Visiting Munggu Village on yesterday, I saw an
unique ceremony named Mekotek. Mekotek ceremony is a ceremony it's held by 12
Banjar (Gathering hall) in this village, all of the participant are a boy. The
boys weared Balinese traditional cloth. This ceremony used a wooden stick, it's
around 3 until 4 meters. All of the participant will meet each other at the
temple and make an 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 ‘Mekotek 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.
This ceremony held 6 month in one time since 1934 (on Kuningan
Day). 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, saw like a fighting. Year by
year the spear used change be stick. It's held at kuningan day because it's an
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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