AN ANALYSIS OF RITUAL SPEECH CEREMONY OF “TARA-BANDU” IN MAKASA’E DIALECT

Anito de Mello Cabral Fernandes, Agostinho dos Santos Gonçalves, Charles F. Guterres, Fausto Belo

Abstract


Tara bandu activity is one of the phenomenological studies through lived experience by the five informants who were interviewed in order to find the following objectives of the study: (a) To know the effect of traditional speech that can prevent violence and illegal action to break the law and order in the society; (b) To identify the value of education, religion, justice, culture as the local law to govern and regulate the action of the societies’ activities. The method used to conduct the study was qualitative, specifically phenomenological research, which involved in-depth interviews based on the five informants’ lived experiences. Based on the result of the analysis, it could be described that the meaning of the ritual speech of tara bandu is a local knowledge of cultural ceremony which was performed to reduce misbehaviour, and we always do tara bandu in order to give gratitude to one and another, respect people, plants, animal. Therefore, Timorese always conduct the ceremony in public at the Tara bandu. The positive impact of the tara bandu is so helpful, giving people long-term food of humanity and reinforcing the peace in our country by public agreement. The other side is to create unity, peace and love with strong relationships between people, animals and nature. The negative impact of the tara bandu might affect the lives of people in Laisorulai. When we conduct the tara bandu by public agreement but do not follow the rules, people will die, and society will undergo a natural disaster.


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