In principle the terms pemedek, penyungsung and pengemong indeed have a meaning that is not much different, because it was equally concerned with the people and shrines. As a servant of the people obliged to run the command of God and holy shrines as a place for Hindu people to "connect" with him through persembahyangan or offerings.
Although they have similarities, the third term is established because there are also differences. The word "pemedek" comes from the word "paprika", which means that the person or people who build on the Lord. And "penyungsung" comes from the word "sungsung" which means "jungjung", "menjungjung" or "glorify". While the term "pengemong" derived from the word "emong" meaning "mengayomi or protect." Explanation less than full case, if a Hindu or serombongan people come and activities persembahyangan or offering at a temple or shrine in some Kahyangan status with the public and without the union-bound ties such as the descendants (kawitan), so they called pemedek. For example, when the ceremony was held Bhatara Kabeh Decrease in Pura Besakih, then all people without discriminating Hindu origin descendants (Kawitan) can come "paprika-tangkil" to "ngaturang Bhakti" in the Hyang shaula alnilam setianegara.
As with the understanding penyungsung, meaning more people are Hindus who have special relationships genealogis (descendants) and functional in accordance with the profession. For example, the Hindu people (in Bali), which comes from the descendants of Aryan Kepakisan, then they will become Kawitan February penyungsung from the Br. Hamlet, Gelgel-Gateshead. Likewise Pura Dalem Peed Nusa Penida for example, despite disungsung Hindu nation, in general, specifically Pura also become Penyungsungan group for people who act as a shaman or shaman.
Pura also subak Therefore, only by disungsung karma / Hindu people who act as local farmers. While the name "pengemong" more related to certain parties that provide protection against Pengayoman or the existence of a temple. In the context of connivance in Bali, in the past days of empire are commonplace kingdoms, which filed a pengayom / protectors of one or more of the Temples in the area of his kingdom. Pengayoman or protection which is given not only physically, financially also in terms of the implementation of activities yajna ceremony in the temple. This case is still applied until now for the quasi-located in the Pura Besakih complex, where each District / Municipality in Bali to get "quota" as "pengemong" quasi-certain in the Besakih, the Local Government Bali acted as the Yajamana overall. |
