Gamelan Sekaten

Sekaten Gamelan Gamelan is the device most associated with the rites of Islam are considered and believed to have existed since the era of the Majapahit Kingdom. Sekatenan activities have existed since the time of the Demak kingdom as the first Islamic kingdom in Java in the mid-16th century.

About the name or origin - suggested name sekaten there are several opinions. Sekaten name associated with the word syahadatain, creed sentence must be pronounced a person when he attended the Islamic religion. Name Sekaten also have a link with exegesis dhosok in Javanese 'sisig (ing) ati' who, he described the feelings of people crowded the squeeze came when he heard a strange sound gamelam.
Name sekaten there is also linking with the size of the unit of weight used by the Java community of the past: a (single) kati. This was attributed to the size of the orchestra and the most severe among existing gamelan (Supanggah, 2002: 47-48).

In the Kraton Surakarta Gamelan Kyai Guntur Madu and Kyai Guntur Sari deliberately created in large measure to produce a loud sound that sounded remotely interesting to people in relation to the means of preaching the religion of Islam.
Ricikan Sekaten in Surakarta gamelan is:

1. consists of a single dynamic bonang ricikan penembung bonang and beaten by three men pengrawit
2. two dynamic saron demung
3. four dynamic saron barung, two dynamic router saron
4. a dynamic kempyang, a bedhug, a pair of big gong on one gayor.

All these gamelan barreled pelog and made of bronze material. The gending-gending sekatenan to be presented is ladrang signs, ladrang Rangkung, ladrang bans Italic, ladrang Glana.

Gamelan Sekaten rung once a year at a ceremony commemorating the birth of Prophet Muhammad in Mulud (Java). In this palace of Surakarta gamelan accompany the procession started from the ward Smarakata mountains, past Sitinggil, the plaza north, arrived at the Great Mosque page.