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Today is Tumpek Landep

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Tumpek Landep is a ceremonial day at which offerings are made for objects that are made of metal. The ceremonies start in the morning hours at the village temple when people gather for special prayers and blessings. Afterwards, at the home compounds, additional ceremonies and blessings follow at which offerings are made for the holy family keris that most families own, but also for cars and motorbikes. In these modern times, also other objects that contain metal, such as computers, may be subject to these ceremonies. Most Balinese people truly believe that these ceremonies and blessings will bring them luck and keep them safe in traffic.

The history of Tumpek Landep:
Tumpek Landep is High Balinese language. The word tumpek means ‘close (to)’ and the word landep means ‘sharp’. Together it thus translates as ‘close to sharp’. But what does this mean? We will have to go back in time to shed some light on this cryptic word combination. In the early days of Balinese Hinduism, the keris (dagger) was one of the few objects that were made of metal. As a dagger, the keris was a weapon which was used in battles. More importantly, there were also lots of special keris that were regarded as a holy spiritual object with magical power. As such, the keris played an important role in the early days of Balinese Hinduism.

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