Pedawa Village, Exploring The Indigenous Settlement in Buleleng

Pedawa village is one of the old villages (“Bali Aga/Bali Mula”), located in Banjar District, Buleleng Regency. This village has a history and traditions that are different from other villages in Buleleng Regency. One tradition that is preserved and only by the Village Pedawa community, is the embodiment of annihilation. An effort to reward the community for the existence of the creator. Traditions are inherited empirically, from generation to generation, through the parum of village elders. Decisions that are preserved wisely and in the context of close togetherness, so as to have norms that are tradition Currently in Desa Pedawa is being developed so that it can be promoted to become a tourist destination in the North Bali region, because it has considerable potential in the cultural / social sectors, such as customs and traditions with a variety of local wisdom. One of them is the existence of pelangkiran, as a form of appreciation for the people of Desa Pedawa in preserving their ancestral traditions. This paper aims to examine how the attitudes/views of the Village Pedawa community appreciate and preserve the traditions of the elders/ancestors, especially the context of the existence of the form of immersion as a representation of the religious function of the community. Departing from the changes that occur in traditional housing in Desa Pedawa today for the continuity of traditional residential houses can still survive until now.