Preparation of Bali Hindu Communities and Society Hindu Java in the Implementation of Nyepi Rituals in Hanura Village Teluk Pandan District Pesawaran Regency

This study aims to explain the readiness of the Balinese Hindu community and the Javanese Hindu community in the implementation of the Nyepi ritual in Hanura Village, explaining the stages that are carried out before the Nyepi ritual, the implementation of the Nyepi ritual, and after the Nyepi ritual in the Balinese Hindu Community and Javanese Hinduism in Hanura Village and explain factors that cause changes in the Nyepi ritual in the Balinese Hindu community and the Javanese Hindu community in Hanura Village, Teluk Pandan District, Pesawaran Regency. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. This study uses interview data collection techniques, observation, and documentation. The data analysis technique used is qualitative data analysis techniques using a phenomenological approach. The results of this study indicate that in the implementation of the Nyepi ritual, material and non-material readiness for the implementation of the Nyepi ritual. Material readiness, in the form of real human creations. The Balinese Hindu and Javanese Hindus prepare offerings, pancawarna, daksina, tirta, bija and Shiva statues. Meanwhile, non-material readiness, which is not real (abstract), is passed down from generation to generation, which becomes a tradition/habit in society. The readiness to carry out the Nyepi ritual by the Balinese Hindu community and the Javanese Hindu community in Hanura Village, Teluk Pandan District, Pesawaran Regency, the Hindu community carries out various stages such as before the Nyepi ritual, the Nyepi ritual process and after Nyepi. Before the Nyepi ritual, all Hindu communities carry out melasti, mecaru and ogoh-ogoh parades. After that, the Hindu community carries out the Nyepi ritual process, namely tapa brata, inside the house, not traveling, not lighting a fire, not working and fasting for 24 hours straight. Then it ends with the stage after the Nyepi ritual, in which the entire Hindu community performs offerings and goes around the village to forgive each other with the aim of cleansing the sins of fellow humans as God’s creatures. The implementation time factor and economic factors cause changes in the Nyepi ritual, but it does not reduce the religious value of the Balinese Hindu and Javanese Hindu communities.