The traditional ceremony "Tepung Tawar" (Fresh Flour) is a local culture in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. "Tepung Tawar" traditional ceremony has now become a necessity, becoming a trend these moderns era, of course, we glanced at the back of the existence of this "Tepung Tawar" traditional ceremony which in antiquity as it becomes a necessity for the people who carry out a ritual ceremonies both in the home life stairs and ceremonies for the community at large. "Tepung Tawar" traditional ceremony performed by the public generally stout Malay and Dayak but the Malay community plain flour ceremony known in general there are four types namely Fresh Wheat Board, Mayit "Tepung Tawar", Wheat "Tepung Tawar"water Freshwater Equipment and Home. Of the four types of the "Tepung Tawar" each having a difference whether relating to equipment and materials used. As "Tepung Tawar" Board is composed of rice flour, yellow rice, berteh-fighting fighting leaves, willow leaves, leaves a girlfriend, as well as the smell of oil (miyak Bugis). Later the smell of oil smeared on certain body parts and for women simply do not need to touch the condition of the body (navel)
The tradition of plain flour body intended for small children carry hair clippers or swing ride (ride tojang), perform marriages, and that will dihitan for men and peremtuan. The object that will be given according to the procedure applicable, as well as using leaves dilampas fighting-fighting and leaves thousands and thousands who have been in the dip on a set of plain flour equipment. As for the parts sequentially imposed on the forehead, right shoulder, left shoulder, right hand, left hand, right leg, and left leg while alloy berteh dissipated on the left and the right. Ritual "Tepung Tawar" can not be done sermbarangan because it uses a special lafaz not be disclosed herein, it should be accepted prior to the experts.
Plain flour can also be done for the families who died after three days buried, generally performed as cleaning equipment used bath deceased, equipment stored outside the home in "Tepung Tawar" called Pesulli event (cleaning equipment deceased). Equipment in life such as motorcycle, car, boat, generally is mounted on the vehicle when new use and when the unfortunate. The goal is to ask for salvation with the assurance that there is still unseen forces that influence in life and still beg salvation to God Almighty.
Plain flour deceased with "Tepung Tawar" is not much different from the others only used oil smell and replaced with chicken eggs are placed in a vat of water bathing the deceased. The purpose of the ceremony known deceased plain flour with Pesilli that family members left behind is always patient receives a test from Allah. Can avoid disaster by pleading to be kept away from any disaster that comes with safety please, not just humans, and also equipment that has been used with a form of gratitude has been used as toiletries.
In rituals "Tepung Tawar" deceased equipment used dilampas with leaves in their thousands, and other equipment. The new equipment is clean should be brought into the house previously stored outside the home. The eggs are stored in vats and baths discarded immediately sprinkled with gray kitchen deceased as saying that in life all must die, and that has happened to be submissive like ashes back to the place of origin.
The ritual "Tepung Tawar" flour equipment like others, just do not use the smell of oil. Usually this is a fresh ditepung Drive new or vehicles that have received a disaster such as an accident or vehicle lost rediscovered. Public confidence with "Tepung Tawar" that vehicle, the vehicle used to bring salvation and also can bring disaster, because these vehicles use materials made of iron, it is called the old iron, that iron can bring good luck and fortune can bring harm. This belief is still attached dimasyarakt in general that the iron-containing supernatural powers (no penunggunya spirits that often follow an iron). So that belief can not be separated from the request that the powers that be can be a positive force can affect the life of the wearer. And ask for permission to keep it in safety. If this is not done with "Tepung Tawar" majority of public confidence will affect the soul, crashing or being hit by a vehicle could be stolen and even ordinary expressed by the words "Sueh". Lafaz mentioned prayer can not arbitrarily through certain procedures.
"Tepung Tawar" ceremony for infant children also performed with ritual with all the preparations are provided for family members who have a celebration. The equipment needs to be prepared and to complete must already exist when the event starts. The fixture tools include; Pounded rice mixed with pandan leaves and turmeric made tepung.Daun-leaf needed for tool "Tepung Tawar" is made of coconut leaves like flower footprint duck given stemmed called pentawar, the number two. Then the leaves are arranged with a number of more or less and twenty kinds tied then cut ends of the base so that the flat surface is called tetungkal the number three small buah.Nyiru made of bamboo or woven leather called layau also used for fanning the body called hood basket. Iron, wood current, former baker wood tied with a rope called them pengkeras. Tied yarn that played above their heads according hopefully it can be fastened his family into a strong and solid bond is like a thread that has been pounded itu.Tepung and stirred in a bamboo tube diameter measuring approximately twenty centimeters, setingginya eighteen inches and made of bamboo Betung use for storing flour that has been stirred, bamboo tube is called a landslide hood. Rice entered into bushels, betel, areca nut, tobacco, gambier, chalk, coins called pengkeras enough. Rice dyed with saffron yellow rice or rice called turmeric. Members who carry three people to tetungkalnya and two people to carry out pentawarnya, the number five.
How to implement this after a "Tepung Tawar" stirred flour, tetungkal and bidders are made of leaves and palm leaves were dipped in flour and then stamped on his forehead, left hand and right, center, left and right foot by reading the prophet invocation or prayer for salvation . After the completion ceremony of "Tepung Tawar" then proceed with the next baby is cutting hair. Invitations were present at the event was the closest family and neighbors.
Symbolic interactionism theory as proposed by Veeger is a portrait of the people are not using concepts such as systems, social structures, position status, social roles, social stratification, institutional structures, cultural patterns, norms and values social-value, but by using the term "action". As depicted ceremonial role will be a community adhesion, so that the ceremony will be more and more often done to strengthen the highly related to one another, so that it becomes a necessity and the interdependence and balance in life together.
The need to be preserved values ceremonial rituals, because in the ceremony terms with values in life, especially local knowledge, that man can not be separated from kehilapan and error, always begging for mercy and guidance to Allah, by continuing to implement the obligations in the life in the world, each other mutual support, respect the elderly, respect the environment both moving objects and objects that are not moving that these items have benefits for life and it is part of Allah's creatures who can not disembarangkan and also water and in order to be kept clean environment illustrated with "Tepung Tawar" water intended for jagan mutual suspicion and prejudice with others and have a clean heart. Always tighten siratul rahmi brothers around us subdued sense of solidarity in a variety of life, in order to reach shared desires to live in keteraman avoid mala disaster and stay away from the disaster in order to realize the aspirations of all human beings on this earth
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