I parenti di umbu Ndjurumanna portano pony alla casa locale di Sarah Hobgen come un 'belis' (termine tradizionale per il dono di proposta di matrimonio) prima della processione della tradizionale proposta di matrimonio Sumbanese. Foto di archivio. Reportage (2011).
3300 x 2200 px | 27,9 x 18,6 cm | 11 x 7,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
28 settembre 2011
Ubicazione:
Prailiu, Kambera, East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
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Sumba Island runs a controversial catch-a-bride, but also this traditional-international pre-marriage procession_ Umbu Ndjurumanna, a Sumbanese royal leader, led his family and relatives in a march and procession of royal marriage proposal in Prailiu and Kaburu villages near Waingapu City in East Sumba regency, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Archival photo (2011). Umbu Uman, as he popularly known, is the oldest son of the Prailiu royal family. On this series of photographs, Umbu Uman was traditionally about to ask Sarah Hobgen, an Australian, to marry him. As Sumbanese tradition requires, Sarah was "adopted" by a local family who would act as her family on this traditional procession that would take place all night long. Sarah was a PhD student of Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods at Charles Darwin University. She was staying in the area for a study when she met Umbu Uman. Tambu Rambu Margaretha, mother of Umbu Uman, said that Prailiu (Parai Liu) has been receiving many university students conducting research, including from overseas. Sarah was one of them. This procession shows a true side of Sumba Island's marriage tradition. In contrary, a photo went viral recently, showing a young woman is being abducted by a group of men, against her will. She was forced to marry a man in Dameka village on the same Sumba Island. As reported by South China Morning Post (SCMP) on 20 July 2020, the villagers say that it's the Sumbanese custom called "kawin tangkap" (catch-a-bride). In Waingapu City, a well-known trader of Sumbanese traditional weavings had showed one of his collections illustrating catch-a-bride, in which a man and a woman can be seen riding a pony together. The woman has not been portrayed as being abducted. "Catch-a-bride is a violation of Sumba's traditions, which has repeatedly happened and finally been considered a custom, " says Umbu Jowa, an expert on Sumba's traditional custom and rites, as quoted by SCMP.
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