In order to enliven the day of Eid, many areas in the corners of the country held a variety of unique activities. One of them is the Earth Ider Barong ritual in Kemiren village, Banyuwangi. The ceremony that was held after the 2 day celebration of Eid is an annual agenda by Using community.
According to the story that circulated in the community, this ceremony was first performed in 1940. At the moment it happened pageblug (plague) and disaster Kemiren village. Many people died in the afternoon the morning sickness, morning sickness or the night is dead. Not only are deaths plague that attacked the residents, hundreds of hectares of rice fields are also attacked by pests, causing crop failure.
Residents also held tirakatan and prayed for guidance from the Almighty. Finally, one indigenous elder Kemiren village called Mbah Buyut wangsit Chile get through his dreams. In the dream mentioned that in order to drive out diseases and pests that struck the village, the inhabitants of the village must hold salvation by spreading barong ritual procession to reject the coming disaster.
In the ritual, later named the Earth Ider Barong, Barong shall paraded around the village, accompanied by readings macapat (Javanese traditional songs) that contains the prayers and worship of God and ancestors to resist the dangers that threaten the safety of the villagers. Shaped Barong mask is a scary depiction of animals and have the ability to expel the evil influence which affected Kemiren village.
Currently, other than as a ritual against disaster, Barong Ider Earth also used as a fertility ritual. By doing this ritual, they expect to earn salvation, healing, fertility, and cleansing themselves from all the mistakes they had done in previous years.
In accordance with its name, ie Barong Ider Earth, the core of this ritual is paraded around the village barong. Before the parade starts, it usually begins with the revue in the courtyard of the village hall. After that, accompanied with a game angklung village elders, the group began the procession walked around the village. Front row of the procession, of course people who use barong mask. Then followed by two men carrying jugs grandmother and grandmother of five men who carried jars called lukiran. Each coin contains lukiran totaling Rp100 Rp99.900 fractions. Then there's entourage adult male who squandered a yellow rice "exploded uthik-uthik", nine-color flowers, and coins are taken from lukiran. The kids had picked up the coin scramble.
Ider Earth Barong procession path full of symbols and meanings. Coins clattered away lelembut believed to be in the region. While the number of supplementary ceremony (money and flowers) are associated with the peculiar religious faith of Islam which in one hadith the Prophet said that Allah loves odd numbers. In addition, the dates 2 Syawal at 14:00 pm as the time of the execution ritual symbolizing God's creation is always in pairs. For example God created man and woman, day and night, good and bad. If the statutes had been violated, usually something bad will happen.
Start the procession starts from the village boundary to the east on a route through the village road to the village boundary to the west, then back again to the east. In each village boundaries established high arbor and occupied by the gamelan. Barong, who was paraded consists of four types of barong. The fourth type is the barong barong parents, teens barong, barong children, and a lion dance. Diikutkannya Lion Dance in the event because not only Kemiren village inhabited by Using the community, but also ethnic hard.
After being paraded barong completed, all residents will gather along the road village. The man set up mats and sheets of banana leaves, while the women prepare the cone, pecel pitik, and traditional cakes. if everything is organized, Kyai will lead a prayer to ask the health, welfare, and fertility for Kemiren village. Then, its rice cone pitik pecel are distributed to all residents and guests are arriving. All citizens of both old and young, men and women will eat together in that place.
Ider Earth Barong usual tradition carried out by people who lived in the village Using Kemiren, Glagah district, Banyuwangi regency, East Java.
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