6 Typical Festival in Indonesia

Indonesia is often called the sleeping giant of Southeast Asia, and the epithet was was appropriate. With more than 18 thousand islands, this island chain has a remarkable diversity of what you can see or do while on vacation there.

Modernization brings a wide range of development (some say excessive development) to Jakarta, while the Bali tourism back to life after being destroyed when a bomb blast 2002. There are also mountains such as Borobudur Bromo and the mystical search for various types of attractions, as well as the 6000 inhabited islands.

Not surprisingly, Indonesia offers a wide range of festivals that are very distinctive feature of their culture, reflecting the ethnic diversity and traditions from various parts of the archipelago. You will find that diversity in Indonesia is typical of six festivals, ranging from the celebration of art, batik, dance and ceremony. If possible, you can witness one of the festival during his visit to Indonesia!

• Krakatau Festival

Krakatau Festival is an annual festival held in Lampung, held to celebrate the volcanic island of the same name, Krakatau. Krakatau Mount erupted in 1927, the eruption was then generate new small islands, called Anak Krakatau.

During the festival, visitors can enjoy variety shows like Tuping Carnival (Lampung Carnival Mask), elephant and various dances from Lampung and surrounding towns. End of series of events was a visit to the island's volcanic, is still active but was sleeping soundly. For a while!

• Bali Arts Festival

One of the largest annual celebration of art and culture in Indonesia, Bali Arts Festival is always crowded. During the entire month, various art performances, exhibitions and other cultural activities will take place in Bali, offering dance, music and beauty of their culture.

Celebrations famous attractions such as traditional dances that have been almost forgotten, the trace of a remote area in Bali, food, crafts, new creations from dance schools in Denpasar and contemporary choreography of national and international artists.

• Solo Batik Carnival

 Since time immemorial, batik tradition has always had very strong roots in Solo. The city in Central Java has made it even batik as an icon and identity, an exact image of a famous city for its beauty of kingdom. Solo Batik Carnival was held to reinforce that tradition, and to promote batik on national and international scale.

This event is a combination of ceremonies, fashion shows and carnivals, all using batik as a theme. There will also be a bazaar that offers a wide range of unique batik and souvenirs Solo.

  

• Solo International Ethnic Music  Festival

One of the latest  festival of Solo is Solo International Ethnic Music (Siem) Festival, which focuses on performances and celebration of ethnic music. This event is a unique platform for collaboration between modern and ethnic music, local artists and international.

The long list of performers including artists Minangkabau, Riau, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Papua, Kalimantan, and even foreign artists from Japan, Australia, India, New Zealand and many others.

• Gerebeg Mulud

In Java language, gerebeg mean the crowd and mulud is one of calendar month name in Java. Celebration, also known as Sekaten, to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The procession lasted all day and 'showing' two gamelan performances are paraded toward the grand mosque.

In the evening there will be a market in the northern city to increase the excitement of the city, a great place to try different foods as well as Java and Yogyakarta to hunt for souvenirs.

• Baliem Festival

Papua festival typically rooted in the beliefs of local tribes that the war not only conflict of power and interests, but also a symbol of fertility and prosperity. Since 20 years ago, local governments have stressed the importance of peace between the tribes who fought to prevent retaliation and prolonged loss of life. So, Baliem Valley Festival is an event held to replace the war between the tribe.

As you may have guessed, the main event is a war between tribes. Imagine more than 20 different tribes with their respective 30 to 50 people wearing traditional clothing, carrying spears, bows, arrows and machetes! There are also performances and a host of other attractions, such as local traditional games, dances, as well as local cuisine.

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