Thousands of citizens from various regions of the City and the Island of Ambon flooded village of Mamala and Morela, District Leihitu Ambon Island, Central Maluku, watching the ritual customary "Pukul Sapu (Hit Sweep)" which is held every 8 Shawwal after Idul Fitri.
Tens of thousands of Ambon as well as from Masohi, capital of Central Maluku district, and the Island Haruku, Saparua and Piru and Kairatu, Kabupaten Seram west (SBB), were present to witness the rituals annual.
Thousands of residents since the early days has mendatangani both villages are situated approximately 55 Kilometers north of Ambon Island, using hundreds of motorcycles and cars to witness the ritual of that culture.
Cultural customs at the broom in both villages who have blood relations from a single ancestor and performed since the 16th century was, sucking up the attention of a number of domestic tourists who coincidentally was visiting Ambon.
Some foreign tourists, mainly from Australia, Holland who happened to be vacationing in Ambon, were also seen attending to witness the attraction hitting with a stick, which is taken from the stem leaves Aren it.
Customary at the broom stick, we place at least 40 youth responsibility and bare chest is divided into two groups. Both groups were distinguishable color pants and headband that is colored red for one group and white for the other groups.
The previous day the youths who followed him was collected in a traditional house each to be ceremonial, and prayed for help and blessing of the Creator and the ancestors to bless those who will follow the ritual.
By holding the two tie rod sticks that are still raw, the two teams and then each other face to face, as she waited for the sound of the flute is blown by customary leaders.
When the flute sounds the group wearing red strike groups in white shorts, so did the opposite when the flute sound, turn the white pants who carried out the attack and beat the pants in red.
Action hit each other causing the horror and hysteria crowd was accompanied by a wasp tambourines and drums, where the effects add to the spirit of the players to hit each other.
The young man each using two to four cigarettes a stick bigger size doubled from a broom stick-ordinary, visible clobber body opponent with full force, in which areas of the blow is limited only from the chest down to the stomach.
Slashes lidi that of the central opponent sounds loud enough like a whip, where not infrequently the three rod sticks that are used have been destroyed in just two or three slashes.
The blow stick many times result in streaks of red elongate body of the players, and the most out of fresh blood and often stems lidi was also embedded in the skin and sores on their bodies.
But not the slightest visible or audible groans and cries of pain of the players due to slashes stick, but still does not die game.
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