Tenganan

Just 7 km from candidasa is tenganan, a bali aga village ( The original bali ). This pleasant, place is worth a visit and the people are welcoming and good natured. For decades visitors have been attracted to this ‘living museum’, may of them drawn by the geringsing ( double ikat ), cloth woven by the women of tenganan. After you have paid a small donation, you enter this village, which is 500 meters long and 250 meters wide and surrounded by natural walls with only three gates. A walk through tenganan is very interesting, you can she how the people live, some temples and some typical architecture. The inhabitants of tenganan live according to their ancient traditions and ceremonies. They continue to practice traditional arts like making baskets and lontar leaf books or calendars. In this village buffalows walk freely around and are ignored by the villagers. If you go to tenganan, read about it beforehand or take a local guide from the village.