Lemambang of the Sandau Ari

THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL
VOL. LXXXIII NO. 104 DECEMBER 2020

Title :
Lemambang of the Sandau Ari

Author :
Aldrin John Hew

Abstract:

Sandau Ari is one of the rituals performed by the Iban. Sandau Ari plays a significant role in the social, economic, believes and politics of the Iban people. Sandau Ari is unique because it can only hold by someone who had received guidance's from Petara or spirit via the dreams. The Sandau Ari is a request for a blessing ritual before embarking on a journey or as blessings for career. The symbolic of Sandau Ari ritual is a sign of appeasement to the Petara or gods. Lemambang plays an important role in Sandau Ari on guiding the longhouse community. Although, the role ofLemambang has diminishing after the arrival of Christianity, but it still maintains the core believes in Iban. Thus, the important of the need to study and understand the rituals itself. Nonetheless, theserituals will remain as the sacred discourse for the Iban in the future.

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2020-GE68-01

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How to cite:
Aldrin J. H. (2020). Sarawak Museum Journal, LXXXIII (104) : 1-6: 1-24. https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2020-GE68-01

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