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, […]
The School of Architecture at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) is staging a furniture design competition.
Organized in cooperation with the forestry ministry and eWorld, the competition is open to individuals or teams of three people.
There are two categories in the competition: Garden and Indoor Furniture. Scoring will be based on modernity, creativity and innovation of the […]
One of the most striking things about the reconstruction and rehabilitation from the devastating earthquake that hit Yogyakarta and its surroundings last May 27 is the victims’ spirit of survival.
With or without assistance from the government or other institutions, residents labored to rebuild their damaged houses and repair their damaged livelihoods in an atmosphere of […]
Small and medium enterprises in Yogyakarta, the mainstays of the province’s economy, have started to show signs of recovery after last year’s earthquake.
The recovery of SMEs in Bantul regency, the area worst affected, had now reached 60 percent.
Bantul regency received donations amounting to around Rp 4 billion (US$45,770) to assist with SME recovery from the […]
A painting measuring 9.88 meters by 2.8 meters depicting the Borobudur Temple World Heritage Site was finished Wednesday evening by a single artist in just less than two hours at the temple’s compound (see photo).
Anthony David Lee, 43, a Manado-born artist who once lived in Singapore and has now moved to Bali, created the painting […]
With families still living in emergency tents and children going to school in makeshift bamboo classrooms, AsiaNews has gone back to see how people are faring a year after a devastating earthquake struck Yogyakarta (Bantul Regency). What is most noticeable now is that people are left just with hope to get back to normal and […]
In the early morning of May 27, 2006, an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck the province of Yogyakarta in central Java. The earthquake killed more than 6,500 people, seriously injured 45,000, and left an astounding 1.8 million Indonesian citizens homeless.
In the hours and days following the earthquake, the most pressing need was […]