Before young man/woman didn’t getting married with the girl/man they loved. Their parents choose for them. For this propose to marriage, javanesse people held a ceremony. The man parents came to the house of the girl and bring a lot of foods, called Jodang carried on the shoulder by four man. The foods consist of [...]

Javanesse culture permit the marriage ceremony by this step: nontoni, lamaran, peningsetan, tarub, nyantri, siraman, midodareni, langkahan, ijab and panggih
A. Nontoni
Nontoni is a ceremony to see the girl or man who will be married. Long time ago, a man/ woman who will getting married maybe not know her/his couple. To have an impression or to [...]

After brojolan, the pregnant mother will wear the jarik with various motifs, motif sido luhur, sido asih, sido mukti, gondo suli, semen raja, babon angrem and the last motif lasem. Motif lasem presents love between the baby’s parents. The sevents motifs jarik weared one by one. In everytime she change the jarik, the old woman [...]

After siraman, the pregnant mother wear jarik covered with red and black thread and letrek, thread with red white and black. Red presents her love and white presents responsibility of her husband. Black means the power of God which gathered their love. Grandma enters tropong (weaving tool) into jarik then drooped down, it is [...]