Bali Wedding: Melasti Ritual Purification Ceremony God

Friday, February 26th, 2010 admin

Bali Shuka Wedding

Toward the Nyepi Day, the majority of Hindus in Bali Makiis ceremony is often called by the name Melasti or Melis. The ceremony is held by Hindus to coincide with the day “ping 13 Sasih panglong Kesanga”. SeDHARMA(hindu people) activity at the time people are paraded around pralingga sthana Ida Betara (God) to ocean / sea or other water source for purification petitioned him. After returning from the fountain of all pralingga Ida Betara (God) at in a Pura Desa(village Temple) / Bale Agung.

Ceremony was conducted by the Hindu majority and not entirely, because it’s tradition or mekiyis Melis this was not carried out simultaneously. Everything is custom tailored to the evolving tradition-enter the respective regions. While Hindus in the southern hemisphere such as the Badung Bali, Denpasar and Gianyar, implemented more Melasti 3 days before Nyepi.

Began in the morning until late afternoon confirmed beaches in these three areas will be met by thousands of Hindus who ngiring sesuhunan respectively. During this environmental Hindus, must be acknowledged there are still a lot of inaccuracies or lack of deep understanding of what the true meaning of this Melasti ceremony. Same with the Hindu celebration of other holidays, people seem more taken the time to rush to prepare and conduct rituals rather than trying to do reflection on what the meaning behind the ritual itself.