YOGYAKARTA --Taman Sari, Beautifull Water Castle

Distance Taman Sari from Yogya Kraton neighborhood just a few minutes, can be reached by riding a rickshaw or bentor - motor tricycles, enough to pay Rp. 20,000,00. Rickshaw pullers will usher in a guide to get around, explain the function of every corner of the garden architecture old and nearly three centuries. A few steps later when tourists guided walk around past the narrow path between the houses before it finally got to the gate, ticket prices for domestic tourists Rp. 5,000,00, foreign tourists Rp. 7,000,00. Travelers will soon feel die to the past, the life of lane I in 1758, when the Taman Sari was built in accordance with the development of Kraton Yogyakarta.The first part of the Taman Sari is Arch Stage, over the past two centuries, from the top of this Gapura Sultan used to watch dances are staged in the park below. Artistic building beside the park is a place in the musical drummers, in the middle of the park was established stage where the dancers show dance lovely and polite. Not far from the gate stage looked stairs and archway with cream-colored wall paint. Is a building material that does not remain united with the ancient building material over two centuries ago yag. Although renovated Taman Sari can not let go of the texture of ancient wall color. Behind the archway seemed gurgling fountain fell on the surface of the pool water crystal clear blue pond bottom. Bannerman is three Kawitan bathing pool - a pool for children of Sultan, Bannerman Pamuncar - pool for the concubines, and Bannerman Panguras - pool for Sultan.In the tower, the Sultan's private space still stored a vessel. At that time the vessel will always contain clear water that serves as a mirror. Over two centuries ago, a beautiful woman would bow his head, fixing makeup and hair down, smoothed fashion, prepare to meet the Sultan. Mirror yet again to the land of Java, then the water in a vessel will automatically reflect the real image of the owner. Above the dressing room there is still a tiny room on the third floor which can be achieved by passing the stairs teak. From this floor, through the frame of the window, the sun seemed to reflect light from the pond below, the whole area of ​​Taman Sari seems clear, beautiful, and memorable.Down from the top of the tower guides will take tourists to the Great Gate, where the arrival of the carriage driven Sultan and his family to the Taman Sari. The gate was dominated ornamental flowers and wings of a bird, not far from the Great Gate stood pesanggrahan as follows destination. At that time, before the war, the Sultan would meditated in this place. This time, after nearly three centuries, the atmosphere in the rest house still feels quiet and silent, as though phrased atmosphere when Sultan middle meditating, worshiping the Creator of Heaven and Earth. In this place also weapons and armor saved, keris sanctified. As in the court of the soldiers used to practice sword.Travelers seemed to go back to the past in 1758, after the Treaty Giyanti, he built the palace as the seat of government Ngayogyakarta Sultanate. Mangkubumi which then holds lane I build a palace in the middle of the imaginary axis that runs between Mount Merapi and Parangtritis. The reference point construction of the palace was a pennant - springs. To honor the wives of the Sultan for helping during times of war, he ordered Demak Tegis a Portuguese architect and Regent Madiun as foreman to build a palace in the pennant are located 500 meters south of the palace. The palace is surrounded Segaran - decorated artificial lakes of various flowers that smelled scent, a lovely place it is called by the name of Taman Sari.Taman Sari travel is up, tourists can menruskan next step towards the Well Gumuling and Kenongo Building. Come on, let's go ....

