Kajang situated about 58 km north-west from Bira beach, Kajang is a
sub-district from Bulukumba regency, the interest point in Tana-Toa village
where live the leather of Pra-islamic called:”Amma-Toa’”.The village covering
the forest conservation area according to the teaching of the;Tana-Toa,every
houses inside built in natural material from plant inside the area, and not any
modern material use even nail, zinc-roof and electricity, really interest to
visit in the global era.
The Kajang people is sub-ethnic of Makassar ethnic who inhabited
(occupied) a particular area. The area and the people the people are quite
isolated from the livings of other people of Bulukumba. The head of this group
is called “Amatoa” who considered holy. For those who are eager to see her, are
obliged to wear a black shirt and black “sarong”, and it will be better to meet
him without any shoes or sandals.
The Kajang Tribe or Kajang People or in Indonesia call it
“Suku Kajang” is sub-ethnic to Makassar ethnic groups, who inhabited a
particular area in the forest. The area and the people are quite asolated from
other people of Bulukumba. The Head of this group who is ruled by a tribal and
religious is called “Ammatoa” and their land call it Tana Toa.
Ammatoa is a person who masters of “Pasang ri Kajang” – an
oral teaching of Kajang people, which inherited from one generation to the
other. The life of Kajang centered to Pasang which is not only rules the
relation among man, man to the Creator but it covers the relation of man with
the nature. To have a person chosen as Ammatoa the congregation of elders
attending the ritual will listen to the supernatural signs. It might be in a
form of a buffalo suddenly come to someone house’s and stays there without
precedents or a rooster fly in and stops at someone’s shoulder.
Kajang tribe divided into two groups is Kajang Dalam (Inner)
and Kajang Luar (Outer) no differences between them. Kajang Luar live and
living in villages outside forest and they live more open to change, while the
Kajang Dalam live only inside forest with the nature, both the group live
harmoniously from the past until now, they always hold fast to the teachings of
the ancestors and they always maintain a balance of living with nature and the
ancestors.
They live harmoniously with the nature, and they do not use
modern facilities i.e. means of transportation. For that reason, no cars and
they like permitted to enter this area. The meeting ceremony with “Amatoa” is
very unique event.
The most famous adat community in Sulawesi, Kajang Dalam,
located within the administrative borders of Bulukumba. Although the Kecamantan
of Kajang has its formal structures with the camat and kepala desa, there is a
parallel adat structure under the authority of the Amma Toa that exists and
seems not to need formal recognition from the district government.
The size of the adat territory in Kajang Dalam is
approximately 25 hectares. The territory is called rambbang seppang. This
already includes 2 hectares of the Amma Toa’s land, and the rest is divided
into 4 villages; Tana Toa, Malleleng, Bonto Baji, and Batu Nilamung. At present
there are community mapping initiatives involving AMAN SS and others to clearly
indicate the wilayah adat and to support claims over this territory.
The informal borders that separate this customary territory
from the rest of the Kajang Luar are respected by everyone.
If one wants to enter Kajang Dalam, for instance, permission
must be requested first, and once this is obtained various protocol have to be
followed, such as the removal of ones shoes and socks, the wearing of all black
clothes, and so on. While the influence of modern life has started to creep
into this territory, the customs of old take precedence and life still reflects
the ways of the ancestors.
In the context of nature conservation, the presence of
Kajang tribe in South Sulawesi Bulukumba seems to be an oasis. Harmony of life
and the lives of people with nature make it sustainable. With the belief that
nature is the source of life, Kajang tribe has great respect for nature. They
guard the protected forest of the past until now, although they must be
anti-modernization. They feel comfortable and safe with houses and villages are
not electrified. Rocky road, a house made ??of wood, bamboo, and thatched
roofs, and even around the village is by foot.
List
of Vocabularies
- Tribe : suku
- Recognition : pengakuan
- Conservation : perlindungan alam
- Territory : wilayah
- Inhabited : mendiami
- Obtained : diperoleh
- Eager : ingin sekali
- Creep : bergerak secara perlahan-lahan
- Obliged : diharuskan
- Inherited : mewarisi
- Precedence : hak lebih tinggi
- Congregation : kumpulan orang
- Sustainable : terus menerus
- Precedent : teladan
- Rocky : berbatu
- Ancestor : nenek moyang
- Thatched : jerami
Answer
the following questions by choosing the best answer based on the text.
1. What
is the another name of Kajang Tribe?
a. Bulukumba
Tribe
b. Bira
Tribe
c. Black
Tribe
d. Tana
Toa
2. Who
is “Ammatoa”?
a. People
from Bulukumba
b. Kajang
People
c. The
head of Kajang Tribe
d. The
head of Kecamatan Kajang
3. Kajang
Tribe is divided into…groups.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
4. Where
do Kajang Luar people live?
a. In
Bulukumba City
b. In
Bira
c. Outside
the forest
d. Inside
the forest
5. The
following statements are true about the Kajang Tribe, except….
a. Oral
teaching of Kajang people is done by Ammatoa.
b. Kajang
Tribe never use electricity in their house.
c. Kajang
Luar and Kajang dalam live everyday in a peace.
d. Kajang
Tribe use nail in building their houses.
Find
the meaning of the words below and make sentences for every single word. Number
1 is example.
- Regency : kabupaten. ---> Last year we had an unforgettable experience when we visited a unique ethnic in a regency in South Sulawesi.
- Plant : … ________________________________________________________
- Holy : … ________________________________________________________
- Elder : … ________________________________________________________
- Harmoniously : … _________________________________________________
- Initiative : … ______________________________________________________
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