On the seventh month of the traditional Balinese calendar, the people of Subaya, a small village in Kintamani, Bangli, honor their guardian deities with a large religious festivity known as the Ngusaba Desa. It is an act of both remembrance and gratitude. In the ritual, they remember how their ancestors, a peace-loving fishing community on the island’s north coast, fled the beach and sought refuge in the hills of Kintamani to escape the depredations of pirates.
High above Kintamani, where the fog descends in the evening and the fertile land promised a bountiful harvest, they built a new village named Subaya, derived from the word semaya, which means “good promise”. It was indeed a good place, where the people lived peacefully for generations, for which they were grateful. It is no wonder then that the Ngusaba Desa is a festival of joy, during which the women fashion beautiful and colorful offerings and the men take turns in presenting warrior dances, from the lance bearing Baris Gede and Jojor to the shield-armed Baris Presi and Dadap.
It is also an occasion for the whole village to watch the rare dance Kuping dance, which can only be performed by the village’s elders. At the end, all the villagers sat together on the ground, clasping their hands and offered homage to the village’s invisible protectors. The whole crowd fell silent, only the wind moving in the trees could be heard, and the fog descended upon the village.
source : bali daily
source : bali daily
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