Horse dancing in Sabu- Raijua Regency

     Sabu has a specific type of horse ; small but has proportionate body and agile in climbing the rocky road as well as experts in pehere jara ceremonial dances, that is performed by a horse rider on his horse . There are two kinds of  pehere jara :

• Pehere Jara as a ritual dance , horse riding that should be used ' sacred ' . He had to be born at a certain time in a year and has a specific color . ritual like this, can be seen as a reminder of certain events in the past related to a tribe , village , or region . Pehere Jara is displayed as a ritual in the morning , as a ceremony where with just one or a few sacred horses .

• As a leisure activity , Pehere Jara displayed by anyone in the community who have horses . This appearance is done on the same day during the horse dance ritual , in the afternoon or After the horse dance ritual . The event was attended by tens or even hundreds of men who ride their horses and watched by hundreds of people who rejoice .

 
     In the morning the men with sacred horse, riding around a shrine or a sacred tree in certain rules . In the afternoon and evening , Pehere Jara able to attract hundreds of people to see . The horse riders demonstrate their riding skills through the steps horses are arranged uniquely , so, it’s attracting the attention of the children to wait in line.

      Pehere Jara displayed in Bodo is a reminder of the invasion of locusts that occurred several centuries ago In order to repel locusts of destruction their crops , the men that rode the horse wore a belt around the neck and their legs . Then they rotate around the field until finally locusts away . Yields can be saved and since then Pehere Jara in Bodo is celebrated every year in order to prevent the return of Pebuari locusts . Of course Sabu and other islands are not affected  plague of locusts .