Trunyan Village

Owes it origins to pre-Hindu times (BaliAga), and still maintains many of its ancient customs. According to legend, the village was founded on the spot where an ancient tree, which smelled of incense, stood. The old Temple, Pura Pancering Jagat, still stands under a massive banyan tree.

The village of Trunyan lays on the bank of lake Batur or on the west foot of Abang Hill of Kintamani District. Its is a village in habited by
the "Origin's" of Bali aga with its unique cultural aspects. This village is attainable only by boat from Kedisan village, crossing along lake Batur in 30 minutes. The name of Trunyan is derived from the words "Taru" and "Menyan" the smell of a fragrant tree of incense which grows in that village.

The villages consider that the tree is very important because the corpses of the dead person are just laid down on the open grave under the tree and left the faces open; where as their bodies are simply covered by white clothes, surrounded by "ancak saji". This method of burying corpses is called "MEPASAH"