Tenganan

Tenganan Pegringsingan (Balinese script: ᬢᭂᬗᬦᬦ᭄ᬧᭂᬕ᭄ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬲᬶᬗᬦ᭄) or Pageringsingan is a village in the regency of Karangasem in East Bali, Indonesia. It is known for the gringsing or geringsing, double ikat textiles woven in only 3 places in the world; and for its gamelan selunding or Gambelan selonding music played on iron metallophones.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Tenganan Pegringsingan
Settlement.native_name: ᬢᭂᬗᬦᬦ᭄ᬧᭂᬕ᭄ᬭᬶᬗ᭄ᬲᬶᬗᬦ᭄
Settlement.image_caption: Entrance to town and welcome sign
Settlement.mapsize: 200px
Settlement.map_caption: Tenganan Pageringsingan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Indonesia Bali#Indonesia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Bali
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Indonesia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Bali
Settlement.timezone: WITA
Settlement.utc_offset: +8

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Desa Tenganan
Elevation: 203
Image: Teganan 200507-1.jpg

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Commons category: Tenganan
Statistics Indonesia area code: 5107030009
name: Tenganan
described at URL: kampungkb.bkkbn.go.id/kampung/88105

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Contents

Historical legend of Tenganan Pegringsingan
Origin of the people of Tenganan Pegringsingan
Village layout
Rites and Rituals
References
Bibliography

Before the 1970s it was known by anthropologists as a secluded society in the archipelago. Rapid changes have occurred in the village since the 1970s, such as the development of local communications by the central government, the opening up to tourism, and the breaking of the endogamic rules.