Melasti Ceremony

Melasti ceremony is purification ritual before the silent day of Bali (Nyepi). They held this ritual in the sea. This ritual has an aim to erase all the bad thing and bad karma from human and then they throw it to the ocean. Balinese Hindu believe that sea or ocean is considered as the source of life. Melasti ceremony not only for human purification, it purify the sacred thing from temple too.

Melasti is yadnya ceremony which is aimed to purify oneself spiritually and physically,namely,by enhancing the serenity of mind,the procession to purify the universe is symbolized by serving the offering to the sea and purification to all statue,Pratima,Nyasa,Pralinnga symbol or sthana(shrine) of Ida Sang Hyang Widi Wasa,God Almighty in all his manifestations.

Melasti which is also call Melis or Mekiis is done three days before Nyepi Holidays which is aimed to remove all kinds of defilement thought,words and deeds,as well as to abtain holy water (angemet tirta amerta) for life.Melasti can be done at the sea,lakes,and purified water spring.