UPACARA BIYUKUKUNG (KEARIFAN LOKAL MASYARAKAT BALI DALAM MENJAGA TEO-AGRIKULTUR)

Abstract

Biyukukung ceremony was carried out by Balinese people who
worked in agriculture, especially rice farming. This ceremony was related
with Balinese people’s effort religiously to gained prosperity for their rice
in the field. As a rice farmer, Balinese people often had adversity in their
field, liked damaged by pests, lacked of water, and more. As a religious
people, they used this ceremony to avoid any adversity. Biyukukung
ceremony was carried out by farmers, started from prepared the facilities
like banten and other which related with the ceremony. The meaning of
this ceremony was an expression of farmers’ thankful to God in the form of
his manifestation as Dewi Sri and Dewa Wisnu which provided safety and
growth the rice fertilely, protected from the pests, and other damaged.
That was why Balinese people carried out the ceremony which had
inherited by every generation. This ceremony also made different meaning
of agriculture group, which was not only about farming. Moreover, the
mean was combined the concept of Hindu’s theology and farming. This
tradition then became a unified in farming system, so that the religion
ceremony and farming activity be related to each other. Balinese people
always depended to God for their safety, so that all of their action, included
farming, was related. This relation made Bali unique, there was no line
between religion and culture in their daily life. Thus, “Biyukukung
Ceremony” had function and meaning to prayed the rice growth fertilely
and also the field safety, so that the farmers could harvest well according
to their expectation.