Penjor Galungan in Bali as a Product of Creativity in the Current Era

Penjor is a supplement to Galungan Feast Day which is celebrated by the Hindus in Bali. However, nowadays those who produce and use it seem to be so creative that its structural spiritual meaning becomes vague. The visual form of such a penjorcan be observed in different parts of Bali a few days before Galungan Feast Day is celebrated. The spiritual meaning of the contemporary penjor cannot be separated from the development of the technology of information and globalization. This present study is intended to describe the visual form of Penjor Galungan as a product of contemporary spiritual creativity in Bali. The data source was determined using the sampling purposive technique, and the data were analyzed using the deconstruction and semiotic methods. The result of the study shows that 1) the number of the Hindus in Bali who buy the ornaments they need for making Penjor Galungan is greater than those who make such ornaments by themselves; 2) the materials they need for making Penjor Galungan are those which are developing in the current global era; 3) the structural spiritual meaning of Penjor Galungan is made to be vague by the domination of the contemporary spiritual meaning.