Banten Jotan or Saiban " Simple Offering"

Hindu has an obligation to carry out yadnya, whether yadnya held daily called Nitya Karma and yadnya performed at specific times. Yadnya that done everyday for Hindu in Bali called " Yadnya Sesa". The example of Yadnya Sesa is Banten Jotan or Saiban. Banten Jotan is offering everyday in the morning after cooking and before eating. It is consisting of rice, little salt, water and depend on our food have cooked for example like vegetable, meat and fish except pork. Banten Jotan is very simple offering usually consist of some part, each of part covered with a piece of banana leaf, selepan or tangkih. Banten Jotan presented to several places in accordance with habits of the family.

This habit done after cooking and before eating, with the purpose to thanking the God. Implementation of mandatory Yadnya Sesa based on the pure clean mind and sincere. Perhap in other places there are different ways according to Desa Kala Patra, but the same purpose to happiness and safeness.