Mata Golo Cultural Rite (An Ethnographic Study on Lolo Tribe Customary Community in Ratogesa Village of Golewa Tengah Sub District of Ngada Flores Regency of Nusa Tenggara Timur)

Abstract

Lolo tribe community knows two types of dead: Mata Ade and Mata Golo. Mata Ade is the dead due to medical disease while Mata Golo is the one due to accident, suicide/murdering. The objective of research was to explain the procedure and the meaning of mata golo cultural rite in Lolo Tribe Customary Community in Ratogesa Village of Golewa Tengah Sub District of Ngada Flores Regency of Nusa Tenggara Timur. The result of research showed that Lolo tribe conducted mata golo rite as the form of purification to be secured from unluckiness, evil, polo (devil), and other evil spirits’ effect.

Keywords: Lolo Tribe Community, Mata Golo cultural rite, Self-Purification