Singaraja

Singaraja is the largest city after Denpasar. The population includes many ethnic and religious groups. 

Singaraja has a historical library, The Gedong Kirtya that collects more than 3,000 Balinese manuscripts. The Dutch established it in the late 1920s. It has the finest collection of lontar, which is a traditional books emblazoned on palm leaf strips and potted between two pieces of wood or bamboo.