Permukaan Gong Perdamaian diletakkan simbol 10 agama besar dan kepercayaan dunia. Tepat di tengahnya dibuat peta permukaan bumi. Bagian terluar gong digambari bendera-bendera dunia dan tulisan "World Peace Gong" dan "Gong Perdamaian Dunia."

Tujuan pembuatan monumen ini adalah menyadarkan umat manusia akan pentingnya perdamaian tanpa membedakan suku, agama, ras, bangsa, golongan, dan ideologi. Gong ini dikelilingi patung tokoh-tokoh perdamaian yang menentang kekerasan di dunia, seperti Soekarno, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, dan lainnya.

Obyek lain cukup populer di Desa Budaya Kertalangu adalah Monumen Gong Perdamaian. Monumen ini berlokasi tepat di sisi kanan jalan utama memasuki kawasan Desa Budaya Kertalangu. Monumen ini diresmikan pascatragedi Bom Bali II, 31 Desember 2002 oleh Presiden Megawati Soekarnoputri dan Wakil Presiden Hamzah Haz tepat pukul 00.00 WITA.

Monumen Gong Perdamaian

Desa Budaya Kertalangu sering menjadi lokasi pameran, seminar, pementasan seni, dan atraksi budaya.

Wisatawan yang datang berkunjung tidak dikenakan biaya masuk. Mereka cukup membayar aktivitas di dalam, seperti menunggang kuda pony, outbond, edukasi pertanian, memancing, memberi makan ikan dan itik, bermain di taman anak, flying fox, atau sekadar bersantai di bale bengong sembari menikmati makanan dan minuman yang tersedia.

Desa Budaya Kertalangu masuk ke dalam tiga besar nasional yang menerima penghargaan Citra Pesona Wisata 2011 dari pemerintah. Penghargaan ini diberikan kepada pengelola daya tarik wisata yang berhasil menyelaraskan aspek lingkungan, ekonomi, sosial dengan baik.

Pendiriannya berdasarkan Surat Keputusan Wali Kota Denpasar Nomor 25/ 2008 tentang Penetapan Desa Kesiman Kertalangu Kecamatan Denpasar Timur sebagai Desa Budaya. Potensi fisik pariwisata yang ditawarkan desa budaya ini, meliputi kolam pancing, jogging track sepanjang empat kilometer (km), area flying fox, wisata kuliner, industri kerajinan, dan pemandangan alam berupa hamparan sawah seluas 80 hektare.

Desa Budaya Kertalangu bukan desa dalam pengertian sebenarnya yang memiliki penduduk, batas wilayah, dan kepemimpinan. Desa budaya di sini sengaja diformat sebagai desa wisata (cultural village) untuk menarik kunjungan wisatawan domestik dan mancanegara yang berlokasi di Kesiman, Kertalangu.

Desa Budaya Kertalangu

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Desa Budaya Kertalangu

Kertalangu Cultural Village is not a village in the true sense of the word that has a population, boundaries, and leadership. The cultural village here is deliberately formatted as a tourism village (cultural village) to attract domestic and foreign tourists located in Kesiman, Kertalangu.

Its establishment is based on the Decree of the Mayor of Denpasar Number 25/2008 on the Establishment of Kesiman Kertalangu Village, East Denpasar District as a Cultural Village. The physical tourism potential offered by this cultural village includes a fishing pond, a jogging track four kilometers long, a flying fox area, culinary tourism, craft industries, and natural scenery in the form of 80 hectares of rice fields.

Kertalangu Cultural Village is one of the three national winners that received the Citra Pesona Wisata 2011 award from the government. This award is given to tourism attraction managers who have successfully aligned environmental, economic, and social aspects well.

Visitors who come to visit are not charged an entrance fee. They only need to pay for activities inside, such as riding a pony, outbound, agricultural education, fishing, feeding fish and ducks, playing in the children's park, flying fox, or simply relaxing in the bale bengong while enjoying the food and drinks available.

Kertalangu Cultural Village is often the location of exhibitions, seminars, art performances, and cultural attractions.

Monument of Peace Gong

Another popular object in Kertalangu Cultural Village is the Monument of Peace Gong. This monument is located right on the right side of the main road entering the Kertalangu Cultural Village area. This monument was inaugurated after the Bali Bombing II tragedy,

December 31, 2002 by President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz at exactly 00:00 WITA.

The purpose of making this monument is to make mankind aware of the importance of peace without distinction of ethnicity, religion, race, nationality, group, and ideology. This gong is surrounded by statues of peace figures who oppose violence in the world, such as Soekarno, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and others.

The surface of the Peace Gong is placed with the symbols of the 10 major religions and beliefs in the world. Right in the middle, a map of the Earth's surface is made. The outer part of the gong is painted with flags of the world and the words "World Peace Gong" and "Gong Perdamaian Dunia."

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