POSUO

POSUO

Posuo is one of the Butonese ceremonies which occurred if the girl is adult or before get married. This ceremonies usually does of five until seven girls. At the first day, they use kombo clothes and sit on the floor. There are old women who play the drums and sing a sad song in dialect butonese. Then, the girls sit on their mom’s shunk. The girls must silent and listen the song carefully, and understand what the message that include in it song. The other women pinch their hand until they cry. Then, they stand must to kick a board which exist in front of them. Behind of the board, there are men. The men endure the board in order it still to stand. The girls must be kick it with powerful until the board is break. They believe that if they can break the board, they can face the problem at the future. Then, they enter in special room, dark, and no wind. They only wear a shealt and begin to carry their body with powder. They use it for three days and turmeric for three days too. For posuo, they may not to walk, run and take a bath. If they want to go to toilet, they must to drag their hip on the floor. They may not defacate, they only permissioned to urinate. Every day, they only eat a hold of rice and an egg which combined with a few salt water. They also forbade to talk with boy. Those purpose to form their body and teach them about the norms. At the end of posuo, all of girl showered with use three water resources. Then, they wear the butonese clothes and sit on the special chair. In front of them, there are many ceramic porcelains, based of their amount. Every people who come, they must to enter the money into it which one they want.