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pekel

noun

LanguageKarao

Meaning
  1. celebration where pigs are butchered performed before a rice harvest to invoke a good harvest
  2. A cultural ceremony involving the slaughter of pigs held before harvesting rice to ask for a bountiful yield.
Examples

Isakbay so ani et igawa di pekel.

Before the harvest, the pekel ritual is performed.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis is a specific cultural term for a ritualistic event.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 6 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.