Ganjar Gets Wisanggeni And Mahfud Given Semar, What Does It Mean?

The people's celebration of the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair, Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD in Solo City, Central Java, began with a cultural carnival. Both even got a wayang handed over by PDIP DPP Chair Puan Maharani and the Advisory Council for the National Winning Team (TPN) Ganjar Mahfud, Yenny Wahid.

Judging from PDIP's YouTube, the couple was paraded by a cultural carnival from Ngarsopuro to Vastenburg Fort, Solo, Central Java. In front of Surakarta City Hall, Ganjar and Mahfud MD were greeted with people's wayang performances.

In this performance, there is a procession of Providing Wisanggeni and Wayang Semar to candidate pairs. Ganjar was symbolically given by the Chairperson of the PDI-P DPP Puan Maharani.

Wisanggeni in pewayangan is considered to reflect the attitude of the knights and the courage to be firm and like to help the people's difficulties. Meanwhile, Mahfud MD was given by Wayang Semar.

Semar in the story of pewayangan is considered a mandraguna magic figure representing the people, the knights' adviser, simple, honest, wise.

As for the event, Ganjar Pranowo was accompanied by his wife, Siti Atikoh Suprianti, and his son Muhammad Zinedine Alam Ganjar. Meanwhile, the vice presidential candidate Mahfud MD, accompanied by his wife Zaizatun Nihayati.

The chairman of the PDIP DPP Puan Maharani and her two children were also seen. Then there is also the Chairman of TPN Ganjar-Mahfud, Arsjad Rasjid.

After the procession of the Wayang Orang performance in front of the Surakarta City Hall, Ganjar-Mahfud and the convoy continued the cultural carnival to the Vastenburg Fort, to attend the People's Celebration,

The weather in Solo is currently rainy. However, people still come to welcome the number three pair in the 2024 presidential election.

Previously reported, Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD held the last grand campaign or People's Celebration in Solo City and Semarang City, Central Java today, Saturday, February 10. This campaign was deliberately carried out as a sign of changing the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) era to Ganjar Pranowo.

From Solo to Semarang, from the Jokowi era to the Ganjar Pranowo era. From the area that used to symbolize Jokowi's base, moving towards Semarang, an area that is the symbol of Ganjar Pranowo's base," said Deputy for the Media Channel for the Ganjar-Mahfud National Winning Team (TPN), Karaniya Dharmasaputra, quoted on Saturday, February 10.