Senin, 26 Desember 2011

The Torch OF War



Traditional Ceremony "The torch-oboran" is one of the traditional ceremony held by the district of Jepara, especially rural districts Annual tegalsambi like no other district of Jepara in Central Java and probably throughout Indonesia. Torches on a traditional ceremony is bendelan rolls or 2 (two) or 3 (three) of dried coconut midrib and the inside is filled with dry banana leaves (java: Klaras). Lit the torch that has been available to be played with / used as a tool to attack each ehingga frequent collisions that could result in a torch-flame heating a large fire, which eventually people call it "War of the Torch". War Torch ceremony held once every year, which falls on Monday Phing Tuesday night in the Big Pon (Dzullijah) held on trust tegals sambi villagers to events or incidents in the past that occurred in the village said that the story in the sixteenth century AD , in the village tegalsambi there was a very wealthy farmer with the title "Mbah Kyai Babadan" She has many pets, especially buffaloes and cows. To mengembalakannya itself clearly impossible, so he was looking for and get a shepherd with KI sebuatan GEMBLONG.Gomblong Ki is very diligent in maintaining the animal - the animal, every morning and evening Ki Gemblong always memandikanya in the river, so that their pets are looked fat - fat and healthy. Of course kyai Babadan feel happy and praising Ki Gemblong, of persistence and compliance in maintaining the animal.It is said that one time, Ki Gemblong grazing on the banks of the river's development while engrossed in watching a lot of fish and shrimp in the river, without the wasted time and he immediately caught the fish and shrimp catches and the baker and eaten in the stable.After this almost every day Ki Gemblong always catch fish and shrimp, so that he forgot the duties / responsibilities as a shepherd. And finally buffalo and cattle became emaciated and eventually fell ill have died even started. This situation causes Kyai Babadan become confused, not less dicarikan least spell - spell for healing pet animals still did not recover as well. Finally Kyai Babadan know the cause of pets become emaciated and eventually fell ill, the other not because Ki Gemblong no longer want to take care of the animals - the animals, but more fun to catch fish and shrimp baked and eaten.Seeing that kind of thing Kyai Banadan furious, when encountered Ki Gemblong is engrossed burn fish catch. Kyai Babadan beat Ki Gemblong directly by using the torch of coconut midrib. Seeing unfavorable Ki Gemblong not standing still, by taking a torch similar to face Kyai Babadan so that there was "flame war" where the fire was scattered about where and had set fire to haystacks located next to the cage. The fire resulted in cows and buffaloes that are at home to run helter skelter and without thought to the animals who had been ill eventually be recovered even animals are able to stand up straight while eating grass in the fields. Unexpected events that are very dramatic and was eventually accepted by the villagers Tegalsambi as a miraculous thing, that with the torch of war healed all kinds of diseases. At the present time the ceremony traditional torch War Alms facilities used for the Earth as an expression of gratitude to Almighty God for an abundance of grace, Hidayah and to the citizens of the village of Tegal taufikNya Sambi, and the event is held once every year.