Galungan Festival on Bali
Galungan Day celebrations on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Offerings, temple ceremony, barong procession.
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Galungan is a Balinese holiday celebrating the victory of dharma over adharma. It marks the time when the ancestral spirits visit the Earth. The last day of the celebration is Kuningan, when they return.
Galungan marks the beginning of the most important recurring religious ceremonies. The spirits of deceased relatives who have died and been cremated return to visit their former homes, and the current inhabitants have a responsibility to be hospitable through prayers and offerings. The most obvious sign of the celebrations are the penjor - bamboo poles with offerings suspended at the end. These are installed by the side of roads.
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Galungan Festival in Ubud, Bali
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INDONESIA: BALI: GALUNGAN FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS
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Residents of the Indonesian island of Bali are celebrating the Galungan festival this week.
While the rest of Indonesia anxiously awaits the results of Monday's election, Balinese voters have seemed more concerned with receiving the blessing of their gods.
Devotees are hoping that both the spirits and the politicians will improve their lives.
The Galungan festival comes every 271 days in Bali, and this year it started the day after the Indonesian elections.
Temples across the island are full of worshippers, asking the good spirits to help them with domestic and financial problems.
Festivals such as Galungan are important to the Balinese who have worked hard to maintain their rich culture while integrating with Indonesia.
The country is almost 90 per cent Muslim, but Bali is over 90 per cent Hindu.
So far the island has avoided the ethnic and religious clashes that have hit other areas of the country.
Religious leaders here say their gods, who attend the ceremonies, have helped to keep Bali peaceful.
SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian)
This festival is to commemorate the victory of Darma over Adarma.
Darma is goodness, truth and justice, and Adarma is the opposite of Darma such as wickedness.
SUPER CAPTION: Wayan Sudarta, Hindu Priest
Religion has generally been kept separate from politics since 1965 when hundreds of thousands of people in Bali were killed in a purge of suspected communists.
The island is a huge attraction for tourists, as much for its colourful culture as for its celebrated beaches.
A peaceful atmosphere is required to keep the foreign money coming in.
But there were brief clashes here between the two most popular parties last week.
However, the Golkar headquarters is quiet this week, and no one could be found at the office of the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle, or PDIP.
SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian)
Today the temple is a little bit quiet because the students are on holiday for more than 3 weeks and also because of the general election. It is also because most of the transmigrants went back home to vote.
SUPER CAPTION: Wayan Sudarta, Hindu Priest
Election ballots were counted late on Monday and the process of recounting and verification is still ongoing.
Frustration has been mounting in Jakarta over the slow reporting of results.
In Bali, Megawati Sukarnoputri's PDIP is expected to win, as she is a Hindu.
The Balinese are generally positive about the conduct of the election campaign and the future of Indonesian politics.
SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian)
This election is more free and fair compare to former elections we have had because in this election we can choose who we want without any pressure.
SUPER CAPTION: Voxpop
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I hope Bali will be peaceful and I also hope the monetary crisis will end as soon as possible.
SUPER CAPTION: Vox pop
But believers don't just rely on politicians to improve their economic situation.
At the Galungan festival, they also ask the gods to make the earth fertile.
And the lush fruits of Bali appear to be plentiful this festival time.
But even so, without a strong economic programme from the country's new government, the next Galungan festival might not be such a celebration.
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Each full moon is honored by the Balinese people by preparing offerings of fruit, food and flowers, dressing accordingly, visiting the local temple, reciting mantras and holy scriptures, as well as meeting in prayer, ritual and meditation. Purnama Sasih Sadha, as the full moon celebrations are called, usually lasts from morning till midnight. The connection of the Balinese with the spirit world, the Gods, demons and ancestors is very strong so that they create their offerings with the utmost attention to detail and a loving spirit of thankfulness, not only on full moon days, but every day! Wherever you go in Bali, you will see women producing colourful offerings made of palm leaves, flowers, incense and food for their household, their temple and special celebrations with highly symbolic and ritual meaning.
On full moon days Balinese men and women, dressed up in traditional attire of sarong and white shirt for the men and sarong, corset and a white lace jacket for the women with a colorful belt around the waist, take their offerings to the temple, perform sacred rituals including holy water, incense, flowers and prayer and then offer them to the Gods, which are believed to live in stone thrones inside the temple. For each of these celebrations the Gods of the temple are dressed in yellow robes, too. After the offering has been made, the priest gives the respective person blessings and applies purified water and a few Bija, wet rice grains, on their forehead to strengthen their connection with God. The rice grains are a symbol of the seed of life and the syllable Om, the seed sound of the Universe
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We experienced this festival with our local host who takes us to the different temples.
Invited to Experience Galungan: A Balinese Ceremony (TRAVEL Indonesia) ????????
Our air bnb host asked us if we'd like to join her family and experience a traditional Balinese ceremony(Galungan) that gives prayer and offerings to the ancestors that have passed on. It was a beautiful experience, and everyone welcomed us even though we had no clue what to do.
You must be dressed in proper balinese attire, and women cannot participate if they're menstruating at the time, also one cannot participate if they have a family member who's passed away recently.
