#wiwitan

Pameran seni rupa bertajuk Wiwitan digelar Perupa Lingkar Muria Raya. Pameran seni rupa itu terwujud dengan menggandeng pemuda Dusun Sumber, Desa Soneyan, Kecamatan Margoyoso, Kabupaten Pati, Jawa Tengah.

Gelaran pameran seni rupa itu sekaligus menandai dimulainya tradisi Lamporan di bulan Suro (Muharram) tahun 2025.

Pameran berlangsung 4-9 Juli 2025, dan menjdi rangkaian dari Festival Lamporan 2025 yang digelar di Desa Soneyan.

Wiwitan a Tradition Before The Harvest

Farmers in Java are still influenced by the belief over an existance of the power beyond themselves. The invisible supernatural power is believes to also determine human fate therefore it makes good relation between human, nature, and God. To create life harmony, Javanese people conduct a ceremony with feast. This ceremony not only conducted to maintain solidarity but also to maintain good relation with supernatural creature by giving offering.

Wiwitan is a ceremony conducted by farmers in Java as an expression of gratitude to God. In this ceremony, the farmers asked so that God always protect their crops and agricultural products.

This ceremony is done before the rice harvest with equipments and certain procession to make future wish come true and also as a gratefulness expression over gift from God. The farmers make offerings to Dewi Sri, the goddes of fertility, with the purpose that the harvest is always good. This is their way of life to create the balance harmony between human who have social system, norm, and value system by their paradigm on universe.