Ecological Anthropological Analysis of Nyale Foraging and the Sasak Calendar System in Lombok

[ABSTRACT]In Lombok Island of West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, Nyale foraging is observed annually only at the spring tide around February. Nyale worms, which are identified into the family Eunicidae of Annelida, behave in mass spawning for reproduction once a year. Around West Nusa Tenggara province, people forage a part of Nyale bodies containing sperm and eggs for self-consumption or selling in market. Nyale are assumed to be rich in protein and micro-nutrients, hence people think Nyale consumption to enhance their health condition. When viewed from a cultural issue, Nyale foraging in Lombok accompanies Bau Nyale Festival, derived from a story of Putri Mandalika. The main practitioner of Bau Nyale and oral tradition of Putri Mandalika is the Sasak, who have their own lunar calendar system. The date of Nyale appearance is fixed as “20th October” in Sasak calendar, then other dates are corrected by the date of “20th October”. The dates around “1st January” in Sasak calendar is believed to be an ideal period for rice planting. Because rice cultivation has been the main subsistence of the Sasak, Nyale foraging has cultural and ecological significance for daily life in Lombok. This study analyses the systematic relation between Nyale foraging and other cultural issues, in order to reveal the rationality of indigenous practices in Lombok. In addition, by describing Bau Nyale Festival as a tourism resource from different angle, sustainability of indigenous practices is discussed

https://opac.ll.chiba-u.jp/da/curator/107886/

https://opac.ll.chiba-u.jp/da/curator/107886/ceresIntlSympo-24-P577.pdf

Chiba University. Center for Environmental Remote Sensing

千葉大学環境リモートセンシング研究センター

会議発表用資料

Proceedings of the CEReS international symposium = CEReS国際シンポジウム資料集

24

577

584

2016-11-21

publisher

環境リモートセンシング研究センター「CEReSシンポジウム資料集」