Balia Mounda is a need for religious ceremonies in the traditional treatment in the community Kaili tribe in the village of Petata, Central Sulawesi. The livelihoods of the population are farmers, such as rice paddies, fields, farm coconut, clove, raising cattle and others.
Most of the people and implement the Islamic system of mutual cooperation in various activities such as the ritual of balia mounda. The ceremony is held when it is known that in their village, there are a number of sick people who need a traditional healing. They reason to hold a ceremony led by the shaman. In the village there is a healer both men and women, in addition to some quack thing and helpmate role as a leader in the religious ceremonies.
Equipment that need to be prepared by the families of sick where the ceremony is usually the form of a building called the bantaya. Must also be prepared foods such as rice, sugar, coffee, raw materials for the offerings and others. Such ceremonies are still held up to now, as they end in September 1986.
Preparation Ceremony
Before the shaman came, the family the patient was binding the various branches complete with wood becomes one leaves the center bentaya in the pole, which is done by the shaman and adjuvant thing. Bentaya door decorated with young coconut leaves and fruit, hanging on the left and right doors.
After the shaman-healer and adjuvant thing with the patient into bentaya, a ceremony began. They have to bring all the equipment and ritual offerings. Under the limb wood complete with leaves was placed shock banana, a chopper, a store (cleaver) and three skillet (sempe) contains water mixed with leaves and flowers that should be baunya. This is done by the shaman, which men, while women adjuvant task is set offerings.
At the top of a tray placed seven plates and seven bowl of rice, which is filled with colored, one of eggs, spray betel, a matchmaker with adequate coin. On the other tray placed three plates of rice, which contains a colored egg is placed on top of it, betel betel, the money in the form of metal coil. All offerings are covered with white cloth tied over the end of the limb wood that are in the middle bentaya.
It is serving as a ceremonial call the ancestral spirits that they believe can help heal the sick. Many of the activities carried out in conjunction with the healing.
Path Ceremony
Activities in this ritual consists of several stages, enter the stage of the spirit, stage bathed in the river, cut the bananas, goat or chicken skewer, turn ember and the last boat is Carrie Underwood. In all the role of healer and very big thing. TBA lead the ceremony, while the thing to set the way for the ceremony.
Before the shaman to call the spirit, then the patient is set to sit facing the parade line-to TBA, thing, and the TBA supplies. If the patient is male, worn leather headband made of wood, whereas if women who have worn shawl with the smoked incense. TBA, and then set the thing offerings, which consist of red rice is sticky rice, black and white, and boiled eggs that have been discarded skin. It is placed on the skin of a banana leaf banana repose.
At the beginning of the ceremony to call spirits, the thing offerings while playing in the play-head on the patient read and spell. Furthermore, it is hanging on the left side of the entrance to the bentaya. Shaman woman holding a sick person in the shoulder, ear, hand, foot and a temple to spell. Each of the patient is covered by a cloth glove. Then the healer to sprinkle yellow rice on their heads while mendolu (singing) repeatedly with the spirit and purpose of call include them in the hospital.
At that time the gong and drum beaten with a fast pace. To accelerate the process of entering in the spirit of the sick, the shaman thing and dance accompanied with the libretto, the sound of drum and gong. After some time the patient began to move and vibrate as cold. Furthermore, all standing and led by the shaman thing. Dance to a drum cadence girdle the tree is there in the middle bentaya.
By the afternoon ceremony was held bathe in the river. The pain thing delivered by the river. Change clothes after the patient was entering the river the water flows, and wherefore by a shaman, accompanied ritual incantation. Next TBA solve the coconut and the water in the flush to the head of the patient, followed by coconut MAYANG division that still terkatup. MAYANG in at the last-hour to the hospital. Finish the event that set the thing offerings consisting of boiled bananas, meat, eggs and grated coconut, banana skin placed on a pedestal in a banana leaf.
Then all the pain changed clothing for a special ceremony next. With chaired by the thing they dance to drum cadence while holding the cleaver and a spear and eventually return to bentaya.
In bentaya page, the ceremony is the next crop of bananas. In place of the deliberately planted a banana and those who are sick thing led dance encircle the stem of bananas in accordance with the gong and drum rhythm, while yelling to three times.
Then the midwife thing together to sow the rice yellow banana, and the chopper handled shaman dance corral a banana jump cut banana leaves one by one until it three times. The banana leaf cut thing by immediately arrested, so not to touch the ground, then placed in a certain place. Once the witchdoctor a banana leaf cut again once the cut. Shoots that arise in the stem of banana which is still embedded in the ground in the galley with a big knife edge by the shaman, and then taken by the thing and rubbed scrape on the head of the patient as a bidder disease.
After that event the next prong of chicken or goat. This combined with the ability to prepare offerings of chicken or goat. In addition to the banana trees are still trees that are planted, the high more than 40 cm. Led by a sick thing also dance to drum cadence girdle the tree while singing.
