Thursday, October 13, 2016

Grebeg Suro, National Reyog Festifal and Islamic New Year Celebration in Ponorogo

Grebeg Suro is the biggest culture event in Ponorogo regency that held on a certain occasion of welcomed Islam New Year or Saka New Year that often known as one suro date (one of Javanese month). This agenda entered East Java tourism calendar (Calendar of event). Grebeg Suro is the ritual culture incident and became the party site of Ponorogo people. Usually it begun a week before 1 Suro.


It is the series of Grebeg Suro agenda is National Reog Festival, various good activity sorts the race and the exhibition and ended with Larungan agenda in Ngebel lake. 

reyog performance in national reyog festival

Reog National Festival is held every year in Aloon-aloon Ponorogo in order to welcome the Islamic New Year, at the opening of the Grebeg Suro festival, marked with fireworks, as for participants who followed the festival came from several cities in Indonesia.

Kirab Pusaka (credit to tribunnews.com)


Kirab Pusaka is a anniversary parade of translocation the city from old city at Kauman Kota lama to Ponorogo city at present. The parade consist of procession of the city leaders and traditional troops who carried flags and old relics and followed by reyog convoy.

Larung Risalah Doa (credit to khabarjoss.wordpress.com)

Larung Risalah Doa is the ritual that describe the gratitude of the People for the wealth and prosperity on past years and symboli of bright hope for next year.

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