Celoteh Wisnu

Akhir-akhir ini, sebelum tidur, seusai baca doa, biasanya ada celotehan Wisnu. Di saat itu, ibu biasanya sudah super ngantuk --jadi agak setengah sadar. Paginya baru teringat dan terasa terngiang-ngiang di telinga. Kadang celotehan itu jadi bahan ketawa sendirian saat bete, kadang malah jadi bahan bikin sedih --terutama kalo lagi tugas ke luar kota.

Berikut celotehannya:

Wisnu ingin punya rumah. Rumah kita sendiri, yang besar dan tingkat
tujuh, tinggiii.... Ini kan bukan rumah kita, tapi rumah kakiang dan niang. Gak
boleh dicoret-coret, gak boleh kotor, dindingnya gak boleh digunting-gunting.

Ibu, ibu, Wisnu mau ke Jepang lagi, sama adik Akira dan adik Andhika.
Ibu di rumah aja, masak, main sama Wisnu, nonton TV. Gak ngantor lagi, gak pergi ke Bali, gak pergi ke Makassar, gak pulang malam. Aji juga gak ngantor, cuma ke kampus aja, cuma aikido aja. Nanti main salju lagi. Belanja lagi sama Wisnu. Naik bis, naik kereta.

Kenapa ibu ke kantor setiap hari? Cari uang? Buat beli susu Wisnu dan
adik-adik? Gak usah! Kalo ibu ke kantor, Wisnu jadi sedih dong. Ibu pulangnya
lama, Wisnu gak mau sama mbak-mbak. Wisnu tungguin ibu, ibunya gak dateng-dateng. Wisnu telepon aki, eh akinya gak dateng-dateng.

Kalo Wisnu sudah besar, Wisnu mau jadi tukang ikan. Ikan yang untuk
dimakan. Kita gak boleh makan binatang, kasihan binatangnya. Kalau binatang yang gak bagus, boleh mati, boleh dimakan.

Kalo Wisnu sudah dewasa, sebesar Aji, Wisnu mau naik motor aja ah,
biar cepat, gak mau naik mobil, macet!

3 Oton : Andhika

On Sunday, Andhika, our youngest son, had to observe Otonan, just like Akira and Wisnu previously.






Otonan is a Balinese religious birthday celebration where the ceremony is conducted according to Balinese calendar : every 210 days. This ceremony is categorized as Manusia Yadnya which aims at repenting the person's misdeeds in his/her former lives to be able to retain a perfect life --as Balinese believe in Reincarnation.










Here are some glimpse of the procession.

Mebeakala

The parents are considered in "cuntaka" (impure) state after delivering the baby, therefore a special ceremony is conducted to purify the parents.

Mapagrare

Andhika touched the ground for the first time and got into the chicken's bar. Though he seemed too big to be under the bars, he enjoyed this attention-getter occasion as it invited laughter and comments from our relatives.

For this ceremony, we have to prepare a pair of chicken --one black male and one white female as one of the processions. After the ceremony the chicken were freed, but they kept on lingering around Andhika until the ceremony was over.


While the priest was murmuring some prayers, Andhika was busy pointing at the chicken as he was eager to chase them around our front yard.






In any occasion such this, the best thing is that it is some kind of family and friends gathering. From the newly-wed couple to the the hardly-ever-show-up family, all tried to come. We had good people, good food and good talk ! It would have to take along time and another good reason to bring them back together later.




Above all, we just wish Andhika the best luck, good health, long life and success.