MELASTI
Melasti is a Hindu Balinese purification ceremony and ritual, which according to Balinese calendar is held several days prior to the Nyepi holy day. It is observed by Hindus in Indonesia, especially in Bali. Melasti was meant as the ritual to cleanse the world from all the filth of sin and bad karma, through the symbolic act of acquiring the Tirta Amerta, "the water of life"
Melasti ceremony is held on the edge of the beach with the aim to purify oneself of all the bad things in the past and throw it to the ocean. In Hindu belief, the source of water such as lake and sea water, are considered as the source of life (Tirta Amrita). In addition to performing prayers, during Melasti ceremony, all of sacred objects which belongs to a temple, such as pralingga or pratima of Lord Ida Sanghyang Widi Wasa, and all of sacred equipments, are being cleaned and purified.
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TARI REJANG.
Tari Rejang adalah sebuah tarian kesenian rakyat/suku Bali yang ditampilkan secara khusus oleh perempuan dan untuk perempuan. Gerak-gerik tari ini sangat sederhana namun progresif dan lincah. Biasanya pagelaran tari Rejang diselenggarakan di pura pada waktu berlangsungnya suatu upacara adat atau upacara keagamaan Hindu Dharma.
Tarian ini dilakukan/ditarikan oleh penari-penari perempuan Bali dengan penuh rasa hidmat, penuh rasa pengabdian kepada Dewa-Dewi Hindu dan penuh penjiwaan. Para penarinya mengenakan pakaian upacara yang meriah dengan banyak dekorasi-dekorasi, menari dengan berbaris melingkari halaman pura atau pelinggih yang kadang kala dilakukan dengan berpegang-pegangan tangan.
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TARI REJANG
Tari Rejang adalah sebuah tarian kesenian rakyat/suku Bali yang ditampilkan secara khusus oleh perempuan dan untuk perempuan. Gerak-gerik tari ini sangat sederhana namun progresif dan lincah. Biasanya pagelaran tari Rejang diselenggarakan di pura pada waktu berlangsungnya suatu upacara adat atau upacara keagamaan Hindu Dharma.
Tarian ini dilakukan/ditarikan oleh penari-penari perempuan Bali dengan penuh rasa hidmat, penuh rasa pengabdian kepada Dewa-Dewi Hindu dan penuh penjiwaan. Para penarinya mengenakan pakaian upacara yang meriah dengan banyak dekorasi-dekorasi, menari dengan berbaris melingkari halaman pura atau pelinggih yang kadang kala dilakukan dengan berpegang-pegangan tangan.
Tari Rejang di beberapa tempat juga disebut dengan ngeremas, Simi atau sutri.
NGABEN CREMATION CEREMONY.
Ngaben, or Cremation Ceremony, is a funeral ritual performed in Bali to send the deceased to the next life. It started when Bharatayuddha in India around 400 B.C. The body of the deceased will be placed as if sleeping, and the family will continue to treat the deceased as sleeping. No tears are shed, because the deceased is only temporarily absent and will reincarnate or find final rest in Moksha (freeing from the reincarnation and death cycle).
The proper day of the ceremony is always a matter of consulting a specialist on ceremony days. On the day of the ceremony, the body of the deceased is placed inside a coffin. This coffin is placed inside a sarcophagus resembling a buffalo (Lembu) or in a temple structure (Wadah) made of papier-maché and wood. This sarcophagus is then borne to the cremation site in a procession, which is almost never walked in a straight line. This is done to confuse evil spirits and keep them away from the deceased.
The climax of a Ngaben is the burning of the sarcophagus containing the body of the deceased. The fire is viewed as necessary to free the spirit from the body and enable reincarnation.
Ngaben is not always immediately performed. For members of the elite castes, it is normal to perform the ritual individually for the deceased within three days. People of lower social classes opt for a more economic solution where they first bury the deceased, who is then cremated with the village's other dead in a mass ceremony.
Balinese Gamelan.
The gamelan predates the Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in its earliest records and instead represents a native art form. The instruments developed into their current form during the Majapahit Empire. In contrast to the heavy Indian influence in other art forms, the only obvious Indian influence in gamelan music is in the Javanese style of singing, and in the themes of the Wayang kulit (shadow puppet plays).
In Javanese mythology, the gamelan was created by Sang Hyang Guru in Saka era 167 (c. AD 230), the god who ruled as king of all Java from a palace on the Maendra mountain in Medang Kamulan (now Mount Lawu). He needed a signal to summon the gods and thus invented the gong. For more complex messages, he invented two other gongs, thus forming the original gamelan set.
The earliest image of a musical ensemble is found on the 8th century Borobudur temple, Central Java. Musical instruments such as the bamboo flute, bells, drums in various sizes, lute, and bowed and plucked string instruments were identified in this image. However it lacks metallophones and xylophones. Nevertheless, the image of this musical ensemble is suggested to be the ancient form of the gamelan.
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Barong Bangkal or Barong Bangkung (in Tabanan regency usually called) is barong that resembles an adult pig. In Bali, the adult male pig named Bangkal, while the female is called bangkung. That's why the barong of this type is also called the Barong Bangkung . Barong Bangkal usually performed by means ngelelawang or dancing from door to door around the village during the celebration of Galungan or Kuningan. Barong is danced by two dancers to the accompaniment of gamelan batel / tetamburan.
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