Tooth filing ceremony contains a meaning of cleaning bad characters in human being.Tooth filing ceremony in Balinese Languange is also called " Mependes " and it can also be called as Matatah or Mesangih,where 2 pieces of canines and 4 incisors on the top row of teeth are filed or leveled.This ceremony in an obligation,customs and culture which is still being undergone by Hindus in Bali for generation to date.
This ceremony is considered to be sacred and is intended for children who start growing up,where for girls who have period or menstruation,while the boys have entered puberty or their voice ha changed.
Doing this Mepandes ceremony ,the grown up children are reminden and taught not to fall into the acts prohibited by religion and they can be useful peoples for themselves,family,community and nation
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