Kuningan Day | Balinese Hindu Holiday - Bali Temple Ceremony
Kuningan Day is another biggest holiday for Balinese Hindu which is usually commemorated every 6 months after Galungan Day. Kuningan Day is commemorate every Saturday, Wuku Kuningan and Balinese Hindu does the ceremony in their own family temple and other temples around the village. Bali Star Island/PT. Bewish International Tour ( ) cooperate with Roni Family to present the unique video to describe the situation during Kuningan Day
Bali ceremony ... On kuningan day
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Follow me around in Ubud, Bali | Celebrating Kuningan | Travel Vlog
Today was a special day in Bali: it was the last day of Galungan - a Balinese celebration of the victory of dharma over adharma (at least that's what Wikipedia says). The last day is called 'Kuningan' and you can see locals beautifully dressed up in traditional costumes bringing offerings to nearby temples and receiving blessings.
I spent the whole day exploring Ubud and was absolutely amazed by not only the town itself with its beautiful architecture and peaceful Hindu spirit, but also by the celebrations that were going on.
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THE GALUNGAN & KUNINGAN DAY IN BALI #BaliGoLiveCulture
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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Indonesia-Bali-Ubud (Temple ceremony (Balinese temple offering) Part 6
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Bali Temple Ceremony (The Hindu Balinese temple offering)
Every Temple and Shrine has a special date for it annual Ceremony, or Odalan , every 210 days according to Balinese calendar, including the smaller ancestral shrine which each family possesses. Because of this practically every few days a ceremony of festival of some kind takes place in some Village in Bali. There are also times when the entire island celebrated the same Holiday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi day, Tumpek Wayang day etc.
The dedication or inauguration day of a Temple is considered its birth day and celebration always takes place on the same day if the wuku or 210 day calendar is used. When new moon is used then the celebration always happens on new moon or full moon. The day of course can differ the religious celebration of a temple lasts at least one full day with some temple celebrating for three days while the celebration of Besakih temple, the Mother Temple, is never less than 7 days and most of the time it lasts for 11 days, depending on the importance of the occasion.
The celebration is very colorful. The shrine are dressed with pieces of cloths and sometimes with brocade, sailings, decorations of carved wood and sometimes painted with gold and Chinese coins, very beautifully arranged, are hung in the four corners of the shrine. In front of shrine are placed red, white or black umbrellas depending which Gods are worshipped in the shrines.
In front of important shrine one sees, besides these umbrellas soars, tridents and other weapons, the umbul-umbul, long flags, all these are prerogatives or attributes of Holiness. In front of the Temple gate put up Penjor, long bamboo poles, decorated beautifully ornaments of young coconut leaves, rice and other products of the land. Most beautiful to see are the girls in their colorful attire, carrying offerings, arrangements of all kinds fruits and colored cakes, to the Temple. Every visitor admires the grace with which the carry their load on their heads.
Balinese Hinduism is deeply interwoven with art and ritual, and is less closely preoccupied with scripture, law, and belief than Islam in Indonesia. Balinese Hinduism lacks the traditional Hindu emphasis on cycles of rebirth and reincarnation, but instead is concerned with a myriad of hyangs, the local and ancestral spirits. As with kebatinan, these deities are thought to be capable of good or harm. Balinese place great emphasis on dramatic and aesthetically satisfying acts of ritual propitiation of these spirits at temple sites scattered throughout villages and in the countryside.
Hinduism in Bali
Rangda the witch (representing adharma, something like disorder) and Barong the protective predator (mostly like a lion) (representing dharma), in which performers fall into a trance and attempt to stab themselves with sharp knives. The dramas regularly end apparently undecided, neither side winning, because the primary purpose is to restore balance.Rituals of the life cycle are also important occasions for religious expression and artistic display. Ceremonies at puberty, marriage, and, most notably, cremation at death provide opportunities for Balinese to communicate their ideas about community, status, and the afterlife. (The tourist industry has not only supported spectacular cremation ceremonies among Balinese of modest means, but also has created a greater demand for them.)A priest is not affiliated with any temple, but acts as a spiritual leader and adviser to individual families in various villages scattered over the island. These priests are consulted when ceremonies requiring holy water are conducted. On other occasions, folk healers or curers may be hired.
