TUMPENG

One kind of Special Feature from Indonesian food. Tumpeng it’s a way to presented a rice with meal and vegetable in The Cone Shape, and it can be said as NASI TUMPENG.

A rice tickle where it use for usually it’s yellow rice, although in some time it’s use a white rice or we can said it NASI UDUK. The way to presented this special javanise rice or Betawi people of Javanise descent and usually it’s made when they do some ritual pray or we can said KENDURI or in celebrate event. Although, most of The Indonesian People know this activity.

TUMPENG usually presented in TAMPAH ( traditional contain in Indonesia specially in Java) and it’s use a banana leave to covering in bottom.
The event where including NASI TUMPENG it’s can said a “TUMPENGAN”. For example in YOGJYAKARTA, in that city was grow up a TUMPENGAN tradition in night before The Indonesian Independent Day (17august), The Proclamation of Indonesian Independent Day, to prayed safety of country.
There some tradition unwritten is suggest that classifier from cone it’s presented to person who have a highest profession in that place (like headmaster or else) from people who in there. It’s mean to showing their respectfully to that person.