Taking care of Chinese Culture Through Festivals
the Jogja, Jia Xiang – since Monday night (10/2/14) Chinese Cultural Festival in Yogyakarta held in Ketandan Village, Chinatown. Vice Governor of Yogyakarya Sri Paduka Paku Alam IX, who was officially opening the event.
Festival that became a series of Chinese new year feast and Cap Go Meh this will take place through Saturday (14/2/14). Prod the twigs three times made Sri Paduka Paku Alam IX, marking the opening of a Chinese Cultural Festival In
night. the opening ceremony of the festival, the attractions of the lion dance and cheer the liong invitations and residents who gathered at the Hometown Chinatown Ketandan. Earlier, the dance "Wooden Horse Rode" is shown to illustrate the magnitude of the expectations of the citizens of the Chinese lunar new year in 2677. Traditional Chinese art performances as well as other ethnic traditional art coloring this.
festival at the height of the opening ceremony, Taiwan and Indonesia artist collaborations, Jen Shyu Nini Thowok, Educates joint amaze the audience. They performed a song titled "Beuty meet Beuty".
representative of JCACC, KS Pinnaiawati said, this festival will take place for five days. In addition to celebrating the Chinese new year, this festival was created to further introduce Chinese ethnic culture and tradition as an integral part of the culture of the nation of Indonesia.
"Chinese Cultural Festival has become the event to strengthen fraternity among different ethnicities in Yogyakarta. In addition the festival became part of the Chinese culture to the mengampanyekan efforts of the wider community, "said Pinnaiawati to the Jia Xiang Hometown in Yogyakarta on Tuesday (11/2/14).
a variety of events and performances will take place for five days in Chinatown this Ketandan Village. Traditional performing arts and attractions will take place from 17: 00 until 22: 00 pm
While, for lovers of the culinary in the festival you can enjoy a variety of Chinese cuisine as well as traditional culinary diverse area in Indonesia. The visitors also spoiled by bazaar of Chinese trinkets and souvenirs as well as Cap Go Meh at an affordable price.[Dee/U1]