Ketupat

Ketupat
Rhombus or Kupat are typical dishes based maritime Southeast Asia rice wrapped in a wrapper made ​​of woven palm leaves (leaf) are still young. Diamond is most prevalent at the time of the celebration Fitr, when Muslims celebrate the end of the fasting month.
Typical food using the diamond, such as Kupat know (Sunda), Grabag (Magelang district), Kupat glabet (Tegal), coto Makassar (from Makassar, rice cake called Katupa), lotek, as well as a hodgepodge that can be served with a diamond or lontong. Diamond can also be served to accompany satai, although the rice cake is more common.
Besides Indonesia, the diamond is also found in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. In the Philippines also found a similar bugnoy diamond but with different woven patterns. [1]
There are two main forms, namely diamond fist angle 7 (more general) and the parallelogram angle 6. Each of these forms have different grooves woven. To make coconut rice cake needs to choose a quality that is long, not too young nor too old.

other uses

Among some circles on the island of Java, a diamond is often hung above the entrance to the house as a sort of talisman. There are people who hold tradition to not make a diamond on a weekday, so the diamond is only served during Eid and up to five days (Java, sepasar) afterwards. There are even some areas in Java are only present on the seventh day after the diamond widths alone or commonly called the Feast of Ketupat.
On the island of Bali, rice cake (there called kipat) is often offered as ceremonial offerings. In addition to offering, in Bali round diamond sold for additional food commensurate with meatballs, especially food vendors are often found in Kuta Beach, driven around in there.
Tradition of diamond (Kupat) widths according to the story is a symbol of the Java language expressions I = admit (admit) and pat = lepat (error) which is used by the Sunan Kalijaga in mensyiarkan Islam in Java which at that time are still many who believe in the sanctity of Kupat. Asilmilasi culture and beliefs are ultimately able to shift the sanctity of the Islamic tradition as a diamond becomes a diamond into the food that is always there when Muslims celebrate Eid as the perfect moment to apologize to each other and admit mistakes.
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