Tihingan Village in Banjarangkan Subdistrict is the center of gamelan makers. The making of gamelan instrument is done starting by unskilled workers to a special expert to synchronize the sound of gamelan. Most importantly, in this regard is the skill to synchronize the sound of gamelan. At Tihingan Village itself there are two groups of pande or gamelan smith.

Location
Tihingan Village is located in Banjarangkan Subdistrict, and can be reached either by motorcycle or car. It is approximately 3 km west of Semarapura City and the road section to the village has been already paved.

Description 
Residents of this village are very famous in Bali because of their skills in making gamelan. The gamelan smith here can make a variety of Balinese gamelan like Semara Pegulingan, Puppet Gender, Kelentangan or Angklung and others whose material is made from kerawang metal. Perhaps the expertise to make this gamelan has been inherited from their ancestors lasting for centuries known as gamelan smith from Tihingan Village. It can be proved with the attachment of Tihingan’s gamelan smith to the gamelan existing at villages. While today the situation is much more advanced. Balinese Gamelan with special characteristics and nice to enjoy has spread throughout the country, even to the whole world. Foreign tourists are often found visiting the Tihingan Village just because they are attracted and then order a set of gamelan instrument to be brought to their home country.

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