Selapanan

Shannon, BJ, Vella, javier

What is Selapanan?

Selapanan is a ritual of praying, they cut the baby’s hair and also the nail of the baby. It was held when the baby is 35 days old.

Where?

The Selapanan origin is an javanese culture so the origin is the whole Javanese.

When?

Selapanan was celebrated after the baby is 35 days old. If for example the baby was born on the day of Wednesday Pon so the selapanan will celebrated on the Wednesday Pon. Selapanan ceremony is when the people who come to the ceremony and was praying when the haircutter cut the baby’s hair and praying in the Muslim way and they do the second praying when the father or mother bring the baby and show it to the people who come and walking around the guest and also when they all pray for the baby.

Who?

Who celebrate the selapanan is Javanese people mostly the moslem people who celebrate it.

Why?

To make the child will be free from accidents, curses and dangers when the child grow up and have a good future when they are a teenager or an adult.

Steps of Selapanan

First they will cut the babies hair and their nails and they will wrapped it with three types of flowers mixed together called Kembang telon. Then they will mix it together. When the baby grows up they will swallow it together all in one with the golden banana (pisang mas, not really a gold).

Beliefs and Values In The Step

Beliefs: Selapanan tradition has a very strong meaning for the life of the baby. It is primarily done as a form of thanksgiving for the birth and the baby's health.

Values: To cleanse the body first nail.