Sunday, August 14, 2011

Traditional Javanese wedding customs

Ceremonies before the wedding :
Splash of water 
Flush spray of origin of the word, it means bath. The day before the wedding, both prospective bride is bathed sanctified by the so-called SIRAMAN Ceremony.Prospective bride is bathed at home parents, as well as the prospective groom also be bathed at home parents. Things that need to be prepared for the splash of water: Site preparation for the spray, whether carried out house bathroom or back or side yard. List of people who would come to bathe. As per tradition other than the parents bride, bride grandparent, some pinisepuh. Are invited to participate are those who bathe already old, you should already have grandchildren and had a reputation of a good life. A number of items needed such as: a water bottle, bucket, chair, flower setaman, fabrics, towels, jars, etc.. The offerings for the spray, there are more than ten kinds, such as a rooster. The family bride He sent a bowl of water to the family of the groom. The water is called the holy water perwitosari means the juice of life, namely water mixed with several kinds of flowers, placed in a nice container, to be mixed with water to bathe the groom.
The last party the bride is bathed Pemaes, which watered the prospective bride view of water from a pitcher. When the jug was empty, Pemaes or a designated pinisepuh, slammed the jug on the floor saying, Wis. broken pamore.artinya prospective bride is beautiful or handsome is now ready to mate. Ceremony spray finish and the prospective bride to wear batik motifs grompol cloth covered his body with a cloth and batik motif nagasari, led back princess bride chamber pelaminan.Calon be scraped by Pemaes.

Ceremony Ngerik 
Ngerik means small hairs diwajah prospective bride carefully scraped by pemaes.Rambut bride dried and then smoked with hundred / incense scent. Begin to make up the prospective bride makeup. His face makeup and her hair coiled in accordance with the pattern of marriage ceremonies that have been determined.
When he finished, the bride dressed in a nice kebaya which has been prepared and batik fabrics and sidoasih sidomukti motif, symbolizing he will prosper and be respected by others.
That night, father and bride's mother gives to her daughter last bite, because starting tomorrow, he is under the responsibility of her husband.
The offerings for the same offerings ngerik spray. So for practical, all the offerings spray chamber was brought in the aisle and become offerings for ngerik. 


Ceremony Midodareni 
At the ceremony which took place at night midodareni before Ijab and Temu Manten / Panggih in the next day, both parents and their prospective groom groom, escorted by his close family, home visiting the parents would be bride.

Bride's room after the makeup aisle, look beautiful like widodari, fairy, goddess of heaven.
According to ancient belief, that night bride was accompanied by some beautiful goddess of heaven. That night he had to stay bedroom and can not sleep from the hours of the afternoon until the middle malam.Beberapa 6/enam elderly mother to accompany and provide valuable advice.
The prospective groom's family a woman, who came at night midodareni, should see the prospective bride who was dressed up pretty, ready to get married the next day.
As per custom, wedding there's room for the ceremony midodareni special offerings, there are eleven kinds of food and goods; besides there are other kinds of goods 7/tujuh.

Ceremony outside the wedding room 
Midodareni night, parents and family of the prospective bride, received a visit from the parents and families of the prospective groom. They sat inside the house, become acquainted and dine together. Prospective groom also come, but he should not go home and just be sitting diserambi front of the house. He too is only treated to a glass of water, should not eat or drink that supposedly lain.Ini patience to train a husband and head of the family.

Srah-srahan or Peningsetan 
In a ceremony midodareni, can be done srah-srahan or Peningsetan. (In ancient times, Peningsetan done before the night midodareni). Parents and family of the prospective groom to give some stuff to the parents of the prospective bride.
Singset Peningsetan of the word, that bind tightly, in which case the commitment will be a marriage between the sons and daughters of both parties and the parents will be the bride-laws.
Giving it be: A set of ordered ayu as a symbol of genuine hope in order to gain salvation. A set of clothes for the bride, including some batik fabrics with motifs that symbolize life's happiness. Should not miss a Stagen, a white cloth belt is a big and long, as a sign of strength tekad.Beberapa crop al rice, sugar, salt, cooking oil, fruits, etc. as pralambang adequacy and prosperous life for a new family ..
A pair of wedding rings for the bride and groom. On this occasion, the groom gave a sum of money, as a contribution to the implementation of the ceremony perkawinan.Ini mere formality, because urunan money already given away the day before.
After dining together and become acquainted, the whole family group of parents said goodbye to his bride home.They need to prepare for tomorrow is an important implementation of the marriage ceremony included a religious wedding, ceremony, etc. manten customary meeting.
Note: According to the customary marriage Surakarta, when the party guests leave home, host parties provide angsul-angsulan, in the form of fruits, pastries and a set of bride dress to wear tomorrow man. In customary marriage Yogyakarta style, no-angsulan angsul. 


