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Relgious Ceremonies
Gerebeg
Syawal Ceremony
Held yearly on the 1st day of the 10th month of the Javanese calendar
(Syawal) at the end of Ramadhan, (see schedule) the Muslim holy
month of fasting, Gerebeg Syawal is the celebration held to commenorate
the completion of the Muslim faithful's fasting duties. The ceremony
is similar to the Gerebeg Mulud ceremony with its colourful Gunungan
procession from the Kraton to the Grand Mosque (see below).
Gerebeg
Besar
Held yearly at the Sultan's Palace on the 10th day of the last month
of the Javanese calendar (Besar) to commenorate Abraham's test of
faith when challenged to sacrifice his one and only son. The celebration
is held on Idul As'ha (an Indonesian National Holiday) with Muslim's
slaughtering goats and cows and then distributing the meat and giving
alms to their poorer brethern.
Sekaten
Ceremony
Held yearly beginning on the 5th day of the 3rd month of
the Javanese calender (Mulud),
and extending for one week and culminating with the Gerebeg Maulud
Ceremony (below). Sekaten commenorates
the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Beginning at midnight a procession
of royal servants, Abdi Dalem,
leaves from the Kraton Ponconiti Hall
and marches two abreast carrying two sets of gamelan
named Kyai Nogowilogo and
Kyai Gunturmadu down Jl. Malioboro to the Grand Mosque. The
two sets of gamelan are played simultaneously until the 11th day
of Mulud when they are returned to the Kraton at midnight. Yogyanese
believe that by celebrating Sekaten and in particular listening
to gamelan they will be rewarded with good health and prosperity.
Gerebeg
Mulud Ceremony
Gerebeg Maulud is the climax of Sekaten.
Held yearly on the 12th day of the 3rd month of the Javanese calender,
the Grebeg Maulud ceremony commences in the morning with the Palace
Guards in traditional uniforms parading a Gunungan
(a mountain shaped cone of rice surrounded by fruits, vegetables,
eggs, peanuts and so on symbolising the prosperity of the Mataram
Kingdom) from the Kraton to the Great Mosque on Jl. Malioboro After
prayers at the Mosque are finished, the rice cone is cut and the
food distributed to those in attendance.
Labuhan
Ceremony
Held yearly in April to celebrate the birth of Sri Sultan Hamenkubuwono
as well as to secure the welfare of the Sultan and hence the people
of Yogyakarta. The word Labuh means
to throw something into a river or sea. As such offerings from the
Sultan include food, hair and nail clippings and so on are thrown
into the South Sea at Parangkusumo Beach in honour of Kanjeng
Ratu Kidul (Goddess of the South Sea). Similar ceremonies
are held atop Mt. Merapi and Mt. Lawu in Central Java. Start times
for the festivities will be announced in the local papers.
Tanggap
Warsa Suro
Held each year during the first month of the Javanese
calendar (Suro) this ceremony celebrates
the Javanese New Year with extravagent wayang
kulit (leather puppet) and other dance performances.
Pitcher
Filling Ceremony
Another ceremony held each year in the first month of the
Javanese calender (Suro) is the
Pitcher Filling ceremony at Imogiri (the Royal Cementary). The people
of Imogiri believe that water brings good fortune and fill 4 large,
bronze vessels with water then place them at the entrance to the
cemetary. The pitchers are from Myanmar (Nyai
Siem); Rome (Kyai Mendong);
Aceh (Kyai Danumoyo) and Palembang
(Nyai Danumurti).
Saparan
Ceremony
An offering ceremony held yearly in the second month of
the Javanese calender (Sapar) by the the people in Ambarketawang,
Gamping (approximately 7km to the west of Yogyakarta). At one time,
locals of Ambarketawang made their living digging limestone that
is believed to be some 50 million years old. Nowadays the limestone
is mostly gone (or too hard to find) but the people still believe
that they must make offerings to the area to advoid calamity. So
early on offering day the residents make a procession of offerings
to the area culminating when a Bekakak (bride and groom dolls made
of sticky rice filled with red sugar syrup) are beheaded.
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Festivals & Events September & October
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September Festivals
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| RAMAYANA BALLET PERFORMANCE AT PURAWISATA |
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Dates
: 01 - 30 September, 2011
Place : Purawisata Jl. Brigjen Katamso, Yogyakarta
Description : Ramayana Ballet is a beautiful, enchanting
and unrivalled performance that could combine the diversity
of Javanese arts in forms of dance, drama and music in one
stage that at the same time could deliver Ramayana story in
four stages: Sinta's abduction, Anoman's mission to Alengka,
Kumbarkana's death and the happy ending when Rama meets Sinta
again. This show has received the award for making a record
of 25 year stripping show from MURI (Indonesia documentary
record museum).
