Balinese Culture
 
METATAH

Tooth Filing Ceremony

 

Tooth Filing Ceremony (also called Potong Gigi), in which six teeth are symbolically rasped, the four upper frontals and the two canines. In a spiritual sense, the filing helps control and prevent sad ripu (the six vices: desire, anger, greed, pride, arrogance and envy) that bring about the downfall of mankind  into misery, in this world and the hereafter. 

reference: Bali Art and Culture 

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