1 Reason You Should Visit Jogjakarta on May 2016
We don't need many reasons for
you to come to Jogjakarta, just one. That is "Lantern
Festival on Borobudur temple". A major festival in the Buddhist
Calendar, Waisak day celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha
Siddharta Gautama. Borobudur is a central meeting point for Buddhists from all
over Indonesia, and around the world on this auspicious day held every year, on
a full moon in either April or May each year.
Each year one of a series of
Buddhist organisations take the lead in the festivities, which include a
procession from Mendut temple through to Pawon temple and then Borobudur.
Depending on the organiser of the year, the emphasis is slightly different, but
it is always colourful and filled with festivity and food
The
around 15,000 participants stretch for over a kilometre on the walk
to Borobudur, where they settle before a dias with Borobudur as a
backdrop.
The thousands sit and join
together in repeating mantras, is a powerful and humbling experience. Then a
meditation begins, with a complete silence. Intense.
And at that day also there is
lantern festival at the night, usually will be start at 11 p.m. We can't make
sure a number of lanterns, but we make sure that this event absolutely
spectacular.
This year, Lantern Festival will
be held on 22 May 2016 at 11 p.m.
Welcome to Jogjakarta
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| Waisak Day 2015 |
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| Jokowi as President of Indonesia in Waisak Day 2015 |
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