The tradition of kissing mass

The tradition of kissing mass

in Bali
"Omed-omedan" Dozens of young people kiss each other in event-omedan omed as part of the tradition of celebration to welcome Nyepi Saka New Year 1932 in Bali.

This unique tradition is packed in the show titled Sesetan Omed-omedan Heritage Festival 2010 which was held in Banjar Kaja Sesetan South Denpasar District, this afternoon.

According to committee chairman I Putu Wiranata Jaya, this activity was intended to preserve the value of art and culture as well as to foster togetherness. "This activity has a sacred value because it is associated Susuhunan at Pura Banjar he said," Wednesday (3/17/2010). Span class = "fullpost">

Local residents held a hereditary tradition that fell the day after Nyepi, or sulk geni. In this event the young people marched and spun round. They were asked to choose their preferred.

Among them later developed bersaman when meeting each other's arms for a moment but then had to let go again. Not infrequently since late preformance event they are reluctant to let go of hugs and kisses. Should therefore be drawn other woods youths causing tensile pull. This is the height and attractiveness of that tradition.

"We reject the negative allegations as though omed omedan identical with a kiss," said Wiranata. One participant Putu Ayu Puspa (23) and her sister Kadek Wandayani, admitted twice participated this event. "I was initially scared but parents encouraged appear, anyways do not have to smell it," he said sheepishly.

The event begins Janger dances and barong performances from local arts. This event received extensive thousands of Denpasar. Mayor Looks Rai Mantra and DPD Kadek Arimbawa present saw the annual event.

Bali Unique Tradition-Kissing Festival

Bali Unique Tradition-Kissing Festival

Following Nyepi — a day of silence for Balinese Hindus marking the Saka New Year — Banjar Kaja in Sesetan, Denpasar, holds Omed-Omedan, a kissing festival for local teenagers that is believed to ward off bad luck in the year ahead.
The story goes that the festival began “a long time ago,” but nobody quite knows when. A group of bored teenagers were hanging around, playing games outside on Nyepi near the house of an elderly village leader who was sick. When the leader stepped outside to scold the laughing teenagers, he instantly felt better.
The festival has been held ever since. In the 1970s, it was moved to the day after Nyepi to respect the silence edict. There was only one year that the festival did not push through and locals say that on that day, the head of the community found two pigs fighting outside the main temple.
At this time, both young boys and girls who had been selected by the committee, as if they had been “mating” randomly then force to hug and kissing in front of thousands of people.

Kissing Fun Festival
In Balinese language, “omed” means pull and “omed-omedan” for pull each other. But in this tradition it’s means men and women who hug and kiss each other. This year omed-omedan festival, there are 50 young men and 50 young women of local banjar who decided will followed this traditional ritual.
The background of this tradition, according to several statements, as it is part of loyalty and worship to Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa, The Almighty God.
Since noon, thousands of people filled Jalan Raya Sesetan in front of Bale Banjar Kaja – Kaja assembling hall – to further enliven “Omed-Omedan” ritual, that banjar packaging their cultural ritual in a theme “Banjar Kaja Heritage Festival.

Kissing Fun, Let's Try 
Before queue of “Omed Omedan” participants get ready, previously they had to pray at Banjar Kaja Temple led by local priest. Then, while get accompanied with Balinese traditional music, or called as gamelan, those youth queue paraded into the “Omed Omedan” arena so they will get their turn one by one.
The festival get more enliven when the committee poured water irregularly to the viewers and participants. Whoever is in that arena could become wet and this is precisely the attraction of this ritual conducted on ‘Ngembak Geni.”
This all held in the name of history that happens few years ago. Not meaning that Balinese exploit or exhibit the sex, porn or kissing it. We love to all people with love, we love the peace.

Topography of the island

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Topography of the island

See also List of bodies of water in Bali and List of mountains in Bali.

The island of Bali lies 3.2 km (2 mi) east of Java, and is approximately 8 degrees south of the equator. Bali and Java are separated by Bali Strait. East to west, the island is approximately 153 km (95 mi) wide and spans approximately 112 km (69 mi) north to south; its land area is 5,632 km².

The highest point is Mount Agung at 3,142 m (9,426 feet) high, an active volcano that last erupted in March 1963. Mountains range from centre to the eastern side, with Mount Agung the easternmost peak. Mount Batur (1,717 m) is also still active; an eruption 30,000 years ago was one of the largest known volcanic events on Earth.[citation needed] In the south the land descends to form an alluvial plain, watered by shallow, north-south flowing rivers, drier in the dry season and overflowing during periods of heavy rain. The longest of these rivers, Ayung River, flows approximately 75 km.

The island is surrounded by coral reefs. Beaches in the south tend to have white sand while those in the north and west have black sand. The beach town of Padangbai in the south east has both[citation needed]. Bali has no major waterways, although the Ho River is navigable by small sampan boats. Black sand beaches between Pasut and Klatingdukuh are being developed for tourism, but apart from the seaside temple of Tanah Lot, they are not yet used for significant tourism.

The largest city is the provincial capital, Denpasar, near the southern coast. Its population is around 491,500(2002). Bali's second-largest city is the old colonial capital, Singaraja, which is located on the north coast and is home to around 100,000 people. Other important cities include the beach resort, Kuta, which is practically part of Denpasar's urban area; and Ubud, which is north of Denpasar, and is known as the island's cultural centre.

Three small islands lie to the immediate south east and all are administratively part of the Klungkung regency of Bali: Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan. These islands are separated from Bali by the Badung Strait.

To the east, the Lombok Strait separates Bali from Lombok and marks the biogeographical division between the fauna of the Indomalayan ecozone and the distinctly different fauna of Australasia. The transition is known as the Wallace Line, named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who first proposed a transition zone between these two major biomes. When sea levels dropped during the Pleistocene ice age, Bali was connected to Java and Sumatra and to the mainland of Asia and shared the Asian fauna, but the deep water of the Lombok Strait continued to keep Lombok and the Lesser Sunda archipelago isolated.

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