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Such ceremonies are conducted at birth, at the separation and burial of the placenta, at seven days of age, at one month, at one month and seven days, at three months, at six months,. and at the birthday celebrations every six months there after (otonan), according to the Balinese calendar. Other milestone ceremonies occur at the loss of deciduous teeth, menarche, and adolescence (e.g., tooth filing, now a token filing procedure to bring the upper teeth into a straight line in order to diminish the six evil qualities of human nature: anger, desire, greed, jealousy, irresoluteness, and intoxication), at marriage, and at death (e.g., cremation, ngaben; twelve days thereafter, ngerorasin; and unification with God, ngukur, mligia), An elective, miles;00e in life is the preparation (culminating in a ceremony. called, pawintenan) to become a holy person, who vows celibacy and is instructed in a certain diet (e.g., vegetarian) and other rituals in order to remove thinking and better serve God and the gods.

A holy person carries out religious duties individually and has a chance to become a priest who ministers at Hindu ceremonies, and serves and assists the people in religious ceremonies.

There are many general ceremonies related to time according to the Balinese calendar (e.g., Galungan, Kuningan). In a six-month period there are at least five Tumpek ceremonies: Landep, Uduh, Uye (kandang), Kuningan, and Wayang. The purpose of Tumpek Landep is to give thanks for all material things made from metal, Tumpek Uduh, for plants; Tumpek Uye (kandang), for animals, Tumpek Wayang, for puppets; and Tumpek Kuningan, for the wellbeing of the world and its contents. In addition there is the full moon ceremony (Purnama), and the dark moon ceremony (Tilem); Kajeng Kliwon ceremonies occur every 15 days, a potentially fearful time because on this day evil spirits abound and persons with bad intentions may easily be possessed and, in turn, disturb or harm others.

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