IRENG NIRMALA CANTILE

Part 12: Pingitan Time

Generally pingit or pingitan is done for seven days in a row, the goal is to foster longing between the two brides before finally bertrmu on the wedding day, in addition, the pingitan is also done so that the bride is spared from reinforcements or bad things. Sepuh or village elders in Java say “wong sing arep dadi manten kui mambune scented, ambu scented kui sing accompanied by the softeners, mambune, eat wong yen arep mantenan kudu dipingit ben gak keno bala”.(people who want to get married it smells fragrant, that fragrant smell that is liked by invisible creatures, the, therefore, people who want to get married must be cut to avoid unwanted things). It is also being lived nirmala, the difference during the pingitan nirmala is required to undergo fasting mutih, nirmala is only allowed to drink a glass of water, and eat white cantile flowers and white jasmine flowers. The first day Nirmala felt that there was nothing to worry about, only the emptiness and emptiness that she felt because she was silent in the room alone, until nightfall nirmala heard the sound of bells , rahayu opened the door with a tray in her hand. But the strange thing is rahayu like hurry, clean the body of nirmala, nudge and help nirmala dress do it quickly, rahayu eyes occasionally steal a glance towards the corner of the room nirmala precisely next to the closet, rahayu's attitude long ago made nirmala upset.

“onok opo tah yuk, iso not toh alon-alon”(what the heck yuk, can not be slow)

“ii-iya mbak sorry”

“awakmu weroh opo sih yuk?”(you see what the hell yuk?)

“ndak kok mbak”

Nirmala walked towards the closet which had made the rahayu restless, rahayu held nirmala's hand.

“where you're going, mbak”

“mini kui kan yuk, from earlier you always look towards the closet it”.

Nirmala opens the closet and shows Rahayu that if there is nothing to fear, it is just a closet in general that contains clothes.

“nothing is yuk”

The large red-eyed tall figure that Rahayu saw had vanished after nirmala approached the cupboard.

“geh mpun mbak, kulo nyuwun pamit”(yasudah mbak I said first)

Rahayu came out of nirmala's room, before arriving in front of it rahayu turned towards nirmala, and right behind nirmala stood the creature that rahayu had seen near the closet. Rahayu rushed out leaving the nirmala, it seemed that the creature did not like the presence of rahayu her gaze was so scary that it made Rahayu shudder in horror, his mind began to wander whether it might be manten lanang (bride) but why mbak mala do not know or mbak mala pretend not to know?? When rahayu was busy wrestling with his mind unconsciously he hit nyai waturi until the plate (tray) brought rahayu fell.

“sorry pardon me, I accidentally”

“wes weroh”(already seen)

Hearing her question, Widuri nirmala was confused, what she had seen.

“maaf nyai see what ya?”

“follow me”

Rahayu followed the footsteps of nyai waturi, nyai waturi brought rahayu far into the hallway part of the house that she never knew if this house had a hallway , the right side and left side as far as the eye can see a lot of different door leaves, there are carvings of tigers, snakes, crocodiles and so on, every door is padlocked and chained that has rusted as if it had been a long time ago the doors were not opened, not only that makes the more horrified rohayu every door heard screams, cries, cries, a heartbreaking groan as if the person inside was feeling tremendous pain . Nyai miduri opened one of the door leaves at the very end, the door did not have any carvings at all like the other door, when the door was opened, she smelled a very pungent smell of rancid until she closed her nose to keep herself from spewing out her entrails. The room was very dark and damp as if something felt different from this room. Rahayu tried to open her mind wide so that she could see what was in this room but the darkness of the room made the senses of vision rahayu could not catch anything. Rahayu felt uncomfortable in this place, what kind of place is this to the extent that the person in this room feels suffocated breath. Nyai Widuri lit the candles in several corners of the room, immediately her face turned deathly pale, her heart stopped beating her body which had felt cold turned into heat that created sweat all over her body. His eyes glared at something lined up on the wall. Something he knew what it was, yes a courtier like himself with his neck pressed against the wall. The horror immediately enveloped Rahayu, what kind of house was this, with whom he was actually facing.

“I understand you duweni keluhi sing ora kabeh wong duweni, ambune you know scented sing ono ning your crew iku scented what?”(I know you have an advantage that not everyone has, the smell of your body knows what fragrance is in your body?)

“wangi nyai” pandan

Said rahayu's parents, when his mother gave birth to rahayu from the body of rahayu smell pandan, and the baby shaman who helped the delivery said that the rahayu special child is different from children in general.