ANTHRO PUPPET --A Collaboration of Ttraditional and Contemporary Performing Arts

Rain poured wet mat a few minutes the audience shortly before the show Puppet Anthro Friday, December 16 starting at the open stage of civilization that the Faculty of Humanities, University of Gadjah Mada. The players while central decorated with costume each in accordance with the character played. However, the rain did not cause the spectators to leave. The atmosphere in the central courtyard of Faculty of Humanities remained boisterous. The stage has been established, as well as students who sells drinks and simple food, they seemed busy serving customers.
Ahead of the show began at 20:00, this time staged title Kauravas invited the Pandavas to play dice. When Pandavas lost, the knights Astinapura should go for 12 years in the jungle. Kurawa never comfortable with the presence of the Pandavas, who is regarded as a competitor in the fight over the throne. Yudhistira upright Kauravas could not resist the invitation, "It is wrong for a nobleman refused to play dice".
Viewers already know Antrho puppet show did not lead the audience to enjoy the dialogue and acting serious of all the players. Privileged Puppet Anthro is the witty dialogue of the players without deviating from the Mahabharata. Then the laughter began to explode when the Kauravas and the Pandavas started performing on stage playing dice with the defeat of the Pandavas, because urawa foul play.The next scenes and dialogue takes place with the funny, the audience even burst out repeatedly, because of the appearance of the player funny without dialogue. Nearly two hours into the source of the boisterous atmosphere of the stage, lighting, stage design and smart as well as the musical rhythms and melodious sound of the singer completes the totality of the show such as collaborative performances of traditional and modern art is refreshing.
The entire crew and cast comprising students of Anthropology, time inu not only tested the ability of academics to study one of the disciplines. But has proven collaboration in the performing arts, which began in 1980, when students Antrpologi who conducted the study at the time, has now become a senior.

 

 

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.

MALIOBORO IN DECEMBER

Years and months continue to change, but from time to time in Malioboro remain eternal life. Simpleness never changed, is the length of one segment of the highway, straight to the south, toward Bangsal  Manguntur tangkil, the Sultan sat enthroned as leader,for welfare. From the throne as Sultan can see, the people of Yogya every day by tourists, foreign and domestic to strive to continue to live, shop in the bustling tourist sites and unpretentious. There's hardly a necessity of life that can not be obtained in Maliboro, from clothing, soap, kitchen ware, footwear, home furnishings to the food menu is presented as well as a dish of hot dishes, cheap street. Likewise, batik and souvenir which is always nice as a souvenir or memento.For those who never miss a youth in Yogya to Malioboro as a major tourist destination, place holds too many memories. Floor red brick sidewalks, hospitality vendors, or overly chatty bid of rickshaw drivers, the traffic is more dense, but the traditional means of transport remain. Gig tour gives a special experience, especially for tourists who never rode a train ride. Slowly pedicab experience innovation gradually becomes 'bentor' motorized rickshaw. Rickshaw pullers do not need to pedal while streaming with sweat, simply turn on the machine, then bentor will be accelerated over the slippery asphalt road.

Morning around 10:00 activity in the shops and street vendors began to wake up, while the visitors began to arrive more crowded by late morning until late afternoon. Younger children enjoy the freedom to travel with a close friend, to be a part of modesty in this place. Nameplate Malioboro never lonely traveler who intends to take a picture to prove physically, really he never existed in this shopping center. On holidays Malioboro flood of visitors, all the roads will be jammed by a motor vehicle, as well as red-story brick pavement.
However, even though the visitors never lost jammed been to Malioboro, a name that has been attached to the eternal as a tourist destination map in Yogyakarta. The impression would not rely more on without visiting Malioboro when it comes to Yogya.

Rickshaw and Motorized Rickshaw

Motorized Rickshaw

Riding Rickshaw

Dayly

Gig --Horse-Drawn Carriage

Antique Lamps

Communication Boards

T-Shirt "Hello Yogyakarta ...."

Boxed Drinks Vending

Eating in the street

Highway

Teler ice

Culinary

Domestic tourists

Afternoon stroll

Afternoon in Malioboro

PICK TIME

night fell on the circumference of a stone axe
I burst into bullet
dose only dark shadow of fear
dither increasingly shaky and then slips as
alfabethI'm not vowels nor consonants
only foreign roamer in no man's land
cold wind was lying on the lesion
please resign die on a deserted
"the action not only pieces of the story?"
performances are definitely over before
bell tolling
arrived when 

take leave home service,  


Moses Kilangin Airport, Timika, June 5th, 2011