Tenganan is a traditional village in Bali. The traditional village is located in the District Manggis, Karangasem regency in the eastern part of the island, located about 70 km from the airport of Ngurah Rai. The journey to the village of Tenganan from the airport, taking approximately one and a half hours with a two-wheeled vehicle or four wheel. If there is no congestion on the road it will take longer.
Tenganan Village is one of three villages in Bali, the Bali Aga category. 2 of them are Trunyan in Kintamani district, Bangli district, sub-district and village Sembiran Tejakule, Buleleng regency. The meaning of the Bali Aga village is a lifestyle community is guided by the rules and customs of the era before the ancestral kingdom of Majapahit. Architecture houses, meeting halls, and temples were built very much retains the customs rules are down - generation. Traits - traits building houses made of a mixture of red stone, river rock, soil and have the same relative size.
Traditional Villages In The Fabric Crafts Gringsing Bali - Tenganan
Peduduk livelihood Tenganan village, generally as rice farmers. There is also a small part as a craftsman. Tenganan village handicrafts include woven bamboo carving - carving, painting on palm leaf and woven fabrics. From the first residents of the village of Tenganan is famous for its expertise Gringsing weave cloth. Gringsing fabric is done by double ikat technique.
This technique is only one - the only one in Indonesia, so the fabric Gringsing Tenganan community work is very famous throughout the world.
Tenganan villagers have a very unique tradition. Every year in mid-July was held tradition mageret pandan (pandanus war). That ritual pair each slice using the village youth thorns - thorns from pandanus leaves them on stage. Due incision thorns - thorns pandan leaf, will cause sores on the backs of youth - youth.
Once completed it will pandanus war wounds treated with traditional medicine antiseptic from tuber material - roots. When smeared drugs, backs the youth will feel very sore. The wound will dry up and heal within a few days. This tradition is carried out to train mentally and physically Tenganan villagers.
At a mid-July pandan war, you will see a lot of Bali photographer who covered the event.
Need driving directions to locate the village of Tenganan, please click the link under the map that says "View Larger Map". You will be directed to the website of Google maps, and on the website there is a column of a Google map that you have to change the name of your current location is. Then click the blue button on the Google map website that says "Get Directions".
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