Central Java is rich with the cultural heritage of Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic historical eras. The famous Buddhist temples — or candi — of Borobudur, Mendut and Pawon, and the Hindu temple Prambanan are a few of the numerous cultural influences that spread through the province.
Aside from these famed temples are other, lesser-known temples such […]
As many as 20 Asian films will compete in the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) which will be held from July 29 to August 2.
Films directed by young and talented Asian filmmakers will be shown in three places — Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Benteng Vredeburg and the Indonesia-France Council cinema.
The JAFF festival was also held in […]
With the school holidays in full swing, tourists have flocked to Yogyakarta, overwhelming railway companies and airlines that provide transportation to the popular destination.
In the heart of the city, the shopping district of Malioboro and the Yogyakarta Palace have been packed with visitors. Parangtritis Beach and Kaliurang Park have also been inundated with holiday-makers.
Tourists are […]
In an UNESCO-sponsored visual art exhibition competition titled The Thousand Mysteries of Borobudur, held at Gallery Jogja during April and May 2007, the work of Ismanto, 39, titled The Achievement of Becoming a Champion really stood out.
Ismanto’s work of art constituted a heap of rubble topped by a Buddha head.
Art connoisseurs and fellow artists are […]
Gadjah Mada University (UGM) will give special training for the disabled — survivors of last year’s earthquake — in Bantul, Yogyakarta.
Sunartini, head of nursing studies at UGM medical school, said of 1,500 people who were injured after the quake 300 are permanently disabled.
The campus will run special training for people whose ailments are not permanent […]
Over 4,000 students from 23 universities across Java are soon to be sent on a campaign to take on high illiteracy rates in eight provinces.
The 4,528 students, the majority coming from Yogyakarta’s Gadjah Mada University (UGM), are to be sent to 54 regencies in eight provinces — Banten, Central Java, East Java, Gorontalo, Jakarta, Lampung, […]