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    Saturday, December 8, 2012

    Grebeg Sekaten Year Dal

    Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat prepare special seven mountains to enliven Grebeg Dal Sekaten year (calculations based on calendar year Java) or a plan in 2010 which was held on Friday, February 26, 2010

    Usually only five mountains on each Grebeg Sekaten, two Mount Question mount Princess, Mount Gepak and Pawuhan, but because this year is a year-Dal, the amount of the special mountains there are seven mountains.

    Two additional mountains to be issued in the palace sekaten year is Mount Dharat Dal, and the most special is Mount Bromo.

    Bromo mound should not be contested by people, and must be returned in full to the state court, after being paraded and pray in the mosque Gedhe, in Kauman, City of Yogyakarta. This is a tough task for the soldiers who carried the palace Mount Bromo, because they really have an obligation to guard and maintain the mountains

    In addition to being carried or brought to Gedhe Mosque, one of the two was taken to Mount Question Pura (palace) Pakualaman, also up for grabs by the public after the prayer.

    In addition to Mount Bromo, the other features on Grebeg sekaten year celebration is the procession Dal making lump of rice made the Sultan Hamengkubuwono (HB) X. Rice is taken from a container called Kanjeng Mrico Nyai, then distributed to anyone present at the event.

    One week before Grebeg held, the palace has hosted the ceremony Ngayogyakarta Miyos Gongso, namely Nogo out Wilogo gamelan Kyai Guntur Madu and Kyai on February 19, and ending with Kondur gongso or re-entry into the palace gamelan on February 25. Both the orchestra is placed in the mosque Gedhe and struck for a week, except on Thursday afternoon until Friday afternoon.

    Before Kondur Gongso, Sri Sultan HB X-udhik will spread udhik namely yellow rice and some coins in Gedhe Mosque, followed by the reading of history or the history of Prophet Muhammad. After that followed by kicking the mosque compound walls, or a trail known as the procession of the wall.

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