The Journey of Closing the Inner Eye

"THE BIRTH OF WITA"

PERSI AUTHOR'S.....

1996... A Baby is born into the world with the gender of the Woman. With the accompaniment of rain and lightning flashes

. Gratitude echoed in every corner of the house made of wooden rooms. Born to a simple family and living in a remote village in Kota (K)...

With the help of a child shaman, Babies born from the age of 10 months are born safely to the world.

The sound of the cry of the Baby echoed among the bamboo booth cubicles which bore witness to the birth of a girl who had a different vision than any other Baby.

After cleaning the baby and giving it to the Mother, the baby shaman was about to bury Ari Ari the baby.

"Wawan, Iyeu Ari na Bade in keun grave where?(Wawan, this Ari Ari want to be buried where?)" said the baby shaman to the baby's father.

"In Peungkeur Bumi Mak, (After the house of Mak)" replied the father

"Oh, where's paculna? Bade's mother ngagali,(Oh Yes, where's the hoe? mom wants to dig)" said the shaman later.

"On the door of Mak Deket, (Near the door of Mak)" he answered later.

The shaman also walked towards the back of the house, carrying Ari Ari and several Objects commonly referred to as Spices by the people of the village.

Telaten, the old shaman who has an age of almost 70 years continues to dig the ground to bury Ari Ari.

Before long, the ground that was excavated was completed, with the appropriate depth. The shaman brought Ari Ari and was about to bury her.

"Alon Alon Mak..." (Mak Plan.).

Arrived, as if someone had said so. Where does the shaman look for the source of the sound? But nihil in his place now there is not a single human who shows himself.There are only a few banana trees that are deliberately planted by the owner of the house. .

Feeling that he did not find what he was looking for, the shaman continued to bury Ari Ari, but in a very soft and slow way.

After he finished burying Ari Ari with his spices, and read the prayer the shaman was about to rise from his seat.

"Matur nuwun Mak.( Thank you Mak) ...

Arrived, the voice reappeared?

the shaman was looking for the source of the sound, but still did not find anyone there?

Feeling a sense of irregularity, the shaman rushed into the house.

"Wan, Geura snoozed the lights on Ari Ari na"(Wan, quickly put the lights on his Ari Ari spot)" said the shaman.

"Oh Nya Mak,(Oh, yes Mak) "Answer the owner of the house.

In various regions, it still has its own customs and traditions. The birth of a baby is regarded as a happiness, where all villagers will gather at the home of the Baby,

The Fathers will gather around the House of the Baby, they will chat, or play cards as their pleasure.and help them resist sleepiness.they will stay up all night, will be inside the house. prepare a snack to be eaten by the fathers out there.

This activity will take place seven days after the birth of the baby, and after seven days the baby, the baby, he will be Swing by the shaman by providing some spices commonly called by the villagers.

Similar to Birth, Death in the village also has its own ways and customs.

The death of someone will bring sadness to all villagers, some women will be busy in the kitchen to prepare a dish that must be there at death, or commonly referred to as. Land of land .

The fathers will go to the tomb to dig burrows, various traditions will be direct, he said, one of them is important for grieving family members to be advised to circle the coffin containing their deceased family members, they must walk under the coffin, he said, and circled her three times.

and the same thing with the birth of a baby, where the villagers will gather for seven days, almost the same thing is done for someone who died.

in addition to conducting tahlil events for seven days, the event at Makan and at home was live for seven days and runs for 24 hours without stopping, he said,

There will be some people in the funeral home and in the tomb, they will teach alternately for 24 hours without stopping, and in person for seven days as well.

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"Mom, Naha ears baby Abi next to her?(Why is my baby's ear different?) " Tell the baby's mother.

"Where to Try your Mom?(Where'd you try to see?) " Answer replied while opening the baby's earplugs.

The shaman widens his eyes, when he sees the baby's left ear, different from the right ear, which is completely different from the baby's ear in general.

The ear, like a slight bend, and like a wound but very dry.

The shaman was surprised, not only the sound of someone whispering when he was burying Ari Ari who was still disturbing him, now he was surprised by the ears of a different baby?

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The time has run seven days, the time to give the name to the baby. Wita Agustina, the name that became a sign for the baby born on Friday night.

Since the birth of Wita, there has always been a strange thing about the baby Wita. how not Wita will disappear and move places with his own.

every night Wita would be put to sleep on a bed with her mother at her side, and the father was under Wita's feet, But somehow Wita will always disappear and move places by itself.

sometimes Wita will be under the bed, sometimes in the middle room and sometimes in a swing that is deliberately made for him.

Every two o'clock at night, Wita's mother would wake up dreaming of her father who had gone without while carrying a black umbrella, and after dreaming that, after dreaming that, mother Wita will wake up from her dream and find WITA is not in her place.

This incident lasted until Wita was three months old.Even during the day Wita will move with his own.