Badung, Indonesia. 09th July, 2016. Balinese blesses several rifles and other firearms during the Tumpek Landep Ritual at Indonesian Mobile Brigade Police Headquarter in Bali. This special Balinese Hindu ceremony is being held once in 210 days to worship the Lord Siva Pasupati, the manifestation of God, who had given humans knowledge to make many kind of gears from metal or iron. On the Tumpek Landep is also performed a cleansing and purification ritual for weapons, vehicles and other metal objects. © Johannes P. Christo/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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