In Central Java community life, including Wonosobo familiar with ceremonial traditions that have long ruwatan developing and coloring his life. Ruwatan derived from the word "ruwat" meaning Regardless or Free. What is meant here is Free "SUKRETA" or distress that will arise because of the typical cirri attached to the child or a particular person.
Ceremony Ruwatan the most famous in Wonosobo, especially in the Dieng plateau is Ruwatan Barber Gembel. This ceremony is based on the belief that child-haired child beggars are still associated with a character who has tremendous supernatural power one of the founders of Kyai Kolodete Wonosobo. According to the story, Kyai Kolodete have trash hair from birth until the end of his life, before his death he bequeathed to his descendants gembelnya hair. Therefore people believe that the spirits of Kyai Kolodete calm in the netherworld as beggars who had long hair disrupt her life has been passed on to their offspring.
Another story version of this Gembel hair, says that Nyai Roro Kidul is very disturbed by human hair loss is due later combed the hair loss was washed away in the sea south of Nyai Roro Kidul place to live. Because more and more and more eventually Nyai Roro Kidul sultry and ordered the servant to clean hair, hair loss is a way to pick up from the sea, then collected and eventually the hair that has dkumpulkan the children entrusted to the Dieng mountain area. The hairs that have been deposited will be taken if the child's parents meet the demand that will Nyai Roro Kidul is spoken through the medium of the child.
Gembel hair does not appear from birth but after 40 days of age and older children, symptoms preceded the appearance of hair trash headache, diarrhea and itching and increased body temperature that is wonderful. These symptoms can last anywhere from 1 day - 2 months old, causing the child to be anxious (Fussy) and crying.
If you experience such symptoms are usually the parents go to health center or using traditional treatments that compresses to the fontanel child with red onion pounded with coconut oil, the goal for the child's head to cool.
If treatment has been carried out but showed no healing then the parents will immediately suspect that the trash is growing hair on her son. After the trash hair grew so the symptoms will disappear by itself. Hair trash will not be transmitted to relatives or others who are not blond trash.
In addition, parental efforts to prevent the growth of trash in her son's hair is, with his hair shaved off as early as possible so as not to be a feasible long hair growth trash, or by cleaning every day with shampoo or traditional ingredients.
Haired child beggars tend to be more daring and naughty. This is likely driven by the concern of parents and families who are excessive against the child. Many parents who have children haired beggars beggars believe that her son's hair is a surrogate of the ancestors.
