Desa Tenganan, Karangasem - Bali

Tenganan is a traditional village in the Bali's Island. The village is located in Manggis district, Karangasem Regency in the east of the Bali's Island. Tenganan where tourism can be achieved from Candi Dasa and lies approximately 10 kilometers from there. Tenganan is one of three rural village of Bali Aga, beside Trunyan and Sembiran. The meaning is Bali Aga village still retains a lifestyle of community governance refers to the rules of the inherited traditional village customs of their ancestors. Shape and the buildings and grounds, building layout arrangement, until the location of the temple is made by following the rules of customary hereditary maintained. 

According to some versions of historical records, the word Tenganan comes from the word "middle" or "ngatengahang" which means "to move into deeper region". The word is associated with the movement of the villagers from the seaside to the residential area in the middle of the hills, that are western hill (Bukit Kauh) and east hill (Bukit Kangin). Some say that the people of Tenganan came from Peneges Village, Gianyar, which used to be called as Bedahulu. According to the folklore, King Bedahulu had lost one of his horses and the people look to the east. The horses was found 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 carrion (carrion) the horse. 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, Tenganan Villagers work as farmers of rice, but some are making various handicrafts. Some craft Tenganan is typical of woven bamboo, carvings, and paintings on palm leafs that have been burned. In the village visitors can see the buildings of the village and the young craftsmen who draw lontar. From the first the Village of Tenganan has also been recognized for its expertise in weaving cloth gringsing. Hoe to work this gringsing fabric called double ikat technique. The technique is the only one in Indonesia and the resulting fabric known special gringsing up to foreign countries. Tenganan resident still use the barter system in daily life.