RITUAL PEMUJAAN DI PURA SANG HYANG CELENG DESA MENYALI KECAMATAN SAWAN KABUPATEN BULELENG

Abstract

Pura Sang Hyang Celeng is a temple worshipped by the people in Menyali Village, Sawan District, Buleleng Regency. Sang Hyang Celeng for the local community is personified as Varaha Awatara, this is in line with the story of the avatar of Wisnu who transformed into a boar to save the Earth. Pura Sang Hyang Celeng has a major function in maintaining the culture and religiosity of the Menyali Village community. Maintaining culture and religiosity is one of the ways by carrying out worship rituals to harmonize the relationship between mankind and God, and the environment, this is reflected in the worship rituals carried out by the Menyali Village community at Pura Sang Hyang Celeng. The purpose of this study was to determine the worship ritual at Pura Sang Hyang Celeng and its implications in maintaining the culture and religiosity of the people in Menyali Village. This study is a descriptive qualitative study, with observation and interview data collection methods. The polluting sampling method was used to determine the informants in this study, namely directly appointing the related residents involved in worship at Pura Sang Hyang Celeng, namely, the priest and the temple leaders. There are two types of worship at Pura Sang Hyang Celeng, namely daily worship and occasional worship. Daily worship is carried out by the community living around Pura Sang Hyang Celeng by presenting rice offerings after cooking and flower offerings (canang). While occasional worship is worship carried out on Tumpek Uye Day (animal blessings) where the community presents the ceremonial equipment banten bhakti pamuja which is a ceremonial equipment that is always present in every offering. Banten bhakti pamuja is in the form of a lingga yoni which is a symbol of God, the source of the origin of life.