RANGDA-BLACK MAGIC-PUBERTY-DEATH. The great protective and exorcistic power of cepuk cloths of Bali and Nusa Penida islands is evident through their role in nearly all forms of Balinese ritual - for the gods and for the living, for the deceased and for the demons who trouble the order of the world. Because danger is most apt to be present in transition from one life stage to another, cepuk cloths are used particularly in the rites of passage. (Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff)