Larung Sesaji Traditional Ceremony

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…

Ponorogo Cultural Site

Ponorogo Cultural Site Ponorogo is famous as The City Of Reog, one of Indonesian Traditional art culture which is the mixture of art, traditional dance and kind of mystical art culture. Ponorogo today is become one of East Java Cultural tourism Icon. By the date of 1st Muharam of Suro, the city held an annual ceremony called Grebeg Ponorogo Suro, which is also the day of Ponorogo’s anniversary. Among the tradition and ceremony from Ponorogo cultural site, they usually have their own characteristic to be shown at their performance, like…

The Traditional Ledug Suro Ceremony

Ledug Suro So many ways are being used by the local government to celebrate the new year of Hijriah. At Jogjakarta there is Sekaten, at Solo (Mid Java) there is Grebeg Syuro because it coincidently come with the change of Java’s year which starting from Suro. Any other places like Sukabumi (West Java) is also celebrate this Islamic new year by doing Larung. Different with other places, in Magetan East Java, in order to attract the visitors to come, they make “Ledhug”. Lesung Suro and Bedug Muharam (Ledhug) is drum…

Madura Annual’s Ceremony : Bull Race

The Background Of Bull Racing Bullrace is one of Madura’s culture, which become the special characteristis of Madura Island. The beginning of the bullrace originated from the fact that Madura is not so fertile that is not good for agriculture, instead the Madurese cath fish and breed cows and bulls which are also used for farming especially to plough the fields where paddies or second crop plants are grown. A man named Syeh Ahmad Baidawi who firstly introduced the weay of working the soil with using bamboo sled pulled by…

Grebek Suro Ponorogo

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…