Unique. That's one word that occurred when set foot in the village of Penglipuran. Rows of traditional Balinese buildings are lined up from north to south along the village. Narrow village streets and berungdag-undag, and the gate or the so-called "angkul-angkul" look uniform.


One of the houses are so close to people, it seems every house in the village is connected to one another. Connecting simple, just a hole in each wall fence rumah.Begitu kentalnya customs applicable here, to the extent that the streets of this village should not be traversed by vehicles.

Tananan traditional Balinese style house with a very sticky, making it a commercial tourist attraction since 1993 by the District Tourism Office Bangli. Penglipuran name itself can be interpreted in two. According to the first definition comes from the word Penglipur Penglipuran meaning entertainer. While other definitions mentioned Penglipuran comes from the word meaning temple pengling and remember the ancestral land.

Angkul-uniform angkulnya apparently has a special attraction for everyone who has ever been, the tradition of this uniformity is a symbol of togetherness that has been planted long ago by the ancestors of the local community.

Uniquely funeral conducted by public bodies Penglipuran done in two ways. If the deceased was a man, then the time of burial in a state positioned face down. Whereas if the body of a woman, then his current position in a state burial looked up. This tradition appears to be a representation of men and women is like the sky's the motherland