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Wave Cap Go Meh, the Existence of cultural Acculturation
Ketupat or lontong Cap Go Meh or become a special culinary menu of ethnic Chinese residents in the island of Java in every celebration of the lunar new year and Cap Go Meh. The celebration lasts for 15 days since entering the first day of the lunar new year
.Chinese new year celebration or commonly known with the Chinese New Year Holidays is one of the most important traditions for Chinese citizens. No wonder a large variety of activities and rituals performed, including The Cap Go Meh (Cap = Ten, Go = Five, Meh = night) performed fifteen days after Chinese new year.
Whether there is a connection or not, Chinese society is usually in addition to eating a cake basket, lontong Cap Go Meh, too late or as Cap Go Meh celebration. According to history, the known lontong Cap Gomeh Eve born as acculturation among ethnic Chinese and peranakan culture Indonesia.
this dish consisted of lontong or ketupat served with sayur lodeh, opor ayam vegetable, sambal goreng ati, pickles, eggs, shredded beef, sambal, and sometimes with the addition of tofu and tempe. Lontong or ketupat Cap Go Meh it originally only as a name, but due to the cuisine as a form of merging of citizens of Chinese descent with the locals, particularly in Java.
as known Chinese citizen settlers first settled in port cities on the North coast of the island of Java, for example, Semarang Pekalongan, and Surabaya. It was only the men of ethnic Chinese who migrated to the Malay Archipelago, and they married a Javanese women who were local residents, so it bore a blend of Chinese culture Java.
This Mix even propagate to the question of food. Therefore when celebrating the Cap Go Meh clans peranakan dish is replacing Java yuanxiao (glutinous rice balls) with lontong accompanied a variety of traditional dishes. This dish is actually a symbol of assimilation or the spirit of the intermingling of Chinese migrants with indigenous peoples in Java. In addition, these foods also symbolises good luck.
To dispel the curiosity and answer all of them, Jia Xiang Hometown, Wednesday (15/1/14) browse the PeChinan in Pancoran, Glodok, West Jakarta, and a wide variety of Chinese specialties exist especially in the alley Gloria. In the alley is a special trader sells the ketupat Cap Go Meh. The owner named Sujono Tjandra (Asiung) surnamed Lim, already sells these foods for 35 years. He is a second generation Tjandra Kartika, after his mother, pioneered the confectionary trade.
A berdagangnya instead of a restaurant or grocery store, but only the stall bearing the Ketupat Gloria 65, and there is only a table to put pot ketupat Cap Go Meh, as well as other tableware. According To Sujono, wave Cap Go Meh Gloria 65 different to the usual mention of those concerned, namely Lontong Cap Go Meh, because even though the same-but different shape and packaging. Long-shaped rice cake with banana leaf package.
Ketupat Cap Go Meh here comes from the Chinese forts, Tangerang, because there using wave, not the rice cake which most people use,"he said Chinese Citizens.
surnamed Lim said, Cap Go Meh ketupat hers always open at any time, not just the celebration of the Chinese new year or the Cap Go Meh, but every day can sell up to 50 servings."Although we opened every day, but it is situated one-half mile ahead or when the Cap Go Meh, because a lot of people buy it, to take home or eat here,"he said. Enjoy. Gong Xi Fa Cai. [JX/Sop/B1/E4]
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