Thursday, 10 July 2014

Melasty Ceremony




Melasti ceremony in Bali


Melasti ceremony is one of the ceremonies of the Hindus made ​​1 year in which the ceremony is a sequence with the exact Nyepi day Melasti ceremony is performed three or four days before Nyepi Melasti ceremony performed by Hindus aimed to purify and sublime Bhuana agung and Bhuana alit, where the ceremony is performed at the beach or sea.
 
Besides aiming to purify oneself or Bhuana alit and Bhuana agung grand ceremony also aims to appeal to the gods that we as humans are given the power at the time of the celebration of Nyepi day, because during the day we do Brata Nyepi prohibitions or restrictions must not be done by Hindus.       
 in Bali Melasti ceremony carry with carrying pralingga or pratima  and all equipment with a sincere heart, orderly towards the ocean or other springs are considered holy. Ceremony conducted by praying together facing the sea. After the Melasti ceremony was over done, Pratima and all equipment carried into the Great Hall in the village temple. Before Ngrupuk or mabuu-buu, do nyejer and for the people doing worship.
 
The Melasti ceremony if considered synonymous with Nagasankirtan ceremony in India. In the Melasti ceremony, which is a symbol of a vehicle pratima Ida batara, carried through the village towards the sea with the aim that it can purify the sanctity pratima village. Medium Nagasankirtan ceremony in India, Hindus around the village, chanting the names of God (Namas-maranam) to cleanse the village in its path.

The Melasti ceremony performed on the beach or sea, without exception coast beaches like Kuta and Sanur, besides the objection that there is a lake in Bedugul is also often used as a place of Melasti, so as the place where a tourist attraction as it is often used as a place melasti it will be facilitate the tourists to see or watch how unique Melasti ceremony in Bali that do not necessarily exist in the other areas. In the Melasti ceremony, tourists can take photos to be used as a memory or to be involved in prayer, but that should still be done that may interfere with swordfish and still maintain and respect the Hindus when they're doing worship.

Pitra Yadnya Ceremony ( Ngaben )




Pitra yadnya ceremony ( ngaben )
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Pitra yadnya is one of yadnya performed by Hindus, Pitra Yadnya ceremony is given or ceremony to the ancestors or parents when they died or when they are removed from the tomb.






Pitra Yadnya or cremation ceremony was performed by both Hindus especially Hindus in Bali, cremation ceremony is very unique because it contains a lot of series of events or rituals or wear and require tools that are very unique that according to Hindu customs and cultures that exist in Bali. Such tools include tools such as, bade, ox or similar statues such as bulls, lions, and many more are set according to the user and the approval of their respective communities.

Bade, Bade is a tool or equipment that looks like a temple decorated overlap in such a way to look beautiful with shades of shades of Balinese culture. Bade is used to bring the bodies of his house to the incinerator.

Ox (bull statue), a statue of a lion and the like, is somethink an equipment which is used as a place where the bodies were burned this statue made a hole in his stomach for the corpse, this statue sculpture decorated in such a way to make it look beautiful, it is told that this statue statue symbolized as animals that will bring the spirit of the dead body to heaven.



In the event that the burning is done usually do Hindus worship beforehand to thank the ancestors for his services as long as they are alive in the world. And after burning is complete, then the bones will be collected into one and will be placed in a place that has been prepared.



Which became the dance in the ceremony which took place at the time of this event and how the excitement and the unique from parading Bade and oxen were very lively until the time the event was very unique burning everything that is not necessarily exist somewhere other than Bali.

Saturday, 14 June 2014

Bias Tugel Beach





 The beautiful of Bias tugel beach.

Over time,  tourism Bali increasingly experiencing growth with the number of objects in the developed tourist attraction in the area of in Bali, such as for example the area karangasem increasingly more to develop the area as a tourist attraction. Karangasem Regency that was once only known for a few objects such as taman ujung, Tirta Gangga, and black sand beaches are candi dasa. But now Karangasem regency will be visited by many travelers because in Karangasem district has now developed a lot of tourism objects such as white sandy beach is the Bias tugel beach.


development of tourism like a beach in Karangasem very much do like the white sandy beaches in Bias tugel beach. Bias tugel beach is one of the white sandy Patai exist in Karangasem area. The place of Bias tugel beach  are very hard to find because it is classified as hidden baech. And the way to also very extreme because the street up and down that has not been paved. Nets really test the tourists who want to visit this place, especially if tourists were wearing two-wheeled vehicle that can be used ofroad.

The beach is located in padang  bai karangasem regency. Precisely this beach to the right place 500 meters from the port of Padang Bai. The atmosphere at this beach is very quiet and comfortable because this beach is very quiet, not so crowded and the beach was not inhabited, and this beach stiil clean and make me interest to visit this beach.

The beaches were all less than 200 meters has a white sand It really a fine. On the right and left boundaries of this coast are towering rocks very difficult to pass. This rock that makes this beach very isolated from adjoining beach.
In addition to a deserted place, the beach is also very suitable for surfers, because it has a fairly high waves, and also the wavy is veryconsistent so do not hesitate to visit there. For you those who likes snrokling or diving, this place gives underwater scenery is very beautiful, with many species of reef fish, as well as the famous fish are fish looks (term local residents). Fish is still a mystery to local residents, the fish myth is considered sacred fish. The uniqueness of this fish is, this fish looks like a fish just split. With one side intact while the other side has never eaten such (without meat, bones and stomach look). However it is advisable to be careful when diving, because the beach  has a very strong current.


In addition to underwater, this beach also has waterblow, or water suddenly gushing from the rock, it is because sea water waves collide with rocks. Waterblow location is situated 50 meters to the right of the beach.
Those who want to cool down, you will be pampered with a view of a deserted beach with white sand and palm trees that lined his quiet off the beach.