RUWATAN

RUWATAN

Ruwatan is one of the traditional ceremonies in Java. It is purpose to give saveguard to the children. Some criteria for the children get the ruwatan, they are only child (ontang anting), two sons or two daughters (kedono kedini), one son between two daughters (sendang kapit pancuran), and five sons (pandowo limo). Everychild belongs to these criteria must be gets ruwatan, because according to the myth, they are easy mark for Bhatara Kala. He is Siwa God and Uma Goddess son. The beginning of ruwatan processes are make a big present on the altar that called sesajen. It is 60 kinds of sesajen and all from agricultural produce, they are vegetables, yellow rise served in a cone shape that called tumpeng and farmtools. Each of sesajen has specific mean. Two presents they are tumpeng lanang and wadon, it is made of rice, eggs and vegetables. It is man and woman symbol, and then wayag shows which story about the history of the Bhatara Kala. After that siraman process, it uses the water from nine springs and seven kinds of flower. The sesepuh adat as a master of ceremony, he does siraman seven times to the children, it is same with amount of days. Ruwatan does in suro month or the beginning of Saka Years, and it still become tradition of ceremony in Java.