Minggu, 19 April 2009

the last defender


Indonesia have a lot tribe who also have their own culture, but in present time they culture have been decrease by the modernization. some culture almost gone like one of our culture, the reason is no successor who want to continue our heritage. for example our culture the "wadian dadas" all of the shaman who called wadian getting old and no youngster want to learn it, wadian dadas is one of the type who only women shaman who cant use it, this is the culture of dayak maanyan, sub-clan of dayak ngaju(maneser panatau tatu hiang, djilik riwut) among the society she is the most important person, she lead the ceremony traditional according the traditional law. In present time, there is less woman who wan to be wadian, some reason is most of maanyan people already convert to other religion, and the believe like that is forbidden for some religion. The youngest wadian dadas i meet is more than 30years old. let say she life until 50 or 60 years, and we can say in 20 or 30 years this ceremony will be gone. (continue)