Stage of Balinese life

  Balinese life is a journey of a soul from incarnation starting when they born becoming adolescent, getting married, and becoming old always follow by ceremonies.

  Started when young had given ceremonial rite for example RORAS LEMENG rite ( when a baby just 12 days old ) , That a KAMBUHAN rite after a baby 35 day old in Balinese calendar, that follow by TELU BULANAN ( a baby already 3 month old ). And NGOTONIN ( a baby 6 month old ) That’s rite held to honor of the soul has become human from the incarnation.

 

  An adolescent is the age when Balinese people have expected to control of desire. This illustrated in MESANGIH or METATAH a toots failing rite, by failing them six enemies will be eliminated namely lust, greed, anger, intoxication confusion and jealousy. When its done they be come adult already and could held a wedding on this rite started by engagement of
mepadik the climax of the wedding is MESAKAPAN it’s mean to appease the earthly forces or buta sor, which are the origin of desire and temptation.

  When a soul has released from a body is seen as a return to your origin the preceding wheels of one life are the way to ultimate realest not all corpses are cremated immediately, as some wait for an auspicious day. The cremation ritual is a reminder of the cosmos symbolist of life. The tower is a duplicate of the cosmos ; the corpse is put in the middle,
symbolizing its position between the spiritual and the human world. The sarcophagus, in which the body is burned, is a vehicle to takethe soul away the ashes are collected and take to the sea, it here that soul passes trough hell to be tortured and cleansed the last stage of Balinese life.

Ritual Ceremonies

  Bali as lots ritual ceremonies from small to big ceremony. They done it everyday until they done it I time year such as : BANTEN SAIBAN ( the offering after finish cooking ), NYEPI ( the day of silence  / Balinese new year day ) , and GALUNGAN festival.

  On New Year’s Day, Throughout the island is silence its to observed and inactivity reigns supreme also called NYEPI day. The Balinese day of silence, fall on the day following the dark moon and open a new year of the SAKA Hindu era.

  The day before NYEPI day called PANGRUPUKAN It means at night all the Demon’s of the Bali world are let loose on the road, in a carnival of fantastic monsters, the OGOH-OGOH. On NYEPI day do not expect to be able to do anything. No traffic allowed, no only car but also people who have stay in there houses, light is kept to a minimum, radio turned down, and no one work, even love making the whole is simply filled with the barking dog the shrill of insects. NYEPI is a religions event, and at the beginning of the year, the world is “ clean “.

  Among the many holiday in Bali the most prominent are undoubtedly. Those of GALUNGAN and KUNINGAN, the former on the Wednesday of the GALUNGAN week and the latter on the Saturday on the KUNINGAN week, GALUNGAN and KUNINGAN occur roughly once every seven Gregorian month. Between PENAMPAHAN GALUNGAN ( the day for the slaughter of
the pig that precedes GALUNGAN ) and MANIS GALUNGAN ( the following it ) and or the Friday preceding KUNINGAN, all government office will be closed. People go back to their village of origin to present offering to their ancestors and village temple.

Traditional Village

  The soul of Bali lies in its traditional village known as DESA adat with
function as important religious and social institutions. The layout of
atypical Balinese village follow a set pattern achieves harmony between
man and nature in particular, spatial arrangement of the components of
a village such as temples, rice fields and cemeteries are made with
reference to important point of KAJA ( Towards the Mountain )and
KELOD ( Towards the sea )

 

  The Balinese DESA adat is typically host to asset of village called the
KAHYANGAN TIGA. These three temple are specifically define as to
function and location the temple of origin or PURA PUSEH lies facing
KAJA and this is where the tutelary gods of the village and its founders
more worshipped facing KELOD stand the PURA DALEM, where the forces
of death and the unpurified such are worshiped and the cemetery will
always be nearby. And stand in the middle of the village is PURA DESA
or PURA BALE AGUNG where believe for worship of the lord the territory
and when a girl from the village get married with a man from outside
of village. To praying forget blessing.

 

  As the mother temple BESAKIH temple is a largest and Hughes temple
in Bali and also one of the seventh wonder world located in KARANGASEM
regency in the skirt of mount AGUNG the highest mountain in Bali when
BESAKIH temple held an temple festival all Balinese people come to
BESAKIH temple for praying.

Religious Rites

   Balinese Hinduism is called Agama Hindu Darma and is a blend of element from Hinduism and Buddhism there arrived through Java from India. Balinese Hindu Believes in reincarnation: when a person dies the soul passes into another body. The process of incarnation is both human and cosmic starting from love. The moon of the man and a woman is that Purusa and Pradana ( the male and female principle respectively ) and  the cosmic energy of Asmara the good of live, and Ratih, the goddess of the moon.

   According to the principles of cosmic harmony, Balinese is expected to reach MOKSA to do this her or she should strive to fulfill there other goals should be fulfilled in an order of priority  depending on the stage reached in life such as when young, becoming an adolescent, getting married and becoming old.
   Desire must be exercised with caution and balanced by dharma this control of desire is illustrated in the messing in or mutate a tooth failing rite, which take place during adolescence, a time when sexual desire has reached its peak. 

Notes Balinese taste

  The taste of the home cooking of BALI is divided to 5 kinds almost.
 Bumbu pedas, Bumbu kacang, Bumbu santan, Sambal matah, Sambal Tomat.

  Bumbu pedas is cooked with garlic, purple onion, red pepper, ginger, Kemiri, Terasi and Lengkuas, it is the basis of Balinese’s cook. [spicy ***, sweet *]
Bumbu kacang ( Peanut spicy ) is consist of garlic, shallot, red pepper,
sugar , peanut, salt, pepper and also made from original Balinese ingredient there are : kencur, terasi ( fish paste) , kunir ( turmeric ) . [spicy *,sweet *** ]

Bumbu santan ( coconut milk spicy ) is consist of coconut milk, garlic, shallot, red pepper, salt, pepper and made from original Balinese ingredient there are : kencur, teras ( fish paste ), Kunir ( turmeric ). [ spicy *, sweet ***]

  Sambal matah ( Balinese raw spicy ) is consist of garlic, shallot, red pepper, citronella / lemon grass, coconut oil and salt. [ spicy ** ]

  Sambal tomat ( tomato spicy ) is consist of tomato, garlic, shallot, red pepper, sugar, salt and terasi ( Fish paste ). [ spicy *, sweet *** ]