Naik Dango

        Naik dango ceremonies are rituals which implies rice thanks giving gratitude or thanks and honor to almighty God for the harvest of rice collected from the Dayak community in borneo , which is held every year .    
        Dango in this sense is the rice granary of a building near the house where keep rice croops each year , for the first time took the rice from the barn to the ceremony naik dango . The core program is the prayer of rising dango ( Nyangahatn ) by a pries ( Panyangahatn ) in family barns are a party organizer who performed in the morning . The contents of his prayer is calling home to gather in the spirit of rice in the granary as well as ceremonial celebration of God's sustenance ( jubata ) and begged blessing bestowed his blessing to use the rice that was stored in granaries for food purpose .
       
          For the dayaknese in a particular area , naik dango ceremony is carried out throught four activities , The fourth activity is the preparation of the " batutuk , matic , nyangahatn , and eat together ".              
        
          Batutuk is the activity of pounding rice a mortar to get the rice . either ordinary rice ( sunguh ) and glutinous rice ( poe' )  for food preparation and offerings .
         
           Then matic is a prayer to convey meaning to the lord ( jubata ) to give his blessing for the implementation of the clerk naik dango . matic event was presented on traditional devices such as
" tumpi sunguh " ( white bowspirit variety ) , " Poe solekng " ( bamboo containing cooked rice ) ,
" betel cook " ( betel leaf , lime , gambier , ready to chew betel nuts , plus rolled cigarettes palm leaves ) .
          
           After that " nyangahatn " is a prayer spoken by indigenous priests ( panyangahatn ) to call the spirit of rice , to give thanks to God for the gift of the rice harvest , beg forgiveness of God ( jubata ) from sin and guild , and begged the lord to give prosperity in the coming year .

           After the above three events , held a banquet together . the food was Poe ' ( sticky rice cooked with coconut milk ) , Tumpi ( bowspirit sweet ) , Lamang ( coconut sticky rice cooked in bamboo ) forwarded to eat rice and side dishes , the drink is coffee .
          
            Naik dango tradition worthy of appreciation because the ceremony is an expression of cultural , religious and social , are only found in borneo . 

                                                                                         
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