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| MASANGIN GAME |
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Dates
: 01 - 30 September, 2011
Place : Alun Alun Kidul (Southern square of Sultan's palace),
Yogyakarta
Description : Try to walk as if you're blind by closing
your eyes to get into the middle of two banyan tress at southern
square of Sultan's palace. If you're lucky, you might be able
to proceed smoothly. However, many people end up to far deviation
at that process inviting many laughs. For more joy and fun,
challenge your friends to do the same same thing and compare
the results.
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| DANGDUT MUSIC PERFORMANCE |
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Dates
: 01 - 30 September, 2011
Place : Purawisata Jl. Brigjen Katamso, Yogyakarta
Description : Dangdut is a very popular music stream
in Indonesia that is a mixture of traditional, Arabian, Indian
and proto malay. The attractive part is at the entertaining
rhytm, beauty of the singers and body movement following the
rhytm in particular. Purawisata comes with different Malay
music assemble and singer every single day.
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| WAYANG GOLEK SHOW |
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Dates
: 07, 14, 21, 28 September, 2011
Place : Keraton Yogyakarta Jl. Rotowijayan No. 1, Yogyakarta
Description : Wayang Golek is a wooden puppet art show
which is so popular in West Java.
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| GAMELAN MUSIC AND CLASSICAL JAVANESE DANCE PERFORMANCE |
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Dates
: 08, 15, 22, 29 September, 2011
Place : Keraton Yogyakarta Jl. Rotowijayan No. 1, Yogyakarta
Description : Seeing Javanese philosophy through music.
That's the valuable thing that you'll experience by watching
this cultural performance at this special place. Listening
to the gamelan rhytm can be best described as listening to
a harmony relaxing your mind and soul.
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October Festivals
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| Yogyakomtek |
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Dates
: 01 - 05 October, 2011
Place : Jogja Expo Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Description : Yogyakomtek is the exhibition for IT
and Computer industry in Indonesia. The event will showcase
latest products, services and technologies that will cover
an array of hardware, software, computer components, peripherals,
multimedia and networking technologies. The Yogyakomtek will
be held at the Jogjakarta Expo Center on dated 01-05 October
2011.
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| WAYANG KULIT (LEATHER PUPPET) SHOW |
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Dates
: 01 - 31 October, 2011
Place : Museum Sonobudoyo Jl. Trikora No. 6 Yogyakarta
Description : Wayang kulit (leather puppet) is a magnificent
artwork of Javanese art performance that has received acknowledgment
from UNESCO. A dalang (wayang player) plays puppet made from
buffalo's leather behind a white screen. Hence, the audience
can only see the shadow. That's exactly the reason why it's
called "wayang" meaning shadow in English. The attractive
parts of the show lie on the dynamic movement of dalang at
playing different roles of wayang, changing the voice character,
his jokes and even his singing.
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| ASEM Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Workshop on National OSH Strategies |
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Dates
: 12 - 13 October, 2011
Place : Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Description : The 2nd Asia-Europe Meeting Labour and
Employment Ministers' Conference (ASEM-LEMC) that was held
in Indonesia in 2008, adopted the Bali Declaration on More
and Better Jobs - Strategic Cooperation to Promote Decent
Work and Global Labour Markets to our Mutual Benefit. The
Declaration recommended the conduct of projects to improve
the exchange of experiences, expertise and good practice as
well as enhance capacity building through technical cooperation.
One such area identified during the Conference was Occupational
Safety and Health (OSH), in which Indonesia and Singapore
will be taking the lead. Indonesia and Singapore will be co-organising
an ASEM OSH workshop focusing on sharing good practices and
experiences in the development and implementation of national
OSH strategies.
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| Invesda Expo |
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Dates
: 13 - 16 October, 2011
Place : Jogja Expo Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Description : Invesda Expo is one of the most prominent
exhibitions in the country on national and international real
estate and property development projects. Being organized
by Graha Pradipta Jogja Expo Center, the event will be held
between 13-16 October 2011 at the Jogjakarta Expo Center.
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| JOGJA JAVA CARNIVAL 2011 |
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Dates
: 08 - 21 October, 2011
Place : Start: Abu Bakar Ali, Finish: Alun - alun Utara
Description : Every October 7, the people of Yogyakarta has always celebrated the anniversary of his hometown.In 2011 Yogyakarta will celebrate its 255 anniversary. Beginning with a series of activities such as Jogja Mozaik Parade and Villages Festival. Peak of Yogyakarta anniversary will be celebrated with Jogja Java Carnival at October 22 2011. Jogja Java Carnival that carries the brand image: Night Carnival (carnival at night), street performance (performance will always be performed during the carnival run by using the street as the stage area), a mobile floating (stage area that runs embodied in a vehicle as part of stage area), and international participant (involvement of participants from abroad) is expected to become an icon of Yogyakarta tourism event.
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