CULTURE RITUAL KEBO - KEBOAN banyuwangi

started when Hamlet pagebluk Krajan experience, namely the emergence of various kinds of pests that cause the death of agricultural crops. To cope with these disasters, one of the local community leaders who held a ritual called Buyut Karti by imitating Peril

I'm a buffalo that was plowing the fields. And, it turns out that ritual can be penghalau of various kinds of disasters that befell Hamlet Krajan. Finally, the ritual is then called kebo-keboan was performed routinely every year.

Time, Place, leaders and parties to the Telibat in Ceremony
Kebo-garden ceremony at the Hamlet Krajan held once a year which falls on a Sunday between 1 to 10 Sura (without looking at market day). The choice of Sunday as a day of operation on the basis that the day people are not working (off), so it can follow the ceremony. Meanwhile, chosen on the basis that month Sura Sura, according to the trust of the community of Java, is a sacred month.

As the ceremony in general, kebo-keboan ceremony in Krajan also be gradual. The stages to be followed in this ceremony are as follows: stage salvation in Petaunan; stage ider earth or the procession around the hamlet Krajan; and stage-keboan kebo rituals are carried out in the rice fields Krajan Hamlet.

Leader-in ceremony kebo keboan relies on the activities or steps done. At this stage of salvation in Petaunan, who acted as master of ceremonies was the head of Hamlet Krajan. Meanwhile, acting as master of ceremonies during a ritual ider-keboan kebo earth and is a charmer who is considered an expert in summoning the spirits of the ancestors.

As for the parties involved in the organization of the ceremony were: Village officials Krajan; some arts groups existing in the area Alasmalang; four or more people who will be kebo-keboan and other community members who helped prepare the equipment and watching the ritual ceremony.

 The road Ceremony

One week ahead of time-keboan kebo ceremony arrived, citizens residing in Hamlet Krajan held activities of mutual aid for environmental clean house and village. Then, one day before the ceremony, the mothers together to prepare offerings consist of: cone, squeeze, water jug, kinang ayu, various porridge, inkung chicken and so forth. In addition, also prepared a variety of equipment such as the cake ceremony, singkal, hoe, inflammation, pitung fresh, rice, banana, coconut and rice seedlings. All offerings are in addition to the event for safety, will also be stationed at every intersection in the Hamlet Krajan.


In the evening the youth to prepare various kinds of crop yield crops such as bananas, sugar cane, cassava, maize, nutmeg gumantung, kependhem nutmeg, mace kesimpar. Crops are then planted back along the road village Krajan. In addition, they also prepare for dam that will be used to irrigate crops are planted.

In the morning, at around 08.00, a ceremony was held at Petaunan ceremony attended by the committee, village elders, muezzin, and some citizens Krajan. Implementation of the ceremony in this place was quite simple, that is just a word of welcome from the committee ceremony, followed by a prayer led by the muezzin and ended with a meal together.

Furthermore, the participants of the ceremony consisting of village elders, a handler, the hamlet, two pairs of kebo-keboan (each kebo-keboan amounting to two people), the carrier offerings, tambourine music player, the player Hamlet Krajan Barongan and residents will conduct a parade ider the earth surrounding the Hamlet Krajan. The parade begins at Petaunan then headed to a hydroelectric dam located at the corner Krajan Hamlet. Arriving at the dam, jagatirta (water control officer) will soon open the dam so that water flows into along the way hamlet that had been planted crops by the youth. Meanwhile, the participants of the ceremony immediately headed to the rice fields owned by Hamlet Krajan. In this rice-fields-keboan kebo are starting to show similar behavior like a buffalo that was plowing or wallowing in the fields. At kebo-keboan'm wallowing, some participants of the ceremony soon fell into the fields to plant rice seed.

Once the seeds are embedded, the other participants immediately scramble to take a new rice seed was planted. The new seeds are planted it is trusted by community residents to serve as Hamlet Krajan against disaster, to bring luck and blessings. At the time of the participants fight those seeds, the kebo-keboan previously dimantrai by the handler to become trance, will soon catch up seed makers who considered a nuisance. However, the kebo-keboan harm was not until the seed makers because the handler is always watching every move. Once considered, then the handler will bring kebo-keboan pitung bargaining by rubbing on the head. After that, they returned to Petaunan.

For the record, before 1965 execution ider the earth not only all the way around Krajan Hamlet, but also to the large stone in the four corners of the wind that begins with a walk eastwards towards Watu Lasa, then west toward Watu Reef, then to Watu Gajah and south to north toward Watu Dragon.

Arriving in Petaunan, ceremony participants return to their homes, carrying rice which they had taken in the field to serve as a repellent reinforcements and also at the same carrier blessing. In the evening, they returned again to Petaunan to watch the puppet show with a story that tells of Sri Mulih Dewi Sri. The play was staged in the hope that citizens of Hamlet Krajan get an abundant rice harvest. And, with art dipentaskannya Petaunan shadow puppets in it, then ended the entire series in a ceremony at Village kebo-keboan Krajan.


Cultural Values

Ceremony kebo Krajan-keboan in Hamlet, Village Alasmalang, Banyuwangi, if examined in depth, contains the values that in turn can be used as a reference in everyday life. These values include: companionship, care, mutual aid, and religious. Common values reflected in the gathering of most members of the community in a place, eat together and pray together for the salvation together as well. This is a form of unity in living together in their environment (in the broad sense). Therefore, this ceremony also contains common values. In this case, togetherness as a community that has a territory, customs and culture of the same.

at the procession, as well as afterwards. Preparations that, not only about ritual equipment, but also a place, time, leaders, and participants. Overall it should be well prepared and thoroughly, so the ceremony can proceed smoothly. For that, it takes precision.

Cooperativeness values reflected in the involvement of various parties in organizing the ceremony. They helped one another after the implementation of the ceremony. In this case there who helped prepare food and beverages, to be master of ceremonies, and so forth.

Religious values reflected in the prayer addressed to God in order to get protection, the safety and prosperity in life.