Yogyakarta also has its Royal Wedding...
Yogyakarta's Palace, Keraton Kasultanan, had just held a wedding of the Sultan's (the King) younger daughter, Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Bendara with Kanjeng Pangeran Haryo Yudanegara. The ceremony started from 16 till 18 October 2011, but what's special was at the 18.
It called "Pesta Rakyat", literally means Party for the Citizen in Yogyakarta. And there were about 200 FREE food stand (we call it "angkringan") along the Malioboro street for us to enjoy while the bride and groom did the parade in the street.
At first i thought the Sultan reserved and paid all the food stand owner for the citizen to enjoy. But later i knew that it was the sellers own willingness to give the food for free as an offering for the wedding celebration.
And that gave me an impression like,"Whoooaaa, people in Yogyakarta are unbelievably kind-hearted!!"
Suddenly, i felt very lucky having a chance to live among them.
The garland made from young coconut leaves means
there's a wedding being held
Then, the second special thing is The Rain.
I'm not a believer, but it's not weird when almost all the city around Yogya had started to rain and Yogya still as hot as ever (my temperature often get 40 degree of Celcius at noonday). I ensured my friend, who isn't a believer either, if the rain was falling down a day after the wedding, they really declined the rain for the parade.
And IT WAS. Sudden strange rain in the middle of day at 19 October.
What a superpower...
There it is, a little story from Yogyakarta's Royal Wedding, what might not happen in another royal wedding... Congratulation for the couple and Happy Raining day for all the citizen in Yogya!! :)
Memorers :
The crowds in the Malioboro street
Us in the middle of the crowds
The couple in the middle of crowds
(note : from solopos.com, not me taken the picture =D)
