Bili Sowi Loko
Sumba · mortal · Sumba traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Bili Sowi Loko is named in Wanokaka oral tradition as one of the noble brothers of the pasola legend, riding in the joust instituted after the loss of the widow Rabu Kaba. As with the other named figures of the tale, his name and kin role vary across recorded versions and are set down with inconsistent orthography; he belongs to the localised West-Central Sumbanese folklore of the pasola and nyale rather than to the pan-island Marapu high pantheon.
Domains
- ritual combat
Powers
- rides in the first pasola
Relations
- sibling: Ngongo Tau MasusuOne of the group of noble brothers of the legend.Wanokaka/Lamboya pasola origin tradition. (secondary)
Sources
- The Wanokaka pasola origin legend names among the noble brothers a figure recorded as Bili Sowi Loko.: Wanokaka/Lamboya pasola origin tradition; cf. Geirnaert-Martin, D.C. (1992), The Woven Land of Laboya, Leiden: CNWS. (secondary)