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Abstract: For Banjar people in Limpasu Sub-district, bahuma (working in rice field) is the main
occupation to earn a living for most families. Ownership of wide areas of pahumaaan (rice field)
and big kindai (rice barn) is a dream for everyone in the Sub-district. Big kindai (barn) full of rice
is a symbol of prestige and achievement of a husband. The fuller the barn is, the more overflowed
it is with rice, the greater the husband’s prestige in society. There are three phases of bahuma:
(i) pre-bahuma, (ii) during bahuma, and (iii) post-bahuma. Each phase consists of several activities
and each activity has a term in Banjar language. The words used to refer to bahuma activities have
cultural meanings, i.e. each meaning is related to Banjar culture. The series of bahuma activities
end with bajakat (donating alms) and mambaca manakip (reading the scriptures of manakip/the
historical account of God’s messengers). The manakip scripture which is most frequently read
after the harvest is the manakip of Syeks Saman Almadani.
Keywords: Bahuma, pre-bahuma, during bahuma, post-bahuma, bajakat, mambaca manakip |
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