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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Tapa Bisu Mubeng Beteng

Yogyakarta city, famous has many arts and culture, Tapa bisu mubeng beteng is the famous one.
Tapa Bisu Mubeng Beteng is an ascetism ritual by walking around the Palace fortress. People walking without speaking, this tradition is held to celebrate Javanese New Year event on the 1st Suro month.

Thursday, tomorrow is 1st Suro month (Javanese calender). So, tonight will be conducted the ritual Tapa Bisu Mubeng Beteng. This cultural event has been very old, but till at this time still could remain.

Like years before, thousands of communities beginning with children, the adolescent and old carried out the ceremony Mubeng Beteng (orbited the palace fortress) Yogyakarta, didn't say or without dismissing a word anything.

Tapa bisu could be called as the symbol of the concern and readiness in facing the New Year (Javanese calender). Setles x'self in entering new year calendar of Java and hopefully always was given by God a safety and prosperity.