Jogja City

Filmmaker Garin Nugroho has turned to ancient Sanskrit legend and traditional Javanese culture to portray the inequality and violence that have plagued Indonesia’s emergence as an independent nation.
Nugroho has previously explored dark episodes in his country’s history — “A Poet” was set in 1965 during the massacre of hundreds of thousands of “communists” and government […]

One of the best place to learn and/or to watch the performance of Javanese classical court dance is at NDALEM (a court Joglo mansion) Pujokusuman, Jalan Brig.Jen. Katamso, East of Keraton.
This is the home of Sasminta Mardawa Dance Foundation, faithfully with accurate dynamism practising the Yogyakarta court dance style.
Just like in the old tradition, the […]

To commemorate its 56th anniversary, state Gadjah Mada University of Yogyakarta will hold several events, ranging from science seminars to sports and art festivals.
Hundreds of lecturers and their families will take part in a fun bike ride around the university campus in Bulak Sumur on Sunday. There will be prizes from sponsors for participants.
The anniversary […]

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 […]

Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Peacefully cradled at the foot of the Menoreh Mountains in Central Java is the city of Yogyakarta. Often referred to as the biggest village in the world, it is the cultural heart of Java, a culture that spans many centuries. A population of over one million people live in Yogyakarta from a total […]

Srandul is a dance drama featuring panji story. Srandul is performed by a group of men of women. The extent of the cast in srandul depends on the story they played, a player could hold one cast or some cast in one presentation. Srandul is accompanied by some traditional music instruments such […]

The other developing form of leather puppet is wayang wong. This is dance drama presented by human featuring a dances and afew dialogue among a pleyers. The function of the dalang is not just narrating all the casts he’s also the stage director. The stiries are taken from Panji, Ramayana and Mahabarata […]

Langen Mondro Wanoro is combination of some special branches of dances, songs, dramas, and Gamelan music. This is one of the traditional art forms of Yogyakarta’s uniqueness. The main characteristics of Langen Mondro are that the dancers dance in the squatting position and carry on dialogues in a singing tone called Mocopat. The story is […]