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Last Held on January 6, 2008. Balinese Siwaratri on the dark moon of
the seventh month based on the Balinese lunar calendar system, Balinese
will celebrate the Siwaratri or the Night of Siwa. This holy day is
devoted to God Siwa, the destroyer. Balinese believes that on this day,
God Siwa, the destroyer meditate for the welfare of the world, and the
God Siwa will bestow a pardon for all sin to someone if he accompany
the God Siwa in his meditation by observing some self restriction and
meditate on the night of Siwaratri. |
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Bali's most important festival is the Galungan festival (Last Held on
January 23, 2008). It is a feast and festival which is held throughout
the whole island and occurs every 210 days on Budha Kliwon Dungulan. It
is believed that during this ten day period all Balinese gods will
descend to earth for the festivities. |
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This holiday takes place ten days after Galungan, bringing the Balinese
New Year holiday period to a close (Last held on February 2, 2008).
Ceremonies are held for ancestral spirits. |
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Every society in the world should have the Nyepi holiday. This holiday
is the Balinese New Year called Içaka New Year. It is a day of total
silence throughout the island. No activity is whatsoever is allowed, no
traffic at all on the roads, no fire may be lit, use of electricity is
banned (except in the tourist hotels). |
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TUMPEK KRULUT (March 8, 2008) |
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Tumpek Krulut is dedicated for all musical instruments, mask, and other
tool for art performances that are used in the numerous religious
ceremonies in Bali. The Tumpek Krulut takes its name from the name of
week of its occasion. It is celebrated every 210 days, in the 17th week
of Balinese Pawukon cycle (a cycle consist of 30 weeks). On this
special day, offerings are given to pay homage to the musical
instruments, masks, and dance costumes. The instruments and other
paraphernalia are cleaned, decorated with young coconut leaf offerings,
given a special set of offering and sprinkled with holy water. The
members of the group that use the instruments, costumes and masks, pray
together and ask a blessing from the God. |
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The day devoted to Sanghyang Aji Saraswati, Goddes symbolizing
knowledges and arts and when blessing ceremony is given to holy
scriptures, literatures of sciences and arts held at every family
compound. |
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PAGARWESI (June 11, 2008) |
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The Balinese Hindus will celebrate a very special day devoted to Hyang
Pramesti Guru and Hyang Pitara (ancestors), which is meant to ask for
protection and prosperity. It is celebrated at every family temple and
holy place throughout Bali. Pagerwesi day has a close relationship
within Saraswati day. It falls 4 days after Saraswati day and there is
continuous meaning in between. After people received knowledge on
Saraswati day, they must remind that the knowledge is transferred
through guru or teacher and Pagerwesi is the day to show our respect to
the teacher and the main guru (God or Siva). |
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TUMPEK LANDEP (June 21, 2008) |
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The historical roots of Tumpek Landep trace to rites that for the
blessing and sharpening of weapons of conflict. Over the generations
the meaning was expanded to include any tool or instrument made of
metal eventually including bicycles, motorcycles and cars.Tumpek Landep
is, in fact, a day set aside for sharpening all the "weapons of our
lives." Tumpek Landep is a day for evaluation and retrospection on how
well we have mastered that knowledge for the benefit of the world. |
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Balinese cremation ceremony performs to return the body's five elements
of air, earth, fire, water and space to the cosmos. The soul can then
depart and find its new life through reincarnation. |
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