DAYAK LAWANGAN BALIAN BAWO IN CENTRAL DUSUN, EAST BARITO, CENTRAL KALIMANTAN
ABSTRACT: Globalization with
all its implications has affected the life of Dayak Lawangan living in Central
Dusun. Modernization has caused balian bawo to be getting scarce. The number of
the speakers of balian bawo is decreasing, and it seems that no young
generation is interested in it, although its existence still functions in
various aspects of the Dayak Lawangan community’s life. In addition, the young
generation is less interested in becoming balian bawo. This will affect the
process of the regeneration of balian bawo.
The result of the present study shows that the practice of balian waho is
obtained through the myth and process of becoming balian bawo. This causes
balian bawo to be the central position in the practice of balian bawo ritual.
Balian waho plays an important role in the healing and purifying processes. It
functions to prevent both manifest and latent misfortunes. It is the
socio-cultural supporting life regulation for Dayak Lawangan. It is made up of
religiosity, culture conservation, social life, and aesthetics. The formal education,
the discontinuity of the internationalization process in families, the low
income earned by those who work as balian bawo, their risky responsibility, the
spiritual and physical abilities they need, and their religious and
psychological ideologies have caused those who are interested in becoming
balian bawo to decrease. The impacts are that the dimensions of time and magic
formula as part of the ritual practice will change. In addition, the
ideological struggle for the ritual practice of balian bawo, and the change in
the population of balian waho will also result from the scarcity of the
population of balian waho. As well, the social and solidarity ties will be
getting weaker and the funds needed for the ritual will be high enough.
Penulis: Ervanta Restulita
Liber Sigai, Anak Agung Ngurah Anom Kumbara, I Wayan Cika
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologigg160001
