Art Shops - Banyuwangi

Art Shops   Banyuwangi has both traditional and modern shopping center. Both of them have their own attractions. Traditional shopping usually happens in traditional merket. The interesting thing in traditional market in the customers must bargain the good wherever they want to buy, in order to get cheap price. On the other hand, in the modern shopping center, the custommers do not need bargaining the goods, as the prices have been labeled...

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Seblang Dance

Seblang Banyuwangi has two kinds of Seblang ceremonies. They are Seblang Oleh Sari and Seblang Bakungan. Seblang Ritual is one of public ritual of Using community that can found in two villages in Glagah district, Banyuwangi, that is Bakungan and Olihsari. This ritual is held for pray and wishfull to the God, in order to get the welfare and secure. This ritual is as same...

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Barong Dance

The word Barong has several meanings. In the Sanskrit language barong means bear, derived from the word “B(h)arwang”. Baron can also refer to the roots that live near a bamboo cluster or a performance imitating a wild animal. Evidenced from the meanings above, the last meaning is closer to the meaning of the Barong Traditional Performance.   There are many...

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Gandrung Dance - Banyuwangi

Gandrung Dance The government of Banyuwangi gives special attention to the art of Gandrung. The purpose of this is to encourage the spirit of local ethnicity that will in turn increase the development of tourism. For this reason, Gandrung was determined to be the mascot of tourism in Banyuwangi according to the Banyuwangi Regency Decision, Number 173...

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