Ritual Of Tiwah (Central Borneo)

RITUAL  OF TIWAH

Ritual Tiwah is the procession of ancestral spirits delivering relatives who have passed on to the afterlife with a way to purify and remove the remains from the grave to a place called stumbling. Ritual Tiwah Attraction serve as unique and typical of many foreign tourists interested in these ceremonies are only done by Dayak Kalimantan. Tiwah a ritual death rate for the end of the Dayak community in Kalimantan Tengah (Central Borneo), especially the Dayak Outback Kaharingan religions as religion Dayak ancestors. Tiwah ceremony is a ceremony that is usually held over the death of someone who has died and buried for so long until the remains of the body were expected to live only crumbs. Ritual Tiwah intended as a ritual to straighten trip off spirit concerned towards Lewu Tatau (Heaven - in English Sangiang) so they can live peacefully and peaceful in nature the Power. Additionally, Tiwah Dayak Kalimantan is also intended by the people in Central Kalimantan as the Dayak tribe procession to remove Rutas or bad luck for the family of the deceased who left bad influences affecting.

For Dayak, a process needs to be continued with the ritual death advanced (improvement) in order not to interfere with the comfort and tranquility of people who are still alive. Furthermore, Tiwah also berujuan to untie a widow or widower for married couples. Post Tiwah, customarily they be allowed to determine the next life partner or still choose not to marry again.

Tiwah ceremony is not an easy job. Required long and complicated preparation and funding not less. Additionally, this series tiwah procession itself takes up to several days nonstop, even up to one month old.  Before the ceremony Tiwah implemented, first held another ritual called tantulak ceremony. According Kaharingan Religious belief, after death, the deceased had not been able to directly enter into heaven. Then digelarlah tantulak ceremony to escort the spirits of those who died, to the Mount Malian, and there wait dispatched to meet with Ranying Hattala Heaven, God's people Kaharingan, until the surviving family held a ceremony Tiwah. "It could also be said that Malian Hill is a natural womb, sacred place people lived before being born into the world. In nature the ones who died waiting before departure to heaven through Tiwah ceremony, "explained the religious leaders of the city of Palangkaraya Kaharingan this.

The highlight of this tiwah itself will enter the bones were excavated from the tomb and they purified through a special ritual into a stumble. However, the previous first event held penombakan sacrificial animals, buffalo, cows, and pigs.