PERANAN SEWANG DALAM MASYARAKAT PETANI PADI BUKIT TEMIAR DI KAMPUNG PASIK, RPS PASIK, HULU KELANTAN

Abstract

Abstrak
Sewang merupakan salah satu komponen yang sangat penting dalam budaya masyarakat Orang Asli. Ia
bukan sahaja sekadar bertujuan untuk keraian dan hiburan, malah lebih penting dari itu iaitu berperanan
sebagai satu kaedah perubahan dan medium komunikasi antara manusia dengan makhluk halus, roh
nenek moyang dan semangat yang mendiami alam ini. Berdasarkan bukti etnografi, sejarah dan survei
yang dijalankan di Kampung Pasik, Hulu Kelantan, makalah ini akan membincangkan tentang aspekaspek yang terkandung dalam budaya sewang dan sejauhmanakah ia berperanan dalam masyarakat
Orang Asli Temiar di Kampung Pasik, Hulu Kelantan ini.

Abstract

Sewang plays an important role in Orang Asli sosio-cultural life. It is not only regarded as one of their
significance performing arts but also as an important medium of communication between human and
spirits that inhabited this realm. Sewang is performed widely in the Orang Asli daily life and served as
an important ritual practiced. Based on ethnographic evidence, history and surveys carried out in the
Temiar settlements in Pasik, Hulu Kelantan, this paper will discuss to what extent sewang play its role in
the Temiar’s society in terms of method, meaning and functions. It is hope that the discussion will give an
insight of the significance role of sewang and enhance better understanding and awareness among us in
order to sustained it as our cultural heritage.