Saparan is a ritual slaughter bekakak, a pair of young bride doll made of glutinous rice flour. This tradition is carried out once a year in the month of Sapar in Java Calendar. This tradition is associated with Ki Wirasuta figures, one of three brothers with Wirajamba Ki, and Ki which is Wiradana courtiers Hamengkubuwana I very loved.

When construction of the palace is underway, the servants lived in Ambarketawang Guesthouse except Ki Wirasuta who choose to live in a cave on Mount Gamping. At full moon, between December 10 and 15, on Friday, there was disaster, Mount Gamping landslides. Ki Wirasuta and his family buried landslide and declared missing since his body was not found. The loss of Ki Wirasuta and his family in Mount Gamping cause people confidence about the soul and spirit Ki Wirasuta remains on Mount Gamping.
Ceremony Saparan originally intended to honor the loyalty Ki and Nyi Wirasuta Wirasuta to the Sultan Hamengkubuwana I. But then change and intended to earn salvation for the people who take limestone to avoid disaster, because the limestone-making is difficult and dangerous.

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Community Ambarketawang Gamping formerly believed that the tradition Bekakak and offerings in it contain symbolic meaning, the meaning of the symbols that exist in the Tradition Bekakak generally used as a memory, so that society Gamping safe from harm while it is in the world. Symbols that contain the meaning of the tradition Bekakak include: a pair of wedding Bekakak that have meaning for human sacrifice for the people of limestone seeker does not happen again. Clupak that have a meaning if the sacrifice had been offered, then the life of the community will re-light. Devils and Wewegombel as a symbol of the inhabitants of Mount Gamping, fabric wake up starting will have a meaning or symbol for danger or the prohibition to refuse, and many more meanings of symbols in the Tradition Bekakak.

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