YOGYAKARTA - traditional ceremony Grebeg Maulud Ngayogyakarta palace that was held to coincide with the commemoration of Prophet Muhammad SAW, Monday (09/03/2009) lively. Thousands of visitors who come from various areas as domestic and foreign tourists crowded the town square courtyard Kauman North and Yogyakarta.
Since morning, people have been waiting to enjoy the spectacle of a traditional ceremony which lasted down through the generations each year. Though they should be standing so close in the heat of the sun.
Grebeg Maulud procession this year looks attract the attention of a number of foreign tourists (tourists), who patiently waited since the beginning to the end of the traditional ceremony. They enthusiastically perpetuated the traditional procession through the camera and his video camera.
The course of traditional ceremonial procession Grebeg Maulud a convoy of Mount Lanang, Wadon, Gepak, Pawuhan and Dharat issued from the palace through Siti Hinggil Ngayogyakarta, Exhibition, North Square until the end on page Kauman Masjid Gede Yogyakarta.
Mountains are made from food ingredients such as vegetables, beans, red pepper,, sweet and some complementary made of sticky rice and shaped like a mountain, which symbolizes prosperity and wealth Mataram palace ground.
Mount Parade Lanang, Wadon, Gepak, Pawuhan and Dharat led by Manggoloyudho (warlord) GBPH Yudhaningrat greeted with volley shot by soldiers in the palace when out of the palace and through the North Square.
Accompaniment "Mount" the palace soldiers escorted nine troops, including soldiers Wirobrojo, Ketanggung, Bugis, Daeng, Patangpuluh, Nyutro. They wore uniforms and attributes of different colors and carrying a spear gun, a dagger and an ancient rifle.
Furthermore, a number of "mountains" taken to the Great Mosque / Great Kauman Yogyakarta, to pray for the prince palace. Then the "mountains" that became seizure residents who had waited since morning in the courtyard mosque.
While the mountains was brought to the Temple Pakualaman escorted by traditional warriors and later became seizure of hundreds of local residents.
Those who obtain part of the "mountain" is still believed that the alms of King Palace Ngayogyakarta lane X will bring blessings to their lives.
Ngayogyakarta Palace for a year held a traditional ceremony Grebeg Large three times the Grebeg Syawal was held to coincide with Eid al-Fitr, the Great Grebeg coincide with Eid al-Adha and Grebeg Maulud or coincided with the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad.
Meanwhile, Chairman of Insan Slaturahmi Tourism Forum (Fosipa) Indonesia, Sarbini who asked komentarna by Antara in Yogyakarta, said the traditional ceremony held Grebeg Ngayogyakarta Palace is a cultural activity which still attract the attention of citizens of Yogyakarta, as well as foreign tourists (tourists).
Properly, these traditional activities can be packaged into an attractive tourist packages. Moreover, the Palace Ngayogyakarta Hadingrat be part golden triangle tours Central Java-Yogyakarta is often the main objective menmjadi foreign tourists visiting (tourists). Traditional ceremony''is not only attractive to domestic tourists (wisnus) but also in demand by foreign tourists who were visiting this area,''said Sarbini.
source : http://www.yogyakartaonline.com
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