Five Mountains Festival in Central Java

Eva Rapoport Blog Post

Five Mountains Festival (Festival Lima Gunung) is an annual festival held in Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The name refers to five actual mountains (four of which are active or dormant volcanoes) situated in and around Magelang Regency – Merapi, Merbabu, Sindoro, Sumbing and Andong. But such a unique geography isn’t the only hallmark of the area, it is also reach in traditional arts and culture. Five Mountains Festival has been organized since 2002 by the cognominal community. Komunitas Lima Gunung, which keep growing bigger by every year, unites people of various backgrounds –