Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Tumpek Landep ( Celebrate of Hindu )

Oleh : Jro Mangku Made Sudiada (Serang)


SAKING TUHU MANAH GURU
MITUTURIN CENING JANI
KEWRUHAN LWIR SANJATA
NE DADIPRABOTANG SAI
KE ANGGEN NGERURUH AMRETE
SE-ENUN CENINGE MAURIF

Dari hati seorang Guru yang paling dalam
Sekarang ini Guru Memberikan nasehat tuk mu
Pengetahuan adalah senjata yang paling ampuh
Yang bisa dipakai keseharianmu
Sebagai senjata tuk menjalankan profesimu
Engkau gunakan selama hayat masih dikandung badan

Rasanya tembang sederhana dipedesaan seperti ini begitu menyentuh, ketika kakek kelawan I Nenek, mengusap-usap rambut cucunya dengan tangannya yang sudah penuh keriput, sambil membelitkan kain batik yang sudah lusuh untuk mengurangi berat beban cucunya karena tangannya sudah terlalu rapuh untuk menyangga beban yang berat.

Dari sudut matanya yang sudah keliatan lamur, namun masih tetap bergulir
airmatanya memanjatkan doa kepada Hyang Moho Suci, diakhir dari tembangnya ditujukan kepada cucu kesayangannya agar kelak tumbuh menjadi anak yang berguna, sanggup untuk menyinari “KULAWANDU MANAWA” sambil berharap. “TEHERANG RAGAN I-DEWA SAMPUNANG OBAH” ajegkanlah Hindu, karena lewat engkaulah kakek dan Nenek untuk mewali punarbawa nunas penglugrahan penebusan dosa, mewali
manumadi untuk mempebaiki tugas kami yang belum tuntas dalam kehidupan sekarang.

Sane mangkin minabang kakek lan dan nenkmu masih menempuh jalan Daksina yana kelahiran yang berulang, sampai akhirnya pencerahan itu datang pada Pekak & nenek mendapatkan pencerahan yang cuckup dumogi mresidayang menempuh jalan Utarayana mewali menunggal Kaula kelawan Igusti, ( Sang Sangkan Paraning Dumadi).

Agak aneh setelah usai gending gending itu dilantunkan mendadak senyum kedamaian menghias bibir Kakek, dan nenek, entah rasa kepuasan apa yang dirasakan setelah menciumi kening cucu cucu kesayanganya tertidur pulas ……Hemm…sebening embun pagi, sebersih salju, bila kuusap rambutmu …permata hatiku.

Seni membuat hidup ini demikian indah sehingga bergairah, IPTEK membuat hidup kita semakin mudah dan…Agama menjadikan hidup kita lebih terarah.

Tumpek Landep Memuja Sang Hyang Pasupati, Pertajam IdepUMAT Hindu kembali merayakan rerahinan Tumpek Landep, Sabtu Kliwon Wuku Landep (7 Mei 2011) hari ini Sanicara Kliwon uku landep. Pada Tumpek Landep, umat Hindu memuja Ida Sang Hyang Widhi dalam prebawa-nya sebagai Sang Hyang Pasupati yang telah menganugerahkan kecerdasan atau ketajaman pikiran sehingga mampu menciptakan teknologi atau benda-benda yang dapat mempermudah dan memperlancar hidup, seperti sepeda motor, mobil, mesin, komputer (laptop) dan sebagainya.
Tetapi dalam konteks itu umat bukanlah menyembah mobil, komputer, tetapi memohon kepada Sang Hyang Pasupati agar benda-benda tersebut betul-betul dapat berguna bagi kehidupan manusia.

Landep dalam Tumpek Landep memiliki pengertian lancip. Secara harfiah diartikan senjata tajam seperti tombak dan keris. Benda-benda tersebut dulunya difungsikan sebagai senjata hidup untuk menegakkan kebenaran. Secara sekala, benda-benda tersebut diupacarai dalam Tumpek Landep.

Tumpek Landep dalam konsept kekinian, senjata lancip itu sudah meluas. Tak hanya keris dan tombak, juga benda-benda hasil cipta karsa manusia yang dapat mempermudah hidup seperti sepeda motor, mobil, mesin, komputer dan sebagainya.

Benda-benda itulah yang diupacarai. Namun harus disadari, dalam konteks itu umat bukanlah menyembah benda-benda teknologi, tetapi umat memohon kepada Sang Hyang Widdhi dalam prebawa-nya sebagai Sang Hyang Pasupati yang telah menganugerahkan kekuatan pada benda tersebut sehingga betul-betul mempermudah hidup.

Dalam pengertian, bahwa umat patut bersyukur kepada Tuhan karena telah diberikan kemampuan atau ketajaman pikiran sehingga mampu enciptakan aneka benda atau teknologi yang dapat mempermudah hidup.

Sementara dalam kaitan dengan buana alit (diri manusia), Tumpek Landep itu sesungguhnya momentum untuk selalu menajamkan pikiran (landeping idep), menajamkan perkataan (landeping wak) dan menajamkan perbuatan (landeping kaya).

