Bepelas, Sacred Rituals Accompanying the Dentum of Cannon on Every Celebration Night of Erau
Every night during the seven days of Erau, there will be a thunderous sound from the front of the Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara (Mulawarman Museum). The sound is the sound of the boom from the cannon in the front yard of the museum. The boom of the cannon is a sign that the bepelas ritual is being carried out. The Stinggil Room (Siti Hinggil) was filled with relatives of the Sultanate and invited guests who surrounded the Piang Ayu. Dewa (ritual servant woman) and belian (ritual servant man) perform sacred dances and offer spells to spirits in the supernatural world.
Bepelas is one of a series of sacred rituals in Erau. In this ritual, the Sultan or Crown Prince of Kutai performs a ritual to walk towards the Ayu Pillar with his left hand holding on to the cinde cloth and the right hand holding the rope juwita. Arriving before the Ayu Pole, the Sultan or Crown Prince will step on Gong Raden Galuh's heirloom, which is immediately greeted by a cannon boom. Usually, it is done by the Sultan on the first to third night, while the following nights are carried out by the Crown Prince.
The number of Galuh Raden Gong is trampled differently every day, according to the day of implementation. The number of cannon blasts that were heard varied according to the number of times the Sultan stepped on the gong that night. On the first day, there will be a bang. On the second day there were two booms, and so on until the seventh day.
The final ritual took place after the procession was finished in Belapo Serapo, except when it fell on a Friday night. Before the Sultan or Crown Prince performs clearly, the god and belian first carry out a number of rituals. The ritual begins by turning around the seven pillars of Ayu Pole. After seven rounds, the servants sit in a row on the left side of Piang Ayu while the gods sit on the right side of Piang Ayu.
Furthermore, a number of sacred dances were performed by the gods. The first dance to be performed is a shawl dance by circling Ayu Pole once. Then continued the fan dance and jung njuluk dance. Furthermore, the goddess said a mantra (indeed) to present the Coral God and Prince Sri Ganjur who was believed to be the Ayu Pole guard from the occult disturbances throughout the eleven implementation.
Then, a god will do the archery god dance. This dance is performed using a bow and fiery log as an arrow. The dancer will go around one round then release the fiery arrow to the four corners when turning for the second time. If the fire in the arrows is dead, the dancer must turn it back on with a flame from the candle that surrounds Ayu's Pillar.
After the dance, ganjur dance was performed by four men, wearing special headbands and mantle cloth (ganjur). This dance is carried out as much as one round and then carried out one round by four different people (beganjur), usually inviting two honored guests accompanied by two relatives of the Sultanate. After the second round, a ganjur dance was performed by a man, followed by several gods. After the series of processions were carried out, it was only carried out by the Sultan or the Crown Prince. [Ardee / Indonesia Rich]
Bepelas is one of a series of sacred rituals in Erau. In this ritual, the Sultan or Crown Prince of Kutai performs a ritual to walk towards the Ayu Pillar with his left hand holding on to the cinde cloth and the right hand holding the rope juwita. Arriving before the Ayu Pole, the Sultan or Crown Prince will step on Gong Raden Galuh's heirloom, which is immediately greeted by a cannon boom. Usually, it is done by the Sultan on the first to third night, while the following nights are carried out by the Crown Prince.
The number of Galuh Raden Gong is trampled differently every day, according to the day of implementation. The number of cannon blasts that were heard varied according to the number of times the Sultan stepped on the gong that night. On the first day, there will be a bang. On the second day there were two booms, and so on until the seventh day.
The final ritual took place after the procession was finished in Belapo Serapo, except when it fell on a Friday night. Before the Sultan or Crown Prince performs clearly, the god and belian first carry out a number of rituals. The ritual begins by turning around the seven pillars of Ayu Pole. After seven rounds, the servants sit in a row on the left side of Piang Ayu while the gods sit on the right side of Piang Ayu.
Furthermore, a number of sacred dances were performed by the gods. The first dance to be performed is a shawl dance by circling Ayu Pole once. Then continued the fan dance and jung njuluk dance. Furthermore, the goddess said a mantra (indeed) to present the Coral God and Prince Sri Ganjur who was believed to be the Ayu Pole guard from the occult disturbances throughout the eleven implementation.
Then, a god will do the archery god dance. This dance is performed using a bow and fiery log as an arrow. The dancer will go around one round then release the fiery arrow to the four corners when turning for the second time. If the fire in the arrows is dead, the dancer must turn it back on with a flame from the candle that surrounds Ayu's Pillar.
After the dance, ganjur dance was performed by four men, wearing special headbands and mantle cloth (ganjur). This dance is carried out as much as one round and then carried out one round by four different people (beganjur), usually inviting two honored guests accompanied by two relatives of the Sultanate. After the second round, a ganjur dance was performed by a man, followed by several gods. After the series of processions were carried out, it was only carried out by the Sultan or the Crown Prince. [Ardee / Indonesia Rich]
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