The KKN Experience and Initial Warning
📌 The storyteller, Ani, was on a Community Service Program (KKN) in a village in East Java with a group of 20 students, including her close friend, Santi, who studied Dance (Seni Tari) like her.
🏡 Upon arrival, they were warmly welcomed, but an elder (Mbah) immediately warned them not to move or take any items in the village, especially around the *pendopo* (pavilion) and *Sanggartari* (dance studio).
😟 Santi, usually introverted, became increasingly anxious about the KKN experience, contrasting with Ani's initial excitement.

The Mysterious Hairpin and Santi's First Episode
🕯️ During a village cleanup, Santi claimed to have seen a beautiful **hairpin (*tusuk konde*)** near the *pendopo*, but Ani and others could not find it, leading Santi to become upset.
👻 That night, Ani witnessed Santi murmuring/singing in Javanese, a language Santi supposedly did not know, while appearing pale and distant.
🧙‍♂️ When the villagers were called, the same elder performed a healing ritual, singing the exact same Javanese melody Santi had sung, after which Santi regained consciousness but remained very pale.

The Dance Possession and Ritual
💃 The next day at the *Sanggartari*, while observing local dance practice accompanied by gamelan music, Santi spontaneously stood up and performed an unknown, energetic, and captivating dance perfectly, despite never having learned it.
😵 Santi subsequently suffered a more severe possession, becoming rigid and unresponsive, prompting the elder to declare that a ritual was immediately necessary.
🐐 The elder revealed that Santi had the same *weton* (Javanese birth chart combination) and body type as the spirit attached to the hairpin and that the spirit wanted Santi as a **substitute/offering (*tumbal*), requiring the sacrifice of one goat during a Friday Kliwon night ritual**.

The Resolution and Aftermath
🎪 The large ritual involved the entire village gathering, extinguishing all electric lights, and relying only on ten candles for illumination while the elder performed the ceremony using incense (*kemenyan*).
👯‍♀️ During the ritual, Ani saw the dancer spirit, fully costumed but with a pale face, looking at Santi; Santi later confirmed she also saw the figure near the goat before the sacrifice.
🎓 The ritual was successful, and the spirit was returned to the hairpin, which subsequently vanished. Santi was sent home due to trauma, and although the village became peaceful, faint sounds of laughter or crying could still be heard whenever the gamelan played at the *Sanggartari*.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ The initial warning from the elder to not move or take any items was directly related to the later supernatural events involving the possessed hairpin.
➡️ Santi’s possession was linked to the discovery of an object (the *tusuk konde*), which the spirit used to feel beautiful and comfortable in the village.
➡️ The village mobilized significant resources, including a goat sacrifice and a major ritual on *Jumat Kliwon*, to prevent the return of previous years' terrors.

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