In the socio-cultural context, there are two models of marriage, endogamy and exogamy models. Besides this, the validity of marriage is also assessed from the legal pointo fo view since marriage itself is a legal act that creates the rights and obligations to both husband and wife (Cahyono, 2002, p.12-13). Marriage is always performed by religious ceremonies witnessed by family and community members for itsvalidity. Balinese Hindus believe that a family with saputra will bring the family’s ancestors to better reincarnation and finally to reach moksa (eternal unification to the Supreme God) (Suja, 1999, p.4-57).
In these three objectives, praja is essential for the family to give birth to good sons or daughters (suputra) to continue the family line. The purpose of marriage in the script of Manawa Dharma Sastra are to pursue: (1) dharma sampati (together husband and wife embodies the implementation of dharma) (2) praja (giving birth) and (3) rati (sexual pleasure and other satisfaction). In grehasta, a married couple designates their life to pursue dharma (good virtue), artha (material needs), and kama (pleasure), that is the enjoyment gained in the family according to religious teachings (Artayasa, et al, 1998, p.4-5). In this regard, marriage is one of those phases which is exactly located in grehasta, the second stage of human life development.Īccording to Hindu religious teachings marriage is a form of yajñya (holy sacrifice). The phases of human development start from brahmacari – a phase to undertake self-learning – move to grehasta – a phase to build a family – then continue to wanaprasta – a phase to develop spirituality – and finally end with bhiksuka (sanyasin) – a stage to complete sprititual journey by devoting life to the Suprme Power, Hyang Widhi, and separating oneself from the social and material bonds. Jaman (1998, p.42) said that in the life cycle of the Hindu community in Bali is believed to have four phases of life traversed from one phase to the others. It is one of the many events that go through the life cycle. Marriage is an individual act in society which means the transition from adult life to family life.
Keywords: Adat sanctions, exogamy, marriage, Tenganan, Bali. The implications of adat limitations include non- insurgency, lack of well-being and loss of rights. The types of adat sanctions are: on bail and moral. The reasons for applying the adat sanction to the marriage of exogamy are: preserve tradition, maintain the lineage system and balance. When this prohibition is violated, the bride and groom are subject to adat restrictions. In contrast, exogamous marriage is strictly prohibited. In Tenganan Pegringsingan, marriage is very close because citizens can only marry under inbreeding. Palabras clave: Exogamia, matrimonio, sanciones adat, Tenganan, Bali. Las implicaciones de las sanciones adat incluyen la no insurgencia, la falta de bienestar y la pérdida de los derechos. Los tipos de sanción adat son: bajo fianza y morales.
Las razones para aplicar la sanción adat al matrimonio de exogamia son: preservar la tradición, mantener el sistema de parentesco y el equilibrio. Cuando se viola esta prohibición, la novia y el novio están sujetos a sanciones adat. En contraste, el matrimonio exógamo está estrictamente prohibido. En Tenganan Pegringsingan el matrimonio está muy cerrado porque los ciudadanos solo pueden casarse bajo endogamia.