In each country has diverse cultures n customs, one of them in Indonesia
1.Ritual tiwah
The ritual is a procession to deliver tiwah ancestral spirits relatives who have died to heaven by way of purifying and move the rest of the body from the grave into a place called stumbled.
Ritual tiwah become a tourist attraction unique and distinctive karen many foreign tourists are interested in this ceremony is only done by the Dayak people in Central Kalimantan
2.Kebo-Keboan
The traditional ceremony Kebo-keboan conducted every year by Village residents Alasmalang. At first ceremony was held to invoke the rain downs during droughts, with rainfall this means farmers can grow crops soon.
The climax of the procession is plowing fields and planting rice seedlings in paddy fields. People who behave like the buffalo was to trance and pursue anyone who tries to retrieve the planted rice seeds. Village residents tried to scramble Alasmalang rice seeds, as is believed to be used as a starting-custody maupununtuk profit
3.Adu Buffalo (Mapasilaga Tedong)
Adu buffalo buffalo begins with Caucasians.
Party buffalo fights interspersed with a procession of buffalo-style cuts Toraja, Ma'tinggoro tedong, namely with a machete and cutting buffalo with a single slash. Getting late, the party fights the more crowded because buffalo is a buffalo that pitted males who already have experience of fighting dozens of times.
Before pitted, conducted parade buffalo. There is a Caucasian or an albino buffalo, others have dark patches on his back called salepo and black on the back (lontong boke). The last type is the most expensive price, can be above USD 100 million. There is also a buffalo-neutered male who had allegedly tastes more savory meat
4.Rambu Solo
Signs Solo is a party or a ceremony of grief / death. Customs which have been inherited by the Toraja people for generations. For the families left behind must make a party as a mark of respect to the deceased who have been the last to leave.
After passing a series of events, the deceased on the stretcher using Tongkonan (a kind of typical Toraja traditional house) to the tomb in the cliffs in the cave. The name of the cemetery his grave is Londa.
Beacon's unique solo ceremony is making wooden dolls made very similar to the dead and placed in tebing.Uniknya more ... supposedly he said, the doll's face increasingly similar as the deceased
5.Pasola Sumba
This is part of a series of traditional ceremonies performed by people of Sumba. Every year in February or March a series of traditional ceremonies conducted in order to ask the blessing of the gods for the harvest year so successful. The culmination of a series of traditional ceremonies conducted several days earlier is what is called Pasola. Pasola is 'at war' conducted by two groups of horsemen. Each group consisting of more than 100 youth bersenjakan spears made of wood about kira1 diameter, 5 cm in the left blunt ends
6.Dugderan
Duderan is a ceremony that marked the month of fasting has come. Dugderan executed exactly 1 day before the month of fasting. Dugder words, taken from dugdug sound mix, and the sound of cannon which follow later assumed by Derr.
These activities include public market that began a week before Dugderan, carnival, followed by merahputih troops, bands, troops traditional clothes "Unity in Diversity", cannons, and various potential ngendok warak arts in the city of Semarang. Typical feature of this event is a kind of animal Ngendok warak custom bodied dragon-headed goat skin golden scales, visualization warak ngendok made of paper colors - colors. The event starts from 08.00 until maghrib on the same day also held festivals and Jipin Blantenan warak
7.Tabuik
erived from the word 'ark', from Arabic that means parading, Tabuik ceremony is a tradition on the west coast, West Sumatra, which was held very day. The ceremony was held at the Asura day that falls on the 10th of Muharram, the Islamic calendar.
On the appointed day, since 0600, all participants and completeness of the ceremony in the square getting kota.Para government officials also attended the ceremony's most colossal implementation in West Sumatra.
One Tabuik appointed by the bearers, which accounted for 40 people. Behind Tabuik, the group of people of traditional dress carrying a variety of percussion instruments drums, helped fill the ranks. Occasionally the procession stopped and dozens of people who play a typical martial arts into action as she accompanied Minang tetabuhan.
As the sun sets, the procession came to an end. Both Tabuik brought to shore and then floated out to sea. This is done because there is confidence that this Tabuik thrown into the sea, may dispose of bad luck. In addition, this moment is also believed to be the time Buraq fly to the sky, carrying all kinds arakannya
8.Ngaben
Ngaben is burning or cremation ceremony Hindu Bali.
In Ngaben procession, when the fire started ignited, the flames gradually be enlarged and began to flare ignited the figure's body. Over time the flames began to scorch jazadnya believed to waive any bond worldliness of the dead man. When earthly ties have been released, the more it opened the opportunity to see the truth and immortality in the divine sanctity of nature there.
A few days before the ceremony Ngaben carried out, the family of the deceased assisted by the community to make "Bade and Ox" a very stately made of wood, colored paper and other materials. "Bade and the Ox" is a place which later burned corpse
TYPICAL FESTIVAL INDONESIA
Indonesia is often referred to as the sleeping giant of Southeast Asia, and the epithet was indeed appropriate. With more than 18 thousand islands, this archipelago 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 to search various types of attractions, as well as the 6000 inhabited islands.
Not surprisingly, Indonesia offers the festival a very distinctive feature of their culture, reflecting the ethnic diversity and traditions from various parts of the archipelago. You'll find this 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!
1.Festival Krakatau
Krakatau Festival is an annual festival held in Lampung, was held to celebrate the volcanic island of the same name, Krakatoa. Mount Krakatoa erupted in 1927, the eruption was then produce a new small islands, named Anak Krakatau.
During the festival, visitors can enjoy variety shows like Carnival Tuping (Carnival Mask Lampung), elephant and various dances from Lampund and surrounding cities. End of series of events is a visit to the volcanic island, was still active but was sleeping soundly. For a while!
2.Festival Bali Arts
One of the largest annual celebration of art and culture in Indonesia, Bali Arts Festival is always packed. During the 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, traces of the remote areas of Bali, food, handicrafts, as well as new creations from dance schools in Denpasar and contemporary choreography of national and international artists.
3.Karnaval Batik Solo
Since time immemorial, batik tradition has always had very strong roots in Solo. Kotadi Central Java has made it even batik as an icon and identity, an accurate picture of a city famous for its beauty and subtlety of his kingdom
behavior. 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 bazaar that offers a variety of unique batik and souvenir Solo.
4.Festival Solo International Ethnic Music
One of the latest festival of Solo is the 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
5.Gerebeg Mulud
In the Java language, meaning gerebeg Mulud crowd and is one calendar month name in Java. The celebration, also known as Sekaten, to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The procession lasted all day and 'featuring' two gamelan performances which paraded toward the grand mosque.
In the evening there will be a market in the northern city to add a festive city, the perfect place to try different foods Java and Yogyakarta as well as to hunt for souvenirs.
6.Festival Baliem
Papua typical festival has its roots in the beliefs of local tribes that the war not only conflict keuasaan 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 Festival is an event that was 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 each with 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.