Hi everyone, I would like to share about holiday for animals we celebrate every 210 days in Bali.
The day of the animal always take place on Saturday. It is not any Saturday, but it is determined by the Balinese Lunar Calendar. On this Saturday, the Balinese go to the temple or just pray at home for their cattle or pets.
Last Saturday, on the animal holy day, I went to the village temple near my home. When I arrived at the temple, there were already few people there, including the chief of the Desa Adat or village.
The chief of the village, welcomed all the people to go into the inner yard of the temple. Sitting cross-legged on the ground in the inner yard, we prayed together lead by a local Balinese Hindu priest.
At the end of the ritual, the priest sprinkled holy water to all the people as a symbol of blessing from the God.
Once we finished praying, everybody went out to the outer yard. The chief of the village brought a small cage with 5 birds inside it. He got the birds from the bird market.
What did we do with the birds?
We set the birds free.
This was a symbolical activity for us to care about animals. Instead of having the birds in the cage, we released them to the nature. And, we prayed for their well-being.
There are about 1500 villages in Bali. Let say. every village set 5 birds free. So, in total there were about 7500 birds set free that day. And, it was not just birds, it could be another animal such as releasing turtle to the sea, and so on.
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You have shown an extraordinary habit by releasing these birds into nature very rarely do we find people's awareness to release birds into nature because usually people will keeping It In Cage but you have shared a wonderful thing in the ASEAN HIVE community.
Thank you for your kind words. Well, it was a symbol that we should care for the animals.
That is a beautiful custom. I like the significance of it. Birds should be free to fly, as all animals should be free to live in nature.
Thank you. We do this every seven months.
It is really nice if we all have the same activities during that day. releasing caged birds, but to not hunt them is much needed I think bli.
Did you celebrate this too?
not particularly me bli.
but my parents do celebrate it, the have cattle at home, so when its time to celebrate, they will make offerings for them.
it's nice custom you have there.
Thank you. We also have other customs that I would share later.
I'm looking forward to your future posts.
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