Ritus Keni Kesipat Di Pura Penataran Desa Adat Penglipuran Kecamatan Bangli Kabupaten Bangli

Penataran Temple Penglipuran Custom Village, Bangli Subdistric, Bangli Regency has such kind of interesting ritual or rite which is called as Keni Kesipat Rite. Keni Kesipat rite is a kind of an apology or it is called as guru piduka, but it has its own uniqueness so that it is interesting to be researched with the statement of the problems: 1. Why the villagers in Penglipuran Custom Village held Keni Kesipat rite in Penataran Temple; 2. What is the functions and the meaning of Keni Kesipat rite for the villagers in Penglipuran Custom Village. This research used three theories, those are: religion theory from Emile Durkheim, Taboo theory from Douglas, and manifest Functionalism and Laten theory of Robert K. Morthon. This research used qualitative approach, the techniques were used to collect the data namely participatory observation, interview and literature techniques, the data obtained were analyzed descriptively. Keni Kesipat Rite is hold by the villager who has broken the prohibitions which there are in Penataran Temple. The prohibitions in Penataran temple is related with the sacred and holy places. Keni Kesipat Rite is led by Jro Kubayan. And there are two things which are used as the offering; those are pengolem and banten penyeneng. The functions of Keni Kesipat Rite for the villagers are: 1. As an apology thing to Lord Brahma for committing such kind of violation in sacred places, 2. The second function of Keni Kesipat Rite is to maintain the holiness of the temple by held the Keni Kesipat Rite. The meanings of Keni Kesipat Rite for the Penglipuran villager are, 1. The first meaning is to maintain a good harmony among environment, god and human, 2. The meaning of Keni Kesipat is to maintain the attitude and behavior to be careful in order does not to do any kind of violation. Key words: Penataran Temple, Keni Kesipat Rite, prohibition.