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.

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

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.

Ruwatan

Java is a tradition of ritual Ruwatan as a means of liberation and purification, for the sin / mistakes can impact the expected bad luck in life

The tradition of "ceremonial / ritual Ruwatan" until now still use the java, as a means of liberation and purification of man by sin / mistake that resulted in his misfortune. In the story "puppet" to play in the tradition Ruwatan Murwakala in Java (Central Java) is initially estimated to grow in the ancient Javanese stories, which includes substance purification problem, namely the god of liberation that has been tainted, in order to become pure again, or meruwat means: to overcome or avoiding anything spiritual distress by means of holding the show / ritual with the media shadow play with a theme / story Murwakala.

In Javanese tradition of people whose existence is in sin, to purify again, need to conduct rituals. which becomes the point of view is awareness: the lack of perfect human beings, who are always involved in error and may affect the occurrence of disasters.