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"Meajar-ajar" at Tanah Lot Temple |
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 On this morning at Tanah Lot Temple there are "Meajar-ajar" ceremony. Religious ceremony perform at 8 AM. "Meajar-ajar" is religious ceremony which function is to sanctifiesing the Gods or "Ida Bethara" (in balinese word) to all temple so that all of the gods that symbolized with "pratima-pratima" becoming holy return. Besides of that the other meaning of "Meajar-ajar" ceremony is to complementing to all of Gods from all temple because according to all of God's blessing, all of ceremony that held in every moment executed better. Meajar-ajar ceremony representing last procession from all of ceremonial processes. The procession of meajar-ajar ceremony start from the center temple of the riang village where all the god symbols like keris (holy weapon for balinese people), umbul-umbul or banner, harpoon, flag, pratima (deity idol) and others are collected after used for the ceremony on that temple. All 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 activity are very full of ornaments, decorations and balinese gamelan sound (gong).
The procession of meajar-ajar ceremony just doing at Penyawang Temple because sea water was high. The priest from Tanah Lot Temple, Mangku Subagi, leading the procession. Procession 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 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 procession ended at 10 AM and the entourage bringing all the God symbol back to their temple. |
