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Galungan Ceremonial : Umanis Galungan at Tanah Lot PDF Print E-mail
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On Umanis Galungan day, Thursday, August 21th, 2008, many visitor enjoying their holiday at Tanah Lot Tourism Object. Most of them are domestic  visitor from local Bali and some are foreigner. Most visitor that came to Tanah Lot, have been visiting Tanah Lot before. But some of them said, this is their first time visit Tanah Lot. Besides to seeing unique temple and beautiful sunset, they also want to shoping at Tanah Lot Art Market. Seen from amount of visitor, visit rank for this moment are increase compared with day before. Because of the holiday, most people usually spent their time with their family while their have vacation. Amount of visitor to Tanah Lot increase drastically from year before that is visitor from visitor. Because of the situation, parking area fullfilled with vehicle. Until parking staff then transferred parking to empty farm which exist close to Enjung Galuh area. 

Umanis Galungan takes place the day after Galungan Day, at the Thursday of Dungulan, the 11th week of the Pawukon calendar. The purpose of this day is to cleanse the bhuana alit (= the micro cosmos, the individual human being) in a physical and spiritual sense. After the ceremony, people perform the so called nyurud (= the taking back the offerings and sharing them with the family members) as a symbol of obtaining blessings from Bhatara Hyang Guru.

Tanah Lot Tourism Object will fulfilled by visitor until next September. Beside there are religious ceremonies at the temple also there are events on that month. On August 30th, 2008 there will religious ceremony at Pakendungan Temple. And on September 3-6, 2008 there will religious ceremony at Tanah Lot Temple. After all religious ceremonies over, on September 12-14, 2008 there will three events in Tanah Lot such as Tanah Lot 10 K, Tektekan & Okokan Colossal, and Tanah Lot Kites Festival. The three events or spectacular event will cause Tanah Lot fulfilled by visitor both domestic or foreigner, and also fulfilled by kites that will show off in Tanah Lot skies with blue ocean background.

 
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