THE MOST BEAUTIFULL OF PENGLIPURAN
VILLAGE
Penglipuran village is a traditional village that
has its own characteristic existing in Kelurahan Kubu, Bangli district
and Bangli regency. The
beauty of this village with its surrounding where indicated that the
Penglipuran village is very little of modernization influence. It is supported
by the cool temperature because it is situated on 700 meters above sea level
which gives comfortable to the local residence and for those who visit the
village. The other villages surround the Penglipuran village are Khayan
village, Gunaksa village, Kubu village and Ceking village
This village is located approximately 6 km north of Bangli
town or 1 km from the Kubu village which is populated by 700 people in 1999
with the number of family of 192 families. The village is consisted of a custom
village, one Banjar and administratively is very easy to manage.
The name of Pengelipuran village according to the elder villager is taken from
the word 'Pengeling Pura' which
that means remember to the ancestors. This story is attributed to the
pilgrimage of ancestral communities in the region of Bayung Gede village
located inKintamani area to the Penglipuran
village. To remember the prayers of their ancestors, they build a place for
praying equal with the altar existing at Bayung Gede village. Their praying
place is called by Bale Agung Temple, Puseh Temple, Dalem Temple and Dukuh
Temple. The fourth temples are nowadays still supported by Penglipuran
villagers. Sense being aware of or remember their ancestral homeland of Bayung
Gede village is the real meaning of the construction of those temples.
The kinship system adopted by Penglipuran villager is the
patrilineal kinship system that is according to lineage from their father. The
smallest boy from a family who got married will be direct replacing the
position of his parents in the main 76 group members. Meanwhile the other boys
when have got married to be a normal family member. The familiarity of house
hold members and the entire communities are reflected from their
submission to the norms and tradition are still maintain by the whole
communities and very difficult for the outsider to stay in this village because
they do not have the same historical fabric of community life and a strong
tradition of binding the community life.