This ceremony just held in one village in Bali and you just can see it once in six month. Exactly on Kuningan Day. The ceremony named Mekotekan Ceremony and just held in Munggu village. Want to know what is ceremony go on? You can read this blog
Mekotek ceremony is an unique ceremony it’s held by 12 Banjar (Gathering hall) in this village, all of the participant are a boy. The boys wearing Balinese traditional cloth. This ceremony used a wooden stick, it’s around 3 until 4 meters. All of the participant will meet each other at the temple and make a unite of this stick like month shapes. The sound of stick will heard “tek-tek-tek” , it’s a reason to taken the names of this ceremony be ‘Mekotek Ceremony’. On the one time if the month shapes is ready, one of the participant will climb to the top of month shape, some time they will fall to the road, but they won’t be angry, just smile and happiness will see in this ceremony.
This ceremony held 6 month in one time since 1934. but after 1946 the Munggu village conserve this ceremony after the local people without a disease and disaster. Long time ago at the free time, the local people hanging their stick and the dutch, see like a fighting. Year by year the spear used change be stick. it’s held at kuningan day because it’s a instruction from the king of mengwi there is Cokorda Made Munggu. but if this ceremony not implemented by the local people, believe or not Munggu village will full with disease and disaster.
Curious with this ceremony, and you want to see? Let’s come to Bali on Kuningan Day on 9th June 2018
