Traditional Activity In Jambi
1. Ceremony of Living Environment
Circle ceremony rites was performed since one is born to die, with themeans to commemorate the moment an individual enters a level throughout his life. This ceremony venue especially during pregnancy, birth, adulthood, marriage, and death.2. Born Ceremony
When a woman stepped on content age 7 months, the family officially notify it is in at least 2 people a shaman that is in their neighbourhood. This notice is called the ceremony with the term to more older which means that the order for the shaman is ready to give help if it comes time to give birth. In this ceremonyeach Shaman can be given turmeric rice.
When the woman hamilan the face of her birth, the shamans who already booked soon to come give help. Shaman women welcoming the birth of the child, while a male Shaman was behind a wall, room where the bore so that the child can recite the mantra born smoothly and complete as well as her mother in a State of peace. To avoid evil influences of childbirth, provided the objects are deemed to contain magical elements such as fruit kundur, amulets made of strands of tiny blade bangle, jeringo and others.
While the 7-day old baby, bath ceremony into a river (bath kayik) led by the shamanwho helps deliver. In the ceremony at once held a procession to the naming of the child. Then after the 40-day old baby was conducted ceremonies memoton hair for the first time conducted by the pious clerics and elders tengganai. In addition it alsoheld ceremonies Flush hands, the event was held simultaneously while the motherwas in a State of clean and recovered his health post-birth. The purpose of the ceremony is as permohonanan so that the child was blessed with the nature of the diligent, strong, love work, love, caring, honest, obedient, and other good properties.
3. Ceremony of Circumcision
Once the child reached the age of 6-10 years, specifically for young malecircumcision ceremony (circumcision), whereas for girls dilkukan Batindik ceremony(the hollow of the ear). The adult ceremony is usually performed in conjunction withthe tradition of Khatam Qur'an as provision of life in adulthood.
4. Wedding Ceremony
this ceremony begins with a series of customary association between young men and women who are known by the term Berserambahan. In this event they showed the skills of poetry called a Seloka young, After both agreed to get married, then apply the next phase:
Berusik Sirih Bergurau Pinang (the stage of exploring the feelings of each party to determine whether a relationship can proceed with the marriage).
Duduk Bertuik Tegak Bertanyo (the stage to find out the circumstances of the girl who comes to silslah, manners, manners of the Association, as well as the possibility of the approval of her parents).
Semayo (promise of artificial connective is the official Congress of families on both sides for membicrakan the time of engagement and marriage).
Ulur Antarserah Terimo Pusako (the groom kept his promise by delivering the goods to the girl's home in accordance with the agreed treaty).
Sedekah Labuh (that time was inaugurated with the marriage Covenant of marriage and contract Kabul before a religious leaders).
Duduk Bertuik Tegak Bertanyo (the stage to find out the circumstances of the girl who comes to silslah, manners, manners of the Association, as well as the possibility of the approval of her parents).
Semayo (promise of artificial connective is the official Congress of families on both sides for membicrakan the time of engagement and marriage).
Ulur Antarserah Terimo Pusako (the groom kept his promise by delivering the goods to the girl's home in accordance with the agreed treaty).
Sedekah Labuh (that time was inaugurated with the marriage Covenant of marriage and contract Kabul before a religious leaders).
5. Funerals
when facing a critical period, humans need to do an act to strengthen the faith and braced himself. In this case, according to local belief need be held ceremony of pronunciation of mantras are jointly led by a shaman.
Affected families obliged to notify news chiefs grief to his associates (the old tengganai) and Imam of the mosque. After that the corpse is bathed, dressed, shroud andprayed. After that the corpse could be put and installed gravestone and covered with a reading of the prayer. In the evening organized worship and tahlil during a 3-7 night by relatives and neighbours near the person who died. On the 7th day after the death of Rose ceremonies held Land i.e. fix land burial. The ceremony concludes with a series of eating together (alms celebrate) to commemorate the people who died.
Besides the ceremonies relating to the living environment of mankind, society of Jambi also know some other traditional ceremonies. This type of ceremony was heldwith regard to their daily living activities, among others:
Mintak Ahi Hujan (an activity that is carried out in order to ask for rain right down. These ceremonies contain elements of a syncretic belief between the ancestors and the religion of Islam which the ceremony was dedicated to the gods (mambang)which governs rain. Whereas in terms of religion is marked by prayer in Islam to ask for rain).
Nugal Bejolo (namely the ceremony in connection with the work of planting rice, which is very important as the inaugural cultural values that apply to all generations. This ceremony also featured the other social aspects, i.e., provide an opportunity foryoung people to hang out more familiar).
Kumau (also a ceremony related to the field of agriculture. This ceremony is held when the population was about to start bersawah activity and is usually held once a year in the rainy season. As for the stages in the ceremony are: Ngapak Jambe (open land), nyiram, beneih, padei (watering the seeds of rice which will be planted with holy water), ngambau beneih (sowing the seeds of rice in rice paddies) and will place his/her Canto (put up leaves in the middle of the fields propagate).
Ngayun Luci (a ceremony is also related to agriculture. The aim is to invoke the success of the harvest).
