Love and Affection and Balinese Music

Everyday there is a ceremony in Bali and particular days become special days for the Hindus in Bali. Just have a look on Saturday, 4 October 2008, for instance. According to the Balinese calendar, that day is called Tumpek Krulut. This festivity is solemnly appreciated as the creation day of mutual love and affection among human beings through gamelan instrument.
Tumpek Krulut festivity, pursuant to the guidance in the Aji Gurnita lontar manuscript, is marked with the amalgamation of gamelan arts originating in all existing gong instruments. This ritual is inaugurated by the worship to the power of taksu (divine inspiration) existing in the Balinese gamelan prior to the nightfall. Celebration of Tumpek Krulut denotes a whole-hearted tribute to God in his manifestation as the Lord Shiva.
How do the Hindus celebrate their Tumpek Krulut? Simply make a visit to villages of which inhabitants become artists of dance and music like around Ubud (Gianyar), Kerambitan (Tabanan) and other villages. For Denpasar, the celebration of Tumpek Krulut gets great support from the Deputy Mayor, Rai Mantra. “Through this celebration we could maintain the harmony of our inhabitants. I surely have confidence that the strings of gamelan tones would penetrate the heartstrings of the inhabitants,” he uttered on the celebration of Tumpek Krulut last year in Denpasar.