Mepepada Ceremony at Pakendungan Temple
Nowadays, at Pakendungan Temple preparing some ceremony before the temple anniversary held exactly tomorrow, February 2nd, 2008 which exact with Kuningan Day. At 8 AM perform "mepepada" ceremony. Mepepada is procession bring all devoting like "bebantenan", animal, and any other, encircling "piadnyan" or the place of ceremony, counted three times. It must be three times, because this symbolise the Hindu people time submit to curtsey to Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa (God), every day. All of animal that used for devoting, will be slaughtered later, and believed if the animal born again, it become better creature of its degree.
After encircling piadnyan have finish, it is the time for sediment of tirtha or take holy water at beji or source of holy water that exact in Pakendungan Temple. Conducted by "mepeed", that is pageant to the holy watyer take place. To Bali Hindustani, everything which dealt only with ritual, have to be sanctified first, and its media is tirta. After procession intake of holy water finish, pageant even also return to piadnyan. On mepepada ceremony used bebantenan like Banten pengelepas prani and Penyegjeg pujawali agung. Mepepada ceremony at Pakendungan Temple leading by the priest of Pakendungan Temple and ceremony done at 9 AM.
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