Balinese Hinduism also includes the religious belief of Tabuh Rah, a religious cockfight where a rooster is used in religious custom by allowing him to fight against another rooster in the religious cockfight of the Balinese Hinduism spiritual appeasement exercise of Tabuh Rah, a form of animal sacrifice. The spilling of blood, Tabuh Rah is necessary as purification to appease the evil spirits bhuta and kala, and to insure a good harvest. Ritual fights usually take place outside the temple and follow an ancient and complex ritual as set out in the sacred lontar manuscripts.
Bali Welcome Dance - 1st Galungan and Kuningan Ceremony at Indonesian Embassy Prague - 2012
Traditional Balinese Welcome Dance at Indonesian Embassy in Prague - 1st Galungan and Kuningan Ceremony - 8.9.2012
Bali Ceremony | GALUNGAN Ceremony | KUNINGAN Ceremony
Bali Ceremony is one important festival for Balinese people.There are many
ceremonies in Bali. Two of them are GALUNGAN and KUNINGAN Ceremonies.
GALUNGAN & KUNINGAN Ceremonies are two big holidays in Bali and celebrated two times a year.
Celebrating GALUNGAN & KUNINGAN means celebrating the victory of truth against evil.
GALUNGAN Holiday is celebrated on Wednesday ( BUDA KLIWON DUNGULAN) based on Balinese Calendar.
KUNINGAN Holiday is celebrated on Saturday, ten days after GALUNGAN.
Welcoming GALUNGAN and KUNINGAN Ceremony,Balinese people are busy to do some activities
such as Decorating bamboo poles that is known as PENJOR,Creating some offerings called BANTEN, Cooking some foods
such as LAWAR, Roasted Meat, Steamed Rice, Yellow Rice.
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Prof.Dr. Tjokorda - 1st Galungan and Kuningan Ceremony at Indonesian Embassy Prague - 2012
Prof.Dr. Tjokorda Gde Tirta Nindhia from Mechanical Engineering Udayana University speak on the 1st Galungan and Kuningan Ceremony at Indonesian Embassy Prague 8.9.2012
THE LAST PELEBON OF UBUD ROYAL FAMILY #BaliGoLiveCulture
A Ngaben, or Pelebon ceremony, is a traditional Hindu-Balinese cremation ceremony to send the deceased into the afterlife while showing respect to the family and the local community of the deceased.
This one was very special. It was to honor Anak Agung Niang Agung who was the second wife of the King of Ubud and passed away on January 14, 2018, at the age of 96. She was known as a real “spit-fire” and advocated for women’s rights and education throughout Bali in her day. It one of the largest Pelebon ceremony in Bali history according to Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry.
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Full Moon Ceremony Bali 2019
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
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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The Balinese Art of Offering -- Galungan Ceremony
A Celebration of the Hindu festival of Galungan in Ubud, Bali, 2001.
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.
Indonesia, Bali, Ubud - Hindu Ceremony
Legong dance - 1st Galungan and Kuningan Ceremony at Indonesian Embassy Prague - 2012
Legong is a form of Balinese dance. It is a refined dance form characterized by intricate finger movements, complicated footwork, and expressive gestures and facial expressions.
On the eve of The Kuningan Ceremony
This festival is held ten days after the Galungan Festival, signifying the closing of the new year holiday. On this day, special offerings made of yellow rice and special dishes are offered, while every family compound and temple looks amazing with ornaments. Believed to be the ascendent day of ancestral holy spirits and Deities back to heaven.
BALI KUNINGAN FESTIVAL
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Being a predominantly Hindu culture, Balinese place more emphasis on the Hindu festivals. The most important are Galungan and Kuningan, celebrated over a 10-day period every 210 days symbolizing the victory of Virtue (Dharma) upon Evil (Adharma). On the days before Galungan, the island fills up with red-coloured penjor, the arc-shaped coconut leaf and bamboo decorations. With thousands of temples dressed up in new yellow clothes, small rural roads become incredibly pretty. The Kuningan holiday takes place ten days after Galungan, bringing the holiday period to a closing time. On this day, a special ritual ceremony is held for the ancestral spirits. In 2011, Galungan/Kuningan were celebrated from July 6-16. In 2012, Galungan and Kuningan will be celebrated from February 1-11.
Ciaaattt...Hari Raya Kuningan di Negeri Belanda (Balinese Kuningan celebration)
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