Pasola Typical City Game NTT Indonesia

Pasola means the wooden javelin used to throw, "pa" of pasola is the word affix. Pasola means throwing a javelin wood while spurring a horse. This tradition is done by the people of Sumba, NTT. Usually held once every year precisely in February.

Pasola is like a war game, his genealogy as a manifestation of the sadness of someone who has lost his wife.

The ceremonial procession begins with the nyale tradition, in the form of thanksgiving with the coming of harvest season and the arrival of many worms along the coast. Worms were made a sign, if the worm is fat colorful it will get good, and otherwise it will be disastrous. With the arrival of these worms, pasola process will begin. Some people like knights will participate enliven this tradition with their horses, the spear used in the form of a blunt, though not infrequently this ceremony takes casualties, but it is believed the blood of the victim is nutritious soil fertile. When thought, like the Roman tradition held at the Colloseum.