Festival Pecel in Purbalingga Serves 6000 Portions of Free Pecel Pincuk

PURBALINGGA – There were at least 6,000 portions of free pecel pincuk for the visitors at Festival Pecel in Selakambang Village, Kaligondang sub-district, Purbalingga, Central Java.

The head of Pokdarwis (Group of Tourism Awareness), Beno, said that the committee had involved 53 neighborhoods in the village to serve pecel to be given to the visitors.

“We prepared 6,000 portions of pecel pincuk. All of them are made by the residents from each neighborhood. Each neighborhood is involved in the competition to serve pecel to the visitors,” he said to TIMES Indonesia (timesindonesia.co.id) in the event of Festival Pecel on Sunday (11/11/2018).

According to Beno, pecel is a typical dish of Purbalingga that begins to be left out by the development of the modern culinary and other instant foods.

This fact inspired Beno to reintroduce pecel in the area of Purbalingga through Festival Pecel in the tourism location of Watukambang, Selakambang Village.

“Pecel is no longer people’s favorite fish due to the development of culinary world. Therefore, we reintroduce this dish made of vegetables to the people in Purbalingga,” he said.

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Beno also explained that before the visitors enjoy pecel, the visitors were invited to have a walk on a path under the bamboo garden to see some historical sites, the heritage of Kyai Purwasuci, the founder of Selakambang Village.

The historical sites are Sumur Bacek, Tapak Bima, Watu Lumpang, Watu Klasa, Sendang Larangan, Sendang Duren, Watu Jenggot, Kubang Warak, Watu Linrang, and Watu Kambang.

The visitors were invited to have a walk from Umah Wayah Kemukusan, and then walk around the stream under the bamboo garden to see the historical sites, the heritage of Kyai Purwasuci,” he explained.

This Festival Pecel had managed to attract thousands visitors to enjoy pecel served by the residents of Selakambang Village, Kemangkon sub-district, Purbalingga. (*)

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