The tomb of Ki Ageng Gribig in Jatinom, near Klaten, Central Java, hosts the biggest rebutan event on Java’s calendar of pilgrimage rituals. Many thousands of visitors converge on the site to snap up apem cakes that are consecrated and scattered into the crowd to be fought over. The rite is called Yaqowiyu, Sebar Apem, or Apeman.
A gunungan of around 6 tons of apem was paraded during the Yaqowiyu ritual. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
A ritual called sebar apem (Yaqowiyu) was celebrat...
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