MELASTI CEREMONY IN BALI

Implementation Melasti ceremony performed three days (tilem Kesanga) before Nyepi, Melasti ceremony can also call or Mekilis Melis ceremony, where on this day Hindus their prayer on the waterfront with a view to purify ourselves of all the bad things in the past and throw sea, is carried out before celebrating Tapa Brata penyepin. Ceremony held together with their prayer facing the sea, all the ceremony participants wearing a white shirt. After the Melasti ceremony was over done, the whole object and the equipment carried into the Great Hall of the village temple. Before Ngrupuk done nyejer and salvation. Hindus in Bali hoping for the sanctity of inner and outer self, and getting blessings from Sang Hyang Widhi (God Almighty) to cope with life in the future. Meaning of Melasti ceremony is a cleansing process in man, nature and objects that are considered sacred to be pure again by prayer and plea to Hyang Widhi Wasa  (Almighty God), through the intermediary of living water (sea, lake, river), with road  that all the dirt is gone and pure again. The ceremony was also aimed at appealing to Ida Sang Hyang Wasa (Almighty God ) Widhi that Hindus were given the power to carry out a series of nyepi day.