Baby's Traditional

TEDAK Siten,  This is one tradition Jawa.Tedak Siten itself comes from the word meaning Tedak set foot or step, and Siten derived from the word meaning siti ground. So, Tedak Siten is down (into) the ground or mudhun weak. Details, this tradition diperuntyukkan for babies eight berusai 7 or 7 x 35 days (245 days). Number Selapan is 35 days, according to calculations based on the day Jawa market, namely POND, Legi, Pahing, Pon, and Wage. At 245 days of age, the child begins to set foot on the ground the first time, to learn to sit and learn to walk. This ritual illustrates the readiness of a child (infant) to deal with life.
Typically, this happy occasion to be held in the morning, on the front of the yard. Unless the parents and families, some parents were also present to give thanks to the children. Required sajen / victims should not be forgotten.
Tedak Siten also as a form of parental expectations for her baby so that the child later prepared and successfully live a life full of obstacles and constraints with the guidance of their parents. This ritual as well as a form of respect for siti (earth), which gives a lot things in human life.

 

A number of fixtures for this ritual is misbegotten (Tetel) seven colors, misbegotten is a food made of glutinous rice mixed with grated coconut with added salt to taste savory, misbegotten color 7 way it is red, white, black, yellow, blue , orange and purple. Meaning contained in this bitch is a symbol of life that will be traversed by the child, from the first time he set foot on this earth until she was an adult, while the colors are a picture of the child's life will menghapai many options and obstacles that must be gone through. misbegotten 7 colors arranged from dark to light colors, this illustrates that the problems faced by the children ranging from heavy to light, that no matter how the problem is there is definitely a bright spot there is a solution there.