SAYACINTAINDONESIA — Indonesia has hundreds of tribes scattered throughout the country. Of the hundreds of tribes, not a few are still primitive and have a very terrible strange tradition. The Naulu tribe in the northern part of Seram Island for example, this tribe apparently has a tradition of beheading people for offerings.
The Naulu tribe inhabits Seram Island in Maluku. This tribe is spread in two areas, namely in the hamlet of Nuanea and the hamlet of Sepa. Compared to the indigenous tribes of Seram Island, the Aifuru Tribe, the Naulu Tribe is actually more flexible in accepting modernization because this tribe is familiar with clothing, fuel oil and so on. However, this unusual tradition makes this tribe often labeled a primitive tribe
Generally, members of this tribe adhere to traditional religions inherited from their ancestors. The main feature of the Naulu Tribe is the red headband used by adult men. This tribe actually has two strange traditions, namely the exile of women who are menstruating and giving birth and the tradition of beheading humans as offerings. This time Travelingyuk will discuss the second tradition.
It is a Pataheri ritual, a ritual to raise a boy who has grown into an adult. According to tradition, adult men in the tribe must wear a red headband made of beaver cloth. But to get this headband is not easy. If you want to get this red headband, the child must cut off someone else’s head first and then he is allowed to wear a red headband.
This dreadful tradition has thankfully been lost since the early 1900s. However, it reappeared in 2005. At that time, two headless bodies were found in Amahai District, Central Maluku District. Investigate, the two unfortunate people were beheaded for offerings or traditional Naulu rituals. The perpetrator was finally sentenced to death by the judges of the Masohi District Court.
Now this terrible tradition has been abolished either for offerings or rituals for the adoption of tribal children to become adult men. Instead, to raise the children of the Naulu Tribe to become adult men, that is by slaughtering a cuscus animal as an offering. Dare to get touch with the Naulu Tribe?
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