International Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research (IJAMR)
  Year: 2020 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 4 | Page No.: 16-23
Ngaturang Hidangan Ceremony In Pura Kahyangan Desa Pakraman Renon, South Denpasar
Ida Ayu Putu Bintang

Abstract:
Humans are covered by various challenges, whether it is caused by natural disasters, accidents, and so forth. Like for example the change of seasons that cause changes in the environment, various things can occur such as changes in disease, the arrival of pests that cause crop failure, and other things. To overcome this problem, humans collectively do something. The most ancient thing done by them is to seek God to be given salvation and all forms of suffering can be avoided. One way to do this is by offer a ceremony. This article describes systematically the ceremonies to ward off disasters called ngaturang hidangan (offer dish) in Desa Pakraman of South Denpasar. This article contains an explanation of how the ceremony was arranged, the chronology of how the ceremony was performed, the tools or types of offerings used and the people involved. Until now, the ceremonial of ngaturang hidangan is still held by the community because they still support it by the implementation of this ceremony, they can avoid distress.