Kamasan is a village on Bali, Indonesia. It is known for a style of painting named after it and has a cultural importance on a Bali-wide level.
Kamasan is located just next to Semarapura (north-west) and to Gelgel (south), in the Klungkung regency, between the south-east coast and the mountain range of Gunung Agung. Denpasar is 31 km south-west. [1]
Administratively, it is part of Gelgel territory. [2]
In 2014 its population was about 4,000 people. [2]
The various 'traditional' styles of painting on modern Bali are derived from the "Kamasan wayang style", or Kamasan shadow puppet painting, which in turn takes it patterns from ancient Java. [3]
Kamasan wayang painting is a 2-dimensional painting depicting shadow puppet performances. [4] It has been listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage (WBTB) in 2015 by the Indonesian Government. [5] It was proposed to Unesco for registration as Intangible cultural heritage in 2018 and 2022. [4]
Historically, artists from Kamasan were used by the many raja courts that existed on Bali up to the early twentieth century. [3] Some became known with the emergence of the kingdom of Klungkung and its palace, which replaced the kingdom of Gelgel at the end of the 17th century; [6] for others, this started earlier, in the 16th century. [7] However, the name of Kamasan is mentioned as early as 1072 AD ( Saka year 994), during the reign of Bali king Anak Wungsu. [4]
The village also provided gold- and silversmiths, dancers, musicians and puppeteers. The painters have a particular ward in Kamasan, the Banjar Sangging. The smiths are located in another ward, the Banjar Pande Mas. [3]
Kamasan is a village on Bali, Indonesia. It is known for a style of painting named after it and has a cultural importance on a Bali-wide level.
Kamasan is located just next to Semarapura (north-west) and to Gelgel (south), in the Klungkung regency, between the south-east coast and the mountain range of Gunung Agung. Denpasar is 31 km south-west. [1]
Administratively, it is part of Gelgel territory. [2]
In 2014 its population was about 4,000 people. [2]
The various 'traditional' styles of painting on modern Bali are derived from the "Kamasan wayang style", or Kamasan shadow puppet painting, which in turn takes it patterns from ancient Java. [3]
Kamasan wayang painting is a 2-dimensional painting depicting shadow puppet performances. [4] It has been listed as Intangible Cultural Heritage (WBTB) in 2015 by the Indonesian Government. [5] It was proposed to Unesco for registration as Intangible cultural heritage in 2018 and 2022. [4]
Historically, artists from Kamasan were used by the many raja courts that existed on Bali up to the early twentieth century. [3] Some became known with the emergence of the kingdom of Klungkung and its palace, which replaced the kingdom of Gelgel at the end of the 17th century; [6] for others, this started earlier, in the 16th century. [7] However, the name of Kamasan is mentioned as early as 1072 AD ( Saka year 994), during the reign of Bali king Anak Wungsu. [4]
The village also provided gold- and silversmiths, dancers, musicians and puppeteers. The painters have a particular ward in Kamasan, the Banjar Sangging. The smiths are located in another ward, the Banjar Pande Mas. [3]