Monday, October 5, 2009, the inhabitants of Kapal village held The Aci Rah Pengangon ritual, known by local people as Perang Tipat‐Bantal or The Tipat Bantal War. This ritual is preceded with collective praying by the participants of this ritual at the inner courtyard of Kapal Villages Pura Desa (Village Temple).
After the praying session was over the participants enacted the first Tipat Bantal War on the middle courtyard of the Village Temple. Dozens of bare-chested men, divided into two groups threw tipat (cooked rice wrapped in a square shaped woven coconut leaf) and bantal (cooked rice wrapped in cylindrical shape container made of coconut leaf) at each other. This war last for five minutes and served as preliminary to the bigger war was conducted on the outer courtyard of the village temple.
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