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Pemelastian at Tanah Lot Temple |
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 Today, exact with the last holiday of Tanah Lot Temple Ceremony, there is pemelastian at Segara Kidul Tanah Lot on 9 AM. This activity increasing religious athmosphere at Tanah Lot Tourism Object. Melasti or Mekiyis or Melis ceremony is one of the important Balinese Hindu rituals that are held if there are religious activity on the temple or there are a speacial day. The procession of melasti ceremony will started from the center temple of the village where all the god symbols like Keris, Umbul-umbul, harpoon, flag, Pratima (deity idol) and others are collected.
The infinite symbols are brought to the sea to be re-sanctified with the sprinkling seawater that is called with the holy water or Tirta, afterward all of it are brought back to the temple accordingly. These events are very exciting and full of ornaments, decorations and balinese gamelan sound. A coastal have been fulfilled by society that are using its custom clothes with the majority color of white. The vilagers doing pemelastian use vehicle because the distance until Tanah Lot is so far. Arrive at parking area, entourage directly forming pageant and going to Tanah Lot Temple accompanied by balinese gamelan.
The priest from Tanah Lot Temple leading all procession. Procession will start with saying mantram for all God symbol. Then procession was continued with praying and adoring to the God of the Segara Kidul Tanah Lot by all villager. Continued with praying rite consecutively, those are puja risandya, kramaning sembah, continued with required holy water, this was a religion figure gave holy water to the villagers. Before the ritual ceremony ended, various offerings were discard into the sea. All villagers might wash their body with the sea water as the symbol of discarding all dirties. |
