The aroma of the service is burned down when the vanity is half and the people's figures of Panjalu, Ciamis Regency began to get out of the Earth Alit, where the storage of the heritage of Prabu Borosngora. By scoring the heritage objects in batik fabric balutan, the vanity goes slowly while sholawat. The line of the escort troops surrounds them temporarily behind him, the gendanger and hundreds of other escorts participated in the sake of Situ Lengkong. Thousands of people and pilgrims descend to the road to witness directly the ritual procession known as the name of the Nyangku.
Nyangku is an annual ritual held at the end of the month of Mulud (Rabiul Awal), in the form of banquet rituals or washing of heritage objects that used to defend themselves the time of spreading Islam religions including swords, cis, keris commands, rising handles of Panjalu, Pancaworo, Bangreng, and Gong. The beautiful boats wait in the lips of the lice, to bring the arrogant to the complex of the tomb Prabu Borosngora to do prayer readings to respect the services of ancestors who have spread Islam religion in Panjalu.
Arak-arakan the object of the stomach to the Borosngora square to be mandated with water taken from the source of water around the Panjalu. The women's openings leave the bamboo written by the respective area to the lawwasher. The whole water is collected in one large tub. Meanwhile, at the main stage of the packet of the pusaka began to open. After that, one per one of the heritage is brought to the washing place located in the middle of the square. The washing is carried out by smiling the quarrel with water and rubbed with lime. After that, the quarrel will be taken back to the stage to be wrapped and stored back on the Alit Earth.
The peak of the procession for Panjalu people occurs in the process of washing. The officer will water the remaining water to thousands of people who are incurred. The locals who believe the water is the water to race – the race gets it. Some people even have brought bottles to get more water. While there is also a satisfied person even if only gets a little water splash.
The Nyangku tradition has been implemented since the reign of Prabu Borosngora, as one of the Islamic dakwah media especially in Panjalu region. My own mind has the meaning of my stomach, which in Sunda's language means to attack behavior. Because this nyangku ritual is not only as a hura-hura ritual but also has a sublime message for society to continue to improve the behavior and clean the liver.
Text and photo : Foamat Adeng
