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Events Saparan Bekakak is of great cultural agenda so that its presence is awaited by the people of Yogyakarta and its surroundings even by domestic and overseas tourists who are in Yogyakarta.In this year Saparan Bekakak expected to be more lively than in previous years. In addition to carnival participants are expected to reach approximately 5000 more personnel, also with the presence of 4 soldiers and 20 horsemen elephant will give special attraction for visitors or tourists.



Bekakak Bride, so society called the two couples bridal doll which is always in the wine and the butcher bekakak ceremonial. This doll made by residents of high yielding varieties of rice flour, in which given (syrup) juruh Java sugar. The existence of this stems from bekakak “syarati” that must be fulfilled to overcome falling fatalities in the limestone mining area in the Gamping Village, in every second month of Java, Saparan.

Formerly Gamping community livelihood limestone miner. Obtained answers, recurring disasters that can be overcome with one condition, Gamping society must sacrifice two pairs of bride. Finally, make a mock wedding in rice flour as loroblonyo. In the body of the content juruh, Like a wedding, the bride made all the offerings which include complete consists of cone (tumpeng), rooster still alive, flowers and ‘dlupak’.



On dates between 10-20 Sapar or near full moon, two bridal pairs of offerings and their citizens paraded around the village and taken to the center of the limestone miners earlier times. Bridal couple was taken to Mount Ambarketawang, the others a couple to Mount Kliling. After the prayer, the bride bekakak slaughtered. Every part of his body and then divided and contested citizens. It is said that after being given offerings of two couples bekakak, the number of accidents has dropped dramatically.

Location Area

Geographically located between Sleman Regency 107 ° 15 '03 "and 107 ° 29' 30" east longitude, 7 ° 34 '51 "and 7 ° 47' 30" south latitude. Sleman Regency area bordering north Boyolali, Central Java Province, the east by Klaten district, Central Java Province, the west by Progo Regency, Yogyakarta Province and the District of Magelang, Central Java Province and the south by the city of Yogyakarta, Bantul and Gunung Kidul Regency, Province of Jogja.

Area

Sleman District Area is 57,482 hectares or 574.82 km2, or approximately 18% of the area of Yogyakarta Special Province 3185.80 km2, with the farthest distance of the North - South 32 km, East - West 35 Km. Administratively comprises 17 district, 86 villages, and the 1212 Hamlet.

Topography

Sleman District state land is relatively flat except for the southern hilly district southeast section and partly in the District of Prambanan Gamping. Increasingly tilted relative to the north and the north around Mount Merapi are relatively steep slope and there are about 100 springs. Almost half of the area is fertile agricultural land with irrigation technical support in the west and south. Topography can be differentiated based on altitude and slope (slopes).

Height

Sleman regency heights ranging from <100 sd> 1000 m above sea level. Height of land can be divided into three classes namely the height of <100 m, 100 to 499 m, 500 to 999 m and over 1000 m above sea level. Altitude <100 m from the sea surface area of 6203 hectares or 10.79% of the total area contained in Sub Moyudan, Move, Godean, Prambanan, Gamping and Berbah. Altitude> 100 to 499 m from the sea surface area of 43,246 ha or 75.32% of the area, located in District 17. Altitude> 500 to 999 m above sea covered an area of 6538 hectares or 11.38% of the area, including the District of Paste, Turi, Pakem and Cangkringan. Altitude> 1000 m from the sea surface area of 1495 ha or 2.60% of the area include the District of Turi, Pakem, and Cangkringan.

Land slope (Slope)

From the topographic map scale 1: 50,000 can be seen at a height and horizontal distance to calculate the slope (Slope). Results of analysis of data in the form of maps dogolongkan slope into 4 (four) classes of slope 0 - 2%;> 2 - 15%;> 15 - 40%, and> 40%. Slope 0 - 2% found in 15 (fifteen) District covered an area 34,128 ha or 59.32% of the entire slope area,> 2 - 15% there in 13 (thirteen) District with an area of 18,192 or 31.65% slope from total area of the region. Site slope> 15 - 40% found in 12 (twelve) Sub This slope area of 3546 ha or 6.17%, slopes> 40% are in Sub Godean, Gamping, Berbah, Prambanan, Turi, Pakem and broadly Cangkringan 1616 ha or 2.81%.

Climate

Sleman District area including wet tropical climate with a rainy season between November - April and the dry season between the months of May to October. In 2000 the number of rainy days 25 days occurred in March, however, the average amount of rainfall there in February amounted to 16.2 mm with a lot of rainy days 20 days.

The air relative humidity in the lowest in August 2000 amounted to 74% and the highest in March and November respectively 87%, while the lowest air temperature of 26.1 degrees celcius in january and november and the highest air temperature 27, 4 degrees Celsius in september.

Land Use

Almost half of the total land area is fertile agricultural land with irrigation technical support section west and south. State of the soil types are distinguished on the field, dost, yards, forests, and others. Development of land use over the last 5 years indicate the type of soil Wet down the average per year is 0.96%, dry rose 0.82%, 0.31% compound increase, and others fell 1.57%.