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Gunung Jati Tomb, located in Astana Village, North Cirebon District, Cirebon Regency, West Java.
This Tradition in Religious Tourism The tomb of Sunan Gunung Jati has a unique feature of nine gates, called lawang sanga.
Visitors can enter only up to the third gate, called Pintu Pasujudan.
The royal family of the Cirebon Sultanate and the descendants of Sunan Gunung Jati reserve the area beyond the fourth to the ninth gate for themselves.
This site is often crowded with visitors frequently crowd this site to recite Yasin, tahlil, wirid, prayers, and shalawat, or to meditate. Special traditional events at the tomb attract more visitors.
One of these traditions, munggahan, involves visiting Sunan Gunung Jati’s tomb to honor his role in spreading Islam in Cirebon and the surrounding areas.
Another tradition, Grebeg Syawal, takes place on the eighth day after Eid al-Fitr. During this event, the royal family of Cirebon gives money to the public in a tradition called surak, where people gather to collect the coins.
People celebrate Panjang Jimat during the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday (Maulid Nabi).
The word panjang symbolizes the Prophet’s birth process, while jimat derives from diaji and dirumat, meaning “studied and preserved.”
Additionally, Tradition in Religious Tourism The tomb of Sunan Gunung Jati is The people of Gunung Jati have turned Nadran and Sedekah Bumi into national cultural events and tourist attractions in Cirebon.
During these celebrations, local villages create large ogoh-ogoh (giant statues) and parade them from Sunan Gunung Jati’s tomb to the Krucuk Roundabout in Cirebon City.
Through this tradition, the local community expresses gratitude to God for their blessings, such as good harvests for farmers and successful fishing for fishermen.
