The arrival of Idul Fitri usually means brisk business on Yogyakarta’s “gold street”, as Jl. Ketandan is popularly known. There, people would crowd around the 30 jewelry stores in the area to polish their gold jewelry, making it shine as if it was brand new.
This year around, with Idul Fitri only about six days away, […]
It is a presintial palace of Indonesia or well known as Gedung Agung. The building was build in 1842 as the Dutch Residence (administration) of Jogjakarta . Nowadays, Gedung Agung is used as sate building for the state guest during their visit to Jogjakarta
Javanese people still beleave that a wedding ceremony is an important ritual is one’s life.Even nowadays, when the ceremony can be simplified and moderated, still there are a lot of custums is javanese wedding ceremony that should be done completely. This compotition below is the righ order in javanese custums of a wedding ceremony: […]
The exploration of the Prambanan complex presented through this virtual site gives an unusually prominent role to dance. There are several reasons for this. Today, the Prambanan site is associated with dance, which is regularly performed, in the form of Sendratari Ramayana, in its open air theatre, to which the complex lends a spectacular […]
Sendratari is a traditional ballet featuring a dance drama as a developing form of Wayang Wong without any dialogue among the players. Jogja is well known for its Ramayana ballet performing a group of artists playing the characters taken from Ramayana story. Ramayana Ballet are regularly performed at nDalem Pujokusuman on Monday and Friday […]
This museum was the former home of General Sudirman, –the first General of the Indonesian armed forces. It exhibits various weapons used in the struggle against the Dutch colonial during the physical revolution after the World War II. Some of these weapons are rifles made in Indonesia, which were used to fight against the Dutch […]
Jogja is known under several alias names: the city of learning, city of revolution, city of art, and city of gudeg. Gudeg is the regional breakfast speciality (although it is not strange to find it with lunch or dinner). It’s sweet (like most of food in Jogja), contains rice, and is mostly cooked jackfruit. […]
Kampung Kali Code is an informal village settlement built on government-owned land on the banks of the river Code. The site had been used as a refuse dump. The inhabitants comprise 30 to 40 families whose members do menial labour in the nearby city market.
All the squatter dwellings originally consisted of plastic sheet covered […]
Jogja when the dusk comes down, appears relaxing. This ancient Javanese royal city in the central part of Java Island, Indonesia, has a very special style from the past. Calm, soothing, with a surrounding of old buildings from the 17th century, the white walls of the palace complex still have their charm.
The evening air is […]
This museum was the former home of Prince Diponegoro, a noble from Ngayogyokarto Hadiningrat was bravely opposed the Dutch colonials at 1825 – 1830. The building is still resembles a traditional Javanese atmosphere. The interior has been restored, exhibit many kinds of weapons, as well as Diponegoro’s former items including his family and his faithful […]
Located at 3 km in the south of Prambanam, 200 m of altitude on a plateau, it is an immense complex of 250 000 m 2 . Built to the medium of the 8th century, a stele indicates that the site named Abhayagiri wihara, which could be translated by: the dormitory of the serene […]
Aside from being famous as a tourist destination and cultural center, Jogjakarta is well known for its traditional food. One of the traditional Jogja food is gudeg. You can find gudeg in other places in Indonesia, but “gudeg jogja” has a specific taste. It is sweet in its unique way. Being so famous as […]