Sangeh, Bali – From Mystery To Nutmeg Forest Beauty

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March 16, 2011

sangeh Sangeh Nature Park, perhaps not yet widely known by the people of Indonesia, whereas Sangeh situated on an island in Indonesia, namely Bali famous. Sangeh Nature Park is located in the village of Sangeh, Badung, Bali, about 20 km from Denpasar.

Sangeh Nature Park has a lot of charm forest tour is inhabited by hundreds of monkeys. Sangeh Apes also have several groups that each group has one leader. But these groups have the highest levels or practically king of all kings in Sangeh apes. This supreme leader dwelt the most extensive. In the monkey king is living, there is a very famous temple of his sanctity that is the Pura Bulit Sari.

Somehow, ape leader was chosen because it has the strength and incredible charisma. Even they have more rights than other apes, such as when to marry or when the female monkeys received food rations. Usually the king ape will receive rations until he is satisfied first, before providing the rations to the other apes.

Most of the forest area of ??this tour, became the living apes, only a small proportion of employers who used to make a few stalls selling a wide range of souvenirs.

Forest tourism is indeed a lot of overgrown plants nutmeg (dipterocarpustrinervis). According to information nutmeg forest has hundreds of years old, even among the nutmeg trees which are said to have been outstanding for more than three hundred years.
Forest Tourism Sangeh created as a royal garden of Mengwi. To look beautiful this park is planted with a special nutmeg trees imported from Mount Agung. Actually the plan of this park is kept secret but finally making this park is known by several people, consequently making the park was stopped, until the area was named Sangeh, which means no one is looking.

If we had time to visit the garden tour, we will certainly be attracted by the beauty of the forest of nutmeg trees that grow it, because in addition to the growth of straight, nutmeg tree also has very good wood. But strangely, according to several sources Sangeh nutmeg tree is said to be grown elsewhere. Until the people who want to have a tree Nutmeg wood never accomplished.

There are interesting things told by the visitors and managers Park Sangeh about a tree that was old and would collapse. From the estimates of many, the tree will collapse towards the Pura Bukit Sari, but in fact all were off the mark. Initially the tree be cut down but no one dared for fear of getting a curse.

Around the beginning of January, finally collapsed tree itself, leads to the southwest. Just between buildings and Pewaregan Kulkul Bale, so that very little damage, only the outer wall Pewaregan only. This is surprising because the tree should fall exactly on the main temple building.

In addition nutmeg tree, still there is the famous forest plants Sangeh. Local people call it the Tree Lanang Wadon, because the bottom of the tree is hollow so as to resemble female genitalia, while in the middle of the hole to grow the stem that leads to the bottom that look like male genitalia. The tree grows right in the front yard Sangeh sights and is actually a tree bark.

In Bali, tree bark has many features because its wood is often used for special purposes, for example, create a mask that is used as sungsungan. Society sometimes someone asks pule wood. But, of course people should not just take the timber or its branches as well should be adjusted first day and give offerings as a sign of seeking permission.

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