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As an archipelago, Indonesia is not only rich in natural resources but also rich in tradition and culture. Thousands of ethnic groups living in the territory of the Republic of Indonesia to make Indonesia more rich with the traditions and customs of each tribe.

Cultural diversity is one reason for foreign tourists to come to Indonesia. Various cultural festivals held periodically provide a special attraction. Here are two indigenous traditions in the list of the most popular cultural festivals in Indonesia:

Ruwatan Anak Gembel

Actually, this event is part of the festival Dieng. Dieng is a plateau in East Java that has incredible views of the beautiful and very cool air. Not a few people who saw Dieng as mythical sights. This is reinforced by the phenomenon of the child or children tangled dreadlocks. Child beggars are children who have natural dreads often occurs when children aged 40 days to 6 years. It is said that before the child has a high fever that can not be treated. When the body temperature returned to normal, dreadlocks appeared.

People of Dieng, who vowed not to cut his hair before the village prosperous. While the children tangled dreadlocks female believed to be the surrogate Southern Queen of South Beach. Dreads should not be cut before the child beggars asking and if violated, the boys would be back pain.

Ruwatan Anak Gembel begins with a series of rituals, including praying in a sacred place and washing heirlooms to be carried during the procession of children beggars to be shaved. The next day held a carnival to where shearing, where the elders, community leaders, traditional arts community and the community to participate. Children beggars that will be shaved first bathed in the Spring or Spring Maerokoco Sedayu. Having shaved in front of Arjuna temple, dreadlocks pieces floated in the river as a symbol of throwing shit.

Ruwatan Anak Gembel receive special attention from the government. Therefore ruwatan held mass held once a year who packed the Dieng cultural festival in June or July.

Rambu Solo (Sings Solo)

Toraja is one of the tribes in Indonesia that is rich in tradition and culture of ancestors who still maintained until now. South Sulawesi occupies a land where they live, the Toraja build their custom homes with shapes and decorations are very unique and uphold the cultural roots of their ancestors. This makes domestic and international tourists are very interested in visiting Tana Toraja.

Of the many traditions are still preserved, Signs Solo is one of the most attractive traditions. Tradition is a funeral ancestors who had died several years earlier consists of a series of processions. The first procession was mappasitandu tedong or buffalo race is conducted in the middle of the field or fields, which in turn buffalos are speared or hacked to death with machetes. The number of buffalo are pitted indicate social status of the owner's intent. Furthermore, buffalo meat is distributed to local residents.

After the prayer said over through chanting the song, with the goal of keeping the spirits of the netherworld with a cheerful face. When ready paraded corpse to the burial site, a bull will speared or hacked to death, their blood then trampled by the family in turn. This is done as a tribute to the corpse. Then the body was paraded on a stretcher great, cheers accompanied the mourners. There should be no feeling especially sad crying during the ceremony lasted Signs Solo.
Prayer said over once again by a priest before the corpse is inserted into the grave on the sidelines of the mountain rock.

Although tradition Signs Solo is a funeral, this event seem like a party. Costs incurred by the family could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, especially to buy buffaloes and pigs, as well as to finance the entire procession that lasted for days.