Calendar system and anthropology

Figure . Temperature change in Mataram on average from to . The data are referred following website [World Weather Online ]: http:www.worldweatheronline.commataram‐weather‐averageswest‐nusa‐ tenggaraid.aspx Figure . Precipitation change in Mataram on average from to . The data are referred following website [World Weather Online ]: http:www.worldweatheronline.commataram‐weather‐averageswest‐nusa‐ tenggaraid.aspx Majority of Lombok engage in primary industry including agriculture, forestry, hunting and fisheries table . The main crop in agriculture is paddy rice Wetland and Dryland total : , ,8 tons per year at The data are referred from Table . . of Nusa Tengara Barat Province in Figures 2016 p. . Judging from these data, main subsistence of the Sasak is paddy rice cropping. Table . Number of workers in Lombok sland. A i , y, i , a i i i i a Q a yi a a i y i i y, a , a Wa i W a T a , ai T a , a , T a a i , Wa i , a i a i a ia , a , a a , a i i y, ia , a a i T a N , 4, 44 1 , 4 ,1 1 1 6,641 4 ,1 6 , 4, 6 , ,1 , The data are referred and modified from Table . . of Nusa Tengara Barat Province in Figures 2016 p. Nyale foraging is observed at some parts of the southern coast of Lombok, mainly at Pantai Seger, Pantai Kuta, Pantai Selong Belanak, Pantai Tanjung Aan or Pantai Batu Kijuk. Pantai Seger is believed the best point for catching Nyale, and the main spot relating the legend of Putri Mandalika mentioned later locates their also. Observation of this study was conducted mainly at Pantai Seger Figure . The stages of Bau Nyale festival celebrating Nyale foraging and Putri Mandalika stand around main foraging spots. The biggest stage stands on Pantai Kuta. Figure . Location of Pantai Seger.

3. Nyale

Nyale is assumed to be a kind of annelid worms of the family Eunicidae. Same customs of foraging worms of Eunicidae as an attractive food resource are observed other slands in Pacific Ocean. Foraging Palolo worm in Samoa, Fiji, or Vanuatu slands have been most well studied [Caspers 8 , Miller and Pen , Mondragón ], which is identified as Palola viridis or Eunice viridis. n Samoa, Palolo worm’s mass spawning is observed at spring tide from October to November. The worm cut off and release their posterior parts fulfilled with sperm or eggs. Some populations in Samoa, Vanuatu, Fiji or other slands in Pacific Ocean forage and eat the reproductive portion of the palolo worms. Because the custom of eating the eunicid worms is observed in geographically contiguous areas from Lombok island to eastern islands reaching to Samoa, it is reasonable to classify Nyale into Palola viridis. owever, it is also possible to assume that Nyale belongs to some different species. At first, the spawning and foraging period