UPACARA POSA DI PURA DALEM DESA PAKRAMAN BANTANG KECAMATAN KINTAMANI, KABUPATEN BANGLI (KAJIAN ŚIWAISTIK)

Abstract

Indonesian people when they hear about Hinduism, will be identified with religious
rituals or ceremonies. Hindu have Panca Yajña, the five types of yajña, which is an obligation
for Hinduism to pay three debts (Tri Rna) and as an effort to maintain harmony in human life
and the universe. One of the many religious ceremonies that exist, namely the Posa Ceremony
at Pura Dalem which is carried out by the people of Pakraman Bantang Village, Kintamani
District, Bangli Regency is a unique ceremony which is a religious tradition applied by the
previous ancestors.
The procession of the Posa ceremony is divided into three stages, namely: (1) Planning
or preparation for the ceremony; (2) Implementation Stage with various processes; (3) The final
stage, by distributing titrha wangsuh pada, surudan or lungsuran, takes place at Bale Agung
temple. The Posa ceremony has functions such as: (1) Religious function, as a petition for
natural balance; (2) The function of cultural preservation, the Posa ceremony is inherited or
passed down from one generation to the next. (3) The social function is to integrate all the
people of Pakraman Bantang Village in a spirit of togetherness in the Ngayah. The Siwaistik
concept contained in the implementation of the five activities of Śiwa ceremonies, namely: (1)
Creation (Srsti), (2) Preserver (Sthiti); (3) Samhara (destroyer); (4) Covering / obscuring
(Tirobhawa); and (5) Gift (Anugraha)