Twelve bobbysoxer intones song maras taun while dance dance maras taun before invitation guest s. Kebaya costum special woman farmer that equiped hat of farmer hat, they then melantun pronunciation has thanked god annual that be society custom Belitung.
That dance is opener presentation in warning top maras taun at straits village nasik, island mendanau, regency belitung, mid april then. dance maras taun that symbolize that farmers same moment harvests arable land rice that old. To mutual n support, they intone self song maras taun, not with cassete accompaniment.
After dancers backs self, two principal witch-doctors at that village comes up to begin prayer for straits village welfare nasik and island Mendanau. muhammad, the old witch-doctor, take position on the right, while ash burns abas, witch-doctor younger, take] position on the left.
before begin prayer, ash burns to give a little explanation about stages and welfare prayer function . afterwards muhammad take little brazier that loaded blaze charcoal and put aloe-wood cut to on ember so that out smoke with special perfumery. in front of second that witch-doctor is there leaf slice norsah and leaf be careful , called with kesalan.
thereafter, mouth witch-doctors mumbles to read supertitous formula. their prayer is final ally in a prayer with that is pronounced in arabian language. furthermore [from now on], kesalan blessed then made struggleentrants maras taun.
follow ash burns, leaf slice norsah mean light from god, while leaf be careful symbolize warning for human so that doesn't act wrong . the purpose [aim], in endure alive , human must careful because god see all our behaviour .
by citizen , ingredients kesalan putted into into water cupful then strewed within doors and boat usually they are used to melaut. kesalan be believed will bring welfare and luck for all one who get it.
maras taun, follow maryono, programme commitee chairman , initially be harvest day warning to all arable land rice farmer. only can [get] be harvested after be planted nine month s so that the warning be be done one year once .
in archipelago society life, like island mendanau, arable land rice holds part of vital importance because be source paso principal food-stuff. rice trade between island really can [get] be done but paso from soil self of vital importance, especially if a isolation island by storm and good weather during several weeks.
in the development, that rice harvest warning rounds into warning thanks god for all islander, both for berprofesi as also fisherman. if farmer celebrates harvest , fisherman celebrates catching season tengiri and calm sea. in the kernel , all grateful for harvest result in area each a yearlong that via .
maras in language belitung, ash word burns, mean to cut and mean year. meaning that consist in in it all citizens leaves year lampau with pronunciation thanks god and request on all that good to year furthermore .
warning maras taun not only done by straits society nasik, but also by many villages at island belitung, island Mendanau, and isle other menginduk to regency belitung. celebration a kind of this is sempat die during tens year, but bringed to return around six last year at straits nasik.
at first this programme is bringed to interesting tourist to that area . but, after walk six year society returns meresapi this programme as their culture life integral part. even many villages other also catch spirit same and return to celebrate maras taun as ancestor inheritance lost .
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