1209 Students in Kediri Degree Dance Tiban

Fashion Show busana batik dalam rangka Hari Jadi Kediri yang ke 1209 di area Monumen Simpang Lima Gumul, Kediri, Jawa TImur.

KEDIRI - A total of 1209 students as Kediri, East Java, perform dances Tiban while swaying mass in front of the Monument to Simpang Lima Gumul (SLG), Monday (25/3) morning.

For information, Tiban is an ancient ritual ask for rain, one of the traditional art of Kediri.

Wearing Tekes (headband), as is the tradition Panji, the students of various schools in Kediri do if confronted motion. They use a red shirt and black pants.

Regent Kediri Haryanti Sutrisno said selected number of participants who joined the dance, as adjusted Birthday Kediri. "The number 1209 in accordance Kediri birthday which falls on March 25, 2013," said Regent Kediri, Haryanti Sutrisno in his speech on Monday (03/25/2013).

Tari Tiban di area monumen Simpang Lima Gumul (SLG) Kabupaten Kediri, Jawa Timur

In addition to using the belt head, the participants also took a bunch of whips in hand played on the air. Movement farmers look supple rhythm of Javanese gamelan. Approximately 20 minutes in the hot sun, the students were swaying. Harmonic motion Tiban covered with whipping each other with each other. "We hope this anniversary the Kediri district government to improve services and the welfare of the community," please Hariyanti.

Just to note, before Tiban dance begins, a series of birthday celebrations Kediri also enlivened by the performances of typical batik Kediri.

There was also a romance pegaleran Panji Inu Kertapati, Galuh Goddess Candra Kirana, Kelud and Simpang Lima Gumul which is the biggest icon of Kediri.