Manusa Yadnya

Title of artwork
Manusa Yadnya
Date of work
2006
Artist(s)
I Nyoman Barak
Locations
Batuan
Collected in ...
Private Collection of Batuan, Singapore
Catalog Number
264
Accession Number
“”
Photo credit
Cheong Ken
Abstracted summary
Manusa Yadnya means ceremony of a person. The ceremony starts since a person is 42 days of age. The sequence is: 1. 42 days: go to a person who can communicate with ancestral. Asking who is reincarnate to the baby. The person (or people sometimes, more than one person is taking one body for reincarnation) is usually from the husband ancestral. Ask if there is any special request. Usually special request is name, unpaid promised to deities, 2. 3months: first ceremony involving villagers. When babi guling is made and foods are prepared for families and other relatives. Baby given name on this day. If the fund permits, parents is paying the unpaid promised by the ancestral who reincarnate in the baby. 3. 6 months: This is the day when a baby touch the ground for the first time. 4. First menstruation (for girl) and akil balik (for boy) and tooth filing ceremony: this is the day that the boy and girl is consider entering adulthood world. Six upper teeths is filed as a symbolic of taking out the sad ripu. 5. Wedding ceremony. 6. Cremation ceremony Ceremonies no. 1 5 is parents task to children. While no. 6 is children task to parents.
Medium of production
paper
Width (cm)
70
Height (inches)
27.6
19.6