Seren taun
seren taun annual traditional sundanese rice harvest festival ceremony festival originally held mark new agriculture year sundanese ancient calendar well thanks giving blessing abundance rice harvest also pray next successful harvest seren taun demonstrates sundanese agricultural way life held high regard sundanese traditional village festival draw thousand sundanese villager participate well indonesian foreign visitor several traditional sundanese village hold annual festival notable village cigugur village kuningan regency west java kasepuhan banten kidul ciptagelar village cisolok sukabumi west java sindang barang village pasir eurih taman sari bogor west java kanekes village lebak banten province kampung naga tasikmalaya west java seren taun derived sundanese language seren mean give taun mean year seren taun mean last year given way new year mean transition agriculture year sundanese agriculture community seren taun festival express gratitude thanksgiving god blessing rice harvest abundance well pray successful rice harvest next agriculture cycle another specific definition seren taun give rice harvest present community leader stored communal barn sundanese leuit two kind leuit main barn secondary barn main barn held high importance considered sacred called leuit sijimat leuit ratna inten leuit indung mother barn secondary barn called leuit pangiring leuit leutik small barn leuit indung contained sacred rice seed pare ambu pare indung mother rice seed covered white cloth pare bapa pare abah father rice seed covered black cloth leuit pangiring secondary barn row barn store offering rice main barn already full according historical record well local tradition seren taun held annually since era sunda kingdom ceremony started dedication nyi pohaci sanghyang asri goddess rice ancient sundanese belief ancient sundanese religion influenced animism dynamism revered spirit karuhun ancestor well unseen natural power identified hyang also influenced hinduism since ancient time sundanese agricultural community revered natural power give fertility plant animal natural divine power identified nyi pohaci sanghyang asri goddess rice fertility according sundanese belief husband kuwera god wealth symbolize pare abah father rice pare ambu mother rice signify union man woman primordial symbol fertility family happiness two kind harvest ceremony sunda kingdom seren taun guru bumi held annually seren taun tutug galur held every eight year seren taun guru bumi held pakuan pajajaran capital various village seren taun tutug galur also called kuwera bakti held pakuan seren taun annually held sunda kingdom ceased fall sunda pajajaran kingdom several decade later ceremony revived sindang barang kuta batu cipakancilan village continued ceased year pause ceremony revived sindang barang cultural village pasir eurih sari bogor seren taun guru bumi celebrated revived cultural identity sundanese people cigugur kuningan seren taun held every rayagung last month sundanese calendar ceremony concentrated pendopo paseban tri panca tunggal residence prince djatikusumah constructed adherent native sunda wiwitan belief still celebrate annual harvest festival kanekes baduy people kasepuhan banten kidul cigugur today sundanese muslim however tradition still survives celebrated although prayer conducted islamic way seren taun ritual different varied among village however main ritual procession presenting rice community leader rice put main leuit rice barn secondary rice barn community leader later gave indung pare mother rice already blessed village leader planted next agriculture cycle village ritual usually started collection water several sacred water spring usually water collected seven water spring small jar united one large water vessel water blessed prayer considered sacred sacred water later sprinkled upon people present festival considered potent would bring good luck good fortune people next ritual sedekah kue people brought traditional cake delicacy also tumpeng wooden palanquin cake later fought among villager believed bring good luck tumpeng rice distributed among people consumed together slaughtering water buffalo might also become part ritual meat later distributed poor family village later night wayang golek performance held village main communal building main ritual seren usually started morning started ngajayak procession procession bring presenting rice continued three mass performance buyung dance angklung baduy angklung buncis angklung music performance usually performed seren taun cigugur ritual started prayer express gratitude god abundance harvest ngajayak main ritual presenting rice villager community leader stored main barn rest stored secondary barn rice later rhythmically pounded together woman using wooden mortar pestle blessed rice seed placed pavilion called pwah aci sanghyang asri pohaci sanghyang asri rice seed sought fought villager also believed bring good fortune cigugur kuningan seren taun started rayagung several traditional sundanese cultural performance also demonstrated pencak silat sundanese dance nyiblung water music suling rando tarawelet karinding suling kumbang baduy people