CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION: CASE STUDY OF PEDAWA VILLAGE, BALI- INDONESIA

Abstract

Bali, which is famous for its tourist areas, has many cultural heritages, one of them is the Bali Aga villages. Bali Aga Village is an indigenous village that existed before the arrival of community from the island of Java in the era of the Majapahit kingdom. Pedawa Village which is located in Banjar District, Buleleng Regency is one of the Bali Aga Villages in Bali which has many cultural heritages that need to be preserved. This village is very famous for its culture, customs and belief that are still preserved by the local community. One of the cultural heritages is the temple named Pura Dalem Kayehan Desa and Kayehan Desa Alas Jeringo which both have natural springs that are used by all villagers in daily basis. These two temples are used for activities ranging from sacred activities (rituals and traditional ceremonies) to profane (bathing and washing clothes). Local community often experience difficulties when carrying out sacred and profane activities during the rainy season due to the low quality of access that is difficult to pass. Hence, there are no adequate supporting facilities to perform ritual and profane activities. Moreover, the condition of the temple is not well maintained, so it requires immediate treatment. This study raises the concept of preserving these two temples and water springs in Pedawa Village. This conservation is urgent because these two temples are very important for the local community but its condition is not maintained and well organized. Interviews, focus group discussions and field surveys is applied to determine the suitable conservation concept. Results show that the conservation concept applies the Tri Mandala concept (sacred area, middle area and profane area). Further, participation and needs of the local community also has become the important contribution towards the basis of conservation concept of these two temples.