subak in Bali

SUBAK MUSEUM

Bali is famous with it rice field view, but do you know other thing that has relation with that ? it just the only one in the world. NO ? ok, let me explain it to you little bit about it. The important thing that made rice field in Bali good and famous is it irrigation system called “ SUBAK” . That organisation of farmer in bali, and it has a leader, area management, and a temple, for the Subak ( Ulun carik temple). In Bali the center of agriculture is in Tabanan regency, because it has the largest agriculture in Bali, Jatiluwih is the famous one.Here also there a Subak museum certainly it is located in Sanggulan village, Tabanan regency,or 1 hour from airport. The place keep Balinese traditional tools to plow up the field.

Quiet from visitor

When I was here the condition this place is good, there many tools which related with rice field, they are crowbar, sickle, mattock, buffalo statue and other tools, this is a special museum because showing a theme it a agriculture system,but the visitor is quite, even local people, just sometimes there touris, think the government should promotion it to aboard. Subak museum can be visited when Monday – Saturday from 08.00 am – 16.30 Pm. And when Sunday and national holiday is closed.

peculiarity

Museum subak is the only one museum that showing miniature of subak completely process with starts from found water resources, made tunnel of water, build the  barrage, and made pipeline to channeling the water to citizen rice field. Here also has audio-visual data which explain about  process of cultivation of paddy, from meeting of subak members , agreement of water management, until ritual to hope the harvest excellent. The important one is there a miniature of traditional kitchen complete with it’s design and the tools to cook.  The visitor also can improve their knowledge about agriculture by visiting in complex of the museum. Entrance fee is 5k to adult and 3k to children.