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Workforce at Melanting Temple |
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Tomorrow, 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.
Besides making penjor, also installed lelontek that looks like umbul-umbul or banner that defining a symbol from each God which made from some cloth usually with white and yellow color and some with black and white color. Lelontek, umbul-umbul and banner installed on all piece from each pelinggih which exist in Melanting Temple. Melanting Temple, in balinese belief is a temple to devote God which symbol as power of trading. So that, most of the devotee are the merchant which have shop in Tanah Lot area. |