A legend tells the story of king Bedahulu who lost his favorite horse one day, and found it dead somewhere else. The people of Tenganan who were following him that search then asked the king to reward them the land as far as the smell of the dead horse covered.
But the farther they walked the more the smell accompanied them, and it only ended after a few days when their leader pulled out a large piece of rotten flesh from under his dress.
Tenganan is one of the Bali Aga villages in Bali, the village of original Balinese, with its own customs and traditions differing from other parts. This place is known as the only place where people make the famous Kamben Gringsing, a special tied-dyed woven cloth using traditional colors. Sometimes its complicated process takes as long as five years for a piece.
The unique ceremonies in this village mostly occur one a year. One of them is the famous Rejang dance with the Gamelan Selonding accompaniment (Selonding: a kind of percussion music which is only found in this village), and the Perang Pandan attraction or Mekare – kare, a ceremony in which the men have to fight with thorned pandanus palm leaves for weapons. The medical care for the wounded dancers is the responsibility of the magicians who will, in this ceremony, show their magic powers.
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