Warak Ngendhog

By: Ahmed on August 11th, 2010.

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Warak Ngendhog is an imaginary creature in Semarang. Its body is like goat but its head is like Chinese Dragon and it carries egg. It represents three ethnic groups in Semarang: Javanese, Chinese and Arabian.
Warak Ngendhog Parade is held along Jalan Pemuda Semarang during the Dugderan Carnival, right one day before Ramadan as the culmination of the Annual Dugderan Festival in Semarang. This year it is on August 10, 2010. It starts from Semarang City Hall to The Grand Mosque.

Central Java Art and Cultural Parade 2010

By: Ahmed on August 8th, 2010.

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On August 7, 2010 many dancers and performers from every regency and city of  Central Java showed their best appearance to The Governor on The Central Java Art and Cultural Parade 2010 along Jalan Pahlawan, Semarang.
This event was held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of  Central Java Province.

Oriental Circus Indonesia in Semarang

By: Ahmed on July 26th, 2010.

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An elephant standing on the hind legs in Oriental Circus Indonesia (OCI) show. Oriental Circus Indonesia will entertain people in Semarang City from July 17 until August 17, 2010 at Garnisun Kalisari field. They will perform many attractions such as plastic girl, air acrobatics, tigers, elephants, chimpanzee, cockatoos show and many more.

Semarang Art and Cultural Parade 2010

By: Ahmed on May 2nd, 2010.

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The performers from Chatour Manunggal Boyolali prepared for the Semarang Art and Cultural Parade 2010 along Jalan Pemuda, Semarang. This event was held on May 1, 2010 to celebrate the 463rd anniversary of  Semarang City at May, 2010.

Keroncongan di Kota Lama

By: Ahmed on April 10th, 2010.

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Bambang Heri W played his Electric Saxophone (Akai EWI 4000s Electric Wind Instrument) on “Keroncongan di Kota Lama” event. This Keroncong music competition was held on Friday, April 9th, 2010 at Taman Sri Gunting (Semarng Old City area) to celebrate the 463rd anniversary of Semarang City (May 2nd, 2010).

The competition’s judges are Koko Thole, Yanto Congrock, and Bambang. Bambang is the son of Waldjinah (famous Keroncong Singer in Indonesia).

The competition’s result :

first place : Gissiga from Yogyakarta
second place : Solo Manise from Solo
third place : Pesona Batik from Pekalongan
fourth place : Kenangan Kekal from Semarang

Semarang (Indonesia) Daily Photo

This photoblog will show daily photos of Semarang, the capital city of Central Java province, Indonesia.

Note: We're sorry for our English, yes it's such a mess. We hope that you understand. :)
But hey, this is a photoblog anyway...so picture is worth a thousand words, don't you think?


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