Baby shower like you used to know is like the party occasion for pregnant mom. This kind of the occasion is actually been aimed to support pregnant mom during her pregnacy and her upcoming baby birth. Baby shower for western culture just like the guests are about the buy the presents according to the gift listed provided by the baby shower host. In the occasion of baby shower, there is usually baby shower game for the attending guests for the main occasion. But how about baby shower in eastern culture? So, let we see below.
Baby shower in eastern culture like in Indonesia especially for Javanese called selapanan. So, this kind of baby shower is done after the 35 th day of birth of baby. In the selpanan occasion, there would be guests who may or may not bring the gifts and the selapanan baby shower host would never give any gift lists for the guests. So, in selapanan occasion is like a ritual for the baby. Teh first occasion is that the parents who are father and mother cut little for baby's hair then grand parents or older families of the baby would bald up the hair. It is believed that the hair should grow better after that.
The second occasion would be done in the evening at after 06.00 pm. This occasion would be the next ritual that is cutting baby's nails. Then, baby shower host would share banvakan which is the main food that is a symbol of selapanan. Bancakan is a symbol of teh gratitude to God for baby born and alos for baby luck. The foods in bancakan is packed in the small box. There are salad, meat curry, rice, fried chicken, and others.
In addition, the differences between western and easter baby shower are the first is both baby showers are held in the different time and purpose and the second is western one is for support and eastern is for a pray.
