Tradisi geret pandan utawi mekare-kare ring desa tenganan pegringsingan inggih punika upacara yadnya antuk menghormati pitra makasami lan dewa indra sane pinaka dewa perang, sane masiat teken maya denawa pinaka raja pianak raksasa sane sakti lan campah nenten ngemaang pasemetonane bhakti majeng ring ida sang hyang widhi wasa.
The procession of pandan war or mekare-kare in tenganan is an offering ceremony to honor the ancestors and also dewa indra who is the god of war, who fought against maya denawa, a king descended from giants who was powerful and arbitrary, who forbade his people from worshiping god.