RITUAL
Thanksgiving ritual at the spring - Henry Nurcahyo
Environmental Conservation Throught Sanggring Ritual
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endhak sanggring is a ritual
However, this is actually a ritual for
chicken and cooked in special ways. So
that is annually do in Tlemang
conservating the environment, folklore,
mendhak sanggring is a series of rituals
village, Ngimbang district,
and special traditional culinary that are
that are generally similar to Bersih Desa
only cooked once a year.
rituals. Tlemang people believe that
Lamongan regency, East Java. Literally, the words “mendhak” means the commemoration of the death or haul.
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Sanggring, itself, is the name of a soupy dish from Lamongan which is made from
sanggring soup has efficacy that can resist disease or as tradition medicine.
