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The Celebration Day

The Tenggerese also celebrate “The Galungan Day” which is held since 1974.
Nyepi, Ciwalatri, Saraswati, Pagerwesi and Kuningan are usually done by Hindu Bali People, they are not celebrating them


The Wedding Ceremony

According to Tengger society, the marriage is also followed by the soul of the ancient of the couple married. Before wedding party is began, there is pilgrimage (here is called by “Nelasih”) and give present or gift to the god (“Sesaji”). Providing all matters concerus with this, sometimes it’s called unreasonable, but in fact it’s still done by all of people. The way to get married is the same as the other.

There is a such kind in Ngadisari (one of village in Tengger area) with 9 process. It in finding the spouse engaging and wedding party itself. Wedding party on Tengger is just for themselves (Endogami). Eventhough, nowdays there are Tengger people who marry with other person who comes from other city, but the members are a few. If girl comes from Tengger and a man doesn’t, so the wedding party must follow Tengger custom and Hindu. But if a man comes from Tengger and a woman doesn’t (example, she is a Moslem), so the wedding party must follow the Islamic custom

Eventhought they have married un0Tengger custom, they still become Tengger family.


The Death Ceremony

There is ceremony for funeral like Ngaben in Bali but Hindu Tengger people don’t burn the dead body like in Bali. They just burn the doll that wear the cloth like human being. Then, it’s burn after the dead body funeral. After taking bath, it’s incanted by medicine man, the dead body is closed with 3 white cloth, and then it’s done around with “ancak” which is made of bamboo. The dead body is faced east. After dead they have to hold “Misahi” ceremony. It’s fare well party for people who died with his family it’s lead by medicine man. “Entas – entas” ceremony is done for 44 days later, or another day depends on family’s ability

This ceremony means for forgiving to “Sang Maha Agung” (the god) so that the soul of the dead body can die peace fully. In this ceremony people must make doll which is made of leaves “kenikir flower” and “yellow janur” to describe the dead body. This doll is named by “Petra”. Petra wears cloth of the dead body. A Number of petra depends on the number of people who died

The medicine man (“Dukun”) reads charms (in Indonesian language is named by “Mantra”) for more than one hour with small genta in front of dukun there are many kinds how down wear the cloth. They just wear white cloth sex and numbers of children according to sex and numbers of people who died. While dukun reads the mantra (charm) for about a half, dukun is helped by others to cook rice with fire which is made of the “Jarak Tree”. After that the talesman burn the children’s hair and then make the white cloth as aviel

The talesman (medicine man) only mites unites the movement of person who is sewing without yarn it’s continued by putting wice on head of children. It’s done by talesman. Then, taking duck and white chicken, eat rice on the children’s head. The old man break the coconut in front of house. The last is read the close incantation by talesman and then petras are undress and held by mothers the place where the dead body is buried is for the evil. The petras are lied there. Mothers also bring “Iber – iber” (life chicken or duck)

The petras are burnt
It’s changing with the ngaben ceremony