Punggahan and Visiting Graveyard

hi ...

Today, the second day of Ramadan, the month is full of blessings for all Muslims in the world, because in this month we do fasting, pray tarawih, do more deeds, read the Qur'an, and other things that can increase our faith in Allah SWT. However, this time, I will not write about that, but i will write about the traditions / habits that were carried out before the month of Ramadan.

First, visit the grave and pray
this is common in our family. In fact, in the city where my parents born, there is such a thing called Ruwahan, usually a week before the 1st of Ramadan. the thing to do is clean up the graves, and pray. In the past, my father often came to his hometown to do this ruwahan, but since he died about 8 years ago, we no longer do that.

Now, 2 or 3 days before Ramadan, we are visiting Bapak's grave, cleaning, praying and sowing flowers. This tradition has been going on for a long time, and is still being carried on today. almost the whole family visits a loved one's grave, to clean the grave and pray.

miss u Bapak..

Second, Punggahan
This tradition is always carried out before the month of Ramadan. My mother said, the word "Punggahan" is from the Javanese language "Munggah" which means to up. she said we do punggahan to strengthen the relationship, because usually we are busy with our own job, works etc, so before entering the month of Ramadan, our hearts must be clean, must forgive each other, so that we are given convenience and reward when we are worshiping in the month of Ramadan.

This year, as usual, me and my colleage do Punggahan also. it happened on Pebruari 08, 2021. at this time, religious leader gave us a little speech about the wisdom ramadhan, and then we forgiving each other, praying and last, enjoying the food.

me and my colleage..

thats all.. two activity which is always held before Ramadhan Month every year.. how about you guys? is there any tradition too before ramadhan?

..dee..