Sekaten Ceremony
By sumaryanto bronto
3 October 2007
Sekaten Ceremony
Sekaten Ceremony Held yearly beginning on the 5th day of the 3rd month of the Javanese calender (Mulud), and extending for one week and culminating with the Gerebeg Maulud Ceremony. Sekaten commenorates the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Beginning at midnight a procession of royal servants, Abdi Dalem, leaves from the Kraton Ponconiti Hall and marches two abreast carrying two sets of gamelan named Kyai Nogowilogo and Kyai Gunturmadu down Jl. Malioboro to the Grand Mosque. The two sets of gamelan are played simultaneously until the 11th day of Mulud when they are returned to the Kraton at midnight. Yogyanese believe that by celebrating Sekaten and in particular listening to gamelan they will be rewarded with good health and prosperity
