Di Saptaharga, desa tujuh gunung, masyarakat mengarak Gunungan yang dibuat dari hasil bumi dan hasil budidaya kawula Saptaharga, sebagai ungkapan syukur atas kemurahan Tuhan yang telah dilimpahkan. Ki Lurah Semar dan tetua desa memimpin upacara kirab tersebut dengan mendaraskan doa keselamatan bagi seluruh warganya.
Gunungan (Offering made from crops with tall conical shape, like a mountain)
In Saptaharga, a village with seven mountains, the local people carried a Gunungan made from their crops as a symbol of gratitude for God. Semar and other elders of the village led the procession with a prayer for all people’s welfare.
Oil on canvas, 145 cm x 95 cm, herjaka HS 2008 Collected by Teguh Puji Harsono, Tegal, Central Java
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