Yogyakarta, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Java, has a variety of techniques to pamper each guest who enters its borders. Your holiday activities are even more fascinating because you may witness the distinctive and lovely annual festival in addition to the beautiful tourist sites. These are some of the festivals that you can attend while on vacation in the city of Yogyakarta.
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This festival is held to celebrate the Prophet Muhammad's birth, and the activities are a continuation of rites and traditions dating back to the Walisongo era. Located in the North Square of the Yogyakarta Palace, this event featured various exciting entertainment, hundreds of food stands, drinks, souvenirs, and different night market-style games for a whole month.
The Grebeg Maulid, an occasion for thanksgiving held by the Yogyakarta Palace by creating mountains of blessings, is the main focus of this folk festival. After the salvation ritual, the 'gunungan' of various crops will be paraded to the square to distribute to the crowd.
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The festival is a traditional and modern art event held for two weeks. For those who want to see Jogja's art from a fresh perspective, this combination of the event's original concept and content, imaginative decorations, and other fascinating stands is well worth the wait.
You can participate in various activities like theater, music, stand-up comedy, dance, poetry readings, musicals, mime, and film screenings, as well as creative courses like painting, patchwork, and handicrafts.
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The sugarcane is paraded around the Madukismo PG factory complex to start this ritual. The black cane stem is typically used to represent the male cane, and the yellow cane is usually used to represent the female variety. According to various sources, the sugarcane marriage means that the couple will form a peaceful and prosperous family. While a further meaning is a form of better cooperation between the company and sugarcane farmers
The cembengan ceremony is held every year before the milling season becomes more lively with various art performances and folk markets.
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Indonesian jazz performers are ready to dazzle us with their performances at Ngayogjazz both day and night. Every year, Ngayogjazz is held in random areas, like picturesque rural settings, and it always brings impressive guest stars. The selection of villages in Yogyakarta as the implementation point implies that all people and the community can enjoy jazz.
