Locality Score™
Deeply local
ImpactVisitor fees go through the village treasury, which maintains the bamboo forest and the ceremonial pavilions.
Penglipuran, Bangli
Village elder and bamboo carpenter
Ketut has served three terms on Penglipuran's customary council. He decides, with his neighbours, which parts of village life visitors may join — and which stay closed. He would rather explain a ceremony at the gate than sell a seat inside it.
Community
Penglipuran customary village
Languages
Balinese, Indonesian, English (conversational)
Skills
Temple protocol, Bamboo carpentry, Customary law (awig-awig)
Penglipuran, Bangli
Ketut takes you to his banjar temple at the hour families actually go, and explains what you are looking at before you step through the gate.
Penglipuran, Bangli
Split, shave and bind bamboo in Ketut's workshop, where every house in the village still buys its ceremonial containers.