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Religious Ceremony at Melanting Temple PDF Print E-mail
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Today, will perform temple anniversary at Melanting Temple Tanah Lot. Melanting Temple include to part of functional temple. Functional Temples have special characteristic of which the people (the caretaker of the temple) are those who have the same professional for their living such as: farmer, trader and fisherman. For Balinese people who have professional as trader in the community, they have bound temple called Melanting Temple that is commonly built at the market where sale and purchase transaction happens. Ceremony at Melanting Temple Tanah Lot will take place on evening about 7 PM. All staff from operational management of Tanah Lot Tourism Object and all merchant will do pray. Most woman will bring some offerings to devote to the God. The offerings consist of canang sari, punjung with various fruits, and kwangen as medium to pray.

 

Praying will start with puja tri sandhya and continue with muspa. First, prayer pray with empty hand called "puyung". After that continued with use some flower with red and white color called "muspa", and then use kwangen which consist of some flower with multivarious color, and there is money above the flower called "sesari". Pray with kwangen is part of muspa. The last is pray with empty hand again to say thanks to the God of fluency and amenity which have been given.

 
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Special Day : Buda Cemeng Merakih PDF Print E-mail
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This day is special day for hindus people in Bali. Every hindus people do pray to the temple like in Tanah Lot Temple. Most Beraban villagers come to Tanah Lot Temple and bring some banten which is usually named "ngerainin".  Budha Cemeng or Budha Wage Klawu is a reocccuring auspicious day for meditation and cleansing the mind of negativity. At this day, which is also known as the day of Sang Hyang Mankik Galih who descended as Sang Hyang Ongkara Mreta to the physical world, the Balinese Hindus pray to Dewa Sang Hyang Sri Nini for prosperity and protection with special offerings.

 

The intended cleansing of the mind starts with a special ceremony called metirtha gocara which is performed with a canang offering and wangi-wangian, sweet smelling incense and flowers at the sangga of the family temple and the plankiran (wall temple) of the bedroom. After the metirtha gocara ceremony one offers,  a canang reresik wangi -wangian and  a canang yasa. Both offered to offered to Dewa Sang Hyang Sri Nini, and placed in the special offering space of the sanggah kemulan shrine of the family house compound temple.  

 
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Workforce at Melanting Temple PDF Print E-mail

Active ImageTomorrow, exactly on Buda Wage Merakih, there is temple anniversary at Melanting Temple Tanah Lot which located close with checking ticket gate. Melanting Temple include to part of functional temple. Functional Temples have special characteristic of which the people (the caretaker of the temple) are those who have the same professional for their living such as: farmer, trader and fisherman. For Balinese people who have professional as trader in the community, they have bound temple called Melanting Temple that is commonly built at the market where sale and purchase transaction happens.

 

And now, staff from operational management Tanah Lot Tourism Object  workforece to prepare all equipment that needed for religious ceremony tomorrow. Workforce start at 10 AM. Some activities there are making penjor and installed a tent. Penjor is one important Balinese religion instrument at the ceremonial occasion usually stood on the home ground often on the roadside and decorated in young coconut leaves. A Penjor is offering in the form of decorated bamboo pole whose gracefully curving upper end is said to resemble both the tail of the barong, symbol of goodness, and the peak of the sacred mountain, Mount Agung.

 

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Traffic in Tanah Lot after Idul Fitri PDF Print E-mail
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Idul Fitri day was ended. Now, every people must continue with their activities. In Tanah Lot Tourism Object, traffic of visitor already normally like usual. According to data from administration, total of visit during Idul Fitri day start from September 29th, 2008 until October 3rd, 2008 are 53.623 visitor both domestic and foreigner. This number of visit increase 33.57% compare with year 2007 which only 39.727 visitor. Fact, amount of visitor in Tanah Lot Tourism Object always increasing every year. So that, Tanah Lot Tourism Object as one of famous tourism object in Tabanan regency and also as one of tourism icon in Bali. Because, visitor which visiting Bali surely will visiting Tanah Lot Tourism Object.

 

Until now, Tanah Lot Tourism Object still fulfilled by visitor. On this morning, still seen many vehicle and bus which come from outside Bali park in parking area. If we look backward, Tanah Lot means "Land in the Middle of the sea" in Balinese language. Located about 20 km from Denpasar, the temple sits on a huge offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide. Tanah Lot is said to be the work of the 15th century priest Nirartha. The story goes that during his travels along the south coast he saw the rock-island's beautiful setting and rested there. Some fishermen saw him, and bought him gifts. Nirartha then spent the night on the little island. Later he spoke to the fishermen and told them to build a shrine on the rock for he felt it to be a holy place to worship the Balinese sea gods.

 

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