Sekaten

سيكاتن

The Javanese week-long Mawlid celebration in Yogyakarta — gamelan drums and a folk fair before the Great Mosque.

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موجز

الاحتفال الجاوي بالمولد النبوي في يوغياكارتا؛ أسبوع من ضرب الدفوف الكبيرة والسوق الشعبي أمام المسجد الكبير ومسيرات الحرم. 1

الوصف

من أقدم احتفالات المولد المقامة باستمرار في جنوب شرق آسيا؛ مزيج جاوي إسلامي فريد. 1

People and things also explored

The Kawsaj· The Night of the Ghatās (Epiphany)· Mihragan· al-Nasīʾ (Intercalation)· Nayruz· The first Friday prayer· The first Friday prayer in Yathrib· The Hijra

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