Javanese Culture Society

The Javanese are the largest ethnic group in Indonesia who came from Central Java, East Java, and Yogyakarta. At least 41.7% of Indonesia's population is ethnically Javanese. In addition to the three provinces, many Javanese living in Lampung, Banten, Jakarta and North Sumatra. In West Java they are found in Indramayu district and Cirebon. Java tribe also has a sub-tribe, such as Osing and Tengger.

Language
Ethnic groups mostly use Java in the Java language spoken daily. In a survey conducted Tempo magazine in the early 1990s, approximately only 12% of people that use Java, the Indonesian language as their language of everyday, around 18% using the Java language and Indonesia are mixed, and the rest just use the Java language course .

Java language has different rules vocabulary and intonation based on the relationship between the speaker and speaker, known as the upload-ungguh. This linguistic aspect has a strong social influence in Javanese culture, and making the Javanese are usually very aware of social status in society.

Trust
Most Javanese are nominally embraced Islam. But there is also a Protestant and Catholic religion. They are also found in rural areas. Buddhists and Hindus also were also found among the Java community. There is also a tribal religious beliefs as a religion of Java, called Javanist. This belief is mainly based on animistic beliefs with the Hindu-Buddhist influence is strong. Java community is famous for its nature of syncretism trust. All foreign cultures are absorbed and interpreted according to the values of Java so trust someone sometimes become blurred.

Art
Javanese culture is famous for his art is mainly influenced by the Hindu-Buddhist religion, which is staging puppet. Repertory puppet story or play is mostly based on Hindu epic Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In addition to Indian influence, the influence of Islam and the Western World there as well. Batik art and kris are two forms of expressions of Javanese society. Gamelan music, which is also found in Bali plays an important role in the life of Javanese culture and tradition.

Festival Gudeg

Manggar Gudeg Festival held at the Hamlet Mangir, Sendangdari Village, Sub-Display, Bantul District, Yogyakarta Special Region as an effort to remind the history of the village.

Gudeg Manggar currently has worldwide had been also made by the villagers Mangir, so that with this festival as an effort to bring back the history of the hamlet Mangir.

In between Gudeg Manggar Festival as well as the launch of history book Hamlet Mangir, Manggar warm festival attended by as many as 25 people gudeg maker Manggar Manggar warm serving dishes with a variety of flavors and presentation.

It is expected that one of them could present allegedly good taste like what people are saying that older people in the village earlier this clever make warm, even from generation to generation,

Manggar gudeg festival is presented by the mother of the household, also in commemoration of Mother's Day which falls on December 22, 2010 is once again showing the role of mother, because the origin of warm Manggar was also initiated by a housewife in this village in former times .


one of these village elders told the origin of warm Manggar in this village that is Princess Pambayun or Nyai Ageng Mangir Wonobudoyo in hundreds of years ago has created a warm Manggar.

According to him, warm Manggar with Virgin raw materials (coconut flowers) instead of the young jackfruit is so tasty that it becomes the main meal the family at that time.

"It is said that sense of warm Manggar mixed with chicken meat seemed to be very typical and nothing else like it, so it is known at the time," he said.

In fact, said he was a famous beauty expert Mooryati Sudibyo gudeg Manggar been popularized throughout the world as a menu of dishes for beauty.

"By eating warm Manggar supposedly someone will become more beautiful and radiant look on his face, or had people say in the Java language" smooth "," he said.

So, he said gudeg Manggar which have existed for hundreds of years ago and has become an icon of cuisine that is able to attract tourists to this country to remind the public that history also comes from Hamlet Mangir

Ayo ke Jogja ( Come to Jogja )

Tens of thousands of people to meet along Jalan Malioboro Yogyakarta Tugu until Sunday morning, to enliven the feast Jogja Yogyakarta City Government held together all elements of society to voice their invitation to come to Yogyakarta (Come to Jogja).

Thousands of people began to meet and also along Jalan Malioboro Mangkubumi since at 06.00 pm, and continue to grow until the main event was held around 07.00 pm.

People who come to the feast of Jogja is also brings with cone that became the main symbol of festivity event, and there is a large cone of the palace that brought soldiers Ngayogyakarta

Cone-foot from the palace, equipped with seven chickens and seven fine vegetables and side dishes are interpreted for the people of Yogyakarta are always given the help and guidance of Almighty God.

Before the banquet held the event, also held a number of activities such as joint exercises that followed thousands of people along Malioboro street because every Sunday, the road is used as a location for the joint exercise by the public.

However, communities are present in Malioboro is not only in the morning gymnastics community, but also from the bike community and the general public who had come to Malioboro with Kraton Jogja wearing traditional dresses.

"Yogyakarta is our Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta and belongs to us all," Herrera said of the community of Yogyakarta, who wore blangkon when giving a speech to invite the whole community to come to Yogyakarta.

He said that along with these activities are expected to voice their message to the entire country and all over the world about Yogyakarta a safe, comfortable and worth visiting.

Safety and comfort of Yogyakarta, he added, is the fact though grieving because of the catastrophic eruption of Mount Merapi, but the condition does not reduce the comfort for anyone who came to Yogyakarta.

Art Parade Post-Borobudur Promote Tourism Merapi eruption

The parade is packed dozens of art artist communities to promote tourism revival Borobudur temple in Magelang regency, Central Java, after the eruption of Mount Merapi. The parade this art as Borobudur temple tourism campaign post-eruption of Merapi.

The parade that starts from the Market Street Pramudya Wardani Borobudur pass in front of the complex of Borobudur Tourism Park (TWCB), Balaputera Gods Road, and ends at the Field tingal, about 500 meters east of the Borobudur Temple.

In a cultural parade accompanied by a number of traditional instruments such as jimbe, kenong, and drums, among others, comes from the Community Artists Borobudur Indonesia (KSBI).

In addition, the Community Artists Mask Saujana Keron, Magelang District, Magelang barongsai art group, Art Gandok Boediarjo Borobudur, Padepokan Wonoseni Bandongan, Magelang regency, and the perpetrators of the Borobudur temple tour.

Borobudur tourist visits dropped dramatically, which in ordinary week more than 10 thousand tourists, this pascaerupsi about 700 tourists, said Umar who was also the local tourism actors and managers Limanjawi Art Gallery of Borobudur.