Melukat aims to refine the mind inside human body from the bad elements. This ceremony is mostly held after bad things happened to someone,or protect like they got sick, had been in an accident, or merely feel restless. Balinese do believe the power of water, which is a crucial element in Balinese ceremony either as cleansing our negative energy.

The self-healing is done not just by physical treatment but also spiritual one. In Bali spiritual treatment is done by celebrating ceremony. Cleansing ceremony is one of the important ceremony for human beings or Manusa Yadnya. The cleansing ceremony for human beings is called melukat.