Tenganan Indigenous Village as a Cultural Historical Tourism Destination in Bali Island, Indonesia

Nilasari, Poppy Firtatwentyna and Sitinjak, Ronald Hasudungan Irianto and Wardani, Laksmi Kusuma (2019) Tenganan Indigenous Village as a Cultural Historical Tourism Destination in Bali Island, Indonesia. In: 10th Global Conference on Business & Social Sciences (GCBSS) 2019, 07-12-2019 - 07-12-2019, Penang - Malaysia.

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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 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 Agas traditional village in Bali island. Tenganan indigenous village often holds cultural festival. This research is conducted in order to introduce cultural historical tourism destination in Tenganan indigenous village, Bali island. This research is conducted in qualitative method with pre-iconographic and iconographic approaches in its effort to describe traditional spatial arrangement condition in Tenganan indigenous village. Data analysis is conducted in intepretation method. Data was collected by direct object observation and interview. Then analyze the socio-cultural philosophy of the indigenous Balinese Aga tribe. The result is traditional spatial arrangement over Tri Hita Karana philosphy that in line with Tenganan traditional village community culture, macrocosmos and microcosmos zone 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 people and participate in maintaining its spatial arrangement pattern in their residential settlements without damaging the environment.

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