BROMOCORAS
Sister and Teacher

The moon is not seen tonight. The sky was all pitch dark, there was no decoration hanging between the black, just a speck that after the Maghrib had dropped a little wetting the ground and leaves.

On the porch of a house, three young men were chatting. Cigarette smoke that accompanied the chatter seemed to be billowing between the bright spot of the porch light.

"Mas Arya, thank you, nggeh?" Ari Godril said in the middle of the conversation.

"thank you? Thanks for what, Mom?" Arya asked while smoking the rest of the cigarettes in her hands.

"Because you've taken the time to come here." Ari Godril said later.

Hearing that Arya laughed a little to make the Angga who was there also astonished.

"Reverse, Mas. Instead, the one who should say thank you is me." Sahut Arya later.

"Why can it be sampeyan, Mas?" Ari Godril asked curiously.

"Yes, because what we prayed for last night was my waste. My father's father, Mas." Sahut Arya later.

Ari Godril nodded, "Yes, if that was the case, Mas. But I say thank you as the father's eldest son, even though I am not the father's biological son, but the father I have considered my biological father, my father's successor. So my thanks are on behalf of Shohibul temple, Mas." Ari Godril said later.

"Yes, Mas. I appreciate that, and salute you very much. But, Mas. Here, although this is the home of Mr. Lek Slamet, but I as the grandson of Sewah also thank you for all the help of sampeyan, sincerity until his nyengkuyung nyewu Sewah tonight, so that all goes well." Arya said later.

"Yes, Mas. Hmmm, honestly, this kind of event is the first time I follow again, Mas. Last time I remember, I had attended this kind of event when I asked Dad. It's been almost ten years." Ari Godril said later.

Arya seemed to nod listening to Ari Godril's words.

"Alhamdulillah, Mother. Our region, especially our family, is still steeped in this kind of tradition. Although some people have left with the reason there is no advice and so forth, but where we live, it is still sustainable until now, not faltering with the increasingly existing civilization." Arya said later.

"Rubber, Mas Arya. Luckily we can get together with people who still perpetuate this kind of tradition." Ari Godril confirmed.

"Yes, Mas. But luckier those who go home first, Mas." Arya muttered later.

"Well, why's that, Mom?" Asked Angga who had only chosen to be silent listening to the conversation of his two brothers.

"Yes, lucky, Ngga. At least he is still praying. Well, while we will later, if we are extended age and until old age, we do not know what when we are already no one is praying for us or not, whether this kind of tradition will still exist that uri." Arya seemed agitated to say that.

Angga also Ari Godril felt exactly what Arya said.

"Actually about the tradition of slametan from mitung ndinan, maturedty, nyatus, until it turns out how, Mas Arya?" Ari Godril asked.

"I don't really know, Mom. Just a little bit of what I know about that tradition." Sahut Arya later.

"It's okay, Mom. A little bit of importance can add to my knowledge." Ari Godril.

Arya only then smiled, after which she seemed to sigh.

"Slamethan is absorbed from the Arabic Salamah, Mas.  Which means safe or peaceful. Basically the purpose of slametan is almsgiving in the hope of being kept away from things that are harmful either to the family left behind or to the grave expert himself. Slametan usually starts at the third heart or nelung ndinan, then seventh or count ndinan and then the implementation of slametan usually continues until the forty day or then held the matangety event, then held, continue again on the hundredth or nyatus day, on the even anniversary of the first year will be held mendak pisan, on the even anniversary of the second year mendak pindo, pindo, on the third anniversary of the year mendak telu ping or slametan terahir which marks even a thousand days or newu, Mas. Usually with the ritual of replacing the tombstone. But some have replaced it when it has been buried as hard as five days or sludge, thirty-five days after being buried." Arya was later.

"That means you've already been hired, Mom?" Ari Godril asked.

"Not really, Mom. If in our society generally held Haul, which is the annual commemoration of geblake or the death of someone, although generally it is for the Kyai and rarely done in general, Mas. But if ordinary people have no problems, Mas. Legitimate only. For the purpose of sending prayers, almsgiving to the deceased heirs." Arya was later.

Ari Godril nodded in understanding, "Then what is the meaning behind the tradition, Mas?" Ask later.

"Many historians associate the implementation of the slametan with the process of decay of the body that died before finally melting with the soil. Under normal conditions, the process of melting human bodies takes place in seven stages, Mas. Well, at each stage that is, the surviving heirs say ngiringke so that in each stage it is launched and given salvation." Arya explained.

"Look, Mas Ari. This is from what I know, this is also from my teacher. The first stage is three days after the body is buried when it is believed the body begins to swell. Therefore, there is a three-day event or nelung ndinan. Then, stage two. The second stage occurs on the seventh day, when the swelling goes to its peak and finally erupts. After that the meat disintegrates, decomposes and then rots. After forty days, at the third stage, the process of decay is followed by the movement of the body slowly but surely, the head slowly begins to erect as well as the knee. While on the hundredth day that became the fourth stage, the rotting body turned into like a person sitting upright with knees bent upwards. Then at the fifth stage or a year after death, the head will gradually reach the knee. A year later or at the sixth stage, after all the meat has been destroyed not left, the legs of the corpse will be bent to the bottom of the buttocks, while the head is fused with the knee. Finally, Mum. In the seventh stage, which is the time of the third or thousandth year, all the bones will be collected together before finally melting with the ground." Arya was later.

