Bali Hindu Special Event/ Ceremony.

Galungan & Kuningan Day is celebrated every 210-days

Galungan - this year falling on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010, begins a 10 day celebration of fundamental importance on the Bali Hindu calendar and a particularly interesting time for visitors to be on the most spiritual of islands.
every six months which's based on Balinese calendar, called pawukon on Budha Kliwon Dunggulan.

Marking the beginning of a window lasting ten days, Galungan and Kuningan is the period when the spirits of deceased ancestors descend to earth to once again be among their families. In order to welcome and appease both ken and kin, ancestral temples are cleaned, special offerings are made, and dances are presented to humor the hearts and bring contentment to those members of the family, now deceased, back for a brief reunion with family and friends.

Celebrating the triumph of good over evil, Balinese also see this as a period of introspection and self-correction; a time to repudiate those negative elements in their personality - such as deceit, thievery, violence, anger and jealousy. Balinese staff working across the island are given leave days at this time to return to their home villages and attend to ancestral temples during the celebration of Galungan and its complementing holiday of Kuningan, ten days later.

Visitors driving across the island during these holidays are certain to see giant Penjor - bamboo altar-poles, decorating streets and doorways of every village. Their looming presence, forming hallowed tunnels of palm leaf left and right down villages lanes, proclaim an ancient victory of Dharma over King Mayadanawa, an evil and godless king who once controlled Bali.

Galungan and the celebration of Kuningan ten days later on Saturday, May 22nd, 2010, when ancestral spirits again take their leave of this earth, is a very special period when the people of Bali are on their very best behavior: every village bustles with musical and dance performances; streets are clogged with elegantly dressed families carrying huge mounds of breathtakingly beautiful offerings to nearby temples; and the Balinese feel a very special attachment with their families, friends and the island they love.

Other Temple Ceremony
Saraswati Day On August 1st, 2009, Hindu's followers in Bali celebrate Saraswati Day, the day to worship God in his manifestation as the master of all knowledge, every six moths which's based on Balinese calendar, called pawukon on Saniscara Umanis Watugunung. This is a time to give their great honor to the knowledge. Balinese Hindu believes that knowledge is an essential medium to achieve the goal of life as a human being. Saraswati Day is celebrated to honor God as source of the knowledge. God, in this particular celebration, is manifested as Saraswati Dewi, Goddess Saraswati.
Nyepi Day On March 26th, 2009, Hindu's followers in Bali celebrate Nyepi. Day, The first day of the new year is, in Bali, called “ Nyepi”, which means quiet. No one is allowed to leave the compound; one does not work on that day; no fire is allowed and people may not smoke. People are supposed to spend them quietly at home and meditate. Food for that is cooked the night before. People sleep in the dark, day because no light is allowed. And before nyepi called "Pengerupukan" so all the Village in Bali make ogoh- ogoh. The second day of the new year is called “Ngembak api” ; it means that people are allowed to make fire on this day, but people do not work yet.
Pagerwesi Day On August 5th, 2009, Hindu's followers in Bali celebrate Pagerwesi Day, Feast day of Pagarwesi Day fall on my Budha Keliwon of Sinta. In holy day calendar in Bali, today is day to 5 from with refer doing important feast day of Christmas. Today is Hyang Pramesti Teacher payogan, accompanied by all Deity and of Pitara, for the shake of prosperity of world with all its contents and for the shake of its life all creature. At that moment people shall semadhi ayoga, namely set a mind at rest and also show to curtsey fore bhakti of Ida the Hyang Widhi.
Cremation Ceremony Bali is famous for it is cremation. A cremation in Bali is something worth seeing and it is a very joyous occasion. Sooner or later every Balinese is cremated. A cremation is very costly. There are so many offerings involved; a cremation tower has to be built; a sarcophagus in the form of a "Lembu", bull, "Singga", Lion, or a "Gajah mina", fish body with an elephant head, has to be carved. Also the hundred of people who come to help have to be entertained with food, cigarettes and other things The tower is a means to carry the body to the cemetery and the sarcophagus is where the corpse is burned. They are not really an essential part of any cremation and so a cremation can do without them.
Temple Ceremony 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 Holyday, such as at Galungan, Kuningan, Nyepi day, Saraswati day, Tumpek Landep day, Pagerwesi 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.
Bali Art Festival On June 13th- July 11th 2009, Bali Art Festival to do, under the initiative of Governor of Bali, since 1978, annual Bali art festival taken place from the middle of June until July lasting for one month, the main aim of the festival is preserving the art and culture of Bali, located in Denpasar Bali - Indonesia. There are varieties of master piece of arts from all regencies in Bali to be presented in that festival such as: traditional music’s, dances, and many others handicraft activities.

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