This month, Hindus in Indonesia, especially Bali, celebrate Galungan and Kuningan. For Hindus, today is used as a moment to improve quality and motivate ourselves by thanking God. Usually, they start the ceremony since morning from worshiping in their homes to the temple.
1. Galungan Day is celebrated every 210 days using the Balinese Saka calendar calculation
This month, Hindus in Indonesia, especially Bali, celebrate Galungan and Kuningan. For Hindus, today is used as a moment to improve quality and motivate ourselves by thanking God. Usually, they start the ceremony since morning from worshiping in their homes to the temple.
2. Galungan and Kuningan Holy Days are celebrated by Hindus for generations since the 8th century AD
3. Galungan itself means the victory of good over evil
4. The day before, there was usually a tradition of slaughtering pork as a form of thanksgiving
5. In addition, Galungan is also synonymous with penjor or yellow janur in front of the Hindu-Balinese people's house
6. Penjor is made of bamboo sticks decorated with dried coconut leaves, rice, a sacred mantra to a special box for offerings or canang
7. At the second day or the humanist, they visit each other's relatives or recreation areas after the prayer
8. Ten days after Galungan, then Hindu-Bali people celebrate Kuningan Day
9. "Kauningan" has the meaning of achieving spiritual enhancement by means of introspection to avoid distress
10. On Kuningan day, Balinese Hindus make yellow rice as a symbol of prosperity and offer offerings as a sign of gratitude
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