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War does not always lead to hostility and casualties. This sentence is a picture of tradition Grebek Mekotek or timber wars are always conducted Munggu Village, District Mengwi Badung, Bali, in every celebration of Kuningan. This war is different from the war in general. There are no sharp weapons and each other not fight each other.
Mekotek itself is taken from the word tap tap, which is the sound of wood that pitted one another. A thousand more residents than 12 banjo in the village Munggu participate in the tradition handed down during the celebration of the victory of the war in the kingdom Blambangan ago. Every citizen who follow Mekotek required to bring a timber type pulet whose length is about 3.5 meters.
Residents then divided into several groups and combining the wood until the cone-shaped. Then, there is one resident who rises above the wood pile to crashed with the group that set up another pile of wood.
Aside from being a symbol of victory, Mekotek also an attempt to deny the reinforcements that never happened to this village many years ago. "In 1915, the Netherlands banned the holding of Mekotek tradition for fear of rebellion, then munculah disaster in the form of disease outbreak that killed 10 people every day," said Chairman Kerta Munggu Ida Bagus Gede Village Mahadeva.
"After that, we are negotiating with the Dutch and finally allowed to return to hold back this tradition and never no more disasters like before," he added.
Residents who participate in this Mekotek tradition starting from the age of 12 years to 60 years. The young generation has deliberately engaged to introduce and preserve the indigenous culture of this Munggu Village.
