Sekaten
sekaten javanese ꦱꦼꦏꦠꦺꦤ꧀ arabic word syahadatain weeklong javanese traditional ceremony festival fair pasar malam night market commemorating mawlid birthday islamic prophet muhammad celebrated annually started th day th day javanese calendar mulud month corresponding rabi alawwal islamic calendar festivity usually took place northern alunalun square yogyakarta simultaneously also celebrated northern alunalun surakarta ceremony originally initiated sultan hamengkubuwana founder yogyakarta sultanate promote islamic faith day one ceremony commences isya evening prayer royal procession royal guard abdi dalem court official accompanying two set century old gamelan traditional music instrument kyai nogo wilogo kyai guntur madu royal procession led sultan governor yogyakarta representative begin pendopo ponconiti main hall kraton yogyakarta proceeds towards yogyakarta great mosque northern alunalun kyai nogo wilogo gamelan placed northern pavilion grand mosque gamelan kyai guntur madu placed pagongan pavilion southern side mosque two set sacred gamelan played simultaneously everyday th day maulud month seven consecutive day last day two gamelan returned kraton gamelan sekaten surakarta played manner yogyakarta counterpart brought mosque returned palace royal procession led sunan surakarta mayor city council surakarta two day grebeg muludan ceremony called tumplak wajik held palace magangan field pm afternoon ceremony started kotekan ceremony incorporate singing traditional song accompanied rhythmic hitting kentongan bamboo wooden slit drum lumpang rice mortar pestle marked making gunungan carried grebeg mulud festival traditional javanese kue called wajik diamondshaped sticky rice palm sugar essential part ceremony included within gunungan offering song played tumplak wajik ceremony usually popular javanese traditional song lompong keli tundhung setan owal awil yogyakarta main event sekaten called grebeg muludan held th day exactly birthday muhammad starting main gunungan javanese mountain model mountain made sticky rice sweet various food cracker fruit vegetable guarded unit bregodo brigade royal guard palace company majesty kraton guard regiment wirobrojo daeng patangpuluh jogokaryo prawirotomo nyutro ketanggung mantrijero surokarso bugis company together royal guard battalion duchy pakualaman gunungan carried procession kemandungan sitihinggil pagelaran hall finally ended grand mosque prayer gunungan symbolize wealth prosperity mataram sultanate picked fought ripped apart people already waiting square believed object sacred potent could bring good luck prosperity wealth upon household usually part gunungan kept house luck buried rice field traditional javanese farmer believed object grant field fertility protection locust plague misfortune might befell