The offerings Offerings . Offerings , a symbolic food or supplies . In a traditional ceremony salvation ? Large or small , monthly or yearly ? Offerings is one of the important part that can not be abandoned . Each ceremony has a completeness of offerings in accordance with the type of ceremony . The offerings are not only provided in communal ceremonies , but also in the ceremonies of the individual , such as mitoni , circumcision , ruwatan , marriage , and so on . In the traditional community life , especially in West Java , there is a term nyuguh , ngarwahkeun , deliveries , ngaturaken , and so on . It shows a form of ceremony ( usually on a small scale ) associated with life , personal or group . The ceremonies are usually associated with individual human life ( birth and death ) , spirits are honored , or the life of the universe . Can place in homes , old buildings , fields , big trees , big rocks , upstream ( sira ) cai ( spring water ) , sacred places , beaches , and so on . In Bali , the majority of the people are Hindus , the offerings have become everyday sights that can be found in various places . Means providing grain offerings , worship , worship . Manembah offerings in the implementation and governance is a means to meaning to the warning to yourself , especially those related to important events . The purpose of the offering that is the main means to achieve an objective of the petition to the Almighty God . Indonesian society , including the protectors of traditional ceremonies . In West Java , the cultural activities are reflected through a variety of long- held ceremonies for generations . The cultural activities are essentially inseparable from previous cultures and in general can not be separated from culture Galuh / Padjadjaran . As an agricultural country , and culture was agrarian nature centers in the villages of rice producers . In the atmosphere of the myth of Goddess Sri incense , incense and flowers more than the soul membuaikan thundering sound of the ocean waves in the waters of the Java Sea . The influence of animism and dynamism of culture is a key element that forms the ceremonial traditions of salvation . The offerings are the tradition of fathers in performing rituals . Bersaji ceremony , is a system of symbols to communicate ( symbolic communication) with supernatural beings , idea is to : 1 . Safety protection , happiness and peace of life , health and kesentausaan of the Almighty . 2 . Meet the villagers mores that have taken place since the area was used as a residence area the first time by the predecessors in the past ( Clean Village ) . 3 . As a proof of gratitude to the Almighty , the gods , the spirits of the powers of life and living . Salvation is also intended to complement the expectations , petition the villagers , so that in the years of their life journey always receive the protection of safety , health , happiness , peace and obtain the fortune that much . ( Toto Amsar Suanda )
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