April
07 2005
Full Moon Prayer
at Gaduh Temple
Full Moon Prayer at Gaduh Temple as the first
day of "Usaba Katiga" (rituals of
the third month), followed by meeting of the
entire members of the village on restructuring
the village membership.
The meeting of bachelors and maidens of the
village ended with praying to the temples of
the village carrying offerings consisted of
traditional cookies illustrating animals and
mythological figures.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan,
Karangasem Regency.
April 07 2005
Full Moon Prayer at Gaduh Temple
Full-moon prayer at Gaduh Temple as the first day of "Usaba Katiga" (rituals of the third month), followed by meeting of the entire members of the village on restructuring the village membership. The meeting of bachelors and maidens of the village ended with praying to the temples of the village carrying offerings consisted of traditional cookies illustrating animals and mythological figures.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
May 07 2005
First Day of Usaba Kapat Rituals
Full-moon ceremony as the first day of "Usaba Kapat" (rituals of the fourth month) filled up with prayer at Dalem Pengastulan Temple the temple closely related to Bedahulu village, Gianyar regency.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
May 27 2005
First Day of Usaba Sambah or Usaba Kalima
First day of "Usaba Sambah or Usaba Kalima" (the rituals of the fifth month) as the biggest ceremony held once in a year for a month long, initiated with prayers and meeting held at Puseh Sembangan Temple, cheered with selonding music.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
May 31 2005
Masi Ombo Sanghyang Ceremony
"Masi Ombo Sanghyang" ceremony focused at the Bale Agung for three days, initiated with slaughtering a buffalo with sacred dagger at 11.00 a.m. followed by prayer, and meeting while "Abwang Ngis" dance performed by the village-members of Ngis nearly at 10.00 a.m. and ended with welcome procession of Sanghyang Raja Purana's holy spirit at 05.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 03 2005
The closing ceremony of "Mati Ombo Sanghyang"
The closing ceremony of "Mati Ombo Sanghyang" rituals held at Raja Purana Temple at 06.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 05 2005
Praying held at Batu Keben and Pakuwon temples
Praying held at Batu Keben and Pakuwon temples while a group of the villages maidens collect up holy-water to the bathing place while the others purity and blessing the ancient swing followed by special rituals held for young boys cheered with selonding music play.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 07 2005
Mulan Saat Special Rituals
"Mulan saat" special rituals consisted of a members of activities focused at the Bale Agung accompanied by Abwang dance performed in front of Patemu Kaja (northern block), Patemu Tengah (middle block) and Patemu Kelod (Southan Block) at 08.00 p.m, followed by meetings and other activities up to midnight when a pig head is cut off. The series of rituals are ended up with playing selonding music around the village.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 2005-06-08 2005
Mulan Daha Sspecial Ritual
"Mulan Daha", a special ritual held for the maidens of the village filled up with various activities involving them, preceded with Abwang Dances performed by young girls infront of the Patemu Kaja, Patemu Tengah and Kelod at 06.00 p.m. While all the young men march a round the village playing selonding.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 10 2005
Ngelawad Rituals
"Ngelawad" rituals, filled up with praying to some temples of the village : Sembangan Temple, Petung and Batan Cagi Temples.
"Ngelawad" initiates a very important ceremony called : "Sambah Muran" (the village purfying ceremony), held once in three-year-time started with a symbolical "mekare-kare" (duels involving a group of young men, each is armed with two-pieces of thorny pandanous leaves completed with an armour made of pleated rattan), held at the Bale Agung, at 04.00 p.m.
This special event is them followed by some other rituals and meeting involving all the villagers started at 04.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 11 2005
Maling-malingan Special Event
"Maling-malingan" special event, (maling means thief) when two young men representing their respective block, steal some meat laid at the Bale Agung while the others are peeping at them.
When the two are finally captured after being chased after a couple of time, they are then dressep up with old banana-leaves, flowers on their hair, cow's bell as their necklace, they then carried along the village roads as to show that there is no forgiveness given to criminals. The event is ended up with abwang dance performance at 08.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 12 2005
Mabwang Kala Rituals
"Mabwang Kala" rituals, when abwang dance performed by bachelors in front of each Patemu, followed with meeting and chanting hymns at 08.00 pm.
This event precedes a special rituals called: "Muran Teruna" (rituals held just for bachelors), when each of them is requested to look for a maiden to be his partner in attending ceremony. They all are' in their very specific traditional dress will after wards dance abwang in front of each Patemu which rituals are then followed by other activities up to 06.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 15 2005
The First Day of "Mekare-Kare"
The first day of the real and formal "mekare-kare", a war-dance involving a group of young men, each is armed with two picies of thormy pandonous-Ieaves and an armour, is a part of the whole rituals of Usaba Sambah.
