Mekotekan ceremony is an unique ceremony held on Munggu village, Badung regency. It's held 10 days after Galungan day, exactly at Kuningan days on Balinese lunar calender. It's held at main village temple in Munggu. It's held by 12 Banjar ( Gathering hall ) in this village, all of the participant are a boy with Balinese traditional cloth. This ceremony used a wooden stick, it's around 3 - 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 " Mekotekan 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.
Mekotekan in story.
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. 
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