Hindu Society Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) routinely perform ritual ceremony once each year. This is done in order to welcome the coming day of Nyepi. The purpose of this ceremony is for purification. The procession which started at 12.30 pm starting from Pura Agung Jagatnata, Sorowajan, Banguntapan, Bantul, Yogyakarta and continued taking holy water from seven water sources, one of which is on the beach Parangtritis. Held before Nyepi in beach or on the beach Parangkusumo deacon.
According to Hindu teachings, Melasti is nganyudang malaning gumi ngamet Tirta Amrita or wash away the natural impurities using water of life. Sea as a symbol of the source Tirtha Amertha (Dewa Ruci, Pemuteran Mandaragiri). Rituals held not later - the latest on Tilem afternoon, pelelastian should be completed in its entirety, and that purified pratima already be in great bale.
Melasti Ritual is equipped with a variety of offerings both Javanese and Balinese offerings. Offerings such as symbolization Trimurti, 3 gods in Hinduism, namely Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma. Paraded and also a symbol of the god Brahma is Jumpana throne.
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