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Kemiren Village - Banyuwangi

Kemiren Village Cultural Heritage

Time can change, Culture still remain. Kemiren Countryside, Glagah District, Banyuwangi Sub-Province is the one that still exist by its tradition until present time.

Banyuwangi cultural heritage still remain by the existing of Kemiren Village as one of tourism object nowadays. The people and the government are together maintaining the tourism as a genuinely tourism object to show the particular things which arose from the old Banyuwangi till present time.

The culture itself is stand still with its genuine parts, like the everlasting history which still remain by the time changes. For instance, the houses around Kemiren village are charmingly stand with its unique architecture of Gebyuk and the tradition inside the house.

Nevertheless, between the tradition and modernization is also being particularly unite as shows in farming method. The farmers nowadays are effectively using the modern ways to to their lands, in order to practice the result and also to get the quality of the harvest.

Another custom which still remain is the way of Wedding Ceremony. Banyuwangi people is still face into traditional marriage with serial of actions to do before the day of the bride and the groom is meet and being legalize as husband and wife. For example, the first step from wedding day is start by doing Lamaran Manten or marriage proposal. On Lamaran Manten, the groom and the family attending the bride’s house to propose the women while bringing the Seserahan or kind of Gift to bride’s family. After the Seserahan has taken by the bride’s family, those are choosing the right date to go to the wedding day.

American have their own Thanksgiving Day, but on Kemiren Village is also has its own Thanksgiving day to say grateful to God for the harvest and peace. On the day, the inhabitant are gathering on one place by bringing Tumpeng. Tumpeng is one of Indonesian traditional food which made of yellow rice inside and it has conical form on it. The inhabitant made thousand of Tumpeng or it calls as Tumpeng Sewu. Hence, Banyuwangi’s Thanksgiving is being called as Tumpeng Sewu ceremony.

More info visit: www.banyuwangi.eastjava.com

Petik Laut Ceremony - Situbondo

Petik Laut Ceremony and Initiation

Petik laut ceremony is an annual ceremony which is held by the Situbondo fisherman as a thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bless and kindness from the harvest sea times and safety during fishing time regarding the storm and blizzard.

This ritual is always being attended by thousand fisherman groups, especially from Panarukan. The ceremony itself is nowadays become more modern, starring by artists, traditional performances, music performances, Dangdut orchestra and Gandrung Banyuwangi. There is also “Pengajian” competion, games and sort of.

The main ritual from “Petik Laut” Ceremony is floating the ‘Sesaji’ in the middle of the sea, ‘Sesaji’ is the things to be dedicated to the God, it is contain of foods, rice, spices, but the most important is Cow’s head. The ‘sesaji’ boat, is already been prayed of before floated in the middle of the sea. This ceremony is a kind of cultural and national heritage, but the things done by the local society, including the fund. The local inhabitants are also the contributors for this ceremony. The inhabitants believe by doing this ceremonial will save the fisherman while they are fishing toward storm and will have more bless and harvest.

More info visit: www.situbondo.eastjava.com

Petik Laut Ceremony - Situbondo

Petik Laut Ceremony and Initiation

Petik laut ceremony is an annual ceremony which is held by the Situbondo fisherman as a thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bless and kindness from the harvest sea times and safety during fishing time regarding the storm and blizzard.

This ritual is always being attended by thousand fisherman groups, especially from Panarukan. The ceremony itself is nowadays become more modern, starring by artists, traditional performances, music performances, Dangdut orchestra and Gandrung Banyuwangi. There is also “Pengajian” competion, games and sort of.

The main ritual from “Petik Laut” Ceremony is floating the ‘Sesaji’ in the middle of the sea, ‘Sesaji’ is the things to be dedicated to the God, it is contain of foods, rice, spices, but the most important is Cow’s head. The ‘sesaji’ boat, is already been prayed of before floated in the middle of the sea. This ceremony is a kind of cultural and national heritage, but the things done by the local society, including the fund. The local inhabitants are also the contributors for this ceremony. The inhabitants believe by doing this ceremonial will save the fisherman while they are fishing toward storm and will have more bless and harvest.

More info visit: www.situbondo.eastjava.com

Grebek Suro Ceremony - Ponorogo

Grebeg Suro

Grebeg Suro is the biggest culture event in Ponorogo regency that held on a certain occasion of welcomed Islam New Year or Saka New Year that often known as one suro date (one of Javanese month). This agenda entered East Java tourism calendar (Calendar of event). Grebeg Suro is the ritual culture incident and became the party site of Ponorogo people. Usually it begun a week before 1 Suro.
It is the series of Grebeg Suro agenda is Reog National festival, various good activity sorts the race and the exhibition and ended with Larungan agenda in Ngebel lake. The parade of the elephant statue that consist of the musical procession and the elephant statues. Those statues have received by human kind and climbed onto by two children. This art is has influenced by Islam culture.

More info visit: www.ponorogo.eastjava.com

Larung Sesaji Traditional Ceremony - Blitar

Larung Sesaji Ceremony

Larung Sesaji Ceremony is held every 1 Suro (the Javanese calendar) in the South Sea, Tambakrejo beach, Wonotirto district. Larung Sesaji Ceremony is done to express the grateful feeling and also to pray to God who has given the sailors a lot of sea products and also safety.

This ceremony has followed by almost all of society around the beach. They rice cone and throw away on the south sea. That food is the symbol of the grateful expression of the favors that they have gotten from the only one of God.

More info visit: www.blitar.eastjava.com

Batik Clothes Tulungagung

Batik is an Indonesian traditional clothes, which popular since the ancient time of Javanese people made it. Hence, the particular mode, design, art and history from each regions are different with other regions. That is why Tulungagung has the term for their Batik clothes. Batik which came from East Java commonly has bright colors than Batik from Mid Java. Those particular colors taken from different region make each of them become an identity for the area.

for details visit:
www.tulungagung.eastjava.com