RITUAL NGERTAKEUN EARTH LAMBA

The indigenous people walk above Kawah Ratu while carrying a sesajen offering during the ritual of Ngertakeun Bumi Lamba in Gunung Tangkuban Boat, West Bandung Regency, West Java, Sunday (22/6). The customary ritual in Gunung Tangkuban Boat was held coincided with a new Sun journey began to return from the north of the earth to the south, which was tributed 'capitu' (to 7 months) in the calculation of Suryakala, Sunda calendar in how to set up a variety of beauty of offering flavors with the meaning of gratitude to respect the mountain as the 'Kabuyutan' (water source, life, food and sbg of the ancestor symbol). ANTARA PHOTO/Novrian Arbi/ed/mes/14