Gunungan kakung

Perebutan Gunungan Kakung Gunungan Kakung Susunan Gunungan Kakung Gunungan kakung berbentuk seperti kerucut terpancung dengan ujung sebelah atas agak membulat. Sebagian besar gunungan ini terdiri dari sayuran kacang panjang yang berwarna hijau yang dirangkaikan dengan cabai merah, telur itik, dan beberapa perlengkapan makanan kering...

Garebeg

Upacara Garebeg diselenggarakan tiga kali dalam satu tahun kalender/penanggalan Jawa yaitu pada tanggal dua belas bulan Mulud (bulan ke-3), tanggal satu bulan Sawal (bulan ke-10) dan tanggal sepuluh bulan Besar (bulan ke-12). Pada hari-hari tersebut Sultan berkenan mengeluarkan sedekahnya kepada rakyat sebagai perwujudan rasa syukur...

Tumplak Wajik

Upacara  Tumplak Wajik Upacara tumplak wajik adalah upacara pembuatan Wajik (makanan khas yang terbuat dari beras ketan dengan gula kelapa) untuk mengawali pembuatan pareden yang digunakan dalam upacara Garebeg. Upacara ini hanya dilakukan untuk membuat pareden estri pada Garebeg Mulud dan Garebeg Besar. Dalam upacara yang...

Upacara Adat Masyarakat Jogja Dan Budayanya

Upacara Adat Yogyakarta Selain memiliki kemegahan bangunan Keraton Yogyakarta juga memiliki suatu warisan budaya yang tak ternilai. Diantarannya adalah upacara-upacara adat, tari-tarian sakral, musik, dan pusaka (heirloom). Upacara adat yang terkenal adalah upacara Tumplak Wajik, Garebeg, upacara Sekaten dan upacara Siraman...

Yogyakarta, Yogya or Jogja

Yogyakarta Province Formally, the name of district is Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Province. Daerah Istimewa means special district refers to special status of province. The reasn is explained partly by its long history of Yogyakarta during the colonial rule of Dutch regime, and then important role of Yogyakarta played during the struggle...

Geographical Condition of Jogja

Jogja lies at the fertile ccrscent of rice lands in the middle of Java island. It is bordered to the northby the still active volcano, Mount Merapi and to the south by Indian ocean. In the south part of the land, stands Sewu (thousand) mountain range. The mountain range is extend along Java island and becomes of Java pre-historic life. Lying...

Hindu’s and Buddist’s Relics

Hindu relief Budha Relief Hinduism and Buddhism lived side by side Java since a long ago. The conflict between  them as noted in India was not played out in Java. It is common that around the Buddha’s monument of Borobudur, lies 42 km nort-west of Jogja, stayed many Hindu’s temples. Coversely, many Buddhist temples was build around...

Borobudur and the sorrounding

borobudur temple Built in between 750 and 850 AD by the Buddhist Syailendra dynasty, Borobudur becomes one of the greatest Buddhist relics in South East Asia. The two other are Cambodia’s Angkor Wat and Myanmar’s Bagan. Borobudur was lay forgotten for centuries, burried under layers of volcanic ash, until when it was foundin 1815 when Raffles...

Temples in Kecamatan Prambanan

Prambanan is located in the western part of the sub-district of Jogja. It is about 17 km from Jogja and passed by main road Jogja-Solo. It was the important area in Java during the Hinduism era, since it was a holy place or mandala where the temples were built. Those temples are lying along the south side of Prambanan Hill up to the...

Complex of Plaosan Temple

Located around 2 km to  the norteast of Prambanan Temple,Plaosan has both Hindu and Buddha architectures.This cascadedtemple is unique, since its construction cannot be found in other temples in Java.The experts consideredthat Plaosan was built in the same era with the Prambann temple, around 9 C.E, by King Rakai Pikatan of Hindu Dynasty...

Palace Of King Boko

This palace is located in the hill at south side of Prambanan Temple. We can view Prambanan Temple and Mount Merapi from this place. The compound was built in age of 9 C.E , and the experts considered this place as capital of Mataram Hindu Kingdom. No building remains. However, when we seee the gate-which had been renovated, the square and...

KOTA GEDE,The Beginning Of Mataram Islam (1575-1640)

Kota Gede is sometimes called as The old Capital City, as it was the first capital of Mataram Islam Kingdom. Before, it was merely a forest-called Alas Mentaok, which was granted by Sultan Panjang, King of Hindu Kingdom in East Java to Panembahan Senopati, since Senopati had done a favour by protecting Panjang. In 1575, Panembahan Senopati,...

Sari Temple and Sambisari Temple

It is about 500m from Kalasan Temple to the north. This Temple has similar type to Plaosan Temple, but its outer reliefs looks almost similar to Kalasan Temple. It is about 2.5 kmfrom Prambanan to the north, Sambisari looks like an isolated temple. This shiva temple that was built in the 1966 Sambisari is 6m under water level. This way the compound lokks like a pool. This Temple was quite...

Kalasan Temple

This Temple located in desa( village) Kalasan around 50m from the main road Jogja-Solo. It is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Prambanan. Built in 775 C.E., this Temple was offered to Tara Boddhisatva . The experts said taht the whole buildingwas painted in bright color. We can steel some paint on the remaining buildi...