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Krajankulon village, an old village located in the Kaliwungu city. Most of the houses in this village is a typical house building Kaliwungu three doors made ​​of teak wood pyramid-shaped. As the times some of the houses have been transformed into modern housing forms walled wall, but most residents of this village still retains the original shape of the custom house Kaliwungu.

Wewehan comes from the word weweh means in the Java language provides; wewehan can be defined with each other. Wewehan is a tradition that developed in the community Kaliwungu to commemorate Mouled Prophet Muhammad. However, in some villages in Kaliwungu wewehan activities conducted every Friday a month before the anniversary Mouled the Prophet Muhammad.
This tradition is essentially giving each other food to fellow neighbors, all citizens of Kaliwungu will prepare a variety of dishes in the traditional foods served at the front of their homes was like he was selling. Their houses are decorated with twinkling lights flashing so that seems like having a party, but if the first lot is installed Teng-tengan. Teng-tengan an ornament light box made of a bamboo frame wrapped with colorful paper, tenga-tengan very unique form of some form of stars, ships, aircraft, or other forms that reflect the creativity of the creator.

Process Wewehan

The process is a celebration of every citizen wewehan exchanging food they have made. Residents who have small children, then the child who had served as an introduction to the food. As for the parents at home do not have small children are usually waiting at home to wait for delivery of their neighbors in exchange for food has been prepared. Glimpse of this activity is similar to barter transaction, but there are fundamental differences. In a barter transaction if the person will make a match with which he would barter goods, but in exchange wewehan food exchange is not based on taste, but sincere in giving.


Wewehan is a tradition that has been developed in the community Kaliwungu to date. Wewehan activities contained in such deep meaning about the importance of sharing in each other. To share knowledge on small since the age of each child will imprint on the following event. So that, later on when she was an adult would be a generous and willing to help others. (kabarindonesia)