Indonesian Shaman Association Declared in Banyuwangi, Want to Hold Santet Festival, Hmm ...
Solopos.com, BANYUWANGI – Claiming to provide benefits to the community, a group of people claiming to be shamans declared the Indonesian Shaman Association (Perdunu), Wednesday (3/2/2021). This declaration was made in Sumberarum Village, Songgon District, Banyuwangi, East Java.
Quoting detik.com, the activity was held with the introduction of the logo, the formation of the board and the cutting of tumpeng as a thanksgiving. Declaration activities are carried out with strict health protocols.
Didaulat as General Chairman of Perdunu, Abdul Fatah Hasan. He is the caretaker of the Alhuda Blimbingsari Islamic Boarding School, Tegalsari, Banyuwangi. He said this organization was born to provide benefits to the community. So far, many have been taboo about talking about a shaman. So, the good intentions of the shamans or psychics are expected to provide real solutions for the community.
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“Indeed, all this time it is taboo to discuss. That’s why we publish to the public that there is an association of spiritual experts in Banyuwangi,” he told reporters after the declaration.
Nonmedical Skills
According to him, currently many have joined the Perdunu. They are mostly spiritual experts with all kinds of expertise. “We will segment the existing shaman expertise. For example, treatment, from medical to non-medical. There is also about psychological, from logical and non-logical. It can be like a seller to a position, there is a segmentation,” he added.
Abdul Fatah explained that Perdunu has a nine-star logo, incense sticks and keris. This has its own meaning in the association. “Of course it cannot be separated from our spiritual activities. Where there are usually keris, incense sticks, and 9 stars is our hope for success,” he said.
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The General Secretary of Pedunu, Ali Nur Fatoni, said that the existence of this Perdunu is so that people are not deceived by the fake shaman mode. “Now this is important. Because people don’t want to be deceived by fake shamans. Because many people have been tricked by shamans in various ways,” he explained.
Perdunu is here, said Toni, to change the society’s paradigm about the negative shaman. So far, he said, the shaman has become a needed person, but his existence does not appear. It even tends to be hidden.
Santet Festival
Furthermore, Abdul Fatah admitted that he already had a work program. “Our closest work program is collective prayer and free medical activities.”
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Prayers and free medical treatment will be held at the end of this month. For prayer together, they will ask the people of Banyuwangi to avoid the dangers, especially at the current eruption of Mount Raung. While free treatment is carried out for various diseases.
“Hopefully it can be done well,” he added.
In addition to the joint prayer program and free medical treatment, said Gus Abdul Fatah, the plan is that in the month of Sura or Muharam, his party plans to hold a Santet Festival. This festival will explain about the spiritual sciences that still exist in Banyuwangi. Not only that, they will also be worn with mystical destinations in Banyuwangi. Among them, Alaspurwo, Rowo Bayu, and Antaboga in Glenmore District.
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“We will hold a Santet Festival. We will hold many kinds of things at the festival. Later, we will introduce people affected by witchcraft or magic. And also we introduce mystical destinations in Banyuwangi. not the proposal was wrong. Alaspurwo, Rowo Bayu and Antaboga, “he concluded.
Source: Detik.com