Banyu Merti Ceremony and Mbangkuningan Ceremony

In the village there are also vicious banyu Merti ceremony, held as Merti banyu salvation and gratitude to God who has delegated the water source, so the fields of rice and is never dry. Water source was located about five hundred meters from the northern end of the village. Community kumlasa called Tuk watu. Events Merti banyu done every once a year. Sebelun night event held villagers held prayers together in one house residents. And in the morning is the culmination of events that is cone shaped to hold the parade and food from the village to the water source. Arriving at the springs, the keeper doing prosese chicken slaughter chickens in the village and after giving the prayer, the chicken-baked and eaten bersana same.



Mbangkuningan ceremony is an annual ceremony held by the villagers routinely Polobogo, Getasan district, Semarang regency. This ceremony has existed since 1598 BC. When war broke out in the Surakarta palace, one of the royal palace which is called Ki Soreng escaped and arrived at a place called polobogo eventually. Polo means land, and Bogo merarti food, because the area was infertile and many Soreng Ki makanan.pada when he died, he gave orders to be buried at the place where he meditated. In place of a flowering tree grows yellow. Therefore, to commemorate Ki Soreng he was given the nickname referred to his tomb of Sunan Kuning.dan sasana lasting yellow.
This ceremony is held to honor and send a prayer for the Kyai Kuning, namely ancestral polobogo villagers. That is why the ceremony was also called to honor mbangkuningan because Kyai Kuning. The event was held in rejeb, on Monday Pahing. Mbangkuningan not only Polobogo followed by residents, but residents of surrounding districts semarang, some even dating from Kendal, they expect a blessing from the event.
The day before the ceremony was conducted, voluntary work organized residents to clean eating yellow Sunan and his family. And the next day the villagers held prayers at the grave by bringing rice, side dishes and snacks to take to market to eat in order to follow the ceremony mbangkuningan. In ancient times as a function of rice and side dish offerings, and food that has been brought to the tomb should not be brought back by the lead. Are allowed to bring a person from outside the village who follow the show to expect a blessing. But now that way bsudah modified in line with the development of Islamic religion, the meaning of carrying rice and side dishes are to feed the people who come to the show mbangkuningan.Dan had brought no food left and brought home again home, in the event mbangkuningan now all residents who joined the show are required to eat together.