Grebeg Maulud

Gerebeg or Grebeg has the meaning "the wind". Garebeg is one of the customary Kraton Ngayogyakarta that for the first time organized by the Sultan Hamengku Buwana I. This royal ceremony involving the entire Kingdom, all royal officials and involving all levels of society. Formally, Garebeg religious character that is associated with the birthday of Prophet Muhammad SAW and the two Islamic holidays (Eid al-Fitr and Adha Idhul).

Politically Garebeg also describes the title of Sultan which is kemuslimatan (Ngabdurrahman Sayidin Panotogomo Kalifatullah). During one year there were three times the Garebeg Mulud Garebeg ceremony, Garebeg Large, and Garebeg Sawal held in the Palace complex and the surrounding environment, such as in the North Square.

Garebeg Mulud held to commemorate the birth (birthday) of Prophet Muhammad which falls exactly on the 12th Rabiulawal. Moon is also called moon Mulud Rabiulawal in-Islamic Javanese calendar. That is why Garebeg held to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, called Garebeg Mulud. Actually dated 12 Rabiulawal has two important meanings in the lives of the Prophet, because it is believed by Muslims that Prophet Muhammad was born and died on the same date and month.

The tradition of commemorating the birthday of the Prophet is only grown after Islam spreads to other countries outside the Arabian peninsula. Prophet Muhammad's birthday is not a legal holiday Islam, because Islam knows only two holidays, the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. Celebration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad SAW as the royal ceremony was spearheaded by the Sultanate of Demak, over time preserved by the Javanese kings who came to be known very popular as Garebeg Mulud.

Before Garebeg Mulud held, there are some traditional activities are held in the Palace environment Ngayogyakarta, namely:

- Ceremony dress rehearsal for soldier readiness by the Regent Palace Nayoko Kawedanan Ageng Soldiers,

- Ceremony Numplak Wajik as a sign of the beginning of the making of the mountain,
- Ceremony Miyosipun Hajad Dalem as peak discharge mengiring Hajad ceremony with a tangible Dalem mountains from the Palace to the Great Mosque of Kyai Pengulu Kingdom.

Besides Garebeg Mulud, Kraton Ngayogyakarta Garebeg Mulud Dal also held that occur once every one tiger, and held in a special way with great pomp, and more reveal elements of the old cultural identity of the king, the kingdom of Java.

In Garebeg Mulud Dal, the Sultan is present in the Great Mosque in public with a full show Javanist tradition with elements of ancient Javanese culture, heritage variety that is very sacred palace as the traditional statement that the sultan and the Sultanate of Yogyakarta is the legitimate heir of the kings and former Javanese royal. Also expressed the traditional attitude of the sultan as a representative of the tribal people in the glory of the ancestors.

Attendance at the Great Mosque of Sultan is also intended to conduct Islamic religious activity that is kicking the pile of bricks is placed at an open door on the south wall of the Great Mosque. This is a symbolic act that represents the people in the days of Demak Sultanate has formally left the religion of Buddhism Hinduï ¿½ to embrace Islam. The ceremony is conducted only once every eight years or once in eight years.

Dal Mulud mountains called Mount Kutug or Mount Bromo. At the peak, given a hole to reveal a brazier containing burning embers of a large lump of incense, so that continuous thick smoke when blown away by the wind. Pajangannya a wide variety of cakes, colorful displays almost the same as Mount Lana, varies with Mount Wadon. At the bottom, paved with tulak banung cloth and placed upright in a giant tray of wood framed measuring 2 x 1.5 m.

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Night Market Opening Celebration Sekaten 2011

During the opening ceremony of the Night Market Sekaten Celebration 2011, Friday (7 / 1), access to the Yogyakarta Kilometer Zero Point will be closed about 4.5 hours starting at 13:30 am until 18:00 pm.

"During the opening ceremony held Sekaten Celebration Night Market, access to the Kilometer Zero Point will be closed in full since at 13:30 pm and before 06.00 pm since the system will be open and closed," said Coordinator Sexy Night Market Opening Ceremony Celebration 2011 Sekaten Revelation Hendratmoko in Yogyakarta Thursday (6 / 1).

