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Denpasar With the growth of tourism industry in Bali, Denpasar encourage into the center of business activities, and make this city as having the highest growth in the Bali Province. Denpasar also has a rapidly expanding population of 788,445 in 2010, up from 533,252 in the previous decade, and the surrounding metropolitan area has roughly 2 million residents. The name of Denpasar is etymologically comes from the Balinese word "den" meaning north and "pasar" meaning market. This name is come because Denpasar is originally located in the north of "Peken Payuk" that now known as the Kumbasari Market. Denpasar was the capital of the Kingdom of Badung. It was conquered by the Dutch during the Dutch intervention in Bali. The royal palace was looted and razed by the Dutch, leaving today's central square "Taman Puputan" in which a statue to the 1906 Puputan can be seen. Denpasar eventually also remains the administrative center of the Regen...

Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar Indonesian Institute of the Arts Denpasar abbreviated as ISI Denpasar is a college of art organized by the Ministry of National Education which is under and directly responsible to the Minister of National Education. ISI Denpasar functionally supervised by the Director General of Higher Education Department of Education. ISI Denpasar was established in 2003 which is the integration of the Indonesian Arts College in Denpasar and Study Program of Art and Design (PSSRD) of Udayana University. STSI Denpasar, originally named Indonesian Dance Academy Denpasar, was established by the provincial government of Bali on January 28, 1967, on the initiative of the Advisory Council and Development of Culture (Listibya). Some forms of traditional arts of Bali are feared to become extinct, so the institute provides art education for the younger generation. After two years of existence, ASTI Denpasar received status from the Ministry of Education and Cultu...