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| Selasa, 30 September 2008 |
In Sangeh, 15 km beyond Mengwi, lies the famous Monkey Forest and Pura Bukit Sari temple. This small temple may date from the founding of Mengwi, although it is also said that it existed in the 17th century. There is an old statue here of Garuda, the mount of Wisnu, who is also associated with the search for the magic elixer (amreta) to release his parents from their torments in hell. The temple is surrounded by tall nutmeg trees with greyish-white trunks. These are very rare in Bali, and it is clear that they have been planted deliberately. Many monkeys roam about in the forest. They are quite a nuisance, for they attack visitors and steal their spectacles, jewellery, watches and handbags, and make life impossible for souvenir vendors in little shops closeby. It is said that some of Hanoman’s monkey troops fell down with the top of Mt Mahameru on Sangeh when he tried to crush the evil demon king Rawana with it. The Ramayana epic tells about Prince Rama helped by monkey army attacked Alengka Pura to save his beautiful wife Princess Dewi Sita. His enemy, Rahwana who kidnapped Sita, is a villainous giant that could die neither on earth nor in air. To kill him, Hanuman - the general of the monkey army-, pressed Rahwana between two halves of the holy mountain Mahameru. When he took Mahameru, a part of the mountain fell to the earth in Bali, along with a group of his monkey armies. According to this legend, they are the ancestors of the monkeys you will see in Bali. Alas Kedaton is a small forest with a cluster of towering trees and hoe of hundreds of sprite monkeys. The forest and all tame monkeys are considered to be sacred. For many years no one has been permitted to chop the wood nor to catch any of the monkeys. The temple inside the forest where the monkeys living is dedicated to the god of water. The Hindu Balinese believe that the forest or monkeys are the property of the god of the temple. |
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