Tenganan Village is a traditional village in the Bali Island. Located in Manggis district, Karangasem Regency in the east part of Bali. Tenganan Village is one of three Bali Aga Village in Bali, such as Trunyan and Sembiran Village. The meaning of Bali Aga village is a village that still retains a lifestyle of community governance refers to the rules of the inherited traditional village from their ancestors. The buildings, building layout arrangement, until the location of the temple made by following the rules of customary hereditary maintained.
According to some versions of historical records, the word of Tenganan comes from the word “middle” or “ngatengahang” which means “to move into deeper region”. The word is associated with the movement of the village people from the seaside to the residential area in the middle of the hills, that are west hill (Bukit Kauh) and east hill (Bukit Kangin). But, some people say the people of Tenganan came from Peneges Village, Gianyar. According to the folklore, King Bedahulu had lost one of his horses and the people look to the east. The horse founded was dead by Ki Patih Tunjung Biru, a confidant of the king. For his loyalty Ki Patih Tunjung Biru get the authority to regulate areas that have the scent of the horse carrion. Ki Patih Tunjung Biru get area because he cut the horse carcass and spread it as far as he could do. That’s the origin of Tenganan Village.
In generally, people in Tenganan Village work as farmers, but some people are making various handicrafts. Some craft from Tenganan Village is typical of woven bamboo, carvings, paintings on palm, etc. In the village you can see the unique buildings and the young craftsmen who writing in ‘lontar’. From the first, Tenganan Village has been recognized for expertise in weaving, named gringsing cloth. How to make this gringsing fabric called double ikat technique. The technique is the only one in Indonesia and the resulting fabric known up to foreign countries.
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