"Saja on the name of the hanja climbs the Dutch surge from the Balinese peelau or our sgoep and djandji fightoer teroes until our tjita-tjita was passed? " .
The sentence is the strand of words from the letter of the answer of the Ngurah Rai Command answer when he and his troops were asked to surrender by the Dutch army. The letter was enshrined in the Monument of the Margarana Nation Park.
The 25 hectares tomb garden is now as the witness of the heroic story of the fall 1.372 members of the Ciung Wanara troops while maintaining independence.
A number of Hindus held an area purifying ceremony and the archipelago of heroes.
The Hindu religious seekers lead a trial in the ceremony of Margarana Puputan Day.
The spirit of the patriotism until now still inspires the villagers around the battle area in maintaining harmony and joy.
Especially the villagers of Kelaci, Tabanananan Regency, they even routinely held a custom ritual in a series of 20 Nopember 1946 battle warnings known as Margarana Puputan war.
According to the Wayan Junaedy as the Secretary of the Village of Adat Kelaci, the implementation of the custom activity is carried out with the 'Ngayah' or volleyball.
The village of Adat Kelaci carries the gebogan or sesajen contains janur, cake and fruit in the ritual of the anniversary of Margarana Puputan.
The Hindu Law carries out the trial in the hero’s chin region.
The custom ceremony was assembled with a national ceremony in the Margarana Nation Park according to him to be able to show you the young generation to always remember and maintain history.
The activities that become a tradition of every year since 15 years ago it involves about 170 local villagers. They gathered, hutong royong such as custom ceremony activities at Pura when held the celebration of the Margarana Puputan Day.
With two ceremonys, namely the traditional ceremony and the national ceremony they believe in the creation of harmony according to the teaching of Hindu religion. In addition to the sense of unity and unity among their citizens can also be maintained through the custom activity.
Warga prepares a sesajen for the ritual of the anniversary of the Margarana Puputan Puputan Day
Hindu Law held the ceremony of purification of the region and the archwah of the heroes.
The custom ceremony was guarded by the preparation of sesajen, the fighter together to apply the smoothness of activities and purifying ceremony for the archwahs of the hero that falls in the battlefield against the invaders.
After conducting a custom ceremony was finished recently continued the national ceremony in the form of a flower tabur to swim their services that fall when fighting against the invaders until the blood point out.
Photo and Text by Nyoman Hendra Wibowo
The Hindu Church installs “Destar†or headband in a hero tugu.
The Hindu Church conducts a trial in the hero tugus of the Ngurah Rai Ngurah Rai in the Margarana’s National Heritage Park.
Author : Fanny Octavianus
The Hindu Law prepares a sesajen in the chin hero area.
Warga highlights the flowers in front of the heroes of the Ngurah Rai Ngurah Rai.
Warga visited the national monument museum in the Margarana Nation Park
