Walking 160 Km, Inner Bedouin Celebrate Seba To Banten Governor Wahidin Halim

The Badui Community In carrying out the Seba tradition with the Deputy Regent of Lebak Ade Sumardi and other officials, Friday (6/5/2022) night. ANTARA/Mansur

BANTEN - The Bedouin Dalam community walked 160 kilometers to get in touch with Banten Governor Wahidin Halim and local officials in the Seba tradition which is planned to be held on Saturday, May 7 evening. Lebak Ade Sumardi and other officials," said Ardi (45), an Inner Bedouin resident in Rangkasbitung, Lebak Regency, as reported by Antara, Saturday, May 7. They live in Cikeusik, Cibeo, and Cikawartana Villages, Kanekes Village, Leuwidamar District, Lebak Regency. They have walked from the Inner Badui area to Serang City since Friday, May 6, at 04.00 WIB by traveling 160 kilometers back and forth.

Even though the journey was tiring, he said, residents were happy because they could carry out the orders of their ancestors that must be guarded and preserved, namely meeting with regional heads and other officials to establish friendship. months of undergoing the Kawalu ritual," said Ardi with his son, Sapta (13).

Another Inner Bedouin resident, Asep (45), admitted that he was happy to follow this tradition to establish friendship and strengthen ties of brotherhood with the governor and regent who he called the "father of big" or head of government. Currently, he is walking with other friends without drinking to quickly arrive in Serang City.

"We continue to walk wherever we go and it is forbidden to use vehicle transportation," he said.

A Bedouin elder who is also the Head of Kanekes Village, Jaro Saija, said the Seba Bedouin activities were part of the customary pillars after the Inner Badui community carried out Kawalu for three months.

The implementation of Kawalu focuses on getting closer to God Almighty so that it is closed for tourists to enter the Inner Bedouin residential area.

He asked the regents and governors to realize the formation of a customary village regulation as a legal umbrella to protect the Bedouin. In the Seba tradition or the tradition of meeting, the Bedouin customary holders always convey a message to protect the forest from being damaged so it is necessary to get customary village law protection. The government can immediately issue the village to protect the Bedouin community with a population of more than 16,000," he said.

The Seba Bedouin tradition is literally marked by the handing over of produce and reporting on various events over the past year in the Bedouin community in the interior of Lebak Regency.

"We hope that this year's Seba Bedouin, which is attended by 158 Outer Bedouins and 23 Inner Bedouins, will run smoothly," he said.