POSBELITUNG.CO , BELITUNG - Let's enjoy Belitung! Belitung has a traditional art attraction called beripat beregong.

Reporting from dispar.belitung.go.id , beripat beregong is a type of martial arts sport using rattan weapons for a pair of players.

Each player then relies on their skills to parry and hit their opponents with rattan slashes.

To be able to determine who loses and who wins, which can be determined by the number of wounds on the player's body.

However, at the end of the show, there was no feeling of resentment towards each other.

The beripat performance begins with the sounds of the beregong musical instruments being played simultaneously.

The folk art of beripat beregong is not only held for one night, sometimes it can be held for up to seven days and seven nights.

It depends on the economic conditions and interests of the organizer, because implementing this art can cost a relatively large amount of money.

Quoting kebudayaan.kemdikbud.go.id, this beripat beregong can usually be found during the annual Maras Taun tradition in Belitung.

The beripat beregong tradition is played in a way that is not easy, it requires a lot of preparation and also a lot of money.

Starting from safety to build a high house, about 6 to 7 meters high. This place will later be used for musicians playing musical instruments.

Raising a musical instrument to a high house cannot be done haphazardly, because it must be led by the traditional leader or the heir of the gong owner.

This tradition must also be attended by traditional leaders, separate interpreters, and recorders of the number of strokes.

Once everything is ready, then the men who want to try playing beripat beregong meet the elder to be asked where they come from.

The reason is, the men who will compete cannot come from the same village.