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 Denpasar (balidenpasartourism.com) / Jan 01, 2010
TUMPEK WAYANG
Saturday, Feb 6th 2010
, according to Balinese calendar is Tumpek wayang day or also know as tumpek
ringgit. Some areas of Bali celebrate the day
to make offerings for musical instruments, dance equipments and for the shadow
puppets, wayang kulit, particularly. There are many families have inherited puppets
from their ancestr namely a dalang or puppeteer.
All
puppeteer have set their puppets by storing them in a wooden cueved box, in
this day all puppets will be taken out of the box and placed in a position just
as if they are being performed in an actual performance. The puppeteer will
remove all his puppets from storage and set them all to receive the offerings.
The traditional ceremony is aimed to worship the almighty God for his blessings
and to keep the genuine soul of the puppet performances or taksu.
There
is a tradisional belief that a baby born on this day woud have a stuff
character. Therefore, a special ceremony has to be ferformed in order to purify
the child and to protect from harms. The ceremony will be held water or tumpek
wayang’s ritual and by performing puppet
show to complete it.
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