“from the beginning I refused you stay ning omah iki but I rack duwe power mergo kanjeng queen herself sing kecin you stay ning kene, ning kene, opo sing mbok weruhi ning kene is quite simple kanggo crewmu dewe, kowe kudu understand your limits ning kene kui sopo, grandma rack want your fate podo karo wong-wong kui”(from the beginning I refused you stay in this house but I have no power because kanjeng queen wants you to stay here, what you see here is enough to keep for yourself, you should know whose limits you have, if you don't want to be lucky like them)

“iya nyai”

“lungo”(go)

Rahayu rushed away from the room, wanting to feel immediately breathe fresh air, Rahayu muttered along the road “Dreams what I should stay at home kayak gini, kayak gini, if not for having to make up for the safety of my parents would not have me stay in a place like this”.

“Rahayu, soko endi wae tahmu?”(rahayu, where have you been?)

Mbok yem hit Rahayu's shoulder “ihhh lha mbok thought I was demit”.(you think I'm a ghost)

“ana what is mbok?”(what is mak)

“iku I crungu sound bells soko room nimas”(that I heard the sound of bells from the room mbak)

“matursuwun mbok”(thank you)

Rahayu rushed to nirmala's room, as usual before entering rahayu rang the bell three times and went into nirmala's room. Arriving in the nirmala room, rahayu's eyes looked all over the corners of the room nirmala, hoping that the lanang nganten did not appear.

“Yuk, where have you been really long really”

“maaf mbak was rahayu from behind, so no denger mbak mala bells”

“yuk kok I rasane comfortable rack yo yuk ono ning room iki”(yuk I feel uncomfortable in this room)

“emmm yo opo to mbak”(emmm nothing mbak)

“but koyok ono sing ngancani yuk rasane”(but like someone accompanying yuk)

“perasane mbak mala wae may”(feeling mbak mala only possible)

“yuk me by takon?”(can I ask?)

Rahayu nodded

“opo sing mbok werohi want yuk ning kui” closet(what you saw earlier yuk in the closet)

“ndak there was nothing like there was a mouse there, but now there is no mouse, because I wedi mbak same rat”

Although actually nirmala hesitated with the answer rahayu but nirmala did not want to force rahayu, it seems rahayu refused to discuss the matter.

“sampeyan rest yo mbak, ben ngisuk until strong posone”(you rest yes mbak, let tomorrow morning strong fast)

Until midnight nirmala was still awake, her feelings were very, very unpleasant as someone was looking at her, but nirmala did not see anyone in her room except herself. Nirmala downed a glass of water and returned to her body in the mattress.

When morning arrived nirmala felt his entire limbs very sore, especially in the intimate part of it felt very painful. As he remembered before nirmala actually fell asleep he smelled the smell of flowers that were as fragrant as possible which made nirmala feel very sleepy. The bell rang three times it was a sign of the arrival of the rahayu. Rahayu saw that her master was not in good condition. Rahayu immediately approached the nirmala who was sitting beside the mattress while massaging the nape of her neck. But rahayu's attention is not directed to nirmala, but the mattress where nirmala sleeps there are blood spots and black hair scattered just the size is thinner and shorter. Rahayu's memory returned to the figure of the creature she saw the other day in the nirmala room could it be the creature's hair???if viewed carefully it is not hair but feathers. Rahayu asks nirmala to sit on her makeup desk so that she can immediately clean the feathers from the nirmala bed.

“yuk my body is sick all, by the yen dino iki shelf I ora poso”(yuk my body is sick all, may not if today I do not fast)

“patience yes mbak, it's already the second day”

Like the usual days rahayu did his duty of serving the nirmala. Until the next days nirmala undergoes a rahayu pingitan realize if the body nirmala more and more thin and always the same thing that rahayu found in the bed nirmala and nirmala always complain her body feels sore and her intimate organs were sore. Until right on the seventh day nirmala fasting pingitan nirmala look fresher than usual. Nirmala looks bright and always has a smile. Rahayu who was curious about the change in attitude of nirmala ventured to ask.

“ketokke isuk iki mbak mala seger really?”(this morning it looks very fresh)

Not answering Rahayu nirmala's question, she smiled.

“grandmother opo anyway mbak,oh ngono ya nek seneng I rack diweruhi”(what the hell mbak, oh so if again seneng I do not know)

Then Nirmala told me that every night before going to bed she always smelled the smell of flowers that made her fall asleep, unlike the night before that night Nirmala dreamed of meeting a handsome young man, her beautiful face makes nirmala fall in love until nirmala and the young man she dreams of having sex (relationship like husband and wife) but that makes nirmala seem very real, it feels very real, nirmala's face was very radiant when telling this to Rahayu.