Everyone must have been waiting for the biggest festival on the island of Sumba whose name is familiar in the ears of the tourists. It is true that the Pasola Festival which every year always manages to draw the attention of the world, and bring thousands of tourists into the tourist gates of Indonesia and head to the island of Sumba. The following is the date of the Pasola festival on the island of Sumba.
Sumba Pasola Festival
- 15 February: Homba Kalayo
- Feb 17: Kawango head band
- Feb 18: Rara Winyo
- Feb 20: Lamboya
- March 14: Maliti Bondo Ate
- March 16: Wow
- March 17: Wainyapu
For information, Pasola is one of the traditional ceremonies of the Marapu belief, which is very famous because it involves so many people and has very beautiful anthracies. Pasola is a game of horse riding and javelin which is carried out by 2 camps or grops. Each camp has several players or can also be called as soldiers during the festival.
Quoted from the Indonesian Charm site, Pasola is a series of ceremonies offered to the god Nyale. before Pasola is done, at night before dawn the Nyale is taken on the beach. Nyale are worms that only appear once a year on the beach. According to the Nyale belief, it can be a sign of fertility or a great harvest in the land of Sumba. The more Nyale that have been collected, it is predicted that there will be a big harvest in the future. That’s the belief about nyale according to customs and residents on Sumba.
After the Nyale collection is carried out, in the morning a Marapu traditional leader called Rato will read the prayer and ask permission of the god Nyale to carry out Pasola as a thank you for the upcoming harvest, here the tourists must be prepared to prepare stamina and all cameras so as not to miss .
Pasola on the island of Sumba is usually done throughout February and March each year you can see the date that we have informed above. Every village in Sumba has a different amount of time so you have many opportunities to watch Pasola, if you are in Sumba during the month, so don’t worry too much, all you have to do is prepare your own vehicle or car, this will make you free and free to go anywhere you like.
As a sign of the start of the Pasola Festival according to custom, a traditional dance and song of Sumba must be performed. Here every soldier tries to advance to the enemy area and bluff. If the opponent has not advanced, then the javelin should not be thrown in the direction of the opponent. likewise when the opponent’s horse has turned away from the opponent’s area, it is not permissible to throw a javelin at the soldier. That’s the rule in this festival basically, uphold sportsmanship and should not cowardly attack opponents from behind.
Pasola usually ends when a soldier is injured. In the Pasola tradition, blood that fell from a soldier and soaked the earth was considered a fertility giver for the land of Sumba.
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