Home Town

By: Ahmed on September 18th, 2009.

Semarang Tawang

Welcome to our home town.
It’s time to “Mudik” to Semarang City.
Mudik literally means going home or a return.
One of the celebrations of Lebaran is Mudik. In order to reunite with parents and families, millions of migrants from big cities like Jakarta make long journey to return to their home town by train or the other transportation.

Tadarus Qur’an

By: Ahmed on September 16th, 2009.

A Muslim read Qur’an in Central Java Grand Mosque, Semarang. In the last few days of Ramadhan, many muslims intensify their religious practice, such as reading Al Qur,an more often and do sunnah prayers.

Tarawih

By: Ahmed on September 3rd, 2009.

Tarawih prayers prayed during the 13th night of Ramadhan at Masjid Agung Jawa Tengah (Grand Mosque of Central Java).
This prayer is an Arabic phrase referring to extra prayers (Shalat Sunnat) at night and performed only during Ramadhan of the Islamic Calendar after Sholat Isya.
Tarawih is also spelled Taraweeh, Terawih, Taraveeh, or Taravih.

Martial Art Dance

By: Ahmed on August 16th, 2009.

Beautiful  and charming dancers from Banjarnegara Regency performed martial art dance on The Central Java Art and Cultural Parade 2009 along Jalan Pahlawan, Semarang. Many dancers and performers from every regency and city of  Central Java showed their best appearance to The Governor.
This event was held to celebrate the 59th anniversary of  Central Java Province at August 15, 2009.

Does anyone know the name of that dance. Is it Aplang dance?

Decorated Bike Competition

By: Ahmed on August 10th, 2009.

Energetic children rode decorated bike along Jalan Mataram, Semarang and they were guided by their mother.
During the commemoration of the Indonesian Independence Day (August 17th), many events are usually held in Indonesia, such as traditional competition [like this], exhibition and many more.

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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