Suku Kei-Kei Tribe
Important to know
Visiting Kei, it's important to respect the traditions.
- Many site are taboo, means you canno(t go without permission. Need to wear propers clothes. No cry, no insults, no sex, no noise.
What do you have to do ?
- Ask first the permission from the leader from the village .
- Organise offering before to go to some islands or mountains.
Kei Culture
- Currently, Kei people have generally embraced religions such as Islam or Christianity (the majority are Catholic), even the Tanimbar Kei people who live on the island of Tanimbar Kei are predominantly Hindu, just like their ancestors who came from Bali.
- However, some still believe in concepts such as spirits and magical powers according to the religion of their ancestors. Spirits (mitu) are thought to be able to bring happiness and also trouble. Successful or failed harvests, prosperous lives or calamities that befell the population were ascribed to the power of mitu. Therefore, apart from carrying out small ceremonies within the family circle, every year they also hold a special mass 'cleaning of the ohoi' ceremony. This village clean ceremony (ohoi) is called sob-sob. Mitu can also be used by humans through magical practices which they call suanggi. According to Yong Ohoitimur, native religion in Kei basically contains elements of animism, magic and totemism.s en soient informés et ne laissent pas passer l’occasion.