Pengerebongan is a
unique religious rituals usually held every six months in The Great Petilan Temple, Kesiman village, Denpasar, Bali. The purpose of this ritual is a form
of gratitude to Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa and also neutralize the spirit or
evil powers in order not to disturb the human race. Through this ceremony the
villagers believe will be spared from the plague and disaster. This sacred
ceremonies begins with praying of the local people in Kesiman village, because
on that day also held the Odalan ceremony in the Great Petilan Temple. When the
ceremony begins, the atmosphere in the temple changed so sacred, then there are
some people who lose control over their bodies or we know it as Trance. A
variety strange expressions look in some on their faces, such as daydreaming,
screaming, crying, and also raging, so need some people to keep them in order
not to harm himself or the people around the temple. Then the people who trance
and their guards taken out of the temple to surround The Wantilan Temple as
much three times, some people who trance piercing a Kris or Bali traditional
dagger into his body but the Sharpness of Kris doesn't hurt them, many people
in Bali believe that as evidence of a space between Skala and Niskala or the
real and unreal world, that can’t be explain in human logic. After surround The
Wantilan Temple three times the people who trance given a holy water or known
as Tirta in Bali, then they were led into the temple to make them aware back to
the normal condition.