One by one the patient turn a goat or chicken skewer in the thigh and is assisted by a midwife thing. Then the animals been displaced and blood and placed in bentaya. Furthermore, those who are sick while holding a spear, more enthusiastic and dancing to drums and appear as the spirit possessed (possessed). In situations like this thing trying to take a spear from the sick one by one. Events skewer of chicken or goat re-repeated until all sick people can turn. Events continue with coals on the fire, in place of the seven had been prepared coconut shell that was burned. The fire has started to simmer paled meetings by a number of men in a way based on the shoulder. Along with the drum sounds sick dance corral fence was human, a decision while trying to step on coals of fire. With the strength of the exceptional (in kondidi trance) they can be a decision to turn ember. Finally, heat and fire destroyed entirely suppressed.
While the rest bentaya they sing lyric-syari, while assisted by a midwife thing wipe the forehead, abdomen, hands and a circle with the blood of chickens or goats. Community believe that parts of the body rubbed with the blood is a place where human life. In addition, they also believe that every place is a place that rubbed out the disease. Then they eat together, wash your face with fragrant as a premonitory water to clean themselves from the disease.
Events of the last series of ritual healing is Carrie Underwood boat as homage to the spirits living in the sea. A day after the ceremony chicken or goat hair is finished they make offerings and prepare the boat, outrigger, a pole and then the screen is made from gaba-gaba. While the display of yellow cloth. Boat equipped with a big knife and a spear of wood. Tied to the sword as the spearhead of the pilot. Organized and prepared offerings in the tray or basket and tonda.
Finish them all and then set the home page. Bule sprinkle them with water while circumnavigate three times and say the incantation. Boat image by several men in the basket and keeping the women, toward the coast. At the beach they establish laya (where offerings) are made from bamboo with the size of one square meter and a half meters high. Laya is decorated with leaves and young coconut on one side are the stairs. In two corners of the ladder paired up with dummy made from ijuk white shirt and worn. At every corner laya installed ribbed black and white flag. Laya placed on the various offerings such as the stained rice, egg, sweet, coins and roots that have been boiled. Laya tied down in a chicken alive.
In place of offerings is planted near a bamboo that is still full branches tied the various offerings. Meanwhile, a number of women preparing the boat before leaving. They lay offerings of the same type as that placed on laya.
After the Israeli ready, the boat was encouraged to enter the sea where the boat was ready to be pulling into the sea. Once far enough, it removed a small boat and began to move towards to the blowing wind. Today is west, the more balia mounda ceremony for more than four days.
Source:
Team Coordination Directorate General of Culture Press. 1995. Cultural diversity Khasanah Nusantara VI. Jakarta: Ministry of Education and Culture.
Most of the people and implement the Islamic system of mutual cooperation in various activities such as the ritual of balia mounda. The ceremony is held when it is known that in their village, there are a number of sick people who need a traditional healing. They reason to hold a ceremony led by the shaman. In the village there is a healer both men and women, in addition to some quack thing and helpmate role as a leader in the religious ceremonies.
Equipment that need to be prepared by the families of sick where the ceremony is usually the form of a building called the bantaya. Must also be prepared foods such as rice, sugar, coffee, raw materials for the offerings and others. Such ceremonies are still held up to now, as they end in September 1986.
Preparation Ceremony
Before the shaman came, the family the patient was binding the various branches complete with wood becomes one leaves the center bentaya in the pole, which is done by the shaman and adjuvant thing. Bentaya door decorated with young coconut leaves and fruit, hanging on the left and right doors.
After the shaman-healer and adjuvant thing with the patient into bentaya, a ceremony began. They have to bring all the equipment and ritual offerings. Under the limb wood complete with leaves was placed shock banana, a chopper, a store (cleaver) and three skillet (sempe) contains water mixed with leaves and flowers that should be baunya. This is done by the shaman, which men, while women adjuvant task is set offerings.
At the top of a tray placed seven plates and seven bowl of rice, which is filled with colored, one of eggs, spray betel, a matchmaker with adequate coin. On the other tray placed three plates of rice, which contains a colored egg is placed on top of it, betel betel, the money in the form of metal coil. All offerings are covered with white cloth tied over the end of the limb wood that are in the middle bentaya.
It is serving as a ceremonial call the ancestral spirits that they believe can help heal the sick. Many of the activities carried out in conjunction with the healing.
Path Ceremony
Activities in this ritual consists of several stages, enter the stage of the spirit, stage bathed in the river, cut the bananas, goat or chicken skewer, turn ember and the last boat is Carrie Underwood. In all the role of healer and very big thing. TBA lead the ceremony, while the thing to set the way for the ceremony.
Before the shaman to call the spirit, then the patient is set to sit facing the parade line-to TBA, thing, and the TBA supplies. If the patient is male, worn leather headband made of wood, whereas if women who have worn shawl with the smoked incense. TBA, and then set the thing offerings, which consist of red rice is sticky rice, black and white, and boiled eggs that have been discarded skin. It is placed on the skin of a banana leaf banana repose.
