Tajen

It has long been a tradition tajen or cockfighting has grown and developed in Bali , originally evolved from a series of ceremonies god yadnya called Rah Tabuh ceremony , which requires the existence of the red drum dripping blood as a symbol / requirements cleanse mankind of covetousness or greed to materialistic values ​​and worldly . Red drum is also significant as yadnya blind ritual in which blood is dripped into the earth symbolizes humanity request to Sang Hyang Wasa Widhi to avoid distress , then a shift in the meaning of the ritual and percussion or tajen This then leads to gambling . Indeed Tajen or cockfighting event in Bali is quite well known and popular among the people of Bali , especially by the men , although it is clearly gambling was illegal , but in some places cockfighting is still ongoing although clandestinely to avoid the authorities . Red drum is a sprinkling of animal blood sacrifice be in conjunction with Hindu religious ceremony in Bali ( yadnya ) . Sowing blood of the sacrificial animal by cutting the animal's throat or stab him with a dagger . In Majapahit era termed a " hack gulu is called penyambleh chicken , whereas chicken fight wars Satha is held in a series of religious ceremonies ( yadnya ) . Use in this case is a gamecock , conducted three rounds . ( Telung perahatan ) that contains the meaning of meaning the magical number three as a symbol of the beginning middle and end . Essentially war is a symbol of the struggle ( Galungan ) between dharma with adharma . Tajen as a cultural phenomenon in the past primarily geared to meet yadnya functions , such as red drum , among others tajen nyuh and tajen taluh . Tajen this kind carried out after kincang - kincung dance , a dance by means of spears and keris ( kadutan ) on the eve of the ceremony piodalan completed . dance and tajen this kind of violence is an expression in the form of a win - lose battle to defeat ( death ) in one party gives significant victory ( life ) on the other side . War and death are spiritual needs , religious needs . Religion is always associated with metakosmos and presenting the " out there " in the world of the human , more transcendent blessing that turn human . Basically they did not like death and war . But life has to be done that way because that's just the way life is possible . Thus life can return to normal without any pressure , both physically and psychologically . It presupposes that everyone including the Balinese in him has contained elements of violence , even the tensions that normally should receive discharge channel . Through a religious ceremony that is linked to the arts and other traditions apparently , the Balinese obtain hardness distribution and release of tension experienced life everyday . That's why the first cockfight always held in the temple area . If deemed necessary to continue then it is held in the temple jabaan remain bound by the etiquette that should apply in the temple area .