Nyantri 
As the entourage family guy bride midodareni home from the ceremony, the prospective groom are also invited to participate pulang.Tetapi, when the prospective groom Nyantri, so he left home mertuanya.Tentu Nyantri candidates have previously discussed and approved by both parties. Here's how governance: the prospective groom's parents through a family spokesman told the parents the bride, the groom is invited to come home and handed over responsibility to the parents of bride.
After the family left, middle of the night he was invited into the house to eat, can not meet his future wife and then escorted back to the room to sleep for the rest.
Nyantri implemented for a practical standpoint, given that tomorrow morning he had to be dressed for the implementation of the consent granted / marriage. Also for the security of marriage, both bride was in one place

Implementation Ijab 

Consent is the most important thing to legalize a marriage.Consent or marriages conducted in accordance with the religious affiliation of both the bride, can be Islam, Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism.
Now, residents Penghayat Belief in One God, marriage is also recognized as legitimate by the state in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 23 Year 2006 concerning Population Administration and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia Number 37 Year 2007 on Implementation of Law Number 23 Year 2006 onPopulation Administration.
Preparations for the wedding / Ijab, must be really careful, so smoothly and safely.
After Ijab completed, meaning that the bride was legitimate as husband and wife. Sure it's heart "plong", parents and families on both sides was also relieved. 


Ceremony Panggih or Temu bride. 
The ceremony is traditionally held Panggih or Intersection bride bride at home parents.
At the appointed time, the groom escorted by his brothers unless both parents are not present in this ceremony, the bride arrived in front of the house and stopped in front of the door. Meanwhile, the bride escorted by her brothers and followed his parents, to meet the arrival of the groom's party and quit the house next door

In front of the bride, two little girls called broken carry a fan.Two young boys or two mothers, each bearing a series of special interest whose names twin mothers mayang.Seorang bridesmaids Sanggan men forward and give to the bride's mother as a mark of respect for the solemnization of marriage. Sanggan It was a banana, carefully wrapped in banana leaves and put on the tray.
At the time of the ceremony Panggih, Mayang twins were taken out of the house and dumped diperempatan street near the house or near the course of the marriage ceremony, a ceremony meant to be run safely and no interference of any kind and from any party.

Balangan order 
Both bride and meet face to face at a distance of about two or three yards, both stop and deftly tossed bond which is filled with betel leaf betel leaf and tied with thread. This so-called ritual Balangan order.
Both bride earnestly at each other with a smile, accompanied by all parties who witnessed the excitement.According to ancient belief, betel leaves have the power to expel evil spirits. So by throwing betel leaves, the bride and groom wedding is really true, not false. 


Ritual Wiji Dadi 

The groom stepping on a chicken egg to split with her right foot, then the feet are washed by the bride with flower water.
Pralambang it: households headed by a responsible husband with a good wife, would generate a good thing too, including offspring.
The ritual of breaking the egg is there another version of Yogyakarta, its implementation as follows:
Bride and groom standing face to face right. The groom's right foot washed with water flowers by the bride with the squat stance. Bride makeup as mentors ceremony, holding the chicken's egg in the hands of the egg by cosmetic kanannya.Ujung placed on the forehead of the groom and bride on the forehead then wanita.Kemudian egg was broken by a pile of makeup on flowers that are in between the bride and groom This depiction of the bride and groom are steady in one mind, conscious love each other a happy home to foster prosperous and produce offspring of the good 


Ritual Rich Kacar Kucur or Tampa. 
A bride and groom with arm in arm with his little finger walking toward the front krobongan, where the ceremony rich tampa diadakan.Upacara Kucur Kacar illustrates: husband gave all his earnings to his wife. In this ritual the husband gives to his wife: peanuts, soybeans, rice, corn, rice yellow, dlingo Bengle, several kinds of flowers and coins by the number genap.Istri accept with all my heart with a piece of white cloth placed over a mat that is placed above the old lap. This means that the wife would be a good housewife and be careful
Note: In olden times, a ritual rich tampa, dhahar kembul etc., was done in front of the existing krobongan disenthong middle (middle room of the old houses is usually used to make offerings). At present, the ritual is still held even though the marriage ceremony was held digedung meeting or hotel. Bride seats behind the decor is wood carving shaped krobongan. This is to keep abreast of the times and while still preserving the tradition.

