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Seren Taun is an annual traditional Sundanese rice harvest festival and ceremony. This festivals originally held to mark the new agriculture year in Sundanese ancient calendar as well as thanks giving for the blessings of the abundance rice harvest, and also to pray for the next successful harvest. Seren taun demonstrated the Sundanese agriculture way of life, and it is held in high importance in Sundanese traditional villages, as the festival draw thousands Sundanese villagers to participate as well as Indonesian or foreign visitors. There is several traditional Sundanese villages that held this annual festival, the notable villages are: * Cigugur village, Kuningan Regency, West Java * Kasepuhan Banten Kidul, Ciptagelar village, Cisolok, Sukabumi, West Java * Sindang Barang village, Pasir Eurih, Taman Sari, Bogor, West Java * Kanekes village, Lebak, Banten Province * Kampung Naga, Tasikmalaya, West Java == Etymology == "Seren Taun" is derived from Sundanese language ''seren'' that means "to give" and ''taun'' which means "year". Seren taun means the last year has given way to the new year, which means the transition between agriculture years. In Sundanese agriculture community, Seren Taun is the festival to express gratitude and thanksgiving to God for the blessing of rice harvest abundance, as well as to pray for the successful rice harvest in the next agriculture cycle. Another specific definition of Seren Taun is to give the rice harvest and present it to community leader to be stored in communal barn ((スンダ語:leuit))〔 〕 There are two kinds of ''leuit'': the main barn and the secondary barn. The main barn is held in high importance and considered sacred; it can be called ''leuit sijimat'', ''leuit ratna inten'', or ''leuit indung'' (mother barn). The secondary barns are called ''leuit pangiring'' or ''leuit leutik'' (small barn). ''Leuit indung'' contained the sacred rice seed, the ''pare ambu'' or ''pare indung'' (mother rice seed) covered in white cloth, and ''pare bapa'' or ''pare abah'' (father rice seed) covered in black cloth. ''Leuit pangiring'' (secondary barns) are rows of barns to store the offering rices when the main barn is already full. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seren Taun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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