Thursday, December 04, 2014

Ngusaba Guling ( a thousand suckling pig )

Ngusaba guling ceremony ( a hundred suckling pig ) is a unique ceremony held in the eastern part of Bali.exactly in Timbrah village Karangasem regency. It's held based on the calculation of Balinese lunar calendar, exactly on 420 days on one time or " Sukra Pon Kewulu " on Balinese lunar calendar.  Ngusaba guling same with the other Ngusaba at the other place in Bali. it's held at Pura Dalem ( cemetery temple ) in own village, but is has a different with the offering.

Offering is a symbolize of a word thanks you to the God. This ceremony can be unique ceremony because all of the family make a offering with a suckling pig and bring them to the temple. Timbrah is located around 5 Km from Amlapura city. Timbrah village has around 1200 patriarch. In the first, this ceremony held with simplicity ,spiritual, and kinship.





Long time ago not a lot of the Balinese people get they best income. When this ceremony held at the one of a village, they has their lucky, the rich people must give a offering ( a part of suckling pig ) to them. This relation doing a many times, year by year. Sometime the condition of some people won't just accept the offering, this condition make they be lazy every times and just wait the gift from the other people. No body know , when is the first time Timbrah village held this ceremony but this ceremony still held until to day. The name of this ceremony taken from the kind of offering that is suckling pig so it's make to be Ngusaba Guling ( a thousand suckling pig ).






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