Synopsis Of Inang Film, Mother's Struggle Against Myth Sad Wednesday Wekasan

Film Inang (IDN Pictures)

JAKARTA - Inang, the first horror thriller film, director Fajar Nugros, Inang, will officially hit theaters throughout Indonesia on October 13, 2022. This film is one of the films screened on the BIFAN stage.

The film even participated in the main competition at BIFAN titled the Bucheon Choice Award. BIFAN is Asia's largest and most prestigious film festival focused on awarding horror, thriller, action, science fiction, and comedy genre films.

The film, which became Naysilla Mirdad's debut on the silver screen, was written by Deo Mahameru and also starred Pritt Timothy, Nungki Kusumastuti, Rania Putrisari, Totos Rasiti, Muzakki Ramdhan, David Nurbianto, and Emil Kusumo.

The story of the film about Wulan (played by celebrity Naysilla Mirdad) and Eva (Lydia Kandou) are both struggling to save their son from evil forces that want to take over the child's life. This is a reality of life wrapped in the myth of Javanese Wednesday Wekasan or Rebo Wekasan. The ritual known to the Javanese people is usually carried out on the last Wednesday in Safar Month in the Hijri Calendar.

Some people believe it is a bad day so they have to perform rituals in order to avoid misery and all kinds of disasters or trials. There are various versions of the history of the birth of this ritual, one of which cannot be separated from the Mataram Palace with the Sultan Agung, who used to be a conton in Pleret.

This ritual has been held since 1600. At that time, there was a disease outbreak or pagebluk so that people believed it was necessary to perform a ritual to reject the reinforcements of this disease and Rebo Wekasan was held as a form of prayer.

Actually, the myth in society in the era of the presence of advanced technology is still sustainable today. The rituals related to myths are still being carried out by some people in various regions in Indonesia and some are even a special attraction for foreign tourists.

The way people respond to Rebo Wekasan in each region is different. In Wonokromo Village, Bantul, Yogyakarta, the tradition of rejecting reinforcements related to Rebo Wekasan was realized by the creation of a giant glueper which was then distributed to residents or people who attended the event.