Cleansing Ceremony: Mawinten
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The Mawinten ceremony is a Balinese family ceremony, in particular a cleansing ceremony. The purpose of this ceremony is to remove all negative energy from the thinking and actions of the person undergoing the ceremony. Parts of the ceremonies include the potong rambut (symbolic hair cutting) and the dental filing ceremony (where the canines are filed - canines represent the “low, animal” energy that disappears to make way for “high, sacred” energy).
This family ceremony is quite costly and is therefore usually planned and carried out by a number of families at the same time, in order to share costs and save.
(Other family ceremonies include birth ceremonies, the 3-month baby ceremony, wedding ceremony, and death ceremonies).
