Pemalang City as Tourism City

Pemalang  City 

Pemalang located in Central Java, Indonesia. 

Pemalang bordering with Tegal in the west, Java Sea in the north, Pekalongan in east, and Banyumas in the south.

 Pemalang has city branding it is “Pusere Jawa”, which can provide life and livelihood for its own region and other regions becomes a place of "stopover" by offering all the resources they have, all of which lead to improving the welfare of the community.

The language used in Pemalang is Javanese, which has a very unique ngapak Javanese language. If the usual Javanese language in one sentence ends with "0", then from that ngapak Javanese language it is in one sentence ending in "k.

 

The iconic flower from this city is having the Latin name Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, srigading plants are famous in the Java area, especially Pemalang Regency, Central Java. Because this plant is a nutritious ornamental plant, srigading is widely planted in  houses.

Pemalang Government makes this flower as a regional identity flora.

The culture of  The Mataram Kingdom and the Islamic Religion was very strong on the cultural development of the Pemalang city. The assimilation of the two cultures gave birth to a Pemalang culture that was hereditary. This can be seen in the attitude of the Pemalang local their cultural works in the form of traditional ceremonies, dances and arts, handicrafts and etc.

Mataram Islam

The history of the Islamic Mataram kingdom began when Sultan Hadiwijaya was in powerful in Pajang kingdom, Ki Ageng Pemanahan was appointed as regent in Mataram. 

This prize is a reward for his success in helping to quell Aria Penangsang. In addition, the son in law Ki Ageng Pemanahan namely Sutawijaya was taken as an adopted child by Sultan Hadiwijaya.

In 1575, "Ki Ageng Pemanahan" died, then Sutawijaya was appointed regent in Mataram. But Sutawijaya was not content to only be a regent and he wanted to be the king who controlled all of Java. So Sutawijaya strengthened the Mataram defense system.

This was known by Hadiwijaya, so he sent troops to attack Mataram. A fierce war broke out in 1582, besides that, Sultan Hadiwijaya was in a state of illness and later died.

Then there was a struggle for power among the Pajang aristocrats. Prince Pangiri who is the son-in-law of Hadiwijaya, as well as the regent of Demak, came to invade Pajang to seize the throne. 

However, this was opposed by the Pajang aristocrats who collaborated with Sutawijaya. Eventually, Prince Pangiri was defeated and driven out of Pajang.

After conditions began to be safe, Prince Benawa, Hadiwijaya's son,  surrendered his throne to Sutawijaya. Then the center of government was moved to Mataram in 1586. And the kingdom Islamic Mataram.

Cultural ceremonies :

1.      Baritan

Baritan or sea alms is a procession of melting Jolen into the middle of the sea which is carried out by the fishermen as a gratitude ceremony for the results of fishing efforts at sea. 

Sea alms are held once a year on Maulud, every Tuesday or Friday Kliwon. Before the pelarungan ceremony, a joint tirakatan was held which was attended by fishermen, local community leaders, and related officials by taking location at the Fish Market. 

The reading of prayer and tahlil accompany this ceremony with the intention that the implementation of this ceremony can run smoothly, safely, and not deviate from religious rules.

2.      Krangkeng

This traditional art has been known by the Pemalang community for three centuries. Starting from the Batavia invasion by the Mataram army.

Pemalang, which at that time was part of the Mataram region, helped the Sultan Agung's army by sending its best soldiers. The way to produce strong warriors at that time was to train young men with kanuragan and if soldiering skills. 

The way to practice every kanuragan is always accompanied by music or port.

Sports kanuragan training activities accompanied by music are still ongoing, even more widespread. The material displayed is growing and enriched with various types of other dexterity such as immune attractions and acrobatic skills. 

Kanuragan Sports has now been turned into an interesting art and spectacle activity. This is the forerunner to the birth of krangkeng art.

Specially food

     Apem comal

Apem comal is a dark brown wet cake. 

The appearance is unique because the cake is packaged with the base in the form of a banana leaf that has been formed rather round.

Apem Comal flavor made from rice flour and palm sugar have always been maintained until now. The sweet taste is very fitting and does not bore the taste because of the typical sweet sweetness.

The name Apem itself is said to be an abbreviation of Asli Pemalang even though its truth has not yet been proven.

Apem Comal in its making still uses traditional methods, but it is precisely this specialty of this snack that is maintained. The basic ingredients of this Apem are rice flour and brown sugar. 

The dark brown color is obtained from brown sugar.

Apem Comal has been attached to become a typical culinary in Pemalang, To feel the pleasure of this typical Pemalang culinary we only need to spend Rp 1,000-Rp 2,000 / cake.


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