Ore Hina Fa'i (katupa; rice dumpling pouches) - Aldeia Sepelata

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Title

Ore Hina Fa'i (katupa; rice dumpling pouches) - Aldeia Sepelata

Subject

Maria da Conceicao koalia konaba no hatudu ita oinsa atu halo ore hina.

Maria da Conceicao talks about and demonstrates how make ore.

Description

TETUM
Homan katupa ho lingua Fataluku naran ore hina. Ore hina iha funsaun importante nudár parte ida iha lipal fa'i (serimónia kazamentu tradisionál). Maria da Conceicao, husi aldeia Sepelata iha sub-distritu Lospalos, deskreve maneira sira uza ore hina iha rituál lipal fa'i: 'Iha kostume ida kona-ba loke ore hina; tenke loke neineik ho kuidadu. Só ema espesífiku de'it mak bele loke ore hina, tenke mane ida no feto ida. La bele iha etu monu tun, no labele uza tudik atu loke ore hina. Se etu musan ida de'it monu entaun ida-ne'e signifika feen ho la'en ne'e bele hetan susar iha uma laran, bele hetan triste…' Ore hina só bele halo bainhira prepara ba kazamentu no labele halo ba serimónia seluk.

Atu halo ore hina tenke homan nuu-tahan kinur hodi halo katupa no enxe ho foos hafoin hatama ba bee nakali. Durante teen katupa ne'e sai nakonu ho etu. Buat ne'e mak bolu katupa, ka ho Bahasa Indonesia ketupat. Maria da Conceicao husi aldeia Nanfoe, sub-distritu Lospalos, deskreve tipu homan katupa oin haat: ore ratu, ore macua, ore are, no ore ceherana.

ENGLISH
Small woven-palm pouches for cooking rice dumplings are called ore hina. Ore hina play an important function as part of a lipal fa'i (taditional wedding ceremony). Maria da Conceicao, of aldeia Sepelata, in Lospalos sub-district, describes the way ore hina is used in a lipal fa'i ritual: 'There is a ritual to opening the ore hina; it must be done carefully and with caution. Ore hina must be opened only by certain people, who must be one man and one woman. Not a single grain of rice is allowed to fall out, and knives cannot be used to open the ore hina. If a grain of rice falls out it is a sign that the couple will experience troubles in the home, there will be sadness...' Ore hina can only be made in preparation for a wedding, and cannot be made for other events.

To make ore hina, yellow palm leaves are woven into a small pouch that is filled with dry rice, and then boiled. As it boils the expands, filling the pouch. The rice becomes compressed into a dumpling, sometimes called packed rice (ketupat in Indonesian). Maria da Conceicao from aldeia Nanfoe, sub-district Lospalos, describes the four different weaving types for ore hina: ore ratu, ore macua, ore are, and ore ceherana.

There are a number of different types of nian fa’i, products woven from palm leaves, found in Lautem. Woven products include leu hina (storage baskets); pari pari hina (woven fans); neru moko hina and leu hina (baskets for tossing grain); meci leu moko hina (baskets for catching sea worms); likas hina (a wide shallow basket); rai soko hina, (woven basket for carrying food while travelling); and ulu halivan hina (small woven palm leaf container for the umbilical cord).

BAHASA INDONESIA
Kantong kecil anyaman palem untuk memasak semacam ketupat yang disebut ore hina. Ore hina memiliki peran penting sebagai bagian dari lipal fa'i (upacara pernikahan tradisional). Maria da Conceicao koalial dari Desa Sepelata di sub-distrik Lautem menjelaskan cara ore hina digunakan dalam ditual lipal fa'i: ‘Salah satu ritual yang harus dilakukan adalah membuka ore hina dengan sangat hati-hati penuh kewaspadaan. Ore hina hanya boleh dibuka oleh orang-orang tertentu, satu orang perempuan, satu orang laki-laki. Tidak boleh ada satu nasi pun yang terjatuh, dan pisau tidak boleh digunakan untuk membuka ore hina. Apabila ada nasi yang terjatuh, pertanda pasangan tersebut akan mengalami masalah rumah tangga, dan mereka akan mengalami kesedihan…’ Ore hina hanya boleh dibuat sebagai persiapan pernikahan, dan tidak boleh digunakan untuk acara-acara lainnya.

Untuk membuat ore hina, daun palem berwarna kuning dianyam menjadi kantung kecil dan diisi dengan beras kering, lalu kemudian direbus. Saat direbus, beras akan menjadi nasi dan memenuhi seluruh kantung. Nasi akan tertekan dan menjadi ketupat. Maria da Conceicao dari Desa Sepelata , sub-distrik Lospalos, menjelaskan empat cara berbeda untuk menyanyam ore hina: ore ratu, ore macua, ore are, dan ore ceherana.

Creator

Many Hands International

Source

Preservation of Endangered Forms of Intangible Fataluku Cultural Expression Project

Date

Recorded 18.11.2012

Rights

Video, photo and text rights: Many Hands International

Language

Fataluku

Coverage

Aldeia Sepelata, Suku Bauro