Surakarta or
Solo is famous for batik clothes, one of
the products of high cultural value of
Indonesia. In Solo there are some special rules about the use of batik,
include: social status of the one who wear some special pattern and special events where batik should be used
in conjunction with the hope or blessing through batik designs. Solo batik designs are
also often associated with Hindu Javanese culture, a symbol Sawat or supreme
power of the crown, the symbol of the mountain Meru or earth, symbol of the
water dragon, symbol of the wind or the birds of the upper world and the symbol
of Fire Tongue of fire. Batik in Solo is not about fahion. Various efforts have been made to
introduce and preserve batik products. One
of them is like the annual event held by
The Government of Surakarta , Solo Batik Carnival (SBC).
This Event, Solo Batik Carnival (SBC) is an annual event
conducted by The Government of Surarakarta City. The participants is actually only from the local region. But on
Batik Carnival in Solo in 2010 there were 20 participating countries Asia
Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) that
come to enliven the Solo Batik Carnival. Countries taking part include Iran,
Laos, Fiji, Cambodia, Brunei, Oman, Iran, Maldipes, Thailand, Sri Lanka,
Malaysia, Buton, Afghanistan, India, Qatar, Palestine, Armenia, and Jordan.
The delegates
followed the carnival carriage horses.
Along the way they always smiled and waved to the thousands of people who
thronged Slamet Riyadi Street.
Solo Batik
Carnival (SBC), which has become an icon of the Solo can be seen starting from
the intersection of Jalan Slamet Riyadi Purwosari and will end up in the Ngarsopuro. Carnival
dispatched at 15:00 pm.
The festival
is of course very helpful to attract foreign tourists to visit Indonesia. Just
for you know that in 2011, there are around 200 000 tourists from the America.
visited Indonesia. This year, the Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry expects
the number of tourists from the U.S. visiting Indonesia to reach 225.000
tourist.And Solo as
festival organizers will be known internationally, as a city that has a lot of
cultural tourism attraction to visit.
I like Central Java, specially Solo... seneng banget panganane!
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