians and their original social environment: Belimbingsari ("essence of the star fruit"), founded with 39 families in November 1939; and Palasari ("the place of the nutmeg trees") - which later became a quarter in Ekasari - in September 1940 with 18 people from the village of Tuka and 6 people from Gumbrih (who started the village with a core of 24 families[5]), all fleeing Gianyar.[6]
The land, covered with wild jungle and very much a virgin territory, was then known as Alas Rangda, the forest of the evil-witch Rangda.[6] Nevertheless the settlers perceived it as a "promised land".[7] There have been economic difficulties in managing agricultural land, notably in the late 60s to early 70s; scarcity of water is a factor, another is that many residents have only limited agricultural land. Some villagers decided to relocate elsewhere in Indonesia.[8] A study in 1990 notes that these two villages "stand in marked contrast to the adjacent Bali-Hindu desa of Nusasari, where the ‘work-ethic’ is less evident."[9][8]
In 2020 Palasari, a Catholic village that still maintains the local culture,[a] has 388 families and a population of 1,350.[9] Palasari has the catholic church of the Sacred Heart,[10] It has become the seat of a pilot project for a successful Catholic mission.[11]

Belimbingsari has the Jemaat (congregation) "Pniel" church,[12][13] largest protestant church in Bali (Gereja Kristen Protestan di Bali or GKPB) and the center point of the village. Its original church did not look like a Balinese temple; but an earthquake destroyed it in 1971, and it was rebuilt in the local style and now can easily be mistaken for a Hindu temple - with the addition of some crosses on the roof, and a large signboard near the main antrance.[14] It integrates the principles of kosala-kosali,[b] respecting the rules about the cardinal directions in relation to the human anatomy and, in accordance with that principle, its intermediate zone includes supporting buildings (bale kulkul[16] - where the kulkul, or drum from a hollowed tree trunk, replaces the bell[14] - and bale bengong); it applies the principle of tri angga, in harmony with the orientation concept; it uses a fence (penyengker) and barrier walls (kori agung ) with Balinese decorative carvings; the main area of the building is divided according to traditional Balinese temple architecture;[16] Balinese carvings adorn the aling wall, completing its fonction as a repellant to negative energies; many other features follow the same architectural directives as that of a Balinese temple,[17][18] including its ornaments[19], as well as the way services are conducted:[20] during the service the villagers wear ceremonial clothes traditionally worn in Hindu temples, and gamelan music accompanies the liturgies.[14] This earned it the nickname "Pura Gereja" or "Temple of Church". The World Council of Churches has saluted it as one of the most unique churches of the world.[14]
Belimbingsari has seen significant progress in sanitation, security, economy, and population growth. both local and foreign tourists increasingly visit the village. In 2017 it won the national Community Based Tourism Award for the best community-based tourism village, and the government has formed a team dedicated to Blimbingsari tourism. 85 homestays have been opened in and around the village.[14] But in 2020 health care is still a problem.[9]

Pala Sari reservoir
Pala Sari reservoir

East of Eka Sari is the largest dam in Bali; it retains the Pala Sari reservoir[21] and serves as flood control, irrigation, fisheries and recreation.[22] It is also part of a tourism development plan concerning Eka Sari that also includes Palasari Old Church and Goa Maria, and cocoa agrotourism.[23]

Other places[edit]

Part of West Bali National Park is in the north-west point of this district.[24]

Notes and references[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ For example the custom of the penjors, or rather pepenjorans (ornaments similar to penjors) as Christmas trees: "Les fêtes chrétiennes balinaises marquées par l'inculturation". missionsetrangeres.com (in French). December 24, 2022. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  2. ^ kosala-kosali, similar to feng shui, is a complex system of architecture deeply intertwined with Balinese culture and spirituality. Its rules are described in a lontar known as Kosala Kosali, dating from the arrival of the Aryans from the Majapahit kingdom to Bali. It results in an architecture called Bali Arya's architecture.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Jembrana Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5101)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Melaya district". m.nomor.net. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  5. ^ Deni, Mary Benediktus (2020). A Promised Land that devours its inhabitants. A study on Balinese witchcraft in a Catholic village (PDF) (Philosophy phD). Durham University. p. 21.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Deni 2020, p. 20.
  7. ^ Deni 2020, p. 10.
  8. ^ a b Sudhiarsa, Raymundus (2023). "Christian Migrants and Their Living Faith in Mission: An Indonesian Perspective" (PDF). Transformation. 40 (2): 126. Retrieved 2024-05-29. the social capital of the migrants, namely the mentality of hard work and perseverance to cultivate the soil so that it is productive is an important provision to shift the hunting and gathering culture of some host locations.
  9. ^ a b c Deni 2020, p. 22.
  10. ^ "Palasari catholic church of the Sacred Heart, street camera". google.com/maps.
  11. ^ Deni 2020, p. 21.
  12. ^ "GKPB Jemaat "Pniel", Blimbingsari, map". google.com/maps.
  13. ^ "Grega Kristen Protestan Blimbingsari, street camera". google.com/maps.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Blimbingsari, a Christian village with a traditional Balinese way of life". indonesia.travel. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  15. ^ Arthana, Nyoman Nuri (2019). "The knowledge building of construction process of Bali Arya's architecture: interpretation of the manuscript Asta Kosala Kosali". Journal of Architectural Research and Education. 1 (2): 168–175. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  16. ^ a b Dwijendra, Ir. Ngakan Ketut Acwin (2019). "Vernacular Inculturation on the Architecture of the Church in Bali, Indonesia (Case Study: Pniel Blimbingsari Christian Church, Jembrana, Bali)". Journal of Social and Political Sciences. 2 (2): 602-609 (see p. 604). Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  17. ^ Dwijendra 2019, p. 605-606.
  18. ^ Usi, Papa (December 2008). "Pniel Church: Architectural Inculturation in the Vilage of Blimbingsari, Bali" (PDF). Journal of Southeast Asian Architecture. 11: 29–39. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  19. ^ Dwijendra 2019, p. 606-607.
  20. ^ Dwijendra 2019, p. 607.
  21. ^ "Eka Sari and the Pala Sari reservoir, map". openstreetmap.org.
  22. ^ "Jembrana Regency". anggier.blogspot.com. 2010. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  23. ^ Sari, Putu Yunita Wacana; Ernawati, Ni Made; Mudana, I Gede; Arjana, I Wayan Basi; Budiarta, I Putu (2024). "Developing Package Tours in Ekasari Tourist Village, Bali, Indonesia". International Journal of Glocal Tourism. 5 (1): 51–64. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  24. ^ "West Bali National Park, map". openstreetmap.org.

External links[edit]

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