Tumpek pengatag or wariga is one of the Hindu holiday in Bali which is commemorated 25 days before Galungan day which coincides on the day saniscara kliwon wuku wariga in calendar caka (calendar in bali). Tumpek wariga is a day where hindu people in bali offer sacrifices to the plants that exist on earth as human gratitude for all abundance of food and many functions of plants that help human life. Therefore, Tumpek pengatag this should be a milestone to preserve the environment, especially the plants. Moreover, in Bali today the forests are starting to bare, even now it has been cut down for settlements. This will certainly disrupt the existing ecosystem.
Tumpek pengatag this has a very noble meaning. Where we as human beings should keep each other good relationship with God, maintain good relationships with fellow human beings, and good relationship with the environment (plants) in accordance with the teachings of Tri Hita Karana (three causes of the balance of the universe). With the implementation of this tumpek wariga, humans can at least remember the services of plants to humans, so that humans can maintain the environment, and the environment can also keep us in accordance with the law of reaction action.
Cultural heritage to preserve the environment as an example of every big wood in Bali is mostly filled with polish or black and white cloth that is sacred by Hindus to be a place of worship that is conserved spiritually by the way every day to offer offerings according to Hindu religious belief that there is believed to be something that can make us hurt if we pass like: jin, tonya, banaspatiraja and so that man is not disturbed in his life so become jagadhita in his life.
The philosophical meaning of Tumpek Wariga as a form of worship to Sanghyang Sangkara which is a manifestation of God actually means how to preserve nature through plants so that the oxygen needs of all living things can be fulfilled.
Sang Hyang Sangkara is Hyang Widhi's manifestation in creating plants, which in the symbol is green, with the northwest direction. Between the West and the Mahadeva as its deity, yellow, and north with Vishnu as its deity, Black. In Ganapatti Tattwa the Yellow color symbolizes the ground, black is water. So plants can live if there is a meeting between ground and water. Similarly soil and water will be preserved if there is a plant. Therefore, Hindus will worship God as the God of Sangkara to invoke the strength of body and soul in developing the plants.
From the Ethical Side, Hindus today are not allowed to cut trees. The people of Tumpek Wariga do not want to pick fruits, flowers, and leaves. Instead they are expected to plant trees. That is, ethically, Hindus want to harmonize themselves with nature, either through ceremony or real action.
In the teachings of Hinduism known Tri Chanda concept is the three elements that cause life and life. The three elements are vata (air), apah (water) and ausada (plants). Without these three elements, life can not take place. So it can be said that the evil of the three basic elements in life is the greatest evil of life.
From the description above, it can be concluded that Ceremony Tumpek Pengatag is a ceremony that is beneficial for the preservation of the environment, especially in the preservation of plants. Because it has a very noble meaning. Where we as human beings should keep each other good relationship with God, maintain good relationships with fellow human beings, and good relationship with the environment (plants) in accordance with the teachings of Tri Hita Karana (three causes of the balance of the universe). With the implementation of this tumpek wariga, humans can at least remember the services of plants to humans, so that humans can maintain the environment, and the environment can also keep us in accordance with the law of reaction action.