After sunshine comes rain; A comparative analysis of fertility rituals in Marsela and Luang, South-East Moluccas

[...]this historical perspective stresses those ideas that evidently are very important to the people of Marsela, despite all social developments, such as the introduction of Christianity. According to the villagers the orientation of this dance is not restricted to certain points of the compass. 8 Toos van Dijk and Nico de Jonge Nkur nayelor Flow down to the sea in a stream omanne nkur nayelor. rain, flow down into a stream to the sea. [...]we may take as our point of departure that central to po'ora was the replacement of the statue of the first ancestor descended from heaven, and that by replacing the roof of the sacrificial house, the images of the first ancestress and her brother were honoured at the same time. [...]it is not hard to imagine that the transitory character ascribed to him repeatedly led to po 'ora performances, while during the ritual the renewal of the sacrificial house's roof, offering protection to the Mi and dopla, accentuated the permanence of the female party.