According to Revelation, closing access to the Kilometer Zero will start from the intersection of four Gondomanan, so that all vehicles will be directed to the north, south or east, while at the intersection of three PKU Muhammadiyah, traffic flow will be directed to the Road Bhayangkara.

Meanwhile, at the intersection of three Ngejaman, all traffic will be directed towards Reksobayan Road.

"All the road closure permit in the area of Kilometer Zero Point was approved by the Operations Section of Yogyakarta Police," he said.

He also said the opening ceremony Sekaten Celebration Night Market 2011 will be attended by a number Muspida Provincial DIY, Muspida city of Yogyakarta and Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono (HB) X along with GKR Hemas.

"There are about 220 invited guests and the public expected to attend the opening," he said.

It has provided a number of bags of parking, as in Senopati, Bank Indonesia, Post Office, Church Gondomanan front, and on Jalan KH Ahmad Dahlan.

At the opening ceremony will also be displayed themed ballet performances of understanding of cultural heterogeneity of society who will be played about 145 artists from the Studio Art Semekar.

It also will launch a book on the history of the implementation of the Fair Celebration Sekaten from year to year. Yogyakarta Mayor Herry Zudianto planned to submit a book that is an official document implementation Sekaten Celebration Night Market to the Sri Sultan HB X

"The event will end with the opening of the Sultan's visit to a number of existing booth at Market Night Celebration Sekaten," he continued.

Sekaten Celebration Night Market 2011 will be held for 40 days from January 7 to 15 February, with Rp 2,000 per visitor admission on weekdays and Rp 3,000 per visitor over the weekend.

In addition to the night market, Pasar Malam Celebration Sekaten also coupled with cultural activity that is Miyos Gongso on February 9, Dann Kondur Gangsa on 15 February.

The whole series Sekaten Celebration Night Market will be closed with Gerebeg Maulud on February 16 Bedhol Songsong morning and at night at Exhibition Palace Ngayogyakarta.

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.

Grebeg Sekaten Year Dal

Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat prepare special seven mountains to enliven Grebeg Dal Sekaten year (calculations based on calendar year Java) or a plan in 2010 which was held on Friday, February 26, 2010

Usually only five mountains on each Grebeg Sekaten, two Mount Question mount Princess, Mount Gepak and Pawuhan, but because this year is a year-Dal, the amount of the special mountains there are seven mountains.

Two additional mountains to be issued in the palace sekaten year is Mount Dharat Dal, and the most special is Mount Bromo.

Bromo mound should not be contested by people, and must be returned in full to the state court, after being paraded and pray in the mosque Gedhe, in Kauman, City of Yogyakarta. This is a tough task for the soldiers who carried the palace Mount Bromo, because they really have an obligation to guard and maintain the mountains

In addition to being carried or brought to Gedhe Mosque, one of the two was taken to Mount Question Pura (palace) Pakualaman, also up for grabs by the public after the prayer.

In addition to Mount Bromo, the other features on Grebeg sekaten year celebration is the procession Dal making lump of rice made the Sultan Hamengkubuwono (HB) X. Rice is taken from a container called Kanjeng Mrico Nyai, then distributed to anyone present at the event.

One week before Grebeg held, the palace has hosted the ceremony Ngayogyakarta Miyos Gongso, namely Nogo out Wilogo gamelan Kyai Guntur Madu and Kyai on February 19, and ending with Kondur gongso or re-entry into the palace gamelan on February 25. Both the orchestra is placed in the mosque Gedhe and struck for a week, except on Thursday afternoon until Friday afternoon.

Before Kondur Gongso, Sri Sultan HB X-udhik will spread udhik namely yellow rice and some coins in Gedhe Mosque, followed by the reading of history or the history of Prophet Muhammad. After that followed by kicking the mosque compound walls, or a trail known as the procession of the wall.

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