Wedding traditions of Solo (Surakarta)
The other Javanese court city, with a bridal style of its own, the solo putri, and the rite of the broken egg.
Solo is the home of a second Javanese palace, and its wedding style is considered the model of a gentle, refined rite. The bridal dress and make-up differ slightly from Yogyakarta.
A wedding here
The bride wears the solo putri gown with a short headdress, and the groom a blangkon, a batik cap. The rites include the throwing of betel, the wiji dadi egg rite and the sungkeman, in which the couple kneel before their parents.
Where weddings happen
Family homes, pendopo halls and the palace for the royal family.
The season and the calendar
The Javanese weton calendar helps choose a date. Many weddings are held after the harvest.
Wedding customs of Solo (Surakarta)
Also part of it, and being written: Javanese wedding (The rites.), Sungkeman (The kneeling to parents.), Blangkon (The Javanese headcloth.), Batik (The cloth tradition.).
A wedding trail idea for Solo (Surakarta)
- Pasar Klewer A famous batik market.
- Kasunanan Palace A palace.
- Laweyan A batik district.
Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
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