Sekaten Ceremony in Surakarta.

Ceremony Traditions Sekaten in Surakarta as the symbolic value of Ceremony Traditions Sekaten in Kasunanan Surakarta Palace, in the form of the origins of convening Sekaten with the establishment of the Kingdom of Demak as a center of Islamic proselytizing by Raden Patah and Wali Songo.    

The spread of Islam was made with the local culture culture with Islamic teachings. For that made a momentum which coincided with the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, which preaches by using the media gamelan. Society was interested, and those who come to the mosque given mission and requested to read the Creed as the pledge and the recognition of self to God.          

This is getting a positive response, and long known as Sekaten. The procession in the ceremony Sekaten Tradition in Kraton Kasunanan Surakarta  that is marked by rung gamelan sekaten, in the Great Mosque for the first time. During one week of the Great Mosque yard filled with crowds, by the traders who sell merchandise typical sekaten, foreign tourists, as well as people who want to listen to the strains of Gamelan Kiai Guntur Madu and Kiai Guntur Sari placed in the Hall of North and South Great Mosque.          

At the peak of the program, issued the Gunungan from the palace. Communities from different regions came to attend the event, including the tradition scramble Gunungan that are trusted by the community will bring blessings and good fortune. Symbols contained in the Folklore Ceremony Traditions Sekaten in Kasunanan Surakarta Palace, which is found in the Gunungan issued by the palace.