TAJEN BALI (Cokfight Religious Ritual) 

what it's...........TAJEN.......(Religious Ritual or Gambling Activities )

In the life of society on the island of Bali cockfigh gambling are well know quite populer with some people in some areas in Bali cockfigh gambling knows as Tajen, Tajen is a tradition of cockfight gambling conducted by putting spurs, is a smal blade attached at the foot of rooster are pitted as a weapon to kill his opponent.

                                                My senior................. :)

In the begining " Tajen/Tabuh Rah/Gojekan " is part of religious ritual or tabuh rah sata take place in the Balinese Hindu community.Which of these tabu rah requires a trickle of blood as a symbol/terms cleanse mankind from greed/greed of materialistic values and wordly.Tabuh rah is aslso significant as a blind ritual Yadnya which blood drip to the earth symbolized mankind request to Sang Hyang Widhi wasa to avoid distress.

                                               I am with my rooster :)

In Yadnya Ceremonies in Hindu-balinese know matatabuhan  or matabuh term, namely, the process of sowing the five colors of liquid.Five colors are: White symbolized by wine , Yellow symbolized by the wine, which is symbolized by berem black, Red symbolized by the sprinkling of animal blood, and the last Brumbun namely by mixing the four colors.Five liquid which is symbolized by white blood, stomach glands that are yellow,red blod, black bile glands and water as symbol of all colors or Brumbun, Where the five are to be kept balanced.In line with the dynamics of social life of the people of Bali, has been movement in the meaning of the ritual and the tabuh rah, tabuh rah in which meaning has been manipulated or take place sata as Tajen.Yet when examined,red drum and tajen is a different sense,but in reality red drum used shield to hold tajen.

Even tajen also been viewed by society as one form of entertainment and game separately eliminate boredom and phisical fatigue after heavy activity.

Although from the point of religion, especially Hinduism, in the holy book there is no one Wedha that justify the existence of various form and types of gambling activities.