Ngarot Ceremony

It is a traditional ceremony performed Lelea villagers during the arrival of the season working on the fields, that is before the rainy season around October to December . As for next Wednesday has been established that the community believed that the earth Wednesday have suitable properties to start the growing season .Ngarot derived from the word " Nga - rot" ( alkaline Sunda ) is the term drinking / ngaleueut . The origin of the word Kasinoman SINOM that young tamarind leaves defined group of young people are dynamic and creative .Ceremony begins seiak Ngarot 17th century AD , the first carry Ngarot Ceremony is one of the community leaders who called Ki Kapol hereinafter be Kuwu Lelea Village II after Cangga Wreni ( Kuwu to I ) . While Ki Kapol relics are still preserved until now that Kasinoman fields , rice fields farmed by the Kasinoman ( young people ) with the objective results of which will serve as the cost of rice ceremony / party Ngarot next year .
 Event Schedule Ceremony procession Ngarot1 . Opening2 . Reading A Brief History NGAROT3 . Welcome Kuwu Village Lelea4 . Procession submission to the Agricultural Equipment Kasinoman5 . Beating GONG / Kuwu together by a party to mark the beginning Kasinoman .
 Explanation Event # 4 :1 . Submission Seed by Kuwu means :
     To be planted so that harvest can be bountiful .2 . Submission jug containing water by means Kuwu Mother : Water as a drug addi
     tanarnan rice and fertilizer .3 . Submission Hoes by Mercury Earth means : To cultivate rice perfectly4 . Submission of fertilizer by the Old Village means :
     In order rice plants remain lush and bountiful harvests .5 . Submission Segment Yellow Bamboo . Andong and Banana Leaf Leaf by Lebe means : In order to   
     avoid the rice plants from pests .

 Sunyaragi Cave

 

 A unique site on the outskirts of Cirebon waiting for your visit . Castle Goa Sunyaragi , occupies an area of ​​15,000 m² , is the property of Kasepuhan Palace hereditary and partly on land owned by the Government of Cirebon . Its unique shape with cavities and winding hallways and resemble a dark cave to cave Sunyaragi make it known . The site was originally a Kelangenan Park ( pleasure garden ) or Taman Sari , the main function for berkhalawatan or seclusion , the park is also known Kelangenan Sunyaragi title ( ' sunya ' means silent , deserted ; ' yeast ' like sports ) .

Sacred impression that you will see coming from the halls of the former site of berkhalawat ( hermitage ) , bathing pools ( petirtaan ) , altars similar place of worship , and other archeological objects that are spiritual . More profane impression is supported by the presence of buildings and shape joglo kaningaran flower reliefs and objects of archaeological artifacts such as metal , wood and ceramics .Visually , the motive and the Mega Chance Wadasan is very dominating in most complex cave walls Sunyaragi . Pairs rock so arranged to form patterns and Mega Wadasan Chance . Then certain parts also equipped with vines motifs , either Patran and simbaran . On this site , motives and Mega Chance Wadasan believed to be a symbol of life . Mega symbolizes the sky or the air while Wadas which means rock symbolizes the earth . While the motives vines , statues of animals and humans symbolize the contents of the world that has the earth and the sky and its contents .In addition to the classic style atmosphere , Cave Sunyaragi equipped with such an ancient Chinese style carving kanigaran flower , peach flower shape , sun and lotus and attachment of Chinese ceramics in the wall is not too high . This is understandable , because when construction Sunyaragi Goa , gained a lot of support from the Chinese people , especially the descendants of followers of Miss Ong Tien Nio wife of Sheikh Sharif Hidayatullah ( Sunan Kalidjaga )