Entering the new year of Judahiyah, which is in the prosperity of the ordinary Java called One Suro, for the majority of society is when he carries out the typical tradition of the customary Java, Ruwatan. This ceremony is believed to be aimed at self-cleaning, free of all sorts of living, ugly rice and can live congratulations as well as happy.
In the understanding of Java Kuno, those who include three groups of sukerto (insan), namely sukerto because of birth like a single child or twin, sukerto because of making mistakes even accidental and sukerto because in his life is affected by many disasters, sial, disease and often threatened the need to be impersonated traditionally to be free from the punishment of Betara Kala.
As happened at the Anjungan D.I. Yogyakarta Taman Mini Indonesia Indah on 1 Muharram 1435, dozens of sukerto with a white mori fabric following the ceremony of Ruwatan Bersama Gaya Yogyakarta.
The true ruwatan ceremony began seven days before the day of implementation, where the adult sukertos were encouraged to carry out the laku tarak, which did not eat meat, fish and eggs.
The process of purifying the soul led by a dalang began by conducting a ruwatan ceremonies, sungkeman to the elderly to apologize for all mistakes, witnessing the skin’s wayang curling, wise bumbung, haircut and end up with a crater event.
Photo and Text: Widodo S. Jusuf
