Tenganan Village

This village is located in the regency of Karangasem, 4 km north east of Candidasa. When you arrive at this village you first come into the parking area where you can park the car for free, there are some shops there where you can get something to drink or buy some souvenirs.
The facilities in Tenganan village are very complete, there are toilet facilities that are quite clean and by paying a donation you can use the toilet.
The entrance fee is a donation, register in the book as a visitor and be on your way for a walk through a kind of open air museum showing how it was centuries ago.

The walk takes you through the village where the original houses are, all the buildings have a function, there is a big bale where the people of the village hold meetings and there are several buildings used as temples.

Tenganan is one of the oldest Balinese Traditional Village. This village is much referred by cultural literature science of Tenganan Pegringsingan. It owns a very unique local community life pattern which is one example of Bali Aga Village cultures (Hindu Prehistoric) and different with other countryside in plain of Bali.

The professions of the residents here in general are craftsmen, agriculture, plantations and also fishermen, where the Tenganan village is located not far from Candidasa beach. The most dominant are handicrafts such as woven bamboo, carvings, paintings on palm leaves and also the most famous is the Pegringsingan woven cloth. The Pegringsingan weaving craft since its introduction has received positive responses from tourists, so that many families here pursue a profession as Pegringsingan weavers. A very pleasant experience to see the oldest village that still maintains its traditions and culture from generation to generation and is not eroded by modern times. For this reason there is a shop and a place where you can get a demonstration of the traditional ikat weaving.

This is a traditional village, one of the traditions is the cock fighting.

Nowadays, this village has been appointed as a place for cultural tourist destination. In front and on the walls of the houses the products which they make are on display and of course you can buy them as a souvenir.

It is an interesting place to visit when you are in the area.