The couple sits on the pile of batik cloths as if sit on eggs; symbolize the birth delivery in proper time safely. The couple takes some food from the offering and put it on Cobek. The couple should eat together the food from Cobek (Cobek represents baby’s placenta). The food do not contains meal or other food from slaughtered animals.
The coconuts and batik cloth should be put on bed by the grandfathers and the grandmothers. The couple should stay and sleep together for the whole night with the coconuts and batik cloth, symbolize as an exercise to take care the baby patiently.
The next morning, the husband and the pregnant wife breaks the coconuts, symbolize someone should not egoistic, helping each other. If the coconut splitter in two, the audience should roar "its a girl". If from the coconut emerge a fountain like coconut water, the audience should roar "its a boy".
At the end of ritual, the couple is selling rujak and dawet. The payment is made with a peace of earthen roof-tile. Rujak symbolize enthusiastic life and Dawet symbolize a smooth and safe birth of the baby.
Mitoni is usually held in Saturday wage (Setu Wage of Javanese calendar) as an acronym tu ge, as acronym of metu gage.
Glossary:
Siraman = holy bathing
Angreman = hatching the eggs
Mitoni = 7th month of pregnancy
Pitu = Seven
Pitulungan = giving help
Kendi = earthenware, a flask with a neck and spout
Tropong = a tube made of seven color textile cloth
Keris = a mystical, traditional Javanese weapon
Cobek = a big stone plate
Rujak = mixed of slices of fruits with hot sambal (chillies)
Dawet = sweet refreshment drink, the juice is mixed of coconut milk with brown sugar and small pieces of soft cookies.
Metu = come out
Gage = in hurry
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