"Alms Punthuk Setumbu" expected to be the area of tourism events calendar
Regent said it in his written speech read by the Head of History,
The tradition was marked by a procession on foot along approximately one kilometer by hundreds of people wearing traditional clothes from Javanese village up the hill Punthuk Setumbu (1300 meters from sea level). The place is located about two miles west of
They appeared with a stretcher carrying a number of other cone-shaped mound of rice, produce, and diamond. Dozens of people led goats and cattle in the neck berkalung diamond.
Dozens of folk arts groups also participated in the procession such as dance and music grasak tambourine, while several young women dressed in kebaya, each carrying a pitcher of water and rose blossoms. All participants of the procession seen berkalung diamond.
The procession led by elders of local residents, Dul Rosyid (90), which begins with a splash of water against a pair of men to women in the village street.
Rosyid was leading the prayers, burning incense, and with a number of other community leaders planted trees in the hills as a symbol of community commitment to preserving the natural environment.
The tradition was held hereditary society every "prey kapat" in the Javanese calendar calculations.
Punthuk hill was a strategic Setumbu to see the beauty of
In other places there were between two and five springs tamarind tree estimated was about 175 years old.
Head of Culture and Tourism Provincial Government of Central Java, Bambang Gatot Hastowo, in a written speech read by the Head of the History and Antiquities, Suhardi, said, needs a strong fabric of communication between communities and local government for the development of culture and tourism potential.
In the future, he said, performances (performances) that tradition serving quality should be improved and supported by marketing to both tourists and foreign archipelago.
Internal Supervisory Unit Head of PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Prambanan, and Ratu Boko, Jamari, stated, his side responded positively to the community effort to develop the tradition.
Activities include folk art performances enlivened by a number of groups came mainly from the area of
Manager Borobudur one community, "Public Info Cleguk Universe", Sucoro, confessed, he shared some of that community managers have the information that the tradition has been around since the 1960 era.
If the tradition is going to be a calendar of tourism events
Each tradition is sustainable and growing, he said, must be supported by a strong commitment to the community.
He said, the hill was often heard crowing chickens at night as a mark would happen pagebluk or malignant epidemic which claimed many victims so that people anticipate with mutual help clean up the surrounding natural environment.
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