Showing posts with label religious ritual. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious ritual. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

What it's ...TAJEN BALI (Cockfight Religious Ritual)

What it's ...TAJEN  ...(Religious Rituals or Gambling Activities)

In the life of society on the island of BALI, cockfight gambling are well known and quite popular with some people in some areas in Bali cockfight gambling known as Tajen,
Tajen is a tradition of cockfight gambling conducted by putting spurs, ie a small blade attached at the foot of two roosters are pitted as a weapon to kill his opponent

In the beginning "Tajen" is part of religious rituals or tabuh rah sata take place in the Balinese Hindu community. Which of these tabu rah requires a trickle of blood as a symbol / terms cleanse mankind from greed / greed of materialistic values and worldly. Tabuh rah is also significant as a blind ritual Yadnya which blood drips to the earth symbolized mankind requests to Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa to avoid distress.