Javanese Culture

by - Agustus 09, 2024

 Javanese Culture Which Is Still Available In Lamongan

Javanese culture has characteristics that are different from those of other cultures. As we know Java Island is one of the islands with a population, they live in Java and are also separated in some places. Javanese people, especially older is always keep their culture alive.


Javanese culture is alive in some areas of Indonesia. Lamongan is one of the areas in Java which has its own Javanese culture. Many of them preserve the Javanese culture, and they act depending on the culture at a certain time. What are the cultures?


Lamongan and its Javanese culture

  • Engagement process in Lamongan

This is one of the famous cultures in Lamongan. It is about the engagement process. Firstly, both of boy and girl's parents should come home. That is the so-called nyaweni, it is a general habit in Java for the engagement process. What is special in Lamongan? the girl's parents have to come first to the boy homes for the engagement process. This is different from other area which has the habit of boy parents coming first.

Javanese culture always makes the date of the wedding based on the date of birth of the bride. It happens also in Lamongan. Sometimes the engagement process is the time for discussing the date of marriage based on the date of birth of the bridge. Then they compare the date of born with the Javanese date. The picture above is the gift from the girl that was brought to the boy's home in the engagement process.


Just some people understand how to count. They are old Javanese and understand how to count. The younger Javanese cannot do that, that's why people will invite old Javanese to the engagement process because they understand about Javanese date.


  • Boran Rice

Javanese culture influences the part of what they eat. That means the food. In Lamongan, there is a special local food namely boran rice. It cooked by using traditional ways and packaged in traditional ways.




The picture above is just the side dish for Boran rice. Boran rice is rice with many kinds of dishes like fish, chicken, egg, and special flavours. The flavour is red because it is made from onion, garlic, chilli, red pepper, candlenuts, and coconut. The complete flavour is secret based on the seller's story.

What makes it special besides the taste? the seller put the rice in a big place namely boran (which seems like plaited mats) and brought it to sell. They sell boran rice in the market, tourist places, four junctions and sidewalks.

People can find the seller of boran rice in 24 hours, so that's easy to find them in Lamongan, especially Lamongan City. They spread all over the place. So don't worry if you're hungry at the midnight.

Lamongan people usually eat boran rice on the sidewalk, they use a plate from the seller or just put the boran rice in plastic paper. The price minimally is around 10.000 rupiahs. It depends on what side dish you choose.
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