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Kemiren, Banyuwangi, East Java
Two Days in the Osing Village of Kemiren
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Kemiren, Banyuwangi
An Osing customary village at Java's eastern tip, home of gandrung, barong and coffee.
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Kemiren, Banyuwangi, East Java
Gandrung Dance and the Ijen Crater Hike
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About Kemiren, Banyuwangi
The Osing are descendants of the Blambangan kingdom at the eastern tip of Java, mainly in Banyuwangi Regency, with their own Osing language. Kemiren village in Glagah district is a cultural tourism village where Osing houses and traditions are still lived.
Kemiren keeps the Osing barong and the gandrung, Banyuwangi's signature dance, once performed in thanksgiving after the harvest. Each year the village holds Ider Bumi on the 2nd of Syawal, Tumpeng Sewu early in Dhul Hijjah and the Ngopi Sepuluh Ewu coffee festival every October.
Getting there
Banyuwangi has its own airport with flights from Jakarta and Surabaya, and trains from Surabaya and Yogyakarta arrive at Ketapang Station. From Bali, the Gilimanuk–Ketapang ferry takes about an hour. Kemiren is about 20 minutes from town.