Sekaten and Grebeg Mauludan in Yogyakarta

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Maulid celebration of the Prophet Muhammad SAW in Yogyakarta, especially to preserve the traditions and culture of Kraton Ngayogjakarta Hadiningrat, holding events Sekaten muludan.Even was conducted a month before the Mauludan.
Sekaten, is a party of people at the Alun-alun Utara, locations in front of the main page Kraton.

In this tradition, there was a lot of events, including carnival penabuhan inheritance and the gamelan be pronounced at certain hours, take place in the Mosque Agung of Yogyakarta, located west of Kraton.
And peak event Sekaten done carnival gunungan / Grebegan, a parade of soldiers Palace, which, among bringing gunungan containing various polowijo / produce, etc.. (Have gunungan polowijan, gunungan lanang, gunungan wadon, etc.).

Uniquely, in the eventcelebritiob of Sultan this, until now, interest in Yogyakarta and the surrounding community is veryhigh.On the extreme hot weather does not keep them to reduce can see from the close grebegan this procession.
They mostly come from far away, willing to thrustto find blessing Ngarso Dalem, the contents of scramble gunungan Grebeg that.We are still very confident that the blessings which can be used for various purposes, such as the decline troops, a good harvest , etc..

Grebeg maulud this year falls on 9 March 2009.

Cultural procession is also one of the attraction for the tourists in and outside the nation.

Overview of reviews about Grebeg maulud from Yogyakarta.