PRESERVE THE TRADITION IN THE LEG OF THE LAWU MOUNTAIN

Green foliage plants with frosts that occasionally drip adorn each of the houses of Ngelurah Village, Tawangmangu, welcome the sun that began to slighten the morning from the gap of hills.

The small village in Karanganyar Regency, Central Java is located among the foot hills of Mount Lawu and is a certified vineyard of ornamental plants and has been known for many people.

The morning looks different, the umbul-umbul is installed in the village corner and the front of the citizen's house, some citizens look to wear the bescaping clothing and the typical blangkon of the Java community is preparing to the village balai.

The climbing prayer when following the Dukutan tradition on the site of the temple, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

Warga climbs prayers when following the Dukutan traditions on the Crude Temple Site, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

The day is right Tuesday Kliwon (day in Java) villagers Ngelurah will hold a village clean tradition ceremony or often they call Dukutan.

Dukutan originated from the Dukut word, which is one of the names of the wuku (Javanese manicure) which amounts to 28, This tradition is carried out every 6 laps (1 laps are 35 days) or every 7 months once in the Masehi calendar.

Smoke collects from a furnace that is carried local village indigenous visitors, followed by several citizens carrying a salary containing corn and food ingredients from earth results.

Warga climbs prayers when following the Dukutan traditions on the Crude Temple Site, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

Warga climbs prayers when following the Dukutan traditions on the Crude Temple Site, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

They climb one by one stairway to the top of the site of the Amazing Temple that the local community rescued, they believe that the 'pepunden' is the place of kyai emayam and nyaigung village ancestors.

The indigenous peoples and the next part of the climbing prayers inside the condensed, accompanied by the wind-leafed vegetables from a large tree foliage slit on the Amazing Candi Site. Their prayer climbs as a expression of gratitude to the ancestors and gratitudes to the Most Esa God for the abundance of rezeki and protection given to all Ngelurah villagers.

The essay of prayer is climbed to sound the sound of the landscape breaking down the silence, the sound originated from some people of the carriers of food salaries running around the site of the Amazing Candi, while throwing the food salaries that they carry on the citizens who have procured the Amazing Candi Site.

Warga climbs prayers when following the Dukutan traditions on the Crude Temple Site, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

Warga climbs prayers when following the Dukutan traditions on the Crude Temple Site, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

The atmosphere turns riuh at that time. People begin to throw food from corn and earth results. Action each glueper they debut "Dukutan fight".

Furthermore, there ist and salary carriers began to move from the site to the fighter to continue the "Dukutan" by associating the food salary to be thrown into each resident house.

Many people who deliberately wait in front of the house to get a throw from the food salaries hope to get blessings. Local society believes by throwing food as part of the village clean and they believe will be given protection and avoided from marabahaya.

Warga brings mountains when following the Dukutan Tradition on the Menggung Temple Site, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

Citizens carry rice tumpeng sesasi to disbar to the houses of citizens in the Dukutan tradition in Ngelurah Village, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

The clean tradition of the village of Dukutan is a form of tribute to the ancestor by maintaining the culture of traditions that have been inherited to them.

Photo and Text : Mohammad Ayudha

Author : Fanny Octavianus

Citizens carry rice tumpeng sesasi to disbar to the houses of citizens in the Dukutan tradition in Ngelurah Village, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

Warga climbs prayers when following the Dukutan traditions on the Crude Temple Site, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

Waiting for homes when the Dukutan tradition on the Amazing Candi Site, Ngelurah, Tawangmangu, Karanganyar, Central Java, Tuesday (2/10).

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