Ketiga unsur Tri Kaya Parisuda tersebut perlu lebih dipertajam agar berguna bagi diri sendiri dan orang lain. Buah pikiran perlu dipertajam untuk kepentingan umat manusia, demikian pula perbuatan dan perkataan yang dapat menenteramkan pikiran atau batin orang lain.

Pikiran kita mesti selalu diasah agar mengalami ketajaman. Ilmu pengetahuanlah alat untuk menajamkan pikiran. Komputer yang diciptakan untuk mempertajam pikiran, hendaknya dimanfaatkan dengan baik. Internet mesti digunakan untuk mengakses informasi sehingga wawasan dan kecerdasan bertambah, bukan untuk mengunduh yang lain-lain.

Tumpek Landep memiliki nilai filosofi agar umat selalu menajamkan pikiran.
Setiap enam bulan sekali umat diingatkan melakukan evaluasi apakah pikiran sudah selalu dijernihkan atau diasah agar tajam? Sebab, dengan pikiran yang tajam, umat menjadi lebih cerdas, lebih jernih melakukan analisa, lebih tepat menentukan keputusan dan sebagainya.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Bali Better Prepared for Globalization Indonesia's Minister of Home Affairs Says Bali Best Equipped for Free Trade

(10/15/2001) Indonesia's Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Hari Sabarno, cited Bali as the best from among all the nation's provinces to confront the issues of free trade.


At a meeting on Saturday (13 October) with regional, metropolitan, security, and village officials in Bali - the Minister said Bali's preparedness for free-trade in the post-AFTA period starting in 2003 was reflected in the island's rejection of "sweeping" against foreign nationals threatened in other areas of the nation. According to the Minister, Bali's continuing stability and safety has a very beneficial effect within the context of Bali's international relationships.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Welcome to Bali

Located just 8 degrees south of the Equator, the island enjoys a tropical climate with two seasons a year ( wet and dry), and has an average temperature of 28 degrees Celcius The small island of Bali stretching  140 kilometres from east to west and 80 kilometers from north to south , lies east of Java, at the centre of the Indonesian archipelago.  Bali is a province within the republic of Indonesia.  Its provincial capital city is Denpasar.  Its road network reflects the islands mountainous nature.  The tallest of the string of volcanic mountains running from east to west is Mount Agung that has last erupted in 1963. Bali was a prime rice-producer until land became scarce in the mid 1900s.  Since then, the government has encouraged crop diversification, predominantly into commodity crops such as coffe, vanilla, cloves, tobacco, spices, and citrus fruits. In the daily life on this colourful island, community matters are gratly prised.  Despite sporadic internal disturbances associated with political changes in Indonesia, Bali remains a place where social harmony is of tremendous importanced and visitors are regarded as welcomed guests.  Even with the arrival of countless tourists over the years the Balinese have kept their strong spiritual roots and culture very much alive. The majority of Bali’s three million people live in tight village communities with substantially extended families.  The main tourist areas are Kuta and Seminyak.  Kuta became a major attraction during the tourist boom of the 1970s because of its white sandy beaches, great surf, and dramatic sunsets.  Those in search of quieter regions tend to head to the more demure resorts of Sanur and Candidasa on the East  coast, or Lovina in the Noorth.  Nusa Dua on the southernmost peninsula of the island houses many popular five star resorts.  The central village of Ubud, in the hilly region of Gianyar, has blossomed as a tourist destination and is now considered to be the artistic and cultural centre of Bali.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Pengrupukan & Nyepi Day in Bali

Pengrupukan is one day before Nyepi in Bali celebrated by the Hindus of Bali. Nyepi is a day of Saka new year celebration.
Pengrupukan is a day to perform ceremony in order to calm Bhuta (evil spirit) so as not to interfere mankind. The ceremony held on this day in all areas in Bali, called Pecaruan. While the late afternoon or early evening … young people around the region by bringing Ogoh-ogoh accompanied by gamelan tradisional music that was created about a month before.

 Besides gamelan, usually accompanied by Tek-tekan (tradisional music with bamboo) had brought by the children.
Then tomorrow, Nyepi is celebrated by doing nothing, people stayed in the house implement Catur Brata Penyepian, that are amati geni (not light a fire), amati karya (not working), amati lelungan (not traveling), and amati lelanguan (no fun). The streets will look lonely without a vehicle, and no activity of the people who look. Around of Bali will no activity even the airport and television channel.


