[De Tom]

Had my Balinese Birthday or 'Otonan' a couple of days ago. This is my second otonan since i became a Hindu.. or Hindu Bali. The Otonan doesn't follow our western calender but changes date according to the relative 'position' of the Balinese calender, so having this said, my first Otonan was in April and my Second one in November. It's not really a celebration with cakes and a party like in the west but a time for offerings to be made and a prayer for good health.

Here are the offerings for me on my Otonan or Balinese Birthday

[anna]

The picture is beautiful Tompa! Happy Balinese Birthday De Tom! :)

[gunn parker]

That looks very nice, please tell us what your day was like.
cheers

[De Tom]

The actual Otonan ceremony take only a few minutes to perform and the individual praying is up to yourself how much time you wish to take. I believe my Balinese dad do meditate as well before or after his Otonan ceremony so he put more time into it, but, this may not be the case for most people. It's not so much a daily or full day event.

[Ubudian]

I’ll be having my oton next week. It’s always at the high priest’s compound and she’s a real rascal having known me now for many years and presiding over our wedding, temple odalans, and melaspas ceremonies.

As usual I’ll have to take off my safari and bare my chest as she douses me with bucket after bucket of holy water all the while winking at my wife and chuckling as all that bad stuff is purified from me.

Here’s a photo of her. I must say I’m in love with her in a way. She’s 19 years old in spirit and in her eyes, it’s just that her body doesn’t seem to go along with that!

[drbruce]

Hope you had a peaceful day Tom.

[De Tom]

I love that story about your Otonan which turn into an exorcism with holy water. Always good to meet spiritual leaders with a sense of humour as well. Thank you for sharing that story and picture! We just checked for my coming Otonan and it's not until June. It seems i only have one this year instead of two.

Thank you bruce.

[anna]

Ubudian, on 06 February 2010 - 04:30 PM, said:

I’ll be having my oton next week. It’s always at the high priest’s compound and she’s a real rascal having known me now for many years and presiding over our wedding, temple odalans, and melaspas ceremonies.

As usual I’ll have to take off my safari and bare my chest as she douses me with bucket after bucket of holy water all the while winking at my wife and chuckling as all that bad stuff is purified from me.

Here’s a photo of her. I must say I’m in love with her in a way. She’s 19 years old in spirit and in her eyes, it’s just that her body doesn’t seem to go along with that!

Aww! She is SO CUTE! Makes me really miss Dadong from my last kost.