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Fire war that held when "Pengerupukan" (a day before silent day)
hosted by the society of Br.Gunung and Umakepuh, buduk village, mengwi, Badung, Bali
was a inheritance from the ancestors.
as the implementation of Pengerupukan especially on Fire war
the atribute they need is coconut fibre and fire, as fire is the symbol of bravery.
fire war being held on Sandikala (about 6pm) which is the border of day and night that have a meaning of rwa bineda (two that different),
on fire war the part when we throw fire on each other also has a meaning that the one we fight is the enemy inside each of ourselves
that really hard to defeat, like for example the lust as the next day is the silent day,
we have to do Tapa Brata penyepian.
Perang Api yang dilaksanakan pada saat pengerupukan yang dilaksanakan oleh masyarakat Adat Br.Gunung dan Umakepuh,
Desa Adat Buduk, Kec.Mengwi Kab.Badung Bali sudah berlangsung dari sejak dulu
yang saat ini kalau ditanyakan kepada yang umurnya paling tua tidak dapat memberikan makna yang jelas
terhadap pelaksanaan perang api pada saat pengerupukan ,
dikatakan tetamian ( warisan ).
Untuk sarana upacara dalam agama hindu salah satu dipakai adalah “ Api “ sekarang pada umumnya memakai dupa,
dulu orang memakai api dakep ( Dua serabut kelapa yang disilang didalamnya ada api),
dalam pelaksanaan rentetan pengerupukan khususannya perang api yang digunakan adalah Serabut Kelapa dan api,
dimana api adalah simbul keberanian, keberanian terkait dengan kesaktian / ilmu kebatinan,
jaman dahulu banyak yang mempelajari ilmu kebatinan dimana sudah dipastikan adanya adu kesaktian,
sudah dipastikan dalam pertandingan ada yang kalah dan ada yang menang.
Dalam pelaksanaan perang api pada saat pengerupukan dilaksanakan pada saat Sandikala
yaitu jam perbatasan siang dan malam yang mempunyai makna rwa bineda ( dua yang berbeda ),
dalam perang api tersebut kita saling lempar api juga memiliki makna bahwa yang kita perangi adalah musuh dalam diri kita yang sangat sulit dilumpuhkan,
misalnya hawa nafsu yang besoknya hari raya nyepi kita melaksanakan Tapa Brata Penyepian .
Siapapun mereka dalam kehidupan sekarang dapat menunjukan keberanian yang positif dan kemauan dan dapat mengalahkan musuh yang ada dalam dirinya ( Sad Ripu )
maka mendapatkan ketenangan yang abadi .
The ancient Egyptian religion contained many animal-worship cults. Among the most important animal cults were the bull cults, as the ancients believed that the powerful bull represented the personality of the king. Priests of the bull cults identified a sacred bull by its very specific markings. Once the bull was proclaimed to be a god incarnate, it was taken to the temple compound where it was purified, stabled in majestic quarters, fed the best foods, and given a herd of the finest cows.
The Apis bull cult is probably the best known of the three most prominent and divine bull cults, and it is considered to be the most sacred. Herodotus wrote that the Apis was the "calf of a cow which is never afterwards able to have another. The Egyptian belief is that a flash of lightning descends upon the cow from heaven, and this causes her to receive Apis."
The Apis bull was originally considered to be the incarnation of the god Ptah, the creator of the universe and master of destiny, but this was a lesser-known association. Later the Apis became widely known as the incarnation of Osiris, god of embalming and cemeteries, when Ptah himself took on funerary characteristics and became associated with Osiris. Plutarch wrote that the "Apis was a fair and beautiful image of the soul of Osiris". At any rate, only one bull was considered to be the sacred Apis at a time; a replacement could be sought upon the death of the bull. The new Apis was transported to Memphis on a boat with a specially built golden cabin.
An Apis calf could be identified by certain distinct markings: the black calf had a white diamond on its forehead, an image of an eagle on its back, double the number of hairs on its tail, and a scarab mark under its tongue. Since the Apis was so sacred, it stands to reason that its mother (referred to as the "Isis cow") was revered as well.
Egyptians celebrated the Festival of the Apis Bull, which lasted for seven days. Throngs of people gathered in Memphis to watch priests lead the sacred bull in a hallowed procession through the welcoming crowds. It was thought that any child who smelled the breath of the Apis had the ability to predict the future. In fact, the Apis itself was often consulted as an oracle. Egyptians asked the bull a question and then offered it food: if the bull ate the food it was a good omen, but a rejection of the food was a bad omen.
Honey bees from the hive developing in the walls of my apartment.
This is a worker bee. They are non-reproductive females.
Per tutelare i consumatori e l'ambiente e per superare l'attuale crisi degli impollinatori in Europa sono già diffuse pratiche di "Agricoltura Ecologica". Questa è l'essenza di uno studio pubblicato da Greenpeace International - presentato oggi a Roma presso il ristorante Open Colonna (Roof garden Palazzo delle Esposizioni) - che integra ricerca scientifica e esperienza pratica di agricoltori e imprenditori che ormai applicano la moderna agricoltura sostenibile in tutta Europa. Durante la presentazione, lo chef Antonello Colonna ha presentato alcuni suoi piatti realizzati con ingredienti che dipendono dall'impollinazione delle api. Questi insetti infatti non si limitano a produrre miele, come molti pensano. Un terzo del cibo che mangiamo e la maggior parte della flora spontanea dipendono dalla loro opera di impollinazione.
Greenpeace/Alessandro Amoruso
"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony."
-- William Henry Channing (1810-1884)