The Ritual “Mantenan Tebu” and Its Role as the Promotion Media of Inherited Indonesian Culture

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200323.063How to use a DOI?

Keywords

traditional ceremonies, Sugarcane wedding ceremony, cultural heritage

Abstract

Mantenan Tebu is a traditional ceremony that is still held in the Tasikmadu Karanganyar area. Besides, as a form of gratitude, the ritual is believed to invoke salvation from God. The purpose of this study is to describe the performance of the Mantenan Tebu ceremony in Tasikmadu Karanganyar which is used as cultural heritage. The data in this study were in the form of a procession from the Mantenan Tebu ceremony in Tasikmadu Karanganyar. Data collection in this study was carried out by the method of observation and interviews with informants. The type of this research was descriptive qualitative. The results of this research were that before starting the procession of the Mantenan Tebu, the pilgrimage to the tomb of Astana Mangadeg could not be left, then the pilgrimage to Giribangun, and Girilayu. After that, there was the cleaning of the Mangkunegara statue in Colomadu. At night, there was midodareni and making up the bride and groom’s sugar cane. The highlight of the event was a pair of bride and groom’s sugar cane along with the accompanists were escorted from the official residence to the sugar mill grinding machine. A pair of tebu temanten that has been inserted into the grinding machine indicates that the milling season will soon begin, marked by the sound of the siren. This cultural form must be preserved as a form of local cultural heritage in Indonesia, in addition to the Mantenan Tebu tradition can be used as a medium for cultural promotion.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Heny Indriastuti Riza Fauzi
AU  - Kundharu Saddhono
AU  - Ani Rakhmawati
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/25
TI  - The Ritual “Mantenan Tebu” and Its Role as the Promotion Media of Inherited Indonesian Culture
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Arts Language and Culture (ICALC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 548
EP  - 555
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200323.063
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200323.063
ID  - Fauzi2020
ER  -