Sanur village focus of new book

Sanur village focus of new book

SANUR: The Bali Purnati Center for the Arts in cooperation with the Sanur Family of the Griya Gede Kiniten has published a new book titled Sanur, The Birthplace of Bali Style.

Christopher Carlisle, Bruce Carpenter, Vaughan Hatch, Richard Lewis, Lorca Lucras, Putu Evie Suyadnyani and Miranda Suryadjaya co-authored the book.

Leonard Lueras, director of the publication division of the Bali Purnati Arts Center, came up with the concept for the book and photographed many of the images. Other photographers who contributed their works are Jason Childs, Jan Lovett and Gil Rosellini.

Sanur, The Birthplace of Bali Style is the third book published by the Bali Purnati. Previous titles include Ubud is A Mood, and I La Galigo, the creation epic of the Bugis people of Makassar. The center will soon published its fourth book, Kuta and Kuta.

The Sanur book contains essays on the History of Sanur, the Art of Sanur, the Music and Dance of Sanur, Sanur Style, Voices of Sanur,The Magic of Sanur and Surfing Sanur. --JP