Selasa, 23 Juni 2009

Sacred Fight

The devotee god Indra whip each other using the pandan leaves. Blood run down from the wounds of thorns stuck. Why war is never over for people Tenganan?

Intenseness June Tenganan burning villages. The sun was right above the crown, emit light with a pugnacious. In the middle of the dust fly, it appears visitors throng together-Tenganan Pegringsingan enter the area to watch the ritual Mekare-curry or Megeret commonly called pandan (Pandan War).

Feel of the past so clearly displayed so I menapaki village gate. As if frozen in time here. Road to the corner stone mengular village. Homes still use traditional architecture of the roof-ilalang, while pagarnya made of clay and colored darknes. A resident looks busy painting the leaves Lontar.

Street artists such as this easily found in roads throughout the village. They generally selling his goods to the tourists who come since Tenganan flare into cultural tourism destinations in the 1980s.

Tenganan be spelled out is a living museum for the history of per-nip Bali. The area of the villages that perch on the slopes is almost 1000 hectares, including forests and hills that mengitarinya. Entering the village of Karangasem regency, is located 1.5 hours east Denpasar.

Tenganan famous me-zealous save tradition. People, amounting to approximately 600 inhabitants of the law called awig-awig. For example, they still do not comply with the rules for marriage with people from outside the village and forbid divorce.

One tradition that is also maintained durable War Pandan. Pandan leaves the war was held at the Fifth Sasih traditional calendar, roughly the period around June and July. There are five hamlets in Tenganan, namely Tenganan Pegringsingan, Tenganan Dauh Tukad, Gumung, Bukit Kangin, and Hill Kauh. Pandan war held in Tenganan Pegringsingan and Tenganan Dauh Tukad. The two hamlets of this same flow follow Hindu Indra, and also equally not practice ritual Ngaben (cremation) the withdrawal of another community Bali.

I walked with a visitor many more. Music gegugon echo in my ears. Sacred music that are played only on special days. Next, sayup-sayup heard the sound of gamelan fluty heave. Pandanus war seems to be starting soon.

Participants gather pandanus war
in front of Bale Petemu way. All men. Women can not participate because the war is done be naked chest. Costumes of the participants kamen (cloth tied at the waist), saput (kamen cortex), and udeng (turban). Anyone can participate, there is no age limit, whether parents, young people, or even primary school age children.

Main weapon is used pandan leaves. Some pieces of leaves cut tied ago so no one ubahnya broom lidi, to look like bat. Length of approximately 40 centimeters. Pandan-pandan that grows wild in the forest is collected by a number of youth (young people) before the ritual began. A quite frightening, pandan have thorns on the edge, not the usual type used to mix the coconut milk. As a means of defense, the participants completed a shield made of plaited sate, braid type which is used to make baskets of rice.

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