Jejaitan: Backbone of Balinese Offering
Friday, May 25th, 2007 by Sidarta WijayaWhen someone take a closer look on Balinese offering, he/she will readily conclude that most parts of the offering are woven palm leaves. Jejaitan, or woven coconut leaves is not just an indispensable part but also the major part of a Balinese offering.
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Most of jejaitan is made of coconut leaves. The young coconut leaves, busung, is used as material for jejaitan that is used immediately in a ceremony. The mature coconut leaves, slepan is used to make jejaitan that is stored for a quite long time waiting to be used in the approaching ceremony. some jejaitan that is stored for a really long time is usually made of dried palm leaves. There is also jejaitan that is made form sugar palm leaves, thorny pandanus leaves and endong leaves.
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