Separated from their fellows across the lake of Batur, fenced in by the steep rocky hills, the people of Trunyan village who call themselves Bali Aga, the original natives of Bali, live peacefully with their own customs and prehistoric traditions. Caste system is not known here, nor is the burying of corpses or cremation like the other Hindus. They only put the corpses down anywhere on slopes of the rocky hills, to disintegrate by natural process.
In one of their secret places they keep a big statue, of about 4 meters high, hidden. The statue is of Ratu Gde Pancering Jagad, the Greet Queen of the Center of the World, which is believed to be the patron guardian of that village.
To come to these village visitors should go down from Panelokan to the village of Kedisan on the edge of the lake, and leave the rest of the trip to the boatmen who know well how to reach Trunyan in their motor-boats.
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