6 Exotic Travel in Indonesia

Nicknamed as the giant country's Islands of Southeast Asia is exactly strapped Indonesia. With more than 18 thousand islands, this archipelago has a remarkable diversity of what you can see or do while on vacation there.

Not surprisingly, Indonesia offers a wide range of festivals that are very distinctive feature of their culture, reflecting the ethnic diversity and traditions from various parts of the archipelago. You will find that diversity in the six festival is unique to Indonesia, ranging from the celebration of art, batik, dance and ceremony.

You can witness one of the festival during his visit to Indonesia. As quoted from unearthingasia.com, Saturday (12/10/2011).

Krakatoa Festival

Krakatoa Festival is an annual festival held in Lampung, was held to celebrate the volcanic island of the same name, Krakatau. Mount Krakatoa erupted in 1927, the eruption was then generate new small islands, called Anak Krakatau.

During the festival, visitors can enjoy a variety of performances such as Carnival Tuping (Lampung Mask Carnival), elephant and various dances from Lampund and surrounding towns. End of series of events was a visit to the volcanic island, is still active but is sleeping soundly. For a while!

Bali Arts Festival

One of the biggest annual celebration of arts and culture in Indonesia, Bali Arts Festival is always crowded. During the entire month, a variety of performing arts, exhibitions and other cultural activities will take place in Bali, offering dance, music and the beauty of their culture.

Celebration of the famous attractions such as traditional dances that have been almost forgotten, the trace of a remote area in Bali, food, crafts, as well as new creations from dance schools in Denpasar and contemporary choreography of national and international artists.

Solo Batik Carnival

Since time immemorial, batik tradition has always had very strong roots in Solo. Kotadi Central Javanese batik has made it even as an icon and identity, an accurate picture of a city famous for its beauty and subtlety of his kingdomthe behavior. Solo Batik Carnival was held to reinforce that tradition, and to promote batik on national and international scale.

This event is a combination of ceremonies, fashion shows and carnivals, all using batik as a theme. There will also be a bazaar that offers a wide range of souvenirs unique batik and Solo.

Solo International Ethnic Music Festival

One of the festival is the latest from Solo Solo International Ethnic Music (Siem) Festival, which focuses on ethnic musical performances and celebrations. This event is a unique platform for collaboration between modern and ethnic music, local and international artists.

The long list of performers including artists Minangkabau, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Papua, Borneo, and even foreign artists from Japan, Australia, India, New Zealand and many others.

Gerebeg Mulud

In the Java language, means gerebeg Mulud crowd and is one calendar month name in Java. Celebration, also known as Sekaten, to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad. The procession lasted all day and 'display' two gamelan performances are paraded toward the grand mosque.

In the evening there will be a market in the northern city to increase the excitement of the city, a great place to try different foods as well as Java and Yogyakarta for souvenir hunting.

Baliem Valley Festival

The festival is rooted to the typical Papuan tribes local beliefs that the war not only conflict keuasaan and interests, but also a symbol of fertility and prosperity. Since 20 years ago, local governments have stressed the importance of peace between the tribes who fought to prevent retaliation and prolonged loss of life. Thus, the Baliem Valley Festival is an event that was held to replace the war between the tribe.

As you may have guessed, the main event is the inter-tribal war. Imagine more than 20 different tribes with their respective 30 to 50 people wearing traditional dress, carrying spears, bows, arrows and machetes! There are also performances and a host of other attractions, such as local traditional games, dances, as well as local cuisine.

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