JATUKRAMAN CEREMONY

Jatukraman ceremony is one of the traditional ceremonies in the village Sikemplong, Plantungan subdistrict, district of Kendal. Ceremony held in this sura sura or sasi is one of the traditional ceremonies that still exist today in this village.
A brief history of the ceremony Jatukraman 
Plantungan is one district which lies on the slopes of Mount Boat, in this region still believe the myths that have since time immemorial one of them is the mythical flower bath in the river Bride. Residents believe that the ceremony is a ceremony whereby Jatukraman a woman and her partner had not yet received but not yet saturated find a soul mate will also get a flower bath in the river one day will find her soul mate. Because I had a lot of people who proved, then the mere myths gradually changed to one custom in this village.
 Jatukraman ceremony Procedures
When sasi sura at midnight (00:00 hours) Kliwon Friday night, they held a ceremony Jatukraman where a woman is hard to find a soul mate bridal shower in the river along the river keeper.
Terms:
 A woman should have fasted for 40 days before the ritual bath at the time the bride,
 Using these jarik when bathing process,
 Setting up the development of seven arts (serves to make the scent of women who had not found her soul mate, the
 Setting up the incense or offerings to be placed on the riverside (serves that the ceremony performed on that night seemed rumesep)
Jatukraman  When the ceremony is completed, the man who approached was a mate are looking for.
Procedures:
 Women who have yet to find a soul mate in the procession from the house of the village elders to the time the bride wore a kebaya complete,
 When he arrived in time to change clothes the bride wore a kebaya with only jarik (like women while showering antiquity (kembenan)),
 Read a prayer that will be guided by village elders or a caretaker times a bride,
 Take the river water is then mixed with flowers of seven fine then splashed all over the body, this step is not done alone but by the caretaker (bath here only as a requirement in order to remove dirt on the inside resulting in difficult to find a mate),
 The reading of prayers by the caretaker,
 After the women finished diiring back toward the caretaker's house to rest.
This ceremony is considered a ceremony rarely done, only when there are women who ask for help to find a mate. And this ceremony is expected by women who have trouble finding a mate is soon to get a mate. Interestingly after several weeks of the ceremony, the woman immediately found his soul mate. This is because the strong belief that women are running on self and society.