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Apem, Nyadran and Padusan, Purify Hearts on Ramadhan
Before Ramadhan, Moslem in Jogjakarta holds 3 unique traditions to welcome the fasting month. First, make a cake from sticky rice. It is simple, but needs painstaking, perhaps 2-3 hours to make sweet sticky rice ready ...

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Ramayana Dance, A Graceful Love
If you go to Candi Prambanan, there's a love story which is shaped on its wall. It's Ramayana love story. The story came from India thousands years ago. The story was began on a contest of Prabu Janaka, who looking for ...

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Gamelan, A Symbol of High Culture
Gamelan comes from the word gembelan, means played by striking on it. To get the harmoniously, gamelan must be blended with another instruments, such as bonang, kendang, saron, peking, gong, gender, slenthem, ketuk, ...

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Wayang, Local Art Javanese Proud of
''Semar Ngejawantah!!'', the sound of Dalang was spoke loudly at the wayang performance. Semar is the one part of Punakawan (the clown servant figures in wayang kulit).

Wayang performance has been entrenched in ...

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Keris, Royal Sacred Waeapon
Keris is a iron artefacts produced by the expert who can make the weapon perfectly. The keris can be owned only by kings, army officer and the makers.
The history of keris, begining from metal epoch in Indonesian at ...

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Batik, The Art of Painting
UNESCO Inscribes Indonesian Batik on the List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2 October 2009, UNESCO would announce Indonesia Batik as intangible world heritage. The 24 Member States of the ...

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Labuhan Alit Merapi, The Symbol of Sacred Ceremony
Mount Merapi is not only a mountain, but also a sacred symbol in Jogjakarta mystic. It connected with Islam Mataram on Java. As part of the natural balance, Mount Merapi is located in the balance sheet with Parangtritis ...

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