CULTURE OF EASTERN INDONESIA: TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND COSMOLOGY OF THE HOGA SARA PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND OF FLORES
KEY TERMS and CONCEPTS
| NTT = Nusa Tenggara Timur (province) | rituals of the life-cycle |
| Flores | situational rituals (e.g. rain ritual) |
| Ngada | ritual transformation of ancestors of the outside into the ancestors of the inside |
| Golewa | ritual sacrifice involving the specific use of sacrificial blood |
| Sara Sedu | sealing in the ancestors with blood |
| nua | naming symbols of group identity |
| woe | symbols of group identity: 1. Embody ancestors; 2. Symbolize group membership and rights and duties of this membership |
| sa’o meze | hebu and other Ficus |
| ebu nusi / ebu kajo (ancestors of inside) | healthy respect for environment also embedded in Hoga Sara beliefs |
| nitu (ancestors of the outside): nitu leko nitu (ngebu) kaju meze nitu (ngebu) watu meze ngebu uma ngebu nua |
snakes human form buffalo soul (mae) |
| madhu | Tamarind tree |
| peo | nua nitu (village of the ancestors) |
| nabe | regha mae ritual |
| ture | peo and madhu as conduit between realm of Divinity, humans, and ancestors (like the dhuke inside the house) |
| bhaga | |
| dhuke | |
| ata tangi | |
| origins | |
| rituals of installation and renewal of symbols of group identity | |
| rituals of the annual agricultural cycle |