Suddenly I remember when I attend
my English course last year, I had an usual experience. We studied about
superstitious phenomena. As we know Indonesia
have so many supertitous thing.
My theacher Miss Elis asked us to
make a mini talk about superstitious phenomena because for the next
meeting we will follow promotion test.
So she need to take our speaking skill mark. She gave us some time to create
our mini talk. We had finished the mini
talk and time for us to perform in front
of the class.
The first perform was presented
by Hamdi, he told us about unusual dream, he said if he dream about holding
party that’s mean one of your family
will pass away soon. And all student has
their own turn to present their mini talk. They tell about going under a ledder
can bring you bad luck, if break a mirror, you will have seven years of bad
luck, hit a cat might bring you to a bad luck, etc. when I was listening to
them I got bored, because I often hear that superstition. But, when I heard
Utty superstition story, I got excited, the reason why I got excited to hear her
story is, she told us about Bunian people.
bunian people is kind of ghost. But
their appearance likely a man. They like to hunt a baby and holding party in
the middle of night. After I heard Utty’s story, on my way home I felt someone
wishpering me. For the first time I thought that just my feeling because I was
too tired that’s why I felt some one wishper to me, but the mysterious voice
became louder and louder. Hmmm im sorry I cant continue my story, because it’s
really make me scared. Ok let’s talk
about something else ok? Hmm I stil talk about superstition.
Do you know Pesugihan? Pesugihan is a form of ritual to ask for wealth from a
supernatural power. Usually people got o a place like mount to meet a sorcerer.
The sorcerer will give them instructions to be carried out later as a
requirement for the wealth asked. After the requirements have been fulfilled, a
sudden wealth is expected. However, to maintain the wealth, offering must be
given to the supernatural creature they worship.
There are many supernatural
creatures that people usually worship to get wealth, for example Nyi Roro Kidul, or Nyi Blorong.
Many people do that as
a shortcut to be rich. They’re ready to sacrifice everything to get what they
want. Sometimes they even forget all the consequences of this ritual, like
losing the lives or their loved ones. You see, these supernatural creatures
usually ask offering of the soul of the people related the worshippers in order
to keep the wealth given by the creatures.
For me, that unlogical. But that
really happen, I don’t know how it happened. But I see this ritual as an act
againt God. Every religion teaches us to ask for anything from God and not to
get too obsessed with wealth. In addition Pesugihan also bring us more problems
than the fortunate itself.