Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Mitoni

Mitoni differ from ngidoni. One happy event will greet born it a human child, other spit at with humiliation towards fellow being.
Ceremony mitoni or ceremonial meal that mark seven that pregnancy age months so beautiful interestings and contain one thousand meanings. the event always blossomed all at once stirring, because not long again, a pair husb soon will be mother and father, a pair mother father soon will be grand mother grandfather. Mbah kakung daughter soon will be grandparent buyut and further

Java custom
Javanese or that javanese is creative and clever interpret all a certain it. this ear is say ear, interpretted as stiff something that stiff, stiff something that and stiff. cengkir or young coconut translateds as clever or hard determination. Sugarcane is interpretted as antebing heart. Pretty banana will be symbolized as hope life order tentrem kerta rahayu, beautiful life, happy, happy and prosperous. Heroes is called kusuma nation or nation flower, temporary grafters is stamped as kusuma nation. Single daughter graceful is allegorized lumakune like tiger hungry, walk calm like hungry tiger, temporary daughter that with a child old being said to like bulus angrem, is like turtle is brooding.
So that imagination power broadness is so that gives many kind loaded custom ceremony order with symbolic meaning,that is mark human life cycle since time pre birth. one of them ceremony to commemorate pregnancy age seven months usually called" mitoni"

Javanese call pregnancy age seven that months is sapta kawasa teak. Sapta-seven, kawasa-authority, Jati-real. The explanation, if lord wishes for, can in seventh baby born to well and perfect. Baby that born seven months has been assumed ripe alias not premature. But when in seventh that unborn baby, so parents candidate or the grandparent will make ceremony mitoni, that is ceremony slametan or welfare request and accomodation to lord so that all ambulatory fluent, so that baby insides pregnancy alongs with permanent the mother is given well-being with welfare.

Execution
Mitoni come from word pitu that number seven. Base creative, that number word is then is worn by javanese as simbol that represent verb. Pitu be pitulungan (accomodation), have a meaning accomodation blessing request from lord.
The execution stage in a series, start from splash of water, brojolan and latest clothing use. very fit carried out in the evening, ngiras bathe afternoon. and attended by every relative sometimes, neighbours with friends.

Splash of water
Pour mean to bathe. splash of water means to bathe. meant to clean with sanctified mother to be and baby that being contained, born also mind. Splash of water is done in place that prepared peculiarly and mendekor beautiful, called krobongan. or can also be done at bathroom.
Appropriate theme, number total seven or pitu then worn as simbol. Water that used taken from seven sources, or can also from mineral water various brand, accommodated in vase, that is of a kind pail not plastical but made from akota or brass and dredged flower setaman or sritaman that is rose, jasmine, kantil with kenanga. various this flower symbolizes purity. seven fathers and model mother is chosen for task bathes. likely without competitor, definitive chosen grandfather candidate and the grand mother.
Without decoration unimportant things likes anting, and or talisman bracelet, and only wear coil jarit (batik cloth), mother to be is guided to aim to place swimming pool by guide or woman witch-doctor that watch over.
Splash of water is preced by grandfather candidate, next grand mother candidate, continued by the other. done by unbottle or splash that blossomed water to mother to be body by using dipper that is made from batok coconut that still coconut meat or still there the meat.
Flowers cling on body is cleaned with latest water from within jug. That jug is then is throwed kelantai by mother to be up to broken. all that present to watch closely. if stuck or jug beak stills seen to point upward, audience will bawl: " guy! man! gamecock! harno! " and comments other that describe the child later future born guy. but if jug breaks, trusted the child later future girl.
This programme can go on very noisy. guests crowds to want to see and crowded commented, temporary the mc glowingly funnel message around sight.
Splash of water finished, the soaking wet mother to be from hair end up to foot end soon dehydrated with towel and hair dryer so that unnecessary kero, catch a cold.

Brojolan
Mother to be now dress cloth jarit that tied spacious with letrek that is of a kind thread ruddles white and black. red symbolize mother to be affection, white symbolize father candidate responsibility or bokap for the family welfare later. black colour has symbolized lord power that unified to love the old person second affection. there is no letrek, young coconut leaf even also so.
Grand mother candidate puts tropong (textile tool) into cloth coil jarit then dropped down. this meant as expectation so that process birth it later, so that the baby can mbrojol born at ease. there is no tropong, chicken's egg even also so.
Continued with programme membrojol or break through two tusk coconuts that menggambari via cloth coil jarit that worn by mother to be. a pair tusk coconut can menato picture kamajaya and goddess ratih or harjuna and sembadra or love banner gets up and galuh moon kirana. we live to choose. selebriti perwayangan known berwajah pretty and handsome. the hope so that child that born later can impressive like them. coconut mbrojol caught by one of the mother to later given to father candidate.
Father candidate haved to cut letrek mother to be that a while ago with kris the end has been pacified with coverred turmeric, or can also use machete that decorated jasmine series. this symbolize husband duty to decide all hindrance in family life.

Afterwards father candidate break one of [the] coconut fruit tattoo a while ago with machete, once cut down. when does apart coconut fruit be two, so audience will bawl: " woman! " when not apart, audience may bawl: " man! " and when does coconut loose from strike, because excessive roll before executed for example, so scene may be repeated.

Clothing use
Finished brojolan, mother to be is guided room other to hitted batik cloth clothing or jarit various motive, motive sido noble, sido asih, sido mukti, gondo suli, king cement, babon angrem and latest cloth lurik motive lasem. cloth lurik motive lasem symbolize to love affection between father and the mother. cloths seven motives worn by turns massage one by one.
Every change up to cloth to six, guide will ask to audience suitable or not yet, and audience will answer together: " not yet! " when does cloth to seven or latest worn, that is cloth lurik motive lasem, then audience has answered. suitable and properly.

Sixth another cloth improper wear that then made covering sits the mother father candidate. occupation style likes this called angreman, is not describing father but is describe chicken that is clutching the egg.
Before sunset, before chicken asleeps, entire this ceremonies series can finish, complete, bag.

Yayang

As modern as whatever contemporary later bloom, feeling when shall we expect to present it a grandchild certain not change. likely certain permanent stirring. how not, because momentarily, a pair support and will shamp this will incarnate to be a pair grandfather and grand mother. grandparent degree soon will cling. this mean us musti guard behaviour, can not and can not again neko. and unavoidably that future happen, around two months again after ceremony mitoni.

1 comment:

lisa satiyem said...

Halo, ini artikelnya bagus lho. bisa membagi pengetahuan adat jawa yang lain ?

sedikit komentar: bravo untuk bahasa inggrisnya, meskipun ada beberapa yang sulit dimengerti. Your courage to use English is commendable.