Ritual Dhahar Klimah or Dhahar Kembul

In the presence of parents and close relatives of the bride, bride and groom eat together, feed each other.Bridegroom makes three clod of yellow rice with side dishes of fried eggs, tempeh, soy, shredded, chicken liver.Then he fed to his wife, then his wife fed her husband's dressing, topped with sweet tea together. This represents that from now on they will use and enjoy together what they have.

Mertui or Mapag-laws
Both parents pick up the bride groom's parents in front of the house (to pick him up in front of the room digedung wedding venue for the ritual) and let them enter the house / room where the ceremony, then they walked together toward the place of the ceremony. The mothers walked in front, the gentlemen accompanied from behind. Both parents of the groom is seated left of the bride, parents, the bride sits on the right bride.

Ceremony Sungkeman 
A bride and groom do sungkem to both sides of parents. At first the parents of the bride and the groom's parents.Sungkem is a sincere form of respect to parents and pinisepuh.
At the time sungkem (saluting with a squat position, palms together to worship and kiss the knees that are sungkemi), a dagger worn off first groom and held by cosmetic, after completion sungkem, dagger worn.
Parents to receive the homage of sungkem emotion of her daughter and son at the same time also gave his blessing to both of them lead a life in harmony, prosperity. Without words, the actual parents of the bride has given her blessing symbolized the subject of batik cloth whose pattern truntum, meaning Have the fortune that was enough for a living. Both parents also use a big belt with a pattern whose name sindhur image with a curved-line curve, meaning that parents warned her children to always act cautiously, wisely in real life in this world.

Other Rituals
The ceremonies of the above is the prevailing tradition in Yogyakarta, Surakarta and other areas there are still other additional rituals.

Sindhur Binayang After the ritual Wiji Dadi, the father of the bride to walk in front of the bride into the bridal chair in front of krobongan, while the bride's mother walked behind the bride, her shoulders covered with a cloth sindhur the bride and groom. It symbolizes, the father shows the way to happiness, the mother supports.

Balanced Both the bride together sitting lap bride's father. After pondering for a moment, my father said: Same weight, meaning that the father loved them both, together, are not distinguished.

Tanem Furthermore, the father of a bride and groom sat in a chair Mahligai marriage. It to strengthen its approval of the marriage and gave his blessing.

Bubak Crater Bride's father, after the ceremony Panggih, drinking salad degan / young coconut in front of krobongan. His wife asks: How did Mr. taste? Answered: Well refreshed, hopefully someone at home is also fresh. Then his wife joined the drink tasted a bit of the same glass, followed by child and last son of the bride. It is a symbol of the petition so that the bride be blessed with offspring.
Tumplak Punjen This ritual is done by parents who marry off his daughter for the last time. Tumplak means pour or to give all parents Punjen is property that has been collected since they were married.
In this ritual, the parents are happy, krobongan front, giving his (Punjen) to all children and descendants. Symbolically to each given a small package that contains spices, saffron rice, coins of gold, bronze and copper, etc..
By holding Tumplak Punjen, parents want to set an example to their descendants, that they have full duty and that of future generations has always menyukuri gift of God and able to perform his duties properly.
Rates Kalpika Bride and groom to exchange rings as a sign of love and attachment to the legitimate husband and wife.
Marriage Reception 
 After a whole series of marriage ceremony was completed, a reception, where both the new bride, flanked on both sides of parents, received congratulations from the guests.
In the reception, attendees are welcome to eat meals that have been provided, while hospitable with relatives and acquaintances. Sometimes, before the reception starts, held performances of classical Javanese dance fragments suitable for marriage as fragments or dance Karonsih Pergiwo Gatotkaca, who described the loving relationship of women and men(http://jagadkejawen.com).


  

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