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Gatotgaca Nyungging of the Purjadi
Yesterday (twenty two December) from the invite from Purjadi, my friend and you may previous secretary, We went out to help you Desa Leuwilaja (Kecamatan Sindangwangi, Kabupaten Majalengka), a tiny village merely outside the town of Jatitujuh, that was remembering its annual Sedekah Bumi service. Somebody from Bandung possibly make an effective detour by this city so you’re able to liking the local delicacies, together with head highway out of Cirebon to help you Jatitujuh is actually layered which have fruits really stands.
Sedekah Bumi when you look at the Majalengka are famous in vogue, and therefore was not an exception. Not only try truth be told there an impressive variety of gantungan dangling out-of the phase roof, along with locally-designed several pots that will be distributed one of several musicians and artists within the end of the fresh tell you, the performance and additionally checked the two hottest sinden on the Cirebon area, Itih and you can Iwi, who putting on complimentary eco-friendly outfits and you can sat to the numerous layers out of cushions from show, such as for example queens on the thrones.
The fresh track requests been almost the moment Iti and you may Iwi arrived on stage and were constant until We left, satisfied into the medleys out of 4 or 5 music. New enjoy, Purjadi warned myself in advance, carry out simply take next spot to the latest music attraction at this juncture. The brand new Bupati, exactly who regarded throughout the close kecamatan out of Ligung, in which Javanese is additionally spoken and you will wayang kulit preferred, was planned to go to, however, cancelled during the last-minute as he was required to appear till the governor.
