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Bhuta Lawengan

Today Gayatri woke up so late 'cause last night she accompanied her grandfather to Sawah.

" Gayatri, let's eat first ! " his grandmother said as she watched Gayatri come out of her room.

" Yes Nek, "sahut Gayatri.

Gayatri then ate with Grandpa and Grandma.

" If there is no Gayatri this house must be immediately quiet" said his grandfather while staring at Gayatri

" I'll be here a lot later on with the Kek holiday" Gayatri replied with a smile

" Sir, Bu Siti's husband last night around 20:00 am saw Bhuta Lawengan near the cemetery when he came home from the rice field. His body immediately trembled to see it, and now he fell ill from being so frightened," said Granny Indri

"There's so much love for him" replied Grandpa Surya

" Grandfather, what is Bhuta Lawengan? " asked Gayatri while looking at her Grandfather

" Bhuta Lawengan is a fine human being without a head, but has a face on the front of his body. But sometimes he is a body only and does not have a head, hands and feet. Bhuta Lawengan is a creature created by Goddess Durga from a human corpse whose head has been separated from his body or a corpse that only lives in his body. It is said that if there is a corpse that has been very long in the grave and does not visit the cremation (burned) then Goddess Durga will send the Lawengan and some other subtle creatures such as the living skull, the head devil, and the devil, rotten corpses and others to visit the corpse's family through dreams or in real life. They will remind the family of the corpse that they are the condition of the corpse at this time. And so that the corpse immediately made Ngaben ceremony (burning the corpse). Lawengan often appears on the streets around graves and hospitals in Bali. If you look from behind, the Lawengan will look like an ordinary human who is like walking down, has long hair, bare chest and only wearing a cambodian, like walking down, but when he turned around he had no head and his face was on his chest, while the long hair grew from his neck." Grandpa Surya said

"Grandfather, is there a corpse buried for a long time ? "asked Gayatri

"Of course there is, maybe the corpse's family has not had the cost for the Ngaben ceremony (corpse burning), so the corpse in the grave first until he has the cost," explained his grandfather.

"Pity too, Kek ? especially the family of the dead man whose life is short . Who is Goddess Durga? " ask Gayatri

"Durga was the wife of Lord Shiva. Other names of Goddess Durga are Dewi Uma, Parwati, Giri Putri and many others. Goddess Durga is depicted with a very creepy figure," said Grandpa Surya

" He became Goddess Durga with a very sinister appearance when Lord Shiva tested his wife's loyalty . Lord Shiva pretends to be sick in front of his wife, and if he does not get milk then Lord Shiva will die. Lord Shiva then asked his wife to come down to earth in search of milk. As a wife she accepted her husband's request.Unfortunately while she was on earth, she had trouble finding a cowherd. She is almost desperate to find a cowherd, but eventually Dewi Uma finds a cowherd who is none other than her own husband in disguise. The Goddess asked for a little cow's milk but was rejected by the herder.Salah various ways done by Dewi Uma so that she can get milk, so she can get milk, but still his efforts failed.He was even willing to beg - begging but still his efforts failed. The herdsmen only want to give milk if Goddess Uma will serve him. Goddess Uma was in a dilemma. At that time she thought if she did not bring milk then her husband would die, but if she would serve the shepherd then she would be given milk and her husband lived, she said, but he was stained because his obedience to the husband to bring milk made him want to do the forbidden thing. After her mission was accomplished, Dewi Uma returned to hand over milk to her husband. Before receiving milk, Lord Shiva asked where the milk was obtained from and how it was obtained. Panicked, Dewi Uma lied to her husband. Lord Shiva called his son Lord Ganesha. Lord Shiva told Lord Ganesha to use Tenung Aji Saraswati to find out where the milk came from. Lord Ganesha then told what he knew to the Father. Dewi Uma was immediately angry and burned Tenung Aji Saraswati." His Grandfather

" Then what happened to Kek ?"

"Seeing the behavior of Goddess Uma, Lord Shiva was furious and cursed his wife to become Goddess Durga because she was considered to have lied and betrayed. Goddess Durga was sent down to earth. After being sent down to earth, the beautiful goddess Uma wandered there and there . He then arrived at a vast grave named Setra Gandamayu(grave). This place is inhabited by ferocious and creepy spirits. These creatures want to prey on Goddess Uma because they feel disturbed. Not accepting the treatment of the creature that has been presumptuous, Dewi Uma was angry and changed into a figure that is more sinister than them. The eyes of Goddess Uma gave off a dazzling radiance, hair decomposed all the way to the ground, fangs and long nails, and a long protruding tongue . From all over his body and tongue, the flames burned down all the creatures that had attacked him. Since then, Uma Goddess changed to Durga and became the ruler of Setra Gandamayu (grave ). She is also known as the Goddess of the subtle creatures and the adherents of the Science of Leak. People who learn the science of Leak if you want to change into a figure of Leak, he must ask permission to Goddess Durga first. The sinister form of Goddess Durga is considered as a symbol of a woman's anger and in the form of a Rangda mask that is sacred to the Balinese until now, " said Grandpa Surya.

"Grandfather, then so sorry Goddess Durga huh ? " said Gayatri looking sad.

10 Minutes later, Wayan Rasta came to pick up Gayatri.

"Tok...Om swastyastu," said Wayan Rasta

" Of swastyastu," replied Granny Indri while opening the door

Indri's grandmother then invited Wayan Rasta inside.

" Sir, why did it come so quickly ? I still want to be here" grumbled Gayatri

" But tomorrow Gayatri has to go to school. Later that Gayatri holiday can be here again." Terang Wayan Rasta's

" Well then," said Gayatri who immediately went to get her bag.

" Gayatri, you have the heart of me . Coming here did not tell me, I was confused looking for you," said Gandi scowled

" Sorry Gandi, I forgot. " Reply Gayatri felt very guilty.