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Petulu Gunung is a piace (Banjar) that is located in cool and   leafy village; it is about 3 Km in north side of the city of art,  Ubud and 30 Km from Denpasar City. In Banjar Petulu Gunung  live and grow the community of Kokokan birds (Kuntul). Kokokan birds live and integrate with life of people of Petulu Gunung and made nest above the trees that grows in front people house. Every afternoon all of the trees just like blossoming with white flowers because all of the birds perch on it.

The people of Petulu Gunung maintain the Kokokan Birds with full attention and love, so the Kokokan birds feel comfortable and peaceful to live above the trees. Kokokan birds have become the symbol of Banjar Petulu Gunung, so that the  people named Kokokan birds it means that it comes from the area in Petulu Gunung.

There are many folk stories state that Petulu Gunung is a  mountain from the territory of King of Sukawati. This name was given by Cokorda Gunung the son of King of Sukawati about 15th century. King of Sukawati placed a group of people from soroh (class) Bendesa to live and to build Petulu village. Because of the area were very Bet (thick), so the area was  called Bet Dutu, and then become Petulu.

The northern side  named Petulu Gunung. It is called Gunung (mountain) because the location was in the north side and it was in highest continent.The area of Petulu Gunung was isolated, the streets was  blocked and hard to reach it. The peoples life were very poor because it was hard to find a job and also tight rice field land to be cultivated. They were a very simple person but loyal to do  a traditional and religion ceremony. Society’s life orientation is dominated by spiritual and religious atmosphere.

In order to survive, a lot of Petulu Gunung society wanders to outside of their village to get a job or food source such as rice,  coffee and tuberous plant. A lot of them go to Singaraja to ngorek (picking up) coffee and to Tabanan territory to munuh  rice, and also to Bangli territory to munuh tuberous plant. These three territories are always come by them after harvest season comes, they will come back after they get some result  (harvest product) or when there is a ceremony or Galungan and Kuningan.

Observing this phenomenon, Petulu Gunung society start to think that what they have experienced is an event that is caused by the lack of yadnya (offering) that is offered to God al mighty. To over come this situation, people has a plan to do a great ceremony in their Pura Besa {temple) which are; Mepedanan, Mepedagingan, Mebalik Sumpah, and Ngenteg Linggih. They really believe that by doing this great ceremony Petulu Gunung society can live in peaceful and prosperous.

By great support from Puri Ubud, than it is fixed that   the ceremony will carried out on Saturday, Kliwon Landep. People start to ngayah (to help) to preaper  evrything that are    related with the ceremony such as; rerampe (coconut leaf, bamboo tree), pedagingan  (rice, egg), and Wewalugan (animal). When the people ngayah, some of them see for  Kokokan birds on the  tree in front of Mangku Desa’s residence. They did not have any  feeling that the bird would be the residence in the village.

On October 25th 1965 was the climax of the “Ngenteg Linggih" ceremony in Pura Desa (temple) that was started by other great ceremony such as: Melasti, Mepedanan,  Mepedagingan, and Mepada. The ceremony could be done with respect, peace, and smooth, although on the preparation it was surrounded by intense atmosphere because of the political temperature was heated. The society was more confident that the safety    that they experienced at that time was not a part from the protection of God Almighty because they would do the great ceremony. They are very happy and proud that they could offer a quite big Yadnya although their lives were so poor and in a destructive condition.(BTN/015)

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