Grebeg Ceremony

Garebeg ceremony in Yogyakarta Sultanate held 3 times a year in the month of Shawwal, the month and the month of Maulud in the Javanese calendar, to coincide with major holidays of Islam. Garebeg Maulud ceremony held annually on 12 months Maulud - which coincided with the month of Rabi 'Early in the Islamic calendar, is the peak Sekaten celebration which was held in Yogyakarta Sultanate Palace to commemorate the birth of Prophet Muhammad Salallahu' alaihi wa sallam.
Typical Gerebeg ceremony marked by the display of hajad dalem or alms in the form of a large cone-shaped offerings made of various foodstuffs, such as glutinous rice, eggs, fruits and vegetables. Because of its shape which resembles a mountain, the offerings are then given the name Mount, which symbolizes prosperity and welfare of the Sultanate and the people of Yogyakarta.
Gunungan alms is one form of salvation offerings that are specifically made to be presented in a village or salvation Wilujengan country that became primary hajad in the administration of each ceremony Garebeg Maulud. Usually, there are 6 kinds Mount, namely: Mount Lanang, Mount Wadon, Mount Gepak, Mount Pawuhan and Mount Dharat who always expressed in every Garebeg Maulud, and Mount Kutug which only served once every 8 years at Dal Garebeg Maulud year.
Mountains are always displayed in Garebeg ceremony, is one typical form of expression symbolizing fertility-related Java, following an agrarian culture magical properties. In antiquity, Mount made in Garebeg Maulud can reach 30 times, which consists of 10 Mount Lana, 4 Mount Wadon, 4 Mount Pawuhan, 4 Mount Dharat, and 8 pieces Gunungan Gepak. For that, the Sultan made a pair of buildings called Panti Pareden on page Kemagangan, which is specially used to make the Mount.
Mount-making process begins with a ceremony at the Asylum Tumplak Wajik Pareden Pages Kemagangan held 2 days before the execution of Garebeg Maulud, in the afternoon after Asr Prayer. The ceremony is accompanied by offering a variety of offerings is a ritual form of salvation, to reject any possibility of interference during the process of making Mount.
In ancient times, this ceremony must be witnessed by one of the magnifying or Pengageng Sultan Palace that served as a messenger. The palace courtiers who specialized in the manufacture of Mount duty must also be in a state of pure and comply with various restrictions, including the obligation to perform certain rituals of fasting and a number first. Along with the development of the era, a number of traditional rituals seem increasingly simplified, as the number of Gunungan that are no longer as much in the past.
Wajik Tumplak ceremony focused on the manufacture of Mount Wadon who became a symbol of fertility in the process of creation. For that farrago dedicated offerings related to traditional cosmetics such as mirrors, combs, powder cream or body scrub, betel, as well as cloth or fabric cover and semekan chest. While as a safety guard, served a cloth with ancient motifs named Wake Tulak, which is believed to have magical powers to refuse reinforcements.
Ceremony Tumplak Wajik always accompanied with music accompaniment gejogan kothekan or, in the form of sounds generated by hitting or beating the rice pestle mortar pestle, Kenthongan, and various tools made of wood. Tetabuhan has certain distinctive songs and rhythms such as gendhing Lompong Keli, Tundhung Satan and Owal-awil, who has a magical meaning as against disaster.
Although in one year, held three times a ceremonial palace Garebeg, but this Wajik Tumplak ceremony held only 2 times, in months and months of Maulud only.
After the ceremony Tumplak Wajik completed, the process of making Mount continued for 2 days until the eve of the execution ceremony Garebeg Maulud.
A number of traditional ritual procession of increasingly simplified and perhaps no longer manufacture Gunungan sekhidmat antiquity. But the enthusiasm and expectations of the public to obtain blessings from the Mount still exist, including at the time of the drafting process.

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