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Grebeg Suran

A Ceremonial of the Megalithic Community on Mount Slamet, Central Java

Authors
Priyatno Hadi Sulistyarto1, *
1Pusat Riset Arkeologi Prasejarah dan Sejarah, BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: priy015@brin.go.id
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Priyatno Hadi Sulistyarto
Available Online 19 May 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-394-8_33How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Mount Slamet Area; Megalithic Culture; Farming; Grebeg Suran ceremony
Abstract

The Mount Slamet area is administratively owned by five districts, namely Banyumas, Purbalingga, Pemalang, Tegal, and Brebes. This area has 70 megalithic sites in the form of stepped pundens, menhirs, lumpangs, phallus, statues, dolmens, dakon stones, and altars. The existence of these megalithic buildings is proof that at that time the megalithic culture had developed widely and was embraced by the megalithic people who lived on Mount Slamet. The megalithic community on Mount Slamet chose the foothills as a place to settle because the environment is fertile and provides abundant water sources. Therefore, the livelihood chosen is farming. In the month of Suran or during the harvest season they perform a ceremony as a thank you to the universe called the Grebeg Sura ceremony. How the procession of the Grebeg Suran ceremony will be expressed in this article. The method used in this paper is a comparison between the megalithic conception and the observation results of the Grebeg Suran ceremonial procession.

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Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural Studies 5 (ICLC-5 2024)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
19 May 2025
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978-2-38476-394-8
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2352-5398
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