11/10/2026
These black pigs are raised in Bongkasa, the village around Bambu Indah, part of a heritage breed that was the only pig on the island until industrial hybrids replaced it after 1985. It’s rare enough now that it’s mostly kept for ceremonial use elsewhere in Bali, but here in Bongkasa they’re still raised free-range on roots, worms and grasses, left to grow slowly the way the breed always has.