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(12/28/2014)
Coinciding with the date of the New Moon, PT Jasamarga Bali Toll held a mulang pakelem ceremony to seek protection from the cosmos over the coming year.Merdeka.com reports that the offerings that included a number of live animals tossed into the sea of Benoa Bay were made to the God of the Sea (Baruna).
The religious ritual, held on Monday, December 22, 2014, was attended by many of the employee of the toll road and held at the roundabout at the entrance of Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport in the parking area of the Pura Karangasem Desa Adat Tuban Badung Bali.
Led by Ida Pedanda Putra Bajing, the ceremony commenced at 10:00 a.m. with joint prayers by the employees of PT Jasamarga Bali Toll andPT Jalantol Lingkar Luar Jakarta. Later live animals comprised of ducks, chickens and a black goat were thrown live into the sea from the entrance bridge to the toll near Benoa harbor.
IGLB Wira Wibawa, a technical manager for PT Jasamarga Bali Toll and a Balinese Hindu who help supervised the ceremony explained the ritual. saying: “Our desire is that for those of us who work on the sea on the Bali Mandira Toll Road can be granted protection and ease from all disturbances in performing our duties by the Almighty Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa. We seek this protection both now and throughout all of 2015.”
The religious ritual, held on Monday, December 22, 2014, was attended by many of the employee of the toll road and held at the roundabout at the entrance of Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport in the parking area of the Pura Karangasem Desa Adat Tuban Badung Bali.
Led by Ida Pedanda Putra Bajing, the ceremony commenced at 10:00 a.m. with joint prayers by the employees of PT Jasamarga Bali Toll andPT Jalantol Lingkar Luar Jakarta. Later live animals comprised of ducks, chickens and a black goat were thrown live into the sea from the entrance bridge to the toll near Benoa harbor.
IGLB Wira Wibawa, a technical manager for PT Jasamarga Bali Toll and a Balinese Hindu who help supervised the ceremony explained the ritual. saying: “Our desire is that for those of us who work on the sea on the Bali Mandira Toll Road can be granted protection and ease from all disturbances in performing our duties by the Almighty Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa. We seek this protection both now and throughout all of 2015.”
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