The Unique Bali Culture of Penglipuran Traditional Village

Penglipuran traditional village is located in Kubu village, Bangli regency. This village has its unique culture and socializing. The word “penglipuran” means entertainment. People said that many years ago, the kings like to visit to this village when they want to entertain their selves with the beautiful views in this village and the peacefulness that can be found in this place. The society of this village keep their cultures well, they are not influenced by the modern era. They have high believe to always keep what their ancestors leave for them. Because of that reason, this village is popular with that traditional things and their environment that is really fresh and beautiful. There are some points that make this village is really worth to visit by the tourist either from Indonesia or abroad. These are some those points that you should consider:

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The architecture of the house

When you come to this village, you will see the traditional Balinese houses. All of the houses have the same architectures; even they have the same gates. The design of the rooms in the house is also same from the other houses. There is only bedroom that can be designed freely. If you want to see what the real traditional houses of Balinese, you can come to this place. You will amaze with the fresh air and the architectures of the house. Besides, this village is also very clean. More people nowadays are care for what our earth will be.

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Social life system

The society of this traditional village has their own rules that control their social life. There is a leader of this village that is called as Bendesa, o Patengan or Kelian. That leader has assistants that will help him in ruling the society and he is called as SInoman. There are many rules that are made many years ago that is still applied with the society. The lineage of the society of this village is Patrilinial. It means that the men are the main member of the family.

This village is very unique because of the traditional rules that always they keep well. Many tourists are very curios with this place and want to know about the social life of the people there. It is rarely that society can still maintain their traditional rules from their ancestors. But, this is different woth this village. However, there are many things that you can learn from traveling in Bali and then come to visit thisPenglipuran traditional village.

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