wedding ceremony
Senin, 31 Agustus 2009
Hindus have a purpose in life called the Artha Purusa Catur Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. This can not be realized at once but gradually.Marriage or Wiwaha is an attempt to realize the purpose of life Grhasta Dormitory. Main tasks of ejection by Grhasta Boarding Parwa Agastya is to realize a life that is called "magic Kayika yatha Dharma" which means the ability to implement the Dharma itself. So a Grhasta should really be able to independently realize the Dharma in this life.
In a marriage there are two goals that must be resolved by realizing that completely artha and
In the preparation stage, a person who will enter the marriage in desperate need of guidance, especially to do with success or minimize the barriers that may arise. Guidance will be very good if given by an expert in the field of Hindu religion, especially concerning the duties and obligations of a grhastha, to be independent within the manifest destiny to get artha and
Purify Self Marriage is essentially a yadnya to provide an opportunity for fathers to incarnate again in order to improve his karma. Sarasamuscaya biblical verse 2 mentioned "Ri sarwa sakwehning bhuta, iking Janam gumaweakenikang wang authorities also asubha karma subha, subha ring worm panentasakena karma karma also ikang asubha dadi pahalaning wang" means: from this number all living creatures, who was born as a human that's all I can do good or bad. As for consolidation bad deeds into good deeds, it is useful to be human.
Associated with the verse in the bag, karma only incarnate as a human being, karma can be improved to a perfect karma subha. Have children through marriage and keep it with real affection to a yadnya ancestors. Moreover if the child can be nurtured and educated to be human suputra, would constitute an act exceeding one hundred yadnya, as mentioned in Slokantara
Hindu marriage is a holy and sacred, and therefore the Vedic era, the marriage is determined by a sage, who can see clearly, beyond the spiritual vision, who will be married couples. With a view of an expert or a Brahmin Rishi Sista, fit or not fitting of a married couple will be seen clearly.
Couples who do not fit (in spirit) is recommended to cancel his marriage plans, because it can definitely be fatal to both families involved. After days of Dharma Sastra, the couple no longer reconcilable by the sage, but by the king or brides parents, by considering the mundane, such as maintaining the dignity of the family, consideration of wealth, beauty, kegantengan and others. When this started declining spiritual values as a basis for consideration.
In the modern era and the era of globalization, as now, the role of parents probably have not so dominant in determining mate sons. Young children more now determine their own soul mate. Determination mate by themselves are very tergantuang on their ability levels to marriage. But it seems more determined by worldly considerations, such as physical beauty, the degree of family and social measures rather than the degree of economic and spiritual.
Meaning and Symbol
Marriage Law No. 1 th 1974, the validity of a marriage is legal according to their respective religions. So, for Hindus, through the process of religious ceremony called "Mekala-kalaan" (natab banten), usually dipuput by a pinandita. The ceremony was held at the home page (middle Natah) because it is the central point of the power of "Kala Bhucari" as ruler of the area housing madyaning theater. Makala-kalaan derived from the word "time" which means energy. Kala is a manifestation of power that has quality
With mekala-kalaan ceremony as a means of neutralizing (nyomia) when the power is negative in order to be when hita or to change the quality of godhead (Daiwi Sampad). So please panugrahan of Bhucari Sang Hyang Kala, nyomia Sang Hyang Kala Sang Hyang nareswari be Semara Jaya and Sang Hyang Semara Ruth.
So the meaning of the ceremony as mekala-kalaan legalization of marriage the couple through the process of purification, as well as purified contained the seeds of both families, a sukla (spermatozoa) of men and women bride (ovum) from the bride.
Tools Ceremony Mekala-kalaan
1. Sanggah Surya
On the right hung biyu lalung and protested to the left of hanging a kulkul berem. Surya is corrected niyasa (symbol) Stana Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa, in this case is the god Surya and stananya Sang Hyang Semara Jaya and Sang Hyang Semara Ruth.
Biyu lalung is the symbol of the strength purusa Widhi and Sang Hyang Hyang Purusa is manifest as Sang Hyang Semara Jaya, as the god of virtue, beauty, wisdom groom symbol.
