Seemed to want to buy up all the skill of the craftsmen produced manuscripts and authors in the village of Tenganan, Bali. Original text by Titania Febrianti, executive summary by darmansjah, picture adapted from google.
White clouds in blue sky umbrella stretch Tengananvillage, in Karangasem regency, Bali. The hills oflushtreesasprotection fromturnaroundtime. Chiming gamelanfaint in the distance, calling us to go further into the heart of the village. After passing through the gate divider dimensions like time with Balinese modern, wooden tables lined legged slender blue-clothed welcome. Penmanship residents brown dried palm leaves arranged beautifully into dating with streaks god pictures, wall hangings decorated with a map of Bali.
I NyomanKanta, the authorpapyrus, bookmarksscratchedwayflauntgods. OnceI choosea, shescrawledscriptBali by pengutik, sharp-tippedpen. Smallpiece ofroastedpecanrubon it thenwiped with athumb.Scarsmy namebeing realblack inkfilledhazelnut.
One of the houseslined up neatlyon theedge ofa rockyroadwhite, wallsmade ofblackstone, as iflockedbuilding makesgrim. Variouscraftcrammedeverycorner of theempire. NiWayanSudiatiand her mothergreetedwith asmile, to thedeepestend, a loom andwovenfabriccrosshangingon the wall. Equipmentwas likewaking froma dreamas hedemonstrates thestages of manufacture, frombinding, dyeingyarntoachievethe unification ofmotives.
Towards the center of the village, craft vendors tables eggs, small sculpture, masks, carvings hiding compound wall facing the street, tempting tourists. Green trees on the hills even clearer when jokes and laughter in a court of whack ear. Residents are preparing quarterly ceremony for a child. Some middle-aged mothers cultivate vegetables on a large table, while the young people hanging out watching it.
Mygazefellon themattingof therootswerelyingon the bed, bathed in the raysof the sun. Toweringaround itand enter the door, I was greetedknick-knacks, totes diverse,largewickerbasketstoplacedirtyclothesuphelduppershelf, made mychestnutbringpickupsboughttrinketsthat canenhance your home.
Tenganan village increasingly lonely as the sun slowly through deserted when the sun slowly past the point of culmination in the sky. Doors here with its own uniqueness is always open to travelers, winds of life for the citizens who live simply of the skills and the art that they have dropped down.