Bali Culture - Penampahan Galungan

Balinese people will kill one or several domestic animals as special offerings. Which are meant to get rid of negativity in both the bhuana agung (the environment of the individual human being). The meat is afterwards prepared and cooked for traditional Balinese dishes such as lawar, babi guling, and satay.

In the afternoon of Penampahan Galungan people install the penjor in front of their house compunds tall,  decorated bamboo poles that are curved at the top.

These penjor are a type of offering with which people express their gratitude for the prosperity of the earth that is bestowed on them. The bow og the penjor symbolize the holy mount Agung, the tall bamboo the rivers that run down from the mountains to the sea, and the decorations of fruits and plants are symbolic for the crops that can grow where the river (sysmbol for water) passes the farm lands on its way to the sea.