Dugderan Festival is celebrated with great pomp and show every year. It is unique to Semarang. Dugderan Festival is organized during the week before the commencement of Ramadan, the month during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. The Muslims sound the big drum and have a fireworks display. These announce the official onset of the Ramadan, the fasting month. But nowadays restrictions have been put on fire works. The devotees generally wait outside the mosque for the official announcement of Ramadan. Vendors put on stalls on the eve of Dugderan Festival in Johar and also near Kauman, the great mosque. You will get a variety of items in these stalls during Dugderan Festival. Different kinds of items made of clay, toys for children and various other commodities hat make he place very colorful. You also get scrumptious and mouth watering Indonesian delicacies in this Dugderan Festival.
