"KUNINGAN DAY IN BALI"

Sunday, November 29, 2009

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Get-togethers on the side of the road to just "watch the people pass by" or "manawat", ie watching people pass by, still colored celebration of Hari Raya Kuningan in some areas of the Island of the Gods. The fact that seen in some streets Karangasem, Klungkung, Bangli, Gianyar, Badung and Denpasar which indicates that the activity "manawat" still carried some of the citizens in these areas.

Activity "manawat" which seems to have become a tradition for some of the Balinese, the people generally performed in front of the porch or built houses on the side of a highway or connecting road between villages. "Manawat" do citizens in the afternoon and evening, ie after a whole series of ceremonies and prayers regarding the Hari Raya Kuningan implemented over Hindus in temples or other places of worship.

While chatting and joking, the participants' manawat "is not rare between five to ten people in one place, in essence doing these activities to fill the holidays.

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Pande Gede Widana, community leaders in Nongan village, Karangasem District, said that after prayers at Hari Raya Kuningan, the citizens in general to fill the remaining time to entertain themselves. One tradition is consoled myself, is to "manawat" on the side of the road.

"Somehow, the Balinese are so like doubt the people who passed around," said Widana. "Understandably on holidays like this, it is also a lot of people walking back and forth or through the streets. So the people who watch over that," he continued.

"Manawat" become more interesting, after the participants are also involved in the chat "Kangin-Kauh" (west-east), or even often jeered at each other for just antarmereka invite laughter. In short, continued Widana, tradition "manawat" done in the community to fill the remaining time before nightfall, after the morning until the afternoon before busy carrying out religious rituals or ceremonies related to the Kuningan Day.



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