Bengawan Solo Gethek Festival 2013

Bengawan Solo gethek Festival is a festival ride gethek ( rafts ) that adorned various art display along the Bengawan Solo river .

Gethek water transportation which is made ​​of bamboo poles that are assembled in a way that can be climbed on it and use a bamboo stick or paddle for speeding . Earlier times, around the 17-19 century , traffic on the Solo River ( the longest river in Java ) gethek and enlivened by boats as a means of transportation . Traders and the general population mobility by utilizing water transport in the Bengawan Solo.

This Gethek festival recalls the past history of this nation belongs . Staring at a fairly swift river currents and gethek and boat sped along the stream , an awareness of how we are not too ignorant to ' force ' Bengawan Solo, cultural heritage which has witnessed human civilization long since hundreds or even thousands of years ago .

Bengawan Solo event Gethek Festival made ​​quite festive and unique . The community flocked to the banks of the Bengawan Solo to watch gethek - gethek for that is decorated to look attractive and festive . Applause never stopped when a gethek past them . People who were riding gethek and watched by the citizens did not stay silent . They come waving to the audience celebrities tub that looks very enthusiastic watching Gethek Bengawan Solo Festival. They laughed while watching gethek a particular theme that came before them .

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