Bayunggede Tourism Village (Ni Kadek Deni Sintiarini)

BAYUNGGEDE TOURISM VILLAGE

Bayunggede Village is located in Bayunggede Village, Kintamani district, Bangli Regency, Bali Province. Located about 35 kilometers north of Bangli. Bayunggede Village is one of the Bali Aga Villages that still insists on preserving the traditions and traditional values ​​of Balinese life. In fact, this village is a traditional village which is the parent of another ancient traditional village in Bangli. Bayunggede Village is an ancient village in Bali that is still preserved. This old village is between 800-900 meters above sea level, so the temperature here is cold and cool, which allows farmers to plant crops such as coffee, oranges, corn, and vegetables.

Actually, Bayunggede Village was developed into a new tourism village around 2010 ago, but this village is not too famous as the Penglipuran Village which is already famous even to overseas. Its name is not yet very popular as a tourist destination, but this village has many unique cultures and traditions for us to be closer to the real Balinese culture. So that it is still very necessary to do promotion to the Bayunggede village so that it is more famous.

The facilities available in Bayunggede Tourism Villages such as, ticketing pos, parking area, rest room, trash can, health centers, temple, cloth and scarves (when there are guests who want to enter the Bayunggede Village temple area, they must use cloth and scarves). For tickets to enter the Bayunggede Village until now still donations as true as possible. In the meantime there is not have restaurant in Bayunggede Tourism Village, but don't worry because there are many restaurants near the village which are about 2 km away from Bayunggede tourism village, such as Batur Sari Restaurant, Grand Puncak Sari Restaurant, Gong Dewata Restaurant and other. There are also not have hotels in the village of Bayunggede.

For accessibility to Bayunggede Tourism Village is good. Where facilities and infrastructure to the Bayunggede Tourism Village have been good, starting from the paved highway and roads in the village environment have been paped. The livelihoods of the communities in Bayunggede are mostly farmers.

Activities that can be done in the Bayunggede Tourism Villages, including cycling, farming, playing traditional games (metajogan and meguak-guakan) and offroad. But for the traditional game and offroad only done on certain events. There are several ceremonies or traditions that are owned by the Bayunggede Village which if not owned by other villages one of them is the tradition of "Ngusaba Lampuan" which is held every 5 years. The following is a process of tradition melampuan in Bayunggede tourism village.

The icon of the Bayunggede Tourism Village is the setra ari-ari and unique culture that is not owned by other places. There are some that attract the Bayunggede Tourism Village, including:

The Placenta Grave (Setra Ari-Ari)

Bayunggede Village has a unique tradition in burying the placenta (Ari-ari) of a new born baby. If in general the baby's umbilical cord is planted on the ground, in this village it is placed in coconut shells and hung on a tree at a special "setra" (grave) which is located behind the village and the tradition of putting a placenta (Ari-ari) in a coconut shell has been going on for hundreds of years then

Traditional House

The architecture of a traditional house in Bayunggede is also quite unique so that it has the potential to become a tourist attraction. Traditional buildings in Bayunggede with traditional architecture with wooden pillars with shingle roofs and bamboo, are ancient buildings designed with earthquake resistance. access to settlements through a large road in the middle of a settlement, at a glance like in the village of Penglipuran, Bangli. From the main road there are small, one-meter long alleys that lead to each house. The shape of the building uses more material from bamboo.

Bamboo Forest

The village area was surrounded by bamboo forests in addition to supporting soil from erosion, used also for building materials such as building houses, making crafts and for religious ceremonies. It's just that bamboo forests in this village are not too well organized. However, Sekaa Truni Truni and Pokdarwis organizations carry out mutual assistance every month to maintain the cleanliness of the village environment and bamboo forests. Tourists who come to the tourist village of Bayunggede can surround the bamboo forest and surround the village environment while cycling to the placenta.

So, that all about Bayunggede Tourism Village, about the unique culture and traditions in the Bayunggede Tourism Village, something that makes people curious to want to get to know more about Bali, so this village must be visited. Especially the location in the direction of other tourist attractions in Kintamani such as Penelokan, Mountain Batur and Lake Batur. This village is now developing into a tourism village that maintains its ancestral heritage and local cultural wisdom that deserve to be developed more widely in order to be more famous. (Ni Kadek Deni Sintiarini/5D MBP/10)