Unique Seollal Lunar New Year in Solo City
Every year when you visit to Surakarta, better known as Solo-in
Central Java, Indonesia, celebrated the Seollal Lunar New Year as the Grebeg
Sudiro celebration. In 2018, Grebeg
Sudiro held from Feb. 8th to Feb. 15th, 2018 around traditional
marPasar Gedhe or Pecinan Solo. The area will be lit up with hundreds of
lanterns, lion dances and dragons will be lined up along the streets
accompanied by clash of cymbals and sweat, people with colorful Chinese and
Javanese traditional costumes parade, while the contemporary royal dance from
the palace or palace of Sultan Solo and Mangkunegaran royal house will perform
along Sudiroprajan street.
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The parade finished at Tien Kok Sie
Temple in front of Pasar Gedhe or Pasar Agung
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After following the Javanese tradition, a large mountain called gunungan will be carried around, composed of thousands of Lunar New Year cakes, called pillow cakes. The mountains will be flown and carried by people around the Sudiroprajan road, followed by Chinese and Javanese performances. The highlight of the parade was the lighting of the large lantern at the main gate of Pasar Gedhe in the form of a pitcher, immediately accompanied by a spate of thousands of lanterns in Pecinan Solo.
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Gunungan,
composed pillow cakes for Lunar New
Year
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There was 5,000 lanterns installed in
Pasar Gedhe area
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The celebration of Grebeg Sudiro in Lunar New Year has a ritual meaning of thanksgiving to God and nature. The Sudiroprajan area is located in Jebres district in Solo city, where the Chinese and the mixed descendants have settled and lived harmony with the native Javanese community. For centuries their cultural traditions have converged and mixed marriages become commonplace as in the united celebration of the Seollal Lunar New Year called Grebeg Sudiro
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