After 85 years of waiting, finally the awaited event arrives. Ka Nua, inauguration rituals village in Pali Analoka, Nenuwea Village, District Jerebu'u, Ngada, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, was held on 29 June to 2 July 2010.
Rituals are very rare. Besides implemented once and for all, this ritual is also the highest hierarchy in the way of traditional banquet Bajawa.
A new village worthy of being part of the tradition lives Bajawa if this ritual has run. However, the steps that need to be met decades. For example, in the Pali Analoka, the village of 1,000 square meters with a population of 180 people it has 12 custom homes. The 12-custom homes that have inaugurated the first ritual Sao Ka, new Ka Nua performed rituals.
Village which was inaugurated by Ka Nua village called perfect. In the tradition of custom Bajawa described as sadho Inerie leba suru men. That is, perfection is achieved because it is able to reach the summit of Mount Inerie, the highest mountain in Bajawa.
"Today all the villages in the region have adopted the tradition generally Bajawa. Because it is difficult watching Ka Nua, "said Yoseph Godho, son of Chief Loka.
Mosalaki (Chairman of the Peoples) Piet Analoka Wago (84) justify ritual Ka Nua very rare. From childhood until now he has never seen a Ka Nua. Wago Piet said, holding Ka Nua to Pali Analoka already diwasiatkan grandfather, Djata Begu, before his death in 1976.
Traces of Civilization Expedition Team NTT Compass fortunate to witness the ritual, which was attended by 1,000 people slaughtered at least 20 buffaloes and 120 pigs.
The first event, June 29, is uma moni (opens new fields). Next Nuka wole pare medo (taking the harvest from the garden to the traditional house), then kada colonial Bhaga-madhu raju (opening mini houses in the center of the village which is a symbol of laki-laki/ngadhu and women / Bhaga). Then do the todo kabu keri (grass cutting to signify the traditional house was inaugurated). The latter, ritual roko eye (slaughtering buffalo as a sacrifice to honor the ancestors).
According to Olaf H Smedal, Associate Professor University of Bergen in Norway, who researches in Ngada for his doctoral thesis entitled Making Place: Houses, Land and Relationships among the Ngadha, Central Flores, tribal Analoka Analoka Pali village inhabited around 1930.
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Scarcity Nua Ka administration raised concerns these rituals extinction. When Reuters asked this team, tribal Analoka, Adrianus Dewaloke, said that traditional leaders (mosalaki) reject documentation stage rituals, prayers, and ethnic musical instruments. The reason, the ancestors will bequeath to the heirs of a supernatural mosalaki position.
"I've offered to write a history of tribal Analoka to record what was spoken mosalaki, but the proposal was rejected. The reason, the knowledge of the ancestors will be lost or can not get out. However, the rituals, the inspiration of the ancestors will flow by itself to mosalaki, "said Adrianus.
Ka Nua also serves as the glue tribal kinship. In the ritual that those who live far away, like in Kupang, Sumba, Denpasar, Madura, Jakarta, Medan and even, will come to the village.
Their arrival was greeted with typical dances Bajawa, ja'i, accompanied by the local ethnic music called go (gong) earnings (drum). Ja'i The dancers, both men and women, dressed in woven fabric complete with accessories, including fabric across the chest, long strappy tiny bag.
The relatives who brought a souvenir in the form of animals Arriving at the main door of the village Pali Analoka will perform sa ngasa, or shouting the words on the importance of maintaining kinship, through his characters.
When the buffalo will be cut to the banquet, do ritual bases sau, wetting machete with pig blood accompanied by a prayer request mosalaki provides protection to the ancestors.
Romo Bernadus Sebho Pr, parish priest in the village of St Paul Jerebu'u Bu'u, Dariwali Village, District Jerebu'u, argued, Ka Nua cost an estimated Rp. 700 million could be reduced.
The remaining costs can be used to improve village roads, provide clean water, and electricity without waiting for government assistance.
Instead, according to Joseph Godho, supper was important to tie silaturhim relatives. In addition, the tribe believes Analoka, buffalo blood that soaks the soil hometown will make the soil fertile and productive.
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