LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE FOUR OLD MEN ON TRADITIONAL CEREMONY OF CALLING RAINY (BOLU UDAN) BY USING ORAL GASE POETRY (Phenomenological Study in Meligo-Bobonaro)

Abstract

The objective of this study is (1) to know the Gase Poetry in the traditional ceremony can cause to come to the raining in the Meligo Village. (2) to understand Gase Poetry is considered as the source of the cultural, religion value which needs to be preserved. (3) to find the out the implication of the “Oral Gase Poetry” in the traditional ceremony of Bolu Udan for the life of the people in Meligo village. The method that used to collect the data was qualitative study examines the lived experiences on traditional ceremony for calling rainy by using Gase Poetry by the four (4) storytellers (Lian Nain) were interviewed based on the research questions. Based on the analyzing the interviewing from the four storytellers, the conclusion can be drawn as the result of the study. Gase Poetry in Traditional Ceremony can cause the raining to come when the old man (lian nain) went to perform Gase Poetry in the sacral place on the top of the mountain of Lesu-Luli in Meligo - Cailaco of Bobonaro District. Besides that, the People of Meligo still strongly believe this tradition culture and to be preserved.  This tradition is considered as their philosophy of life. The Gase Poetry in Traditional Ceremony was started to perform since their ancestors Lesukali existed. The Gase Poetry in Traditional Ceremony is celebrated in every year year because it brings them good life, pour them raining and prevent the natural disaster to be happened. The Gase Poetry in Traditional Ceremony is an usual instrument to be used in order to communicate between human beings and nature are having mutual understanding. The Gase Poetry in traditional ceremony of calling rainy is considered as the value of cultural, religious that needs to be preserved by the people in Meligo-Bobonaro because it is considered as one of the local genius or primitive knowledge which was discovered by the ancestors of Meligo Lesu Kali.