Pabosurhon means give food to seven month pregnant woman. The ‘hula-hula (parents of woman)’ and The ‘paranak(parents of man)’ do this ceremony to give strength for pregnant woman or the mom’s gonna be, so she can face the labor time with good healthy and no obstacle.
The hula-hula will give ‘ikan mas arsik (bataknese traditional food)’ to his daughter and son-in-law with pray to God for the good health and avoid from any danger. After that, the hula-hula also will give ‘ulos mula gabe (bataknese traditional clothes) as a symbol to cover and protect his daughter’s body and soul from devil. Beside that, ulos mula gabe also will give warmness and spirit to face the labor time.
The paranak will give ‘tudu-tudu ni sipanganon (bataknese traditional food)’ to the hula-hula and asking all the hula-hula to bless and pray for the pregnant woman to face labor time.
The parents and other family member will give advise and some word to encourage pregnant woman, so she will get an extra spirit and power to face labor time.
There’s some similar pabosurhon ceremony from other ethnics in Indonesia such as nyakik / makik / sengkelan ceremony from Dayak ethnic, tujuh bulanan ceremony from javanese ethnic, nujuh bulan ceremony from betawi ethnic.
For me, Pabosurhon ceremony held on 30 th January 2016 in my home sweet home. May God Bless Us all the time.
