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Top:/Destinations/Bali/Events/Pamarisudha Karipubhaya Ceremony
 Friday, November 15th 2002, thousands of people from different religions, races, ethnics and nations were get along together in a still holy prayers within the Pamarisudha Karipubhaya ceremony. This ceremony will be always remembered by Balinese people, and even by the world people, since the ceremony was dedicated to spiritually clean the Kuta area where the tragic blast of October 12th 2002 that killed more than 180 people occurred. The ritual ceremony was not only owned by the Balinese Hindu, but widely by the world people sympathized over the tragedy.
Thirty-four days after the October 12th blast, the Legian Street was crowded by people who wanted to witness the great purification ceremony of Pamarisudha Karipubhaya. Since morning, people from all over the world were flooding the ground zero area. Tight security was ruled around the ceremony area. Beside of physically checked, the people were also asked to pass the detector.
Entering the ceremony area, the comforting sounds of Gong Gede (great gamelan) and religious chant were heard. Thousands of people were crowded within the area. Not only the Balinese, but also the foreigners dressing in Balinese traditional clothes equipped the Hindu praying means, along with the Moslems and the Indonesian non-indigene people dressing in their religious clothes. There were also Indonesian state officials, f oreign ambassadors, and the family of the victims of the tragedy.
The ceremony spent about Rp.600 million was began on 09.30 am by the prayers hymned by 5 holy priests who sat on the special ‘bale’ on the former Sari Club. The peaceful sound of gamelan rhyming the Mask dance accompanied the mantra. Some priests were trance, signing that the strong invisible powers come to them. They were back to normal after splashing with the holy water (tirtha).
On 11am the holy sacrifice offered to God Almighty the master of universe accompanied by the sacred Sidakarya Mask dance. Thirty minutes later, the Hindus prayers began with the Tri Sandhya mantra. The thrilling atmosphere was tasted along with the religious chant. Some people were shed tears.
At about 12am, the mass prayers carried out, began with the national silent led by Jusuf Kalla, the Indonesian State minister of People Prosperity, and the communal prayers led by the Head of Bali religions office, I Gusti Made Ngurah
On the same time, the ‘Tawur Gentuh’ and ‘Mapekelem’ rituals were carried out in Pura Segara Temple at Kuta Beach.
The rituals were including the holy sacrifice activities of flowing the offerings and the sacrificed animals to the sea. The animals that were sacrificed were purified first, and then after being sacrificed they will get better life on their next reincarnation.
The offerings that flowed away to the sea were pigs, chickens, ducks, swans, cows, black monkey, deer along with various nuts and agricultural crops
The name of the ritual ceremony, i.e. Pamarisudha Karipubhaya come from words ‘Parisuddha’ means “purification” that caused by ‘Ripu’ (enemy). Logically, the bomb clasted in Legian street were coming from the enemy of humanity, in which it killed and injured hundreds people while also disturbing the harmony of the universe. Therefore, the purification ceremony carried out to bring back the missing harmony aspects, by sacrificing some elements of life. The holy sacrifice (Yajna) is dedicated to Bhuta (basic element of universe). There are five Bhutas known as Panca Maha Bhuta as the main composition of the universe, i.e. ‘Pertiwi’ (solid), ‘Apah’ (liquid), ‘Teja’ (heat), ‘Bayu’ (wind), ‘akasa’(ether)
It is believed that the blast caused some broken in the elements; therefore it must be fixed by adding some things through the holy sacrifice. The extraordinary ceremony was necessary because the Oct. 12 nightclub bombings, which killed at least 185 people, shook the principles of Tri Hita Karana, the traditional Balinese Hindu belief of harmony and continuity of life. The ceremonies are meant to "bring life back to Bali and to ask for the forgiveness of God to rebalance the imbalances of the last month |
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