The mosalaki (tetua adat /indigenous elders) also did not get enough of staring at clumps arngoni (Vaccinium varingiaefolium), endemic plants flourish around the peak of Mount Kelimutu. which has ripe fruit, the little black. They, too, so be careful when going to touch it because the fruit is also believed arngoni as food of the gods or ancestors in Lake Kelimutu.
At around 11:00 pm, the ritual begins. That day for the first time at the top of Lake Kelimutu, at a height 1777 meters above sea level, was held Ata Mata Ka Pati, ceremonial feeding of the ancestors or the dead.
Procession ritual begins nine mosalaki representing nine tribes with traditional clothing were given offerings to take to dakutatae, a natural stone as a monument where the offerings. Dedicated offerings such as rice, meat of sacrificed animals (pigs), Moke (a kind of local wine), cigarettes, betel nut, and lime.
Nine mosalaki pu'u together toward the stone monument and is putting together the offerings at the monument, which means that the position of the nine mosalaki no higher or lower.
"This traditional ritual followed by all indigenous communities in the region Lio. At the same time this ritual is an asset to the cultural arts district and national well worth conserved. This ritual can also unite the tribes Lio, "said mosalaki Detusoko, Emanuel K Ndopo.
Ende Regency area consists of two indigenous tribes, namely Ende and Lio. Regions Ende dominant tribe in the west to the south, while interest rates Ende Lio from east to north.
source : http://travel.kompas.com/read/2009/11/17/15070556/Pati.Ka.Ata.Mata..Ritual.di.Puncak.Kelimutu
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