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Tenganan Pegringsingan Village is isolated area with 3 sides by mountain range

March 8th, 2007

So far this kind of battle demonstration only exists at a village in Bali, that is at Tenganan Pegringsingan, the regency of Karangasem, around 17 km from the capital city of Amlapura, or 65 km from Denpasar, the capital city of Bali province. The village is located at an isolated area with 3 sides are walled by mountain range, and open toward the south lowland of Bali, which is the only feasible area to construct transportation link to the rest of Bali areas.

       Relating to the origin of the village and its people there are myth still alive among the residents. Any way such myth has the same nature with almost all ethnic or tribe’s claim to their ancestor’s divine origin. Scientific research at the present stage could give us only at a level of theoretical understanding about the origin of people, and their existence.

 

        Study from linguistic and archaeology suggest that Balinese history has experienced many ethnical events, such as consecutive influx of immigrations from South Asian Peninsula. It is assumed that the following eras had happened. During early metal age or post Megalithic, Bali has been inhabited by an ethnic of Negritos family. The findings of burials remains support this theory. During agricultural revolution or developed metal age, groups of migrators from South Peninsula started to row their simple boats toward the southern archipelagoes. This migration influx continues until the Christian era, and each group arrived at a different coastal areas of Indonesia and settle there including Bali.             

        Toward the beginning of Christian era migrators in different missions such as trades and ideological missions started to arrive in some coastal settlements of Indonesia. This is especially true for the Hindu, Moslem, and the last is Christian.From 8 to 14 Century ( exactly until 1345 AD ), Bali enjoyed a stabile political history. During this period Indian influence as shown by the king’s names, and dialect vocabularies have been noticeable.
        Between 14 and 16 Century A.D. it can be said that it was the strongest implantation of influences by the last Biggest Hindu Java Majapahit kingdom in Bali.

Source : balitouring.com

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