YOGYAKARTA --Beringharjo Understated Market

The homely atmosphere immediately bubbling when a visitor stepped on the porch market then blend in a boisterous atmosphere Beringharjo. Culinary variety at very affordable prices offered traders with a friendly, gudeg, pecel, cendol, Yogya typical snacks, and ice teller. In the next step the visitor will soon merge with the bustle of the market in offering a variety of batik motifs and textiles, buying and selling continues throughout the day until the market closed in the afternoon.

Batik and textile prices are relatively cheap when compared to the prices in the store or mall, because taxes are low. Various batik, beautiful and impressive give the possibility to the buyer to choose an affordable price. A piece of fabrics, scarves, hems, skirts, sheets, pillowcases. Not far from where the sale of batik, looked merchants offer fruits, dry foods typical of Yogya. A man who was originally only intended to look, without any intention of buying finally also want to go shopping, because the beautiful batik motif. On the top floor provided a variety of needs that have been laid out in such a way, so that visitors can determine the pace, where were headed by saving time and labor. All the necessities of life as provided in this place, yag market is located in the heart of the city, a series of symbolic philosophy of Kraton Yogyakarta.

Market presence pillar part in the "single chess", namely the Palace, North Square, Beringharjo and Sultan Mosque. Catur Tunggal is the pattern of the royal palace since the dawn of time has been used to run the royal life. Beringharjo support the royal household. Beringharjo established in the same year that the royal establishment, precisely 1758. Beringharjo has a high historical value to the kingdom of the Sultan. The market was established in the same year the establishment of the kingdom. Ie in 1758.

Initially the market area wilderness, but because of the position of a single chess arrangement of pillars, then opened the forest as land interests of the economy, facility residents buying and selling. Banyan tree stands lush with leaves that shade to shade both sellers and buyers in the transaction. In 1925, Sri Sultan HB IX establish the market into a permanent building, not just commercial transactions in the shade of a banyan tree. During the inauguration, Sri Sultan HB IX gave the name "Beringharjo". "Bering" means a banyan tree and "Harjo" means prosperous. Is a hope, that the banyan tree that shaded the seller and the buyer in the transaction melakuka will bring prosperity to the year several times restored and finally became what it is today.