Melasti ceremony is an unique tradition held in Bali, this ceremony held 3 days before the silent day. The Melasti ceremony has the other name such as Melis or Mekilis. In this ceremony Balinese people going to the beach and take a pray at the beach, the purpose of this ceremony to purify themself from the bad spirit and trow it at the sea. This ceremony are held before do the Tapa Brata at silent day. Besides do the worship, this ceremony has the other purpose such as to clean and purify all thing of temple equipment and thna the temple equipment bring to the beach but before that the temple equipment be appointed and surrounded the village area, and next it will be bring to the sea, lake, ocean, river.
The Melasti ceremony held for do the worship face to the ocean, all of the participant must use the balinese cloth with white color. After the ceremony, all of the temple equipment bringing back to the great temple of village. This ceremony divides based on the location, If the ceremony held on the capital city, it names will be Tawur ceremony, if it held on town ( regency ) , it names will be Panca Kelud ( Five Kelud ), if it in sub-district, it names will be Panca Sanak ( Five Sanak ) and next at village , it names will be Panca Sata ( Five Sata )and on Banjar (gathering place ) it will be Ekasata and in their house hed Natar ceremony.
Meaning of Melasti ceremony is a self-cleaning process of human, nature and objects that is considered sacred to the sacred back to perform prayers and an entry to Hyang Widhi (God Almighty), through the intermediary of the water of life (sea, lakes, rivers), with the throw out that all is lost and the sacred dirt back. The ceremony is also aimed begged Hindu God that Hindus were given the power to carry out a series of silent day. This ceremony are complete with offering to the symbolize of 3 Hindus God's there are Winsu, Siva and Brahma. 
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