Punen Panegekat
(Developed New Uma)

Regularly galangan (crossbar) age around 6 -7 years. Because that, it's felt must build permanent Uma. Everyone makes serious effort preparing all something. Man bring banana from field, Lady fills boat with taro, while youth prepares art of make up, party clothes, the new loin-cloth (cawat) with yellow color and leilei (from leaves) that is worn for dance.

Other people went to fish for catch turtle. Coconut is taken to field and is carried to new village. All instruments such as chopper, axe and hoe are sharpen to become sharp, until facilitating the job.

One day before the party is being begun, Rimata goes to upper reaches of river, there he prays to forefather. This matter is done by when the chopper is worn so that ancestors are not angry, because that the soul will regularly is angry to chop to apply. Rimata together with his assistant hang the flower and tape above monkey to honors the ancestors soul.

Dug by a hole and inserted to deep of Ugala, who becomes central pillar from new Uma. Before the pillar is chopped in the forest, Rimata undergoes entire village, when holding handle of leaf that had cleansed by, use to
curb to come the bad incidents, the tree for example collapses, rain heavy, the ferocious animal's voice and meet snake. If the incident happened, task and plan of person should be first postponed. To charm the incident, at night is held by presentation. In presentation forecast is made to that, what tomorrow morning they can go or not, to take sixteen pillars for developing the house (Ina Ugala). All pillars are carried to place that is readied for development of Uma, when presenting the victim to Teteu into the sixteen hole. Are eventually built by pillars. About 2,5 meters from land is switched jeriau between pillars that had been made a hole on. Then all pillars are the most raft with strong and stable. At top is put by floor from board or bamboo. To reach there the job is temporarily stopped. Men went to hunt. This quarantine is use for strengthen pillars that embeds at land.

If they can catch the monkey, indication to lucky and monkey's meat will presented and eaten.

Several in future, the other material is brought to building place. Everyone went bathe to river and at night Rimata give a speech to people, then is begun the party. Must be caught a turtle in sea with big mesh. This operation is full with taboos that should be obeyed, man or lady and children. Turtle's meat is divided even to all family members of Uma. It's meat is assumed holy because the animal is clean when is caught. Because that is the foreigner which is not member of Uma is enabled to eat the turtle. After turtle's party, the mesh is repaired and are again kept. The mesh storage is in party too. Later Uma's development are more further carried out. Rimata went to take roof material, all men went to take sago palm. For roof an Uma is needed about thousand eight thousand sago palm. The leaf is woven by families, other quarters regularly also take part. After finishing installation of roof, now do repairing deep division. Front veranda wall is sculpt with gatgat.

There are two stairs to rise to house, is faced and is faced behind. The third stairs, Orat Simagere, is invited to suggested for animal's that souls as long as Punen occurs to enter to Uma. In time also wood saucer that was called with Lulak is made to punen. They go to sea to catch turtle. On return they go to forest to take cane. Are made Kateu-ba to be used to accompany dance and Tuddukat who is beaten continuous to call the person to come to follow Punen. The equipment is kept at Jerambah Uma (platform terrace annexed to a house). Later neat place is closed with land. Hence Uma's development can be stated almost finishing.

To arrive its turn seeks adornment to be worn in time children initiations. Are gathered by seed beads for necklace, the metal copper things for ring and bangle. Strand tape is linked in head and tail is given to loin-cloth (cawat) with leaves that is yellow stained. Punen Panegekat ceremony needs materials presentation, the matter can be regularly asked to adjacent villages.

For example presentation a pig, gong (sound of barking), tuddukat and monkey, is brought by Uma's inhabitant that is adjacent. In second, upper reaches of river becomes as port to base boats.

To finish presentation is prepared batukarebau, place to reside Uma protection's soul. It's function for strong the life and Uma's souls, unify the residents and care member lives.

There are four activities that should be carried out to settle Punen Panegekat, eat time that is very long:

1. Kera (monkey) installation.
2. The most final repairing of Uma.
3. Pailok's placing on the roof and baba in front of at home.
   Pailok is a similar sharp ended round walking stick that prominent from roof, from face or Uma's back. It's function to distance the foreign souls and as Uma's protection when people are going, such as hunting or fishing.
   While baba is a root plant that trails, is tied with cane in front of Uma. Souls Baba have the excellence over deer, turtle and monkey's lives.
4. Final prayer to Toraja luima.
   Youths together with Rimata went to cut several pillars of wood that will be worn as kera (monkey). The pillar is located in estuary, central river near spring resource and near Uma. Above monkey put by symbolism weapons and cut of branch of wood that is sharp thorny, its use for evil souls catcher that infiltrates enters village. One of the kera is inhabited by Inan Oinan, that is protection's soul around the port.

After finishing development New Uma, the residents or uma's inhabitant that before isolate themselves from world outside, hold Punen Musira Uma. With this party, the communication with outside is opened.

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