Tuesday, July 1, 2008

mrapen eternal flame


Mrapen lies at Manggarmas village, Gadong sub district about 35 kms from Semarang on the Purwodadi-the capital town of Grobogan Regency. The fire comes under the pile of stone, which is a glow like a fire place. The fire never extinguishes even it rains hard.

On the occasion of Budhist’s religious ceremony of “Waicak” every year which takes place in Mendut and Borobudur temples in Magelang on May. The fire usually taken for lighting the whole area of Waicak ceremony using torches. Another attraction s on the site, there is a pond with cold water but it looks like the boiling water.

There is also an antique stone with local people believe to be sacred. It is known as “batu Bobot”. It is believed that those who are able to lift it while sitting crosslegged will get all his whises.
Mrapen Eternal Fire

LedHek DanCe

such o traditional dance, original from grobogan this a one of the most popular culture of purwodadi. we may say that this is the identity of purwodadi.
Ledhek/Tayub is a group of Javanese musicians and singer-dancers which was very popular due to their sensual gestures. Apart from the sensual gestures of the dancers, Tayup was/is also famous since they involve/invite the spectators to dance along with them. This kind of participative performance is rare in the Javanese context.

welcome to purwodadi grobogan

this is such a very peaceful city, its only about 65 kilometres from semarang, the capital of central java. it is located between kudus, semarang, demak, blora, pati boyolali sragen and ngawi. there's so many places of interest you can visit and you can enjoy a lot of peacefulness.
the city, purwodadi, is a nice place. the facility is good enough and we have rows of trees along the street, even the mainstreet on the downtown. couples of traditional and modern market, it's a great place to live. i really love this town.
this town is my homeland, the town where i was born 19 years ago. and i really love to live here in this place. and i'd like to share so many exciting place and life to live in this city. i really want to teel you, how beautiful this place is.
i also want to tell you that, our beloved city, unfortunately is the poorest city of central java. about 34.5 % of us live in poverty. so it's a pleasure if you would like to help us here. thank you very much for your attention and from now on, i will tell you soooooo many beautiful places that you could fidn here, in purwodadi-grobogan. and don't forget, our land is also rich of natural resources. so if you want to invest your money here, you may find a big benefit.
so,,,WELCOME TO OUR BELOVED TOWN,,,PURWODADI GROBOGAN......