Ari Godril nodded to understand every thing that Arya said, even with Angga who also listened.

"Well, if we observe the movement of bones in the process of decay will be the same as the movement of the growth of the baby in the womb but in the reverse direction. This process has a mystical meaning, so that in every process deserves attention and for this reason why slametan needs to be implemented, the goal is as I said earlier, Mas. To be given salvation, waged." Obviously Arya again.

"Yes, Mas. I've heard about the process of orok in the womb. Hmmm, it's just the opposite of that. But with a shorter duration." Sela Angga later.

"Then why is this so thick with Javanese tradition, Mas?" Ari Godril asked.

"That's because of existence, Mas. Java is in existence older than Islam. And the tradition of slametan has existed since Islam has not entered Java. The goal, people used to worship the spirit of the deceased does not mean they are shirk, it aims to keep a harmonious relationship between the living and the dead. And therefore the ancients also had meaning to him every stage of the slametan, Mas." Arya was later.

"Then the meaning in each stage is it different, Mas?" Ask Angga later.

Arya nodded, "Yes, Ngga. In the view of Java, there is slametan geblag or ngesur land, which means shifting the land. This event is generally carried out in the afternoon after the mayit is held. The meaning itself is the transfer of the mortal nature to the afterlife and the original wadag from the land will return to the land." Arya.

Angga nodded understanding that.

"Then it will be held again on the day before the third day or the third market, commonly called nelung ndina. In this case, the Javanese believe that the person who has died, is still in the house, but the spirit is no longer in his sentong or bed. The spirit had wandered to find a way to easily leave his home and family. Then it continued on the seventh night, namely counting ndinan. On the seventh day, the Javanese believed that the spirits of the dead were out of the house. So sometimes symbolically there are opening tiles or windows, Ngga. It is not without intention, it is done so that before the slametan begins, the spirit of the deceased person can smoothly leave the house, then the spirit that has come out of the house will stop for a moment in the yard of the house and be in the yard around. Well, to launch that Javanese society generally hold a plan to accompany the spirit of the deceased person to smooth when out of the yard. Cursing itself if it is not wrongly taken from the container tumpeng cangkur made from woven bamboo tenggang, the Javanese call it ancak. The contents of the scramak is rice, yes side dishes. Alms point. Who is that alms for? A gift of alms or a reward for the dead." Obviously Arya then while again reaching for a cigarette and igniting it.

"It turns out there's a lot of meaning, yes." Sela Ari Godril.

"Yes, Mas. So the tradition of the ancients that if people now say heresy, shirk and other mentions, actually held not origin and without intention. And all that, the goal is very good, Mas. But yes it goes back to the greeting of each individual anyway, Mas." Aryan Sahut.

"Then for forty days until you hear yourself does it mean anything, too, Mas?" Ask Ari Godril later..

"Of course, Mas. The tradition of slametan is matured, for the Javanese in order to pay homage to the dead, because at that time the spirits of the dead have begun to leave the yard or saknjabaning wangon and are already going to the grave. The Spirit begins to look for the kerun, the straight, clean path, which when his departure was swept away. Then it goes to Nyatus dina. In Nyatus dina, there is nothing different, the purpose is the same, only in the procession of the ubo rampe that slightly distinguishes, because at this event will usually be provided pasung, sticky rice is also compote. This pasung is made to resemble a mountain, wrapped in jackfruit leaves that contain wheat, meaning that the deceased get a protective umbrella. Because they're going through a long, hot road. It is also related to the making of sticky rice as a glue or base. This tyre means racket, short. Getting closer to God. Then kolak, kolak means khaliq or kholaq, creator. The review is expected to launch the dead to face the Khalik. Well, this kind of interpretation shows there is a fusion between Hindu-Javanese with Islam which both have the desire to return to God with a tentrem titi." Arya said later.

"Want the pisan, hold the pindho in memory. So that the deceased still feels that his existence is still recognized. Because the Javanese believe even though they are dead but actually their spirit still exists in the universe, just a different place. It is also a means of self-instrospection that death is a special event that is common and will be experienced by every being. Kullu nafsin dzaiqatul-maut, every living one will feel dead. Nyewu, this is the last procession of the Javanese. The Javanese believe that when it has been a thousand days, the dead will really leave this world. Therefore, the event was held as a form of respect for also the release of the deceased spirit. Yes Wallahu a'lam bish-shawab, Mas. That's from what I know." Arya said later.

"Well, it turns out that in addition to knowing the meaning religiously, kejawen can also, Mas." Praise Ari Godril later.

Arya laughed hearing that, "That I know from Mbah Sukrono, Mas."

"Mbah Sukrono's? Who is it, Mas?" Ari Godril asked.

"That's Mas Arya, Mas." Sela Angga's.

"Waste from Budhe Sih?" Ask Ari Godril again.

"No, Mas. More precisely he is my friend of the late Sewahan from the mother's side. So yes I consider it like my own waste, Mas." Arya explained.

Ari Godril nodded in understanding, "Well, I got this new science, Mas. Thankfully, God gave me two blessings at once." Said later.

"What is that, Mom?" Ask Angga.

"Yes, Ngga. Get Brother and Teacher." He patted Arya on the shoulder.

Arya who got the compliment just laughed and then returned to smoking the rest of her cigarettes.

Seriate....