Begalan ceremony, Banyumas, Central Java

Begalan is a ritual that is part of a series of wedding ceremonies contained in the district Banyumas, Central Java. Begalan alternation of the status of virginity is a symbol of a man becomes a husband. numun, not every bride and groom held upcacara like this, because this ceremony is only for the prospective groom who is the eldest child (mbarep) and youngest (Ragin).