Some unique culture in Java
@Chakimmm (999)
Indonesia
October 23, 2021 6:03pm CST
Being part of an agrarian country, making rural communities close to rice fields, making it a source of life that is inherent in behavior and daily life. As an expression of gratitude, every year the community holds a traditional Kebo-keboan ceremony.
This traditional ceremony that is hundreds of years old, there will be dozens of people dressed up like buffalo who will escort "Dewi Sri" to sow rice seeds in the fields. This sacred ceremony is routinely held at the beginning of every Suro month of the Javanese calendar.
The series of traditional kebo-keboan ceremonies began a week earlier with a prayer procession and a pilgrimage to the grave of mbah Karti, an ancestor of the village of alasmalang who started this tradition 300 years ago. This is one of the unique traditions in Java, there are many other traditions that can be found here
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@florelway (23158)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Oct 21
It's nice to keep the tradition.
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@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
23 Oct 21
@florelway Yes it's so hard to keep the traditions passed down from the past, but some people are very enthusiastic about it
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@florelway (23158)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Oct 21
@Chakimmm with what is going in the world todat that's really hard to do.
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@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 21
@florelway Yeah right, the development of technology is very fast it will be difficult to maintain the tradition, most people have used technology and are starting to forget their traditions
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
30 Oct 21
I'm not sure if we have anything like that.
We celebrate every year the Poet who wrote about a mouse
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
30 Oct 21
@Chakimmm
I think a lot of our old culture has been lost.
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@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
30 Oct 21
@JimBo452020 Yeah that's true, many cultures have been forgotten, therefore we must keep the cultures that still exist and must be preserved
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@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
30 Oct 21
@JimBo452020 Each region must have its own culture, including yours, maybe that's one of them
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@RebeccasFarm (86838)
• United States
29 Oct 21
This is wonderful to keep the culture and to celebrate life and food.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful time with us.
@rusmantoahmads (107)
• Samarinda, Indonesia
24 Oct 21
I'm proud, some areas can still maintain a very long tradition of culture.
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@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 21
@rusmantoahmads Yes, that's right, all regions of Indonesia must have their own culture
@Chakimmm (999)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 21
@rusmantoahmads Yes, I hope so too, by teaching the younger generation to preserve existing traditions
@rusmantoahmads (107)
• Samarinda, Indonesia
24 Oct 21
@Chakimmm I hope the future generations will be able to maintain this kind of culture.
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