Saturday, March 24, 2007

The Tradition War of the Pandan/Mekare-kare in Tenganan - Karangasem

The tradition of the pandan war or that often was mentioned mekare-kare in the Tenganan Village was carried out by the young men by wearing the costume/traditional cloth tenganan, bare-breasted bersenjatakan a bunch of the thorny pandanus leaves and the shield to protect himself.
This tradition takes place every year around June, usually for 2 days.
Like June 10-11 2006 yesterday, the pandan war was proceeded ritually the ceremony surrounded the village to request the safety, after that the pandan war was begun and was afterwards closed by the prayer in the local Temple was equipped with menghaturkan the Horoscope dance.