Kulkul contains prakertinya power symbol berem Sang Hyang Widhi and manifest as Sang Hyang Semara Ratih, the god of beauty and wisdom of the symbol of the bride.
2. Centipedes nareswari Kala (Kala Badeg)
Blonde bride, who is placed as a base upakara mekala-kalaan and occupied by both the prospective bride.
3. Tikeh Dadakan (small mats)
Impromptu Tikeh occupied by the bride as a symbol of the hymen (Hymen) of women. When viewed from a spiritual angle, tikeh impromptu as a symbol of strength is Sang Hyang Prakerti (yoni power).
4. Keris
Kris as Sang Hyang Purusa strength (strength phallus) grooms. Usually nyungklit kris, viewed from the side spritualnya as a symbol of the groom kepurusan.
5. White Yarn
In kalaan made mekala-white thread and a half meters long, consisting of 12 pitches threads into one, and at both ends of each string is attached to the branches of trees as high as 30 cm dapdap.
Number 12 is symbolic of sebel 12 days, which is taken from a story by the Kauravas Pandavas conviction for 12 years. Mekala ceremony, the bride sebel automatic kalaan called sebel kandalan be annihilated with the purification ceremony.
From the spiritual aspect of this thread as a symbol of the layers of life, means that the bride was ready to increase the natural life of the natural Brahmacari to Grhasta Dormitory Dormitory.
6. Tegen - tegenan
Tegen-tegenan meaning is a symbol of the takeover of the responsibility scale and timeless.
Device tegen-tegenan:
- Cane means living bride could mean life stages such as sugarcane thing vertebra by vertebra, is sweet.
- Hoe as a symbol Ardha Candra. Hoe as a means of working, based on the Dharma berkarma
- Pots symbol windhu
- But coconut symbol brahman (Sang Hyang Widhi)
- A crab sign language symbol and kerahayuan offspring begging.
7. Suwun-suwunan (jinjingan facilities)
The form of baskets that carry the bride, which includes taro, turmeric, rice and spices symbolize a woman's task or mengmbangkan wife's husband provided the seed, is expected as turmeric and taro tree comes from a small seed grow into a large.
8. Trade-trade
Represents the agreement of the husband and wife to build a home and ready to bear all risks arising from the marriage as an agreement among sellers and buyers in commercial transactions.
9. Broom stick (3 more)
Rich Tri Parisudha symbol. The bride and groom looking at each other with each other, signals to warn each other and spur each other to remember the obligations of conduct Tri RNA, based on good words, good behavior and good thoughts, besides that it warned against brave face trials and domesticity.
10. Rod Kupakan (coconut fibers)
Coconut fibers split three, in which an egg filled with ducks, and then covered again in the outer colored yarn tied with three (tri Datu). Coconut fibers split in three symbols of TRIGUNA (satwam, rajas, tamas). Yarn Tridatu symbol of Tri Murti (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva) suggests purity.
Duck egg symbol beads. Bride of coconut fibers to each other kick (metanjung rod) three times, after which symbolically occupied by the bride. If having a dispute in order to beat each other, and rapidly in each individual to realize directly. Always remember to purification, so that power can be controlled TRIGUNA. After the ceremony kalapa fibers are placed under the bed bride.
11. Tetimpug
Three stems of bamboo were burned with fire aimed dayuh pleaded penyupatan of Sang Hyang Brahma.
After the ceremony finished mekala-kalaan followed by ridding itself (bath) it is called the "Angelus wimoha" which means implementing changes asuri sampad power nyomia be daiwi bhuta sampad or when nareswari nyomia to become Sang Hyang Semara Jaya and Sang Hyang Semara Ratih to expectations from this marriage were born children suputra.
After a shower bridal dress decorated natab great as it would on the couch which is grateful to Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa. Then on the next good day will be held ceremony Widhi Widana (rules and give thanks to Hyang Widhi). Last pepamitan ceremony to the bride's house.
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