Tenganan

Thatched-roof cottages, Balinese rowhouses, and adobe-built craft workshops will greet you in Tenganan. It’s one of the age-old Aga Villages, which are thought to have existed long before the island converted to Hinduism around the first century AD. Here, the ancient traditions continue on in the ritual of the Perang Pandan. It’s a savage war dance that takes place once a year on the main village square. If you’re lucky enough to be around then, you can come to watch folk beat each other with spiky pandanus branches while gamelan music echoes violently through the jungles.