Parangkusumo, Love Beach in Yogyakarta

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Nuance of the sacred will be felt immediately after entering the complex Parangkusumo Beach, the beach is located 30 km from the city center and is believed to be the gate into the palace of the southern ocean. Fragrant flowers will soon smell Setaman when through the rows of flower sellers who easily found, combined with the fragrance of incense burned as offering one of the ingredients. A nuance that are rarely found in other beaches.

The sacredness more so when you see a sprinkling of flowers Setaman and a series of offerings in the Stone Love, located in the Castle Cepuri, where Panembahan senopati met with Ratu Kidul and make an appointment. Senopati was then sitting on the stone hermitage larger in the north as the Queen of the South went and sat in a smaller stone in the south.

Senopati meeting with the Queen of the South that has a unique set of stories and affect the relationship with the Sultan of Yogyakarta Kingdom Sokodhomas controlled Bale Ratu Kidul. It all started when Senopati done to perfect how ngeli magic. Until at a certain moment the hermitage, a sudden storm on the beach, the trees on the edge of torn roots, boiling sea water and fish were thrown to the ground.

The incident was made Queen of the South appeared to the surface ocean, see Senopati and eventually fall in love. Senopati expressed a desire to be able to govern Mataram and begged for help Ratu Kidul. The Queen finally agreed on condition that the request Senopati and his descendants would become husband Ratu Kidul. Senopati finally agreed on condition that the marriage did not produce children.

The treaty was made Sultan's Palace as one of the fractions of Mataram has strong links with the southern sea palace. The proof is alit Labuhan ceremony performed each year as a form of sacrifice. One part of the procession harbor, the burial cut nails and hair and clothes take place in the area of Sultan Cepuri Castle. You can view the calendar in the YogYES.COM Yogyakarta tour to see the process of this harbor.

Tapa Senopati that produces results also led many to believe that all types of requests will be granted if the request would offer near the Rock of Love. Not surprisingly, hundreds of people unlimited class and religion are often complex come on the days that are considered sacred. Pilgrimage to the Rock of Love is also believed to help release the heavy burden on the person and grow back a zest for life.

In addition to the Rock of Love melawati and saw the procession harbor, you can walk around the beach with a horse-drawn carriage ride. You will be escorted to every corner of Parangkusumo, from the east to west. As I take a carriage ride, you can enjoy great scenery surf waves and the breezy wind. Rent a horse and carriage driver himself was too expensive, only USD 20,000.00 for one round.

When tired, Parangkusumo has a number of stalls hawking their food. A large number of pilgrims make this coastal area is almost always crowded visited, and even into the night. Quite many of the pilgrims who stayed at this beach for prayer. For those of you who want a spiritual experience in Parangkusumo could join with the pilgrims to pray together.

source: http://www.yogyes.com/id/yogyakarta-tourism-object/beach/parangkusumo/


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