Weekend in Dieng, Ada Cultural Festival

 

Mansatrue- Cultural arts festival in the Dieng plateau, Magelang, Dieng Culture Festival (DCF) will be held on July 31 until August 2, 2015. In the operation which took Culture for Harmony's canopy, some agenda has been prepared to entertain visitors.
On the first day, visitors will be invited to enjoy jazz music through Jazz stage the Clouds. AbsurdNation, Batavicada, HajarBleh, The Lounge, Cadenza and will be Jammers Instrumental Jazz Cloud Top performers this year. Stage which will stand on this Arjuna temple complex not only will entertain the visitors, but also to the surrounding population. Roasted corn and drinks typical Dieng, Purwaceng.
The second day will begin with a mountain expedition Pangonan. There, participants are invited to enjoy the beautiful view of the sunrise. Another agenda item during this expedition is the planting of trees.
The main event on the second day is the Lantern Festival. Thousands of lanterns will be released in Arjuna temple complex with interludes shot fireworks. The visitors who have tickets DCF also got the chance to explain lanterns provided by the committee.
In addition to two earlier events, the second day will be filled with art performances and film screenings. Before Saturday ended, visitors will be entertained with a puppet show in eastern Arjuna temple complex.
The third day will be the highlight of DCF. The agenda, especially if not Ritual Barber Gembel. Cutting children's hair tangled hair requires special ritual tangled hair because the child is considered as an incarnation of the god. If the trash hair was cut haphazardly, gembelnya believed that the hair will grow again.
Another interesting thing is, the procession haircuts can only be done on the request (or approval) of the child, and any child requests to be met by a parent or guardian.
Begins with a procession of chanting, then the child's hair cut by elders adatatau trash public figures. Hair that has been cut will then recited prayers before finally floated or discarded.
This ritual is very interesting, judging from how the traditional values ​​are still maintained by the residents of Dieng. This hair pelarungan procession also well into the closing ceremony DCF previously been held five times.
DCF initiated by Travel Awareness Group (Pokdarwis) Dieng Kulon Village, District Batur, Banjarnegara, Central Java. In its implementation, Pokdarwis supported by the District Government Banjarnegara and Central Java Provincial Government, as well as various sponsors.