Ullen Sentalu is a private museum that was initiated by Haryono family and now is managed by Ulating Blencong Foundation. It was established in 1994 and officially inaugurated on March 1, 1997, coinciding with the date commemorated every year as a historical day for Jogjakarta City. The inauguration...
Jogjakarta is one of the most popular tourist destination after Bali. When you visit jogJakarta, you have a favorite spot, characteristic of this city, Malioboro. Malioboro is the name of the street in Jogjakarta, which consists of Pangeran Mangkubumi Street and Jendral A. Yani Street. Malioboro...
The Legend of Loro Jonggrang is a Javanese popular legend from Central Java telling the story of love and betrayal, the knight and the cursed princess. It also explains the mythical origin of Ratu Boko palace, Sewu temple, and the Durga statue in Prambanan temple compound. his legend is a local popular...
Nyai Loro Kidul is a legendary Indonesian spirit, known as the Queen of the Southern Sea of Java (Indian Ocean or Samudra Kidul south of Java island) in Javanese and Sundanese mythology. She is also the legendary consort of the Sultans of Mataram and Jogjakarta, beginning with Senopati and continuing...
pic from http://newyorkyakarta.net Grebeg is one form of the existing tradition in Javanesse society. In Jogjakarta, known as areas that still upholds the traditions and culture of Java. Grebeg has become an annual agenda of its own in the life of society. The main purpose Grebeg namely as a form...
The event of marriage among the youngest daughter of Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, Gusti Kanjeng Queen Bendara or Gray Nurastuti Wijareni with Kanjeng Prince Achmad Ubaidillah Haryo Yudanegara or held in October 18, 2011. President of Indonesia- Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, 20 ministers and 40 Kings...
Bedhaya Sumreg Dance is one of the “dance inheritance” property of the Jogjakarta Keraton Palace. Classical dance is not merely a composition of gestures that are created into a single entity serving the whole spectacle. But behind the dance classic, stored on a story or a very high philosophical...
picture from: nirara.wordpress.com Borobudur Temple is one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. This colossal relic of Borobudur Temple was built by Sailendra dynasty between 750 and 842 AD; 300 years before Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, 400 years before work had begun on the great European...
The Boko Queen Temple or Candi Ratu Boko is three kilometres south of Prambanan temple complex. The name "Candi Ratu Boko" was given by the locals just based on a legend of Ratu Boko, Rara Jonggrang's father. This site lies on a small plateau about 196 meter above the sea level. The remains cover...
picture from http://koelitinta.com Prambanan is one of beautiful temple in Indonesia. It also the biggest temple complex in Java. There are 224 temples in the complex; three of them, the main temples are Brahma Temple in the north, Vishnu Temple in the south, and the biggest among the three which...
(picture from: http://bimasena.co.id) The Wayang Kulit (shadow puppets) whirl in front of the stage. Their movements are smooth and rhythmic according to the crash of gongs and bells. The shadow pupets are carved from the skin of the water buffalo. With a thin knife, they create fine, lace-like...
(picture by author, andri fredi) The Ramayana is an epic derived from the stories of india. The name of the characters and locations had been changed when the stories were brought to Java. These stories have spread throughtout the archipelago over the centuries. The Ramayana recounts the adventures...
