holy man called by balinese official to perform cleansing ritual at "haunted" covid-19 hotel
2020 is not going slow at all, with covid-19 practically changing the dynamics of our life, imagine to deal eal with the inconvenience of supernatural apparitions while in quarantine for COVID-19? Less than a week after it started hosting asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, local officials called in a Hindu holy man to cleanse a hotel in Ubud following reports of supernatural sightings.
Bali is famous for being a deeply spiritual place and its a common place of beliefs and supposed encounters with the world beyond. Superstitions believed by the local community has played an important role in shaping the behavior especially during the covid-19 pandemic and we do though think it’s good practice to always consider them with a grain of salt.
Officials received reports of supernatural sightings at an unnamed hotel designated for asymptomatic Covid-19 in Gianyar regency. Which prompted them to bring a holy hindu man which are locally known as Pemangku to perform a cleansing ritual.
“We brought in a pemangku there to ask for permission to use the place,” Made Gede Wisnu Wijaya, secretary of the Gianyar regency, told Bali Post today.
The hotel in question has never been through the cleansing "neutralizing" ritual before and it is believed to be the main reason of it being haunted by the unseen.
Located in Ubud, the place also happens to be surrounded by big trees and holy water sources, which local residents believe contribute to the strong presence of the supernatural. Although COVID-19 patients quarantined at the hotel have yet to encounter the alleged ghosts, officers and staff have reportedly seen supernatural entities while they were on duty.
There have been many sightings involving a female ghost, a tall figure roaming the grounds and the ghosts of a child and a woman seen inside the hotel.
“In any case, when it comes to people who are sick, we must neutralize the negative energy there so that those who settle there will be comfortable and recover quickly. This is not about getting rid of ghosts,” Made continued.