Contoh descriptive text singkat pakai bahasa Inggris tentang kebudayaan Indonesia

indonesia is a big country and indonesia has very much social culture.one of all is batak's culture.
batak's culture is a local culture at north sumatera indonesia.history of this culture is very much.
batak has six branch,first batak toba,second batak simalungun,third batak pakpak,fourth batak ,fifth batak mandailing and sixth batak karo.......

 The Art of Debus(Banten,East Java,Indonesian)

Debus is a performance aimed at demonstrating proof of invulnerability (‘kekebalan’). In this context, ‘kekebalan’ means that a person is invulnerable (‘kebal’) if he suffers no injuries when he stabs himself or is being stabbed by another during the performance.The art of Debus originally developed during the reign of Sultan Ageng Tirtajasa (1651-1682) of Banten for the purpose of boosting the morale of the Banten soldiers fighting against the VOC (Dutch East India Company). However, the practice of invulnerability is still very much alive among the local population in the rural areas of the Indonesian archipelago today. This ancient practice is rooted in a belief in supernatural powers, which may materialize in the form of an amulet or talisman. These sacred objects are thus believed to offer divine protection to the wearer. Moreover, the faith in such objects is being strengthened by the observance of taboos, which often include fasting (‘puasa’). Similarly, in this particular context, the phenomenon of debus thus implies a shared belief in invulnerability.

A debus performance group is lead by a seh (‘syekh’) debus, who is at the same time a seh tarekat, i.e. the leader of the mystical fraternity in the village. A seh debus leads a modest life of simplicity, hence he can not be distinguished from the other villagers, because generally he does not possess greater material wealth than they might have. Thus the seh debus’ way of life differs very little from that of the rest of the population, though with the only important difference that the seh debus generally adhere more strictly to their observance of spiritual and religious (Islamic) practice, such as performance of the ritual prayers. This illustrates how the principal socio-religious values are shared with their environment in the predominantly Islamic regions of West Java.

Usually the debus performance will be performed after the sunset prayer, the ‘salat al-maghrib’ (about 7 p.m.). Though sometimes the seh will allow his group to perform in the day-time if necessary. During the few days preceding the performance the seh will observe a number of taboos, such as total abstention from sexual intercourse, and fasting from dawn to sunset.

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