Previously, prayers are held at some temples : Pucak Bukit, Kubu Langlang, Naga Sulung and Tegal Gimbal temples at 07.00 a.m and ended up with prayer at Banjar Temple at 06.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
June 16 2005
Second Day of "Mekare-kare"
Second day of "Mekare-kare", initiated with a group of the villagers March around the village playing "Baleganjur" gong-orchestra at 12.00 noon. Outsiders may also involve them selves in this war-dance if they are dressed up in traditional dress.
This dance is stressed on its dancing characteristic, no one is the winner or the looser. This specific event is ended up with eating cookies together, dancing abwang and attending the following activitles together. Rejang Dance performed by the maidens and Kris Dance are held at 06.00 pm and the whole set of the rituals, is ended up with bachelors and maidens roasting pig and dancing abwang up to 09.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
July 06 2005
Full Moon Ceremony at Ujung and Lan Katimaha Temple
Full moon ceremony is held at Ujung and Lan Katimaha Temple at 07.00 a.m. within "Usaba Kenen" (rituals of the sixth month) "Mesangah Jumu" rituals, when every family sets up a simple shrine in front of the entrance followed by rituals and meeting at the Bale Agung.
After midday, the rituals continued with slaughtering pig to be distributed to the village-members (West and central blocks), preceded by a ritual held at the Bale Agung attended by most of the village:"board members. After tM rituals a group of the people run to Pura Dalem (temple of the dead) to slanghter a calf to be sacrified.
The series of rituals then ended up with a very specific one, when a group of women and children go to the sonthern part of the village while throwing stones and stabbing spears to the air as to excorcise all under world-spirits from the village-area.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
July 25 2005
Mesanggah Gedebong Rituals
"Mesanggah Gedebong" rituals, initating "Usaba Kolu" (rituals of the eight month) when every family sets up a shrine made of banana-stem decorated with coconut-leaves. The ceremony is conducted by bachelors and maidens which is them followed by prayer at Gaduh Temple and meeting at the Bale Agung, at 04.00 p.m, cheered by selonding music play.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
July 27 2005
Mesabatan Bongkot Rituals
"Mesabatan Bongkot" rituals, imitiated with a bachelor's meeting at the Bale Patemu (meeting hall), them march around the village and when they all meet each other at the Easterm part of the village, they then throw one another with a lump of banana stem. This specific event takes place at 06.00 p.m, followed afterwards by a specific event held the maidens called : mesantal (chanting sacred-hymns) at the Subak Daha.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
September 04 2005
Full moon ceremony and the last day of Mesabatan Bongkot
Full moon ceremony and the last day of "Mesabatan Bongkot" attended by bachelors, while the maidens attend "mesantal" (chanting sacred hymns) at 05.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
October 04 2005
Usaba Kesanga Rituals
"Usaba Kesanga" (rituals of the ninth month) filled up with full-moon ceremony held at Gaduh Temple and meeting at 12.00 noon. A group of maidens go to the beach of Candi Dasa near by for praying, followed by the others, at 07.00 a.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
October 29 2005
Usaba Kedasa Rituals
"Usaba Kedasa" (rituals of the tenth month) filled up with constructing a big shrine at the Eastern-part of the Bale Agung where all the people pray, at 06.00 p.m cheered by Gambang music-play.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
November 03 2005
Full-moon ceremony at Dadya Dangin Bale Agung Temple
Full-moon ceremony is held at Dadya Dangin Bale Agung Temple, with offerings consisted of cereals of the kinds, at 11.00 a.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
November 28 2005
Usaba Desta Rituals
"Usaba Desta" (rituals of the eleventh month) with prayers focused at Dalem Swaraga Temple when a buffalo and a pig are slaughtered as the offering materials at 03.00 p.m. while Gambang music-play cheers the atmosphere.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
December 28 2005
Usaba Sadda Rituals
"Usaba Sadda" (rituals of the twelfth month) filled up with ceremony held at Jero Temple at 06.00 p.m cheered by Gambang music play.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
December 30 2005
The closing ceremony at Jero Temple
The last day/closing ceremony of the rituals held at Jero Temple, ended up with procession of the Deities back to "Subak Pemaksan Sasih Sadda" at 06.00 p.m.
Venue: The Ancient Village of Tenganan Pegeringsingan, Karangasem Regency.
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