Coin Story
About four years ago after a ceremony, someone had thrown away a coin that had been used in the ceremony and Wawan found it. That night he had a dream about the coin and the dream contained a message of what coins’ use was. Through the dream Wayan discovered that the coin could be used to ease the process of childbirth.
He put the coin in a glass of water before his daughter in law was to have a baby and one hour before the birth, the daughter in law drank the water which had held the mysterious coin. According to Wayan the daughter in law gave birth very easily.
Later Wayan brought the coin to a “magic man” whom offered to buy it from him, saying it was a good coin. Wawan decided on not selling it. The coin is over one hundred years and is unique in the way it has five holes in it.
400 year old coin from China found in Bali .
Coins are traditionally used in funeral and cremation ceremonies. One hundred and twenty five coins are given as an offering as well as a coin is placed on each eye of the person that has died. The meaning is to do with the sole keeping a bond to the physical world when it comes back again.
The Muslims were originally told to pray to Allah 125 (1+2+5=8) times per day and then it was changed to 100 then again changed to five times a day. 25 is an important number as Mohamed is the 25 son (while Jesus is 24th.) The 8th child (Profit) is Ishaq. who became a cow and this is why every year the Muslims kill a cow (if poor they kill a goat, as is shown in this picture taken on the Island of Lombok)
The version in the Quran differs from that in Genesis in two aspects: the identity of the sacrificed son and the son's reaction towards the requested sacrifice. In Islamic sources, when Abraham tells his son about the vision, his son agreed to be sacrificed for the fulfillment of God's command, and no binding to the altar occurred. The Quran states that when Abraham asked for a righteous son, God granted him a son possessing forbearance. When the son was able to walk and work with him, Abraham saw a vision about sacrificing his son, Ishmael. When he told his son about it, his son agreed to fulfill the command of God in the vision. When they both had submitted their will to God and were ready for the sacrifice, God told Abraham he had fulfilled the vision, and provided him with a ram to sacrifice instead. God promised to reward Abraham.[14] The next two verses state God also granted Abraham the righteous son Isaac and promised more rewards.[15]
Among early Muslim scholars, there was a dispute over the identity of the son. One side of the argument believed it was Isaac rather than Ishmael (notably ibn Qutaybah and al-Tabari) interpreting the verse "God's perfecting his mercy on Abraham and Isaac" as referring to his making Abraham his closest one, and to his rescuing Isaac. The other side, by far a vast majority, held that the promise to Sarah was of a son, Isaac, and a grandson, Jacob (Quran 11:71-74) excluded the possibility of a premature death of Isaac. Regardless, most Muslims believe that it is actually Ishmael rather than Isaac despite the dispute.[16]
The submission of Abraham and his son is celebrated and commemorated by Muslims on the days of Eid al-Adha. During the festival, those who can afford and the ones in the pilgrimage sacrifice a ram, cow, sheep or a camel. Part of the sacrifice meat is eaten by the household and remaining is distributed to the neighbors and the needy. The festival marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
In Islam, the site of Marwa near the Kaaba which rhymes with the Moriah mentioned in the Book of Genesis.
There is a coin factory in Klung Kung were coins are made for these ceremonies as well as used in making boxes and ornaments. Traditional casting methods are used in the coin making process.
