Tujuh bulanan
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Naloni Mitoni is a Javanese prenatal ceremony held during the seventh month (tujuh bulan in Indonesia) of a woman's first pregnancy. The mother-to-be is wrapped in seven layers of batik
and doused with water, to wish her good tidings. Food served in the occasion:
Family members and friends gather for the occasion.
Batik
Batik is a cloth that traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. Batik or fabrics with the traditional batik patterns are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Singapore.Javanese traditional batik, especially from...
and doused with water, to wish her good tidings. Food served in the occasion:
- Fruit rujak, if the rujak is sweet the baby is expected to be a girl; if it is spicy, the baby is expected to be a boy.
- TumpengTumpengTumpeng is a cone-shaped rice dish like mountain with its side dishes . Traditionally featured in the slamatan ceremony, the cone shape of rice is made by using cone-shaped weaved bamboo container...
,the tumpeng is made of white rice,encircled by six smaller tumpengs.The dish is served in tampah,which is made of bamboo wood and banana leaf.
Family members and friends gather for the occasion.