Blitar residents hold Grebeg Pancasila cultural procession

Participants carry portraits of Indonesia's first president, Soekarno, alongside gunungan (cone-shaped offerings of agricultural produce) during the Grebeg Pancasila traditional procession in Blitar, East Java, on Monday (June 1, 2026). Local residents, including artists, cultural figures, community groups, and students, took part in the annual tradition to commemorate the birth of the state ideology, Pancasila. (ANTARA FOTO/Irfan Anshori/YU/M052)

Local residents scramble for gunungan (cone-shaped offerings of agricultural produce) following the Grebeg Pancasila traditional procession at the grave complex of Indonesia's first president, Soekarno, in Blitar, East Java, on Monday (June 1, 2026). The annual cultural tradition, which brought together local artists, cultural figures, community groups, and students, was held to commemorate the birth of the state ideology, Pancasila. (ANTARA FOTO/Irfan Anshori/YU/M052)