Satu Suro

Satu Suro is the first day of the Javanese calendar year in the month of Sura (also transcribed as "Suro"), corresponding with the Islamic month of Muharram.^[1]

Satu Suro has numerous associations in folk tales and superstitions in Java, Indonesia that vary considerably through regional variation in cultural practices. The prevalent theme through most superstitions is one of the danger of going out from the home - similar to the Balinese day of Nyepi. There is an Indonesian film that exploits the danger - called Malam Satu Suro ^[2]

The Javanese day starts at the sunset of the previous day, not at midnight - as a consequence considerable emphasis is made in the 'eve' of the first Day of the month of Sura.

See also

• Islamic calendar

Notes

1. ^ Kamajaya, 1915- (1992) 1 Suro tahun baru Jawa perpaduan Jawa-Islam Yogyakarta : UP. Indonesia, 1992
2. ^ see the indonesian Wikipedia article http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam_Satu_Suro

Further reading

• Soebardi. Calendrical traditions in Indonesia Madjalah IIlmu-ilmu Satsra Indonesia, 1965 no.3.

External links

• Excellent introduction to regional practices
• The Javanese Calendar by Matthew Arciniega
• Javanese Calendar and Its Significance to Mystical Life, by Suryo S. Negoro