Ponorogo Tourism

How to Ponorogo

The Ponorogo Regency was located on the south-west of Surabaya. The distance of the capital of the Ponorogo regency to the capital of this East Java province is about 200 km. This distance could reached by the land trip by bus during ± 5 hours. While, from the capital of the Country Jakarta be at 800 km. From Solo, the city of Central Java could be 3 hours through Wonogiri or 4 hours through Madiun. Usually Madiun becomes the capital of transit when the travelling person travelled by the train. In the meantime when they want to travel by the aircraft they could change to plane in Surabaya or in the Solo.

From the South, could be served by the Pacitan bus route - Ponorogo and Trenggalek - Ponorogo. There are various sorts of the route of the rural Transport (ANGDES) and the urban Transport (ANGKOT) In the personally regency. They connected the subdistrict with the capital of the regency. Could be said, there was no subdistrict that was not covered by the public's transport. Beside the ANGDES and ANGKOT they also has the pedicab transport, the buggy and the taxi bike

The culture tourism attraction

REOG

Reog Art has become the identity for the Ponorogo regency.

Because of this, Ponorogo was also known as the Reog city.

This theatre has been known to be wide in Indonesian even foreign.

Each year was spread out by the Festival Reog National along with the anniversary warning of the Ponorogo regency and Grebeg Suro celebration.

Reog art was also staged nightly the full moon in paseban, the Ponorogo Town Square.

Reog art told about the struggle for a prince who will propose to a pretty daughter lovely.

This art was staged by about 25 - 40 dancers and the musician.

The interesting of this art was his main leading figure who was named Singo Barong.

The dancer of Singo Barong bear the mask weighing 30 - 40 kg and being supported with the strength of his teeth.

The other leading figure in this Reog art including Kelono Sewandono, Bujang Anaom, Jatil and Warok.

GREBEG SURO

Is the biggest culture event in the Ponorogo regency that was held on the occasion of welcomed the Islam New Year or the Saka New Year that often was known as the date one suro.This agenda entered the East Java tourism calendar (Calendar of event). Grebeg Suro was the ritual culture incident and became the party site of the Ponorogo people. Usually it begun a week before the date 1 Suro.

It is the series of the Grebeg Suro agenda was the festival Reog National, various good activity sorts the race and the exhibition and was ended with the Larungan agenda in the Ngebel lake. The parade of the elephant statue Consisting of the musical procession and the elephant statue that in this statue were received by humankind and were climbed onto by two children. This art was often influenced by the Islam culture.

Odrot
musical Art that is influenced by Islam performance art, usually was staged at the wedding reception or circumcision.

Kongkil
Art that combined the element of the dance and traditional music.
This art is usually staged by less than 10 people of the gamelan beater and the dancer, the interesting one from this art was his musical instrument that took the form of big bamboo that was blown.

The spiritual tourism attraction

The Grave of Bathoro Katong
was located in the Sentono village the Jenangan subdistrict ± 2 km to the east from the centre of the city. Bathoro Katong was the founder and the first Regent of Ponorogo and also the leading figure of the disseminator of the Islam religion in Ponorogo.
He was the descendants of Brawijaya King from Majapahit and the Raden Patah Brother from the Demak kingdom that was the first Islam kingdom in Java. In this funeral complex also was buried the other leading figure of the founder Ponorogo, that is Patih Seliaji and Kyai (the religious teacher) Ageng Mirah.

In certain time especially the Suro month and Ruwah (the Javanese calendar), in the Bathoro Katong funeral complex was often visited by the pilgrims who wanted to pray for the soul who was buried.
This funeral complex was also believed by many people as the effective place to pray because of that, this place was always busy by the visitors that want to pilgrim.

The grave of Astana Srindil
The location was in a foot of hill in the Badengan district ± 15 km to the west from the centre of the city. That was buried there was the Regent Sumoroto and his descendants. It Often visited by the pilgrim on the Tuesday Kliwon.

The grave of Raden Jayengrono Pulung
Jayengrono grave was the son from Haryo Mataundari Kasunanan Surakarta.
Whereas his mother was the descendants from Bathoro Katong. Narrated when he opened the forest, he found 'pesing' (smelly that spread) flavoured citrus fruit, so as the area named the Jeruksing. Further he moving to the east that now named Pulung. This area became the perdikan village. The grave of Merto Hadinegoro Tajung was located in the Tajug village. Here in buried R. Adipati Mertohatinegoro. The first Ponorogo regent in the Middle city, he is Jayengrono and Bathoro Katong descendants.

The Tegal Sari mosque
was the old mosque the legacy of Kyai (the religious teacher) Muhammad Besari that it seems was the descendants from the Prophet Muhammad SAW. In the mosque had studied a person named Mas Burhan that in the future was known as Raden Ronggo Warsito, of a big poet from the Surokarto kingdom. This mosque was located in the Jetis district.

The Gontor modern islamic boarding school
was located in the Mlarak district, was the first modern hut and the biggest in Indonesia.
Known nationally in fact to be international.
His student came from various neighbouring countries