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Pejeng is a village in
Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
, Indonesia, in the Petanu River valley. It is a bit east of
Ubud Ubud is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District, located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency. Promoted as an arts and culture centre, it has developed a large tourism industry. ...
in
Gianyar Regency Gianyar Regency is a List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province and island of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 368.0 km2 and had a population of 469,777 at the 2010 Census, and 515,344 at t ...
. It is home to the
Moon of Pejeng The Moon of Pejeng, also known as the Pejeng Moon, in Bali is the largest single-cast bronze kettle drum in the world. and "the largest known relic from Southeast Asia's Bronze Age period."Rita A. Widiadana,Get in touch with Bali's cultural herit ...
, the largest single-cast bronze
kettle drum Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally ...
in the world. Pejeng is a rural area with extensive, and ancient, irrigated rice cultivation.


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Populated places in Bali Gianyar Regency {{Bali-geo-stub