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TINGKEPAN

Tingkepan is good etiquette and ceremony of the Javanese people are executed when the contents of a woman reaches the age of seven months and she was pregnant the first time. Tingkepan called Mitoni. Implementation tingkepan usually performed based on a count neptu (day of birth and expectant mothers and prospective market misalnnya father Pon market Monday) to find the time that it deems appropriate, the prospective mother and also in terms of practicality.

Peralatan (all things that support the implementation of good tingkepan ceremony) which is used very much and containing symbolic meaning. The equipment is pengaron (water jar), Toya Perwita sari sacred (holy water taken from seven sources), sekar setaman (roses, jasmine, magnolia and or Cananga), nyamping (cloth jarit) seven kinds of (among other sidomukti motif, truntum, udan Riris and that there should be mandatory is the motif dringin) and mori (sheet of white cloth). Other equipment that a small chair (dhingklik), Breadnut leaf, the weeds and kapa-kapa, klasa farts (a mat of woven pandanus leaves), yellow coconut, kris and turmeric, chicken eggs, the ivory of young coconut, klenthing, chicken and cage
, siwur (scoop water from a coconut shell removed without coconut), salad and dhawet. In this book the equipment the symbolic meaning is explained in a simple but clear so easily understood.

Counterfeit (according to the author as a substitute word for word offerings offerings contain nuances aninisme and dynamism) tingkepan very much and also contain a symbolic meaning.
Cone shaped devices, which are seven and lauknya, cone shaped and cone shaped robyong bald, turtle eggs (made from chicken eggs dyed red), porridge be born, clorot, sekul punar (yellow rice), porridge (porridge made of red, white porridge, porridge, white red , porridge and white cross, red cross porridge, porridge baro baro-red, white baro baro-porridge, congee porridge marrow and marrow, porridge CLARE), cone resin, Pring sedhapur (small bamboo pieces tied seventh), baboon angrem, stocks , Kupat pletek, apem, cenil and klepon, srinthil thiwul, string beans, radishes, cabbage, lavender, savory rice and fruits. Various devices are in this book, although not mentioned materials and detailed shape. Mishal be born porridge made from rice flour and cooked sugar. In the center that has been given a whole banana cooked first. Porridge called baby be born with the hope of birth (mrocot) quickly, smoothly and both mother and baby survived.

The process consists of an opening ceremony tingkepan (performed by the host, welcome and thanks for the presence of guests, followed the ceremony tingkepan core consists Sungkeman, spray, sacred, break prestige, brojolan, sigaran, nyampingan, luwaran and simparan, wiyosan,
kudangan, bubukan, kembulan and wave, kukuban, rencakan, rujakan and dhawetan. After the ceremony is complete core can be followed by a meal together and the last is the closing event. tingkepan ceremony process described in this book is quite clear and detailed, including examples of words in the language Java (speech) in every stage of the process tingkepan ceremony.

In this book also explained "moon" ("metaphor") pregnancy after one month of pregnancy up to nine months. Eg three months pregnant candranya trilokamaya. Tri means three, loka means a place (camp), virtual (ngondar-Andir nature, nature is very dangerous). Therefore, the mother must be careful in words and actions as well as the father in order not to bad for the baby.

Tingkepan ceremony actually contains a thank you, prayers and hope to God that everything went well and smoothly.