PROCEEDING: The Ritual of Balinese Hindu amid the Pandemic

Ida Ayu, Dwita Krisna Ari (2021) PROCEEDING: The Ritual of Balinese Hindu amid the Pandemic. In: 6 th ICIIS Virtual International Conference of Interreligious and Intercultural Studies Towards the Era of New Normal: Intercultural and Interreligious Perspectives in Coping with the Pandemic. UNHI Press, pp. 89-96. ISBN 978-623-7963-41-7

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Abstract

The Covid 19 pandemic first appeared in Wuhan China then spread to almost all parts of the world, the spread of this pandemic to various parts of the world was caused by human migration as the host carrying the virus, Indonesia had boasted that Indonesian antibodies were immune to Covid 19, but in finally this virus was first discovered in Jakarta until finally in early March 2020 the Covid 19 virus infected one of the residents in Bali. As a world tourism destination island, Bali cannot escape the negative impact of the spread of the Covid 19 virus, various regulations and policies set by the Governor of Bali include implementing President Jokowi's decision to start working from home, learning from home and worshiping at home, to reduce the rate of spread. Covid 19, the public is urged to comply with several health protocols, one of which is "social distancing" and the recommendation to stay quiet "at home" with various policies issued by the government resulting in several modifications to community activities and also religious rituals in Bali, then emerging new faces of religious rituals that took place during the pandemic. The portrait of religious rituals that occurred during the pandemic is interesting to discuss how a modification in religious rituals occurs, using qualitative analysis, presenting data sources in the form of photos and interviews with various sources. Some of the results of the modification of religious rituals were obtained, including in terms of portraits of religious ritual actors who appear different by wearing health protocols, the existence of arrangements in carrying out religious rituals, emerging discourses of nyipeng, and changing the view of Balinese people to carry out the cremation process for families who died in a pandemic situation this is the best choice for doing the pengabenan process. Keywords: Modification, Ritual, Pandemic

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