Art in DESA TENGANAN Bali

Village Tenganan or Tenganan Pegeringsingan known, is one of a number of ancient villages on the island of Bali. The pattern reflects the cultural life of their society and customs of Bali Aga village (pre-Hindu) different from other villages in Bali. Therefore Tenganan Village developed as one of the objects and cultural attractions.
Location Pegeringsingan Tenganan Village is located at Manggis district, approximately 17 km away from the City Amlapura - the district capital -, 5 km from the tourist area of ​​Candidasa, and about 65 km from Denpasar City.
For cultural attractions, the Village Tenganan has many unique and interesting peculiarities to be seen and understood. From the social system that was developed, that the village of Tenganan consists of a native village. This is because the mating system adopted is the parental system in which women and men in the family have the same degree and the right to be heir.
This differs from the kinship system adopted by the people in Bali on umumnya.Di addition, they also adopted the system in which the local community endogamy bound in awig-awig (customary law) which requires that marriages performed by the Village Tenganan fellow citizens, because if it is violated then citizens are not allowed to become etiquette (people) villages, meaning that he must get out of the village of Tenganan. Another attraction is owned by Village Tenganan Mekaré ritual tradition-kare or better known as the "pandanus war." Mekaré-kare is the top part of the procession series Sambah Ngusaba ceremony that was held in June each lasting for 30 days.
For 1 month, Mekaré-kare lasts 2-4 times and each time held will dihaturkan offerings to the ancestors. Mekaré-kare or "pandanus war" followed the men from the age of children to old people. As the name implies, the tool used is pandan leaves are cut into pieces along the ± 30 cm as a weapon and a shield that serves to fend off attacks from the cigarette lighter opponent pandanus thorns. Injuries caused by a cigarette lighter will dibalur with pandanus thorns made from the herb bidder tubers, such as laos, turmeric, and others.
Mekaré-kare is essentially the same meaning with the usual red drum ceremony performed by Hindus in Bali when it creates a religious ceremony. In a ceremony Mekaré-kare is always accompanied with a typical village tetabuhan Tenganan, namely Selonding gamelan.
Another uniqueness is owned by Village Tenganan not shared by other areas in Bali in Indonesia is even double ikat weaving craft cloth Gringsing. Gringsing word itself comes from the word "gering" which means sickness or accident, and "sing" which means no, then the whole gringsing interpreted as against disaster. The process of making cloth gringsing is unique and requires a long time (up to 3 years), so that its presence became scarce and the price is quite expensive.
Gringsing fabrics must be owned by citizens of the Village Tenganan perlengkapn because it is part of the ceremony, as in the ceremony Ngaben (burning the bodies) in which the fabric is placed on top gringsing Bade (place carrying the corpse). In addition to the ceremonial cutting of teeth, gringsing also used as the base cushion. Many stories in society that says that human blood is used in giving the yarn color transform and obtain the desired color. This is because the fabric gringsing was dominated by red color. But the truth is that the coloring materials in the manufacture of cloth gringsing derived from the sap of certain wood-sap and walnut seeds are mixed in such a way that it can function as a dye.
Not many people know that the natural beauty of the village of Tenganan potential as an alternative tourist trekking route by passing through villages, hills, and also a paddy field population.Short Route trekking paths can be taken within ± 3-4 hours.