PEOPLE OF SEMARANG HAS ITS OWN
TRADITIONAL RITUAL TO CELEBRATE THE COMING MONTH OF HOLLY RAMADHAN SO CALLED
"DUGDERAN". THIS UNIQUE TRADITIONAL RITUAL HAS HELD AS A SIGN OF THE
BEGINNING OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FASTING AND WAS STARTED
IN 1881 DURING THE REIGN OF THE REGENT OF SEMARANG, PURBANINGKRAT. DUGDERAN
RITUAL THAT GOES FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION IN THE GREAT MOSQUE KAUMAN,
JOHAR MARKET AREA, SEMARANG IS PRECEDED BY A DRUM PROCESSION ESCORTED BY
SOLDIERS DUCHY TETABUHAN SEMARANG PAST.
Dugderan, this traditional ritual has goes through time to time to celebrate the coming month of Holly Ramadhan along the years. In this ritual procession there are also typical animal mascot called Warak Ngendok which has been convoy throughout the street. Approaching Kauman Great Mosque, the oldest mosque in Semarang, a convoy of soldiers guarding the mayor of Semarang, who has played as the Regent of Semarang.
Some soldiers escorted by walking backwards towards the mosque. Thousands of people drawn to this tradition, even dozens of children appear to be happy playing music or stamping drums used to wake the dawn.
The atmosphere is also rang with food vendors, merchants and entertainers toys tiban, as well as visitors from various parts of the city come along this way to take part in this celebration.
Toys warak Ngendhog is typical toys that appear once and only present at the celebration of dugderan tradition, with a shape resembling a goat's body and serpent-shaped head. According to the legend of this animal is the combination of animals and mythical Chinese dragon Buroq from Arabic, in other words warak ngendhog as a symbol of unity of various ethnic groups in Semarang, since the city established this Ki Ageng Pandanaran many ethnic Chinese live.
Celebration of this dugderan tradition is still preserved until now and dugderan traders recently, focused on the Polder Tawang.
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