| Solo Batik Carnival 2 |
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| Written by Nurhadi Purwata | |||
| Monday, 15 September 2008 12:37 | |||
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Solo Batik Carnival (SBC) 2 which was held on Sunday (28/6) starting at 15.30 until17.00 inJalan Slamet Riyadi Solo, lively place. Tens of thousands of spectators crowded the left and right along 6.5 km of Solo main road was to witness 300 SBC 2 participants who wore a variety of accessories according to the carnival theme, the mask tradition. Enthusiasm of the audience, make the road wide should be passed by the carnival participants is only about 3-4 meters while the real wide is 12 meters. On some occasions even a few groups of participants could not walk before the officer discipline the audience. SBC which is one of Indonesia Creative Event starts from the front of Solo Center Point in Purwosari down along Jalan Slamet Riyadi to Surakarta City Hall. The participants cosisted of children, adolescents, and the mother-housewife. According to the theme of the carnival mask, the mask is shown three main types, namely Panji depicting a king or queen, Kelana describing knights, and Gecul, comedy mask. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}Minister of Trade, Mari elka Pangestu, for the second time was the guest of honor, even wearing Heroine and follow the procession with the golden carriage, accompanied by the wife of Mayor of Solo, Iriana Joko Widodo. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "SBC is a form of art appreciation for Solo cultural cretivity. With a cast in a more contemporary carnival, this event could encourage people to Indonesia creative," said Trade Minister, Mari Elka Pangestu, in her speech before took off the SBC participants. To the reporters, the minister commented that the SBC this year is more memorable than last year. ”This is a good development for the culture in Solo,” she said. Besides the Minister of Trade also parrticipate in the procession is the ambassadors from several countries. Not to forget Mayor of Solo, Ir. Joko Widodo and Vice Mayor, FX. Hadi Rudyatmo also wearing batik carnival. The two high-ranking city of Solo is riding horses and walking slowly as they greeted the audience who stood on either side of the road that they pass.(***)
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