Followers from Lombok as well as Bali and Java be interested this year's Rinjani Mulang Pakelem ceremony.
The offerings (fish and prawns shaped gifts of gold, silver and copper), and prayers request peace and prosperity for all. According to tradition, the king had an apocalyptic vision and instituted a series of ceremonies in which the offerings, were offered to the gods at the Segara Anakan lake (one of Indonesian Hindhuism's most sacred places) before each rainy season (usually December to March).
Mulang Pekelem is a ceremony in which prayers and offerings are made for the safety and prosperity of the people. It dates from a time shortly after the Hindhu settlement in west Lombok in which the population was afflicted by prolonged drought and an epidemic. In year 2006, Rinjani Mulang Pekelem ceremony was held on November 5th, ahead of the twin Hindhu Galungan and Kuningan annual festivals at the end of November and the beginning of December.
The 200-metre deep-Segara Anakan-lake is sacred to Hindhus as well as being a place of pilgrimage for Lombok's majority Moslem population. The 2006 ceremony, held late in the year, attracted more than 500 celebrants to Segara Anak (Son of The Sea) lake, 1998 metres above sea level in the crater of 3700-metre high mountain Rinjani.
The perennial Hindhu ceremonial of Rinjani Mulang Pekelem, a heritage event in Lombok that dates from the 18th century invasion and subsequent settlement of the island by Balinese from the Karangasem kingdom, always attracts 100s of celebrants.
courtesy rinjaninationalpark.com
The offerings (fish and prawns shaped gifts of gold, silver and copper), and prayers request peace and prosperity for all. According to tradition, the king had an apocalyptic vision and instituted a series of ceremonies in which the offerings, were offered to the gods at the Segara Anakan lake (one of Indonesian Hindhuism's most sacred places) before each rainy season (usually December to March).
Mulang Pekelem is a ceremony in which prayers and offerings are made for the safety and prosperity of the people. It dates from a time shortly after the Hindhu settlement in west Lombok in which the population was afflicted by prolonged drought and an epidemic. In year 2006, Rinjani Mulang Pekelem ceremony was held on November 5th, ahead of the twin Hindhu Galungan and Kuningan annual festivals at the end of November and the beginning of December.
The 200-metre deep-Segara Anakan-lake is sacred to Hindhus as well as being a place of pilgrimage for Lombok's majority Moslem population. The 2006 ceremony, held late in the year, attracted more than 500 celebrants to Segara Anak (Son of The Sea) lake, 1998 metres above sea level in the crater of 3700-metre high mountain Rinjani.
The perennial Hindhu ceremonial of Rinjani Mulang Pekelem, a heritage event in Lombok that dates from the 18th century invasion and subsequent settlement of the island by Balinese from the Karangasem kingdom, always attracts 100s of celebrants.
courtesy rinjaninationalpark.com