At the beginning of the ceremony to call spirits, the thing offerings while playing in the play-head on the patient read and spell. Furthermore, it is hanging on the left side of the entrance to the bentaya. Shaman woman holding a sick person in the shoulder, ear, hand, foot and a temple to spell. Each of the patient is covered by a cloth glove. Then the healer to sprinkle yellow rice on their heads while mendolu (singing) repeatedly with the spirit and purpose of call include them in the hospital.
At that time the gong and drum beaten with a fast pace. To accelerate the process of entering in the spirit of the sick, the shaman thing and dance accompanied with the libretto, the sound of drum and gong. After some time the patient began to move and vibrate as cold. Furthermore, all standing and led by the shaman thing. Dance to a drum cadence girdle the tree is there in the middle bentaya.
By the afternoon ceremony was held bathe in the river. The pain thing delivered by the river. Change clothes after the patient was entering the river the water flows, and wherefore by a shaman, accompanied ritual incantation. Next TBA solve the coconut and the water in the flush to the head of the patient, followed by coconut MAYANG division that still terkatup. MAYANG in at the last-hour to the hospital. Finish the event that set the thing offerings consisting of boiled bananas, meat, eggs and grated coconut, banana skin placed on a pedestal in a banana leaf.
Then all the pain changed clothing for a special ceremony next. With chaired by the thing they dance to drum cadence while holding the cleaver and a spear and eventually return to bentaya.
In bentaya page, the ceremony is the next crop of bananas. In place of the deliberately planted a banana and those who are sick thing led dance encircle the stem of bananas in accordance with the gong and drum rhythm, while yelling to three times.
Then the midwife thing together to sow the rice yellow banana, and the chopper handled shaman dance corral a banana jump cut banana leaves one by one until it three times. The banana leaf cut thing by immediately arrested, so not to touch the ground, then placed in a certain place. Once the witchdoctor a banana leaf cut again once the cut. Shoots that arise in the stem of banana which is still embedded in the ground in the galley with a big knife edge by the shaman, and then taken by the thing and rubbed scrape on the head of the patient as a bidder disease.
After that event the next prong of chicken or goat. This combined with the ability to prepare offerings of chicken or goat. In addition to the banana trees are still trees that are planted, the high more than 40 cm. Led by a sick thing also dance to drum cadence girdle the tree while singing.
One by one the patient turn a goat or chicken skewer in the thigh and is assisted by a midwife thing. Then the animals been displaced and blood and placed in bentaya. Furthermore, those who are sick while holding a spear, more enthusiastic and dancing to drums and appear as the spirit possessed (possessed). In situations like this thing trying to take a spear from the sick one by one. Events skewer of chicken or goat re-repeated until all sick people can turn. Events continue with coals on the fire, in place of the seven had been prepared coconut shell that was burned. The fire has started to simmer paled meetings by a number of men in a way based on the shoulder. Along with the drum sounds sick dance corral fence was human, a decision while trying to step on coals of fire. With the strength of the exceptional (in kondidi trance) they can be a decision to turn ember. Finally, heat and fire destroyed entirely suppressed.
While the rest bentaya they sing lyric-syari, while assisted by a midwife thing wipe the forehead, abdomen, hands and a circle with the blood of chickens or goats. Community believe that parts of the body rubbed with the blood is a place where human life. In addition, they also believe that every place is a place that rubbed out the disease. Then they eat together, wash your face with fragrant as a premonitory water to clean themselves from the disease.
Events of the last series of ritual healing is Carrie Underwood boat as homage to the spirits living in the sea. A day after the ceremony chicken or goat hair is finished they make offerings and prepare the boat, outrigger, a pole and then the screen is made from gaba-gaba. While the display of yellow cloth. Boat equipped with a big knife and a spear of wood. Tied to the sword as the spearhead of the pilot. Organized and prepared offerings in the tray or basket and tonda.
Finish them all and then set the home page. Bule sprinkle them with water while circumnavigate three times and say the incantation. Boat image by several men in the basket and keeping the women, toward the coast. At the beach they establish laya (where offerings) are made from bamboo with the size of one square meter and a half meters high. Laya is decorated with leaves and young coconut on one side are the stairs. In two corners of the ladder paired up with dummy made from ijuk white shirt and worn. At every corner laya installed ribbed black and white flag. Laya placed on the various offerings such as the stained rice, egg, sweet, coins and roots that have been boiled. Laya tied down in a chicken alive.
In place of offerings is planted near a bamboo that is still full branches tied the various offerings. Meanwhile, a number of women preparing the boat before leaving. They lay offerings of the same type as that placed on laya.
After the Israeli ready, the boat was encouraged to enter the sea where the boat was ready to be pulling into the sea. Once far enough, it removed a small boat and began to move towards to the blowing wind. Today is west, the more balia mounda ceremony for more than four days.
Source:
Team Coordination Directorate General of Culture Press. 1995. Cultural diversity Khasanah Nusantara VI. Jakarta: Ministry of Education and Culture.
