Sunday, June 1, 2014

2014 Peh Cun Festival at Parangtritis Beach > Yogyakarta ~ Central Java ~ Indonesia

Credit: http://www.jogjapages.com/wp-contentuploads/2014/05/perahu-naga

Peh Cun Festival 2014, was on 2nd June 2014. JCACC (Jogja Chinese Art and Culture Centre) held the festival on 1st and 2nd June 2014.


On 1st June 2014, there's so many competition and ceremony.
- Dragon Boat Competition which held at Depok Beach, near Parangtritis Beach;
- Photography Contest, for all event area;
- Painting Competition at Parangtritis Beach;
- Lion Dance Competition at Parangtritis Beach.

There's a big dragon, stand in the middle of Parangtritis Beach which is the biggest and the longest in MURI JCACC. The dragon has 126 metre long and 14 metre height. At night, there's a ceremony to burn the dragon.



In the afternoon, there's not much ceremony. Only the competition that took place. One of them are Painting Competition.





At night, there's some performance and the ceremony of burning the dragon. Then at 2nd June, Peh Cun Day, there's pray ceremony in the morning, and at 12:00 o'clock, is the only time when you can make the egg stand on table or flat surface.

Just try it on Peh Cun Day, at noon.

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