Video of Usaba Kaulu, Asak, Karangasem
After the prayer session the most anticipated part of the ceremony is finally arrived. The boys leave the temple premise and stand on the street in front of the temple brandishing their cleavers; they are waiting for the cow to be unleashed from the temple, the music switch to adrenalin-pumping beleganjur. As soon as the cow is unleashed, it starts running and the boys chase and try to strike it down with the cleavers. With dozens of boys chasing and striking it down, the cow will not last more than 5 minutes. There are prohibitions to cut the cow in the temple, banjar (hamlet) and village areas, those who strike it in these areas are fined. In bygone days the prohibitions were strictly observed and the chasing lasted for hours and the cow was killed outside the village. Nowadays it is struck as soon as it leaves the temple premise and killed inside the banjar area.
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