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Javanese Wedding Ceremonies

Javanese Wedding Ceremonies

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PANGGIH Ceremony: The wonderful and mystical sound of Gamelan (a Javanese music instruments) accompanies a traditional sacred Panggih or Tem...
Peningsetan (Srah-Srahan)

Peningsetan (Srah-Srahan)

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Peningsetan or Srah-Srahan is derived from the word singset (meaning to tie up). The families of both sides have to agree on the wedding. ...
Midodareni Ceremony

Midodareni Ceremony

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This ceremony takes place in the eve of Ijab and Panggih ceremonies. Midodareni is derived from the word Widodari meaning goddess. That ev...
Siraman Ceremony

Siraman Ceremony

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Siraman means to take a bath. For the couple in the wedding ritual, it means to become clean, their bodies as well as their souls. The Sira...
Sajen

Sajen

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Before the installation of Tarub and Bekletepe, a special Sajen (offering) must be made. Traditional Sajen (offering) in Javanese ritual i...
Kembar Mayang

Kembar Mayang

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Kembar Mayang is a kind of bouquet made of different kind of leaves (mainly coconut leaves stuck into a banana trunk). It is a very beautif...
The PEMAES and the WEDDING COMMITTEE:

The PEMAES and the WEDDING COMMITTEE:

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A complete Javanese wedding ceremony has several complicated traditional rituals. In that event, the role of a Pemaes, a traditional make-up...
Javanese Wedding

Javanese Wedding

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Indonesia has many diverse cultures (an estimated number of 300 cultures and languages, among 200 million Indonesians, living on 13.677 diff...
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