Pasola festival
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The Pasola festival is a traditional ritual war game and harvest celebration on Indonesia’s Sumba Island, featuring spear-throwing horseback battles performed as part of local Marapu religious customs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pasola festival canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural tradition
ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ ritual war game ⓘ traditional festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
rice harvest
ⓘ
sea worm (nyale) season ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
eastern Indonesia
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Indonesia
|
| culturalSignificance | marker of Sumbanese identity ⓘ |
| culturalStatus | intangible cultural heritage of Sumba ⓘ |
| eventType |
equestrian event
ⓘ
martial ritual ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Southwest Sumba Regency
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Sumba
West Sumba Regency ⓘ
surface form:
West Sumba
|
| governedBy | customary law (adat) ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
horseback battle
ⓘ
mock war ⓘ spear-throwing ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | ritual bloodshed believed to ensure good harvest ⓘ |
| hasParticipantRole |
Marapu priests
ⓘ
mounted warriors ⓘ village community ⓘ |
| languageCommunity | Speakers of Sumbanese languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Nusa Tenggara
ⓘ
Sumba ⓘ
surface form:
Sumba Island
|
| mediaType |
subject of documentary films
ⓘ
subject of ethnographic studies ⓘ |
| organisedAccordingTo | Marapu ritual calendar ⓘ |
| practicedBy | Sumba people ⓘ |
| purpose |
harvest celebration
ⓘ
honoring ancestral spirits ⓘ ritual for agricultural fertility ⓘ |
| religion | Marapu ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Marapu belief system ⓘ |
| requiresSkill |
horsemanship
ⓘ
spear throwing ⓘ |
| riskLevel | dangerous ⓘ |
| season | pre-harvest season ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
community cohesion
ⓘ
conflict channeling ⓘ |
| tourismAspect |
attracts domestic tourists
ⓘ
attracts international tourists ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| usesAnimal | horse ⓘ |
| usesWeapon | wooden spear ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.