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Galungan marks the beginning of the most important recurring religious ceremonies. The spirits of deceased relatives who have died and been cremated return to visit their former homes, and the current inhabitants have a responsibility to be hospitable through prayers and offerings
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The Shift Doctors (Tracy Latz, MD & Marion Ross, PhD) had the great privilege of attending the Galungan festival and participating in services at three temples, representing Brahma (the Creator), Wisnu/Visnu (the Protector) and Siwa/Shiva (the Destroyer). The Galungan Festival in Indonesia is the most important festival for the Balinese. The Galungan Festival symbolizes the victory of Dharma (Virtue) upon Adharma (Evil), filled with cultural rites and ceremonies.
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The Shift Doctors (Tracy Latz, MD & Marion Ross, PhD) had the great privilege of attending the Galungan festival and participating in services at three temples, representing Brahma (the Creator), Wisnu/Visnu (the Protector) and Siwa/Shiva (the Destroyer). The Galungan Festival in Indonesia is the most important festival for the Balinese. The Galungan Festival symbolizes the victory of Dharma (Virtue) upon Adharma (Evil), filled with cultural rites and ceremonies.
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Galungan Day is one the biggest holiday in Bali commemorate the victory of goodness (Dharma) against the badness (Adharma). This holy day is commemorated every 6 month based on Balinese Calendar right n Wednesday, Wuku Galungan. Most of the Balinese Hindu does the tradition ritual in their own temple as well as the biggest temple around the village. Bali Star Island/PT. Bewish International Tour cooperate with Roni Family to present the beautiful video of the family activities on Galungan Day
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Thousands of residents filled the street to take turns carrying the 24-meter-tall bade (cremation tower) from the palace to the royal cemetery at Dalem Puri.
People came from the 12 desa pekraman [customary villages] in Ubud as well as from the neighboring villages of Kedewatan, Payogan and Bunutan, Niang Rai's son Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, the prince of Ubud and regent of Gianyar, said.
The people of Ubud had gathered around the royal palace in downtown Ubud since early morning. The women helped prepare elaborate offerings while the men checked the massive bamboo bridge connecting the palace yard and the top of the bade.
Invited guests and thousands of spectators, including foreign tourists, began filling the streets of Ubud, creating severe traffic jams stretching to Kedewatan and Nyuh Kuning.
The elaborately decorated bade and the 9.5-meter-tall lembu (wooden sarcophagus in the form of a bull) drew most of the spectators. The bade's nine tiers signified Niang Rai's social status. Only kings and queens receive an 11-tiered bade.
It took 45 days for the people of Ubud to construct the bade and lembu. The ceremony itself took three months to prepare, during which time people took turns participating in communal works to create offerings, clean up the palace, construct ritual paraphernalia and attend to bereaved royalty.
Niang Rai died May 14 after being hospitalized for two months at Sanglah Central Hospital at the age of 78. She is survived by three sons and five grandchildren.
The highlight of the cremation ceremony took place at 2 p.m.
We began the ritual after noon because it is a ritual of death and the journey of the sun to the west, into sunset, signifies the journey of death, Ardhana Sukawati said.
The body was placed on the top of the bade and the bearers broke into groups of 250 and 200 people each. The first group carried the 10-ton bade while the second carried the 6-ton lembu. Other mourners lined the 500-meter route to the royal cemetery.
Following the recitation of a mantra by high priest Ida Pedanda Gde Ngenjung of Duda, Karangasem, the procession moved on. Traditional percussion ensembles of bleganjur played a repertoire to boost the bearers' spirits while an angklung ensemble sought to guide the soul of the deceased.
On the top of the bade sat Tjokorda Bagus Santaka, Niang Rai's grandson, holding an effigy of Manuk Dewata, the bird of paradise Balinese Hindus believe would lead the soul into the realm of the divine. Another grandson, Tjokorda Agung Iciro Sukawati, rode on the lembu.
At the cemetery, the body was moved from the bade into the lembu. The royal family waited until darkness before lighting the fire that would consume the lembu.
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Galungan Festival, Bali
Villagers preparing for the festival in East Bali. The Galungan festival, Bali's major feast, is held throughout the island and is an annual event in the wuku year. During this ten day period all the gods, including the supreme deity Sanghyang Widi, come down to earth for the festivities. Barongs prance from temple to temple and village to village. The last and most important day of the ten day festival is called Kuningan.
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Galungan: Kuningan
Galungan is a Balinese holiday celebrating the triumph of dharma over adharma. It marks the time when the spirits of the ancestors visit the Earth. The last day of the festival is Kuningan, when they return. This video was shot on the Island of Lembongan at the end of the celebration.
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Galungan is a Balinese holiday that celebrates the victory of Dharma (the righteous path) over Adharma (everything unholy, immoral, etc.). Galungan marks the time when ancestral spirits visit the Earth, and Kuningan (the last day of celebration) marks the day when the spirits leave. The dates for these two days are determined in accordance to the 210-day Balinese calendar. Galungan can be compared to Diwali, a holiday that celebrates the victory of Dharma over Adharma, by Hindus in other parts of the world.
Galungan marks the beginning of one of the most important religious ceremonies in Bali: the day the spirits of the deceased return to visit their former homes. The family of the deceased spirits have the responsibility to be hospitable through prayers and offerings.The most obvious sign of the celebrations are the Penjors (bamboo poles with offerings suspended at the end) that are placed in front of the homes, by the road.
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