Tenganan indigenous village as a cultural historical tourism destination in Bali Island, Indonesia

Abstract

The traditional village of Bali Aga is a sub-tribe that has been on the island of Bali since prehistoric times and at the time of the development of Hinduism in the archipelago. Bali Aga traditional village is distinct along with the other Bali traditional villages. The difference lies in the socio-cultural characteristics of the community as well as in the spatial arrangement of their residential settlements. Tenganan indigenous village is one of Bali Aga's traditional village in Bali island. Tenganan indigenous village often holds cultural festivals. This research was conducted in order to introduce the notion of cultural historical tourism to Tenganan indigenous village, as a destination of choice on Bali island. This research was conducted by a qualitative method with pre-iconographic and iconographic approaches in its effort to describe traditional spatial arrangement conditions in Tenganan indigenous village. Data analysis was conducted in an interpretation method. Data was collected by direct object observation and interviews. Then the researchers’ analysed the socio-cultural philosophy of the indigenous Balinese Aga tribe. The result was the traditional spatial arrangement over Tri Hita Karana philosophy that is in line with Tenganan traditional village community culture, the macrocosmos and microcosmos zones sectioning, Hulu-Teben orientation and visual inertia. This research is expected to be useful for the general public so that they can understand the strong socio-cultural wisdom of the Tenganan indigenous peoples and participate in maintaining its spatial arrangement pattern in their residential settlements without damaging the environment.

Keywords

• tenganan indigenous village
• cultural historical tourism destination
• bali island