Ogoh-ogoh are statues built for the Ngrupuk parade, which takes place on the eve of Nyepi day in Bali, Indonesia. Ogoh-ogoh normally have form of mythological beings, mostly demons. As with many creative endeavours based on Balinese Hinduism, the creation of Ogoh-ogoh represents spiritual aims inspired by Hindu philosophy.
The main purpose of the making of Ogoh-ogoh is the purification of the natural environment of any spiritual pollutants emitted from the activities of living beings (especially humans). The forms of Ogoh-ogoh represent the Bhuta-Kala (Bhuta: eternal energy, Kala: eternal time), according to Hindu teachings. The imperceptible potentials of nature cannot be thoroughly explored by anyone. Philosophically, civilized men are required to manage the natural resources without any attempts to damage the environment itself.
Aside from being the symbol of Bhuta-Kala, Ogoh-ogoh is considered a symbol of modes of nature that form the malicious characters of living beings. Ogoh-ogoh is usually made by the group of artists found in villages around Bali. After being paraded on a convoy around the town, finally it is burnt to ashes in a cemetery as a symbol of self-purification.
An Ogoh-ogoh is normally standing on a pad built of timber planks and bamboos. This pad is purposed to sustain the Ogoh-ogoh itself during its being lifted and carried around the village or the town’s square. There are normally eight or more men carrying the Ogoh-ogoh on their shoulders. This procession is accompanied by music orchestra performed by the youth. The use of flares is also a main part of the parade.
During the procession, the Ogoh-ogoh is rotated counter clockwise three times. This act is done on every t-junction and roadcross of the village. Rotating the effigies during cremational parade and the eve of Nyepi represents the contact of the bodies with the spirits. It is aimed to bewilder the evil spirits so that they go away and cease harming human beings.

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Bali Touris Attraction

It is mainly famed for its fine sands and buzzing nightlife and also has good surf in-season. Kuta also has a vibrant shopping scene as well as a huge amount of hotels and restaurants.
Bali tourist attraction open: daily
Bali tourist attraction admission: free

Bali Tourist Attractions: Image of Lovina BeachBali Tourist Attractions: Lovina Beach
Address: Bali, Indonesia, ID
Lying on the northern coastline of Bali, Lovina Beach offers something quite different to the sands of Kuta. Lovina Beach is the place to come if you want to explore the island's best coral reefs and is the pefect spot for both snorkelling and scuba dining. This part of the island is also the most likely place where you will see wild dolpins jumping in the sea, and tends to be noticeably quieter than the more touristy resorts located some 100 km / 62 miles to the south.
Bali tourist attraction open: daily
Bali tourist attraction admission: free

Bali Tourist Attractions: Sanur Beach viewBali Tourist Attractions: Sanur Beach
Address: Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia, ID
Sanur Beach is a lot more laid back than busy Kuta and there is plenty of space to spread out on the sand. Sanur also has a large traditional village where tourists can get in among the locals at the many markets, small shops and cafés. Although fairly low-key, Sanur's best nightlife is enjoyed in its big hotels.
Bali tourist attraction open: daily
Bali tourist attraction admission: free

Bali Tourist Attractions: Picture taken in UbudBali Tourist Attractions: Ubud
Address: Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, ID
Ubud is a strikingly beautiful region of Bali, situated in the mountains to the north of Kuta Beach and Denpasar. It is a traditional town surrounded by many ancient villages and attractions, such Penestanan and Peliatan, and is also home to the Balinese royal family. There is a thriving art scene in Ubud and an array of temples.
Bali tourist attraction open: daily
Bali tourist attraction admission: free

Bali Tourist Attractions: Photo of summer surferBali Tourist Attractions: Surfing
Address: Bali, Indonesia, ID
Bali has some excellent surfing attractions, with conditions being suitable for beginners up to intermediate level surfers. The most popular breaks are in the south of the island in Kuta and around Nusa Dua. Kuta is good for beginners and also has the allure of the day and nightlife, while experienced surfers should head for Bukit Peninsula in the southwest. Bingin, Impossibles and Uluwatu are all big Bukit breaks.
Bali tourist attraction open: daily
Bali tourist attraction admission: free

Bali Tourist Attractions: Denpasar viewBali Tourist Attractions: Denpasar
Address: Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, ID
The capital of Bali has most of the traffic and pollution and is thus best for a day trip as opposed to staying here. The more discerning traveller may prefer to stay in Denpasar however, owing to its many excellent museums - including the vaunted Bali Museum, and tree-lined avenues. There is also a traditional market here.
Bali tourist attraction open: daily
Bali tourist attraction admission: free

Bali Tourist Attractions: Bali Barat National Park
Address: Bali Barat National Park, Bali, Indonesia, ID
Tel: +62 0365 610 60
Encompassing parts of the north coast and the forested south, the Bali Barat National Park is loaded with animals and wildlife attractions, and is best visited at the end of the dry season, around August to December. It features the Bali starling, one of the world's rarest birds, as well as elusive leopards, Javan buffalo and barking deer. When trekking in the Bali Barat National Park, you will need to pay for a tour guide who can lead you to the best spots in the morning.
Bali tourist attraction open: daily
Bali tourist attraction admission: charge for guide

Bali Tourist Attractions: Kintamani photographBali Tourist Attractions: Kintamani
Address: Kintamani, Bali, Indonesia, ID
Kintamani is an out of the way historical city in Bali's mountainous region and was the main city here 1,000 years ago. It lies amid fantastic scenery and features the island's largest lake nearby, which sits inside a volcanic crater. In addition, there are quiet beaches as well as hot springs.
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Friday, January 7, 2011

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