10 Facts About Kapitayan

Kapitayan is a belief of ancient people on Java island, namely those who belong to the Javanese ethnic group since the paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic and megalithic eras.

The Kapitayan religion is a form of monotheism native to Java that has been adopted and carried on by Javanese people from generation to generation since ancient times.

Kapitayan can be described as a teaching that worships the main God called Sanghyang Taya which means unimaginable entity, called Suwung, Awang, or Uwung .

That's why, in the Kapitayan teachings, there is a belief which states that the supernatural power of the Sanghyang Taya called Tu or To is 'hidden' in everything that has the name Tu or To.

The followers of Kapitayan teachings believe in the existence of supernatural powers in wa-tu, tu-gu, tu-tuk, tu-nda, tu-lang, tu-nggul, tu-ak, tu-k, tu-ban, tu-mbak, tunggak, tu-lup, tu-ngkub, tu-rumbukan, un-tu, pin-tu, tu-tud, to-peng, to-san, to-pong, to-parem, to-wok, to-ya.

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In term of places for worship or praying, Walisongo using the term Sanggar in Kapitayan, which represents a four-square building with an empty hole on its wall as the symbol of Sang Hyang Taya in Kapitayan, not arca or statues as in Hindu or Buddhism.

The term of Poso Dino Pitu in Kapitayan whose means fasting on the day of the second and the fifth day in which is equal to seven days of fasting, is very similar with the form of fasting on Mondays and Thursdays in Islam.

The Tradition of "Tumpengan" of Kapitayan was being kept by the Walisongo under the Islamic perspective as known as "Sedekah".

In contrast to the worship of the Sanghyang Tunggal which is carried out by ordinary people by offering offerings in sacred places, to worship Sanghyang Taya directly, the practice commonly carried out by the Kapitayan clergy, takes place in a place called the Sanggar, which is a rectangular building with an overlapping roof.

In praying to Sanghyang Taya in the sanggar, the Kapitayan clergy follow certain rules: at first, the worshiping clergyman performs tu-lajeg facing tutu-k with both hands raised up to present Sanghyang Taya in tutu-d .