Wonosobo Things to Do

A traditional dance, with storyline; how to learn about life and try to do the best in loving and caring to each other as the ancestors's said. Wulang Sunu means kautamaan in Javanese or primary lesson [in life].

Wowww, this is a common performance when you are there at a local gather around Wonosobo. A healer praying, then people who like to dance, also the dancers [always men] gets in-trance and pretend themselves as they want to. Like piggies, monkeys, horses and many kind of animals. Then they can eating anything [including wood or unriped sugar cane] or do silat [traditional Indonesian self-defence sport, like Karate in Japan].

Jaran is Javanese word for kuda [Indonesian for horse]. So, jaran kepang means dancing using artificial horse made from bamboo shells and decorated in many colors. The dancers are men and they're in trance after a healer gives them a cup of water, contain with secret prays :) Yes, it's a mystically dance and sometimes, the dancer comes truely close to the spectators and do something unpredictable!

Once of the most unique dance at Wonosobo and around. A man pretend to be a woman and dancing as best as a real girl!!!! Held on alun-alun or city square after harvest and during national holiday to gather local people.

Well, enjoy the villages around Wonosobo is cool. About its architecture, they're prefer volcanic stones than red bricks. It's good for the families who live inside, since more warmer in such highland area. Then the streets on the villages made by stones also. Make me feel somewhere in small town in Europe!

Anggrunggondok village also known as a famous piggies farming at Wonosobo. I like to visit them which looks so nice and fat and sounds 'grunt grunt' everytime :)

Wonosobo is the main gateway to enter Dieng Plateau. More details about this highland in my Pegunungan Dieng page :)

The Wonosoban has gamelan which is similar with Jogjakartan or Solo. And, this music equipments used as background in every traditional dance performances.