Museum Ullen Sentalu
The museum is very thick with the aura of a woman. That is the impression I get when I visit the museum located in the eastern time Boyong, Ground. Perhaps because of this museum as to show the identity of the palace women who has not known many people and a mystery to others. Not many people know the existence, even for the people of Yogyakarta though, although it officially opened this museum from 1997 by KGPAA Paku Alam VIII who was then serving as Governor of Yogyakarta.
Museum, whose name stands for "Ulating Blencong Sejatine tataning Lumaku" which means real life lamp for human life the way it was built dilahan cool and beautiful among the trees ... [readmore]
City of culture: Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta Special Region (Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, DIY) is officially one of Indonesia's 32 provinces. Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centers of Java. This region is located at the foot of the active Merapi volcano, Yogyakarta was in the 16th and 17th centuries the seat of the mighty Javanese empire ... [readmore]
Gamelan
Gamelan is a musical ensemble that usually highlight metallophone, xylophone, drums, and gongs. The term gamelan refers to the instrument / tool, which is a unified whole that is realized and pounded together. The word gamelan comes from the Javanese language, which means gamel hitting / beating, followed by a suffix that makes the noun. Gamelan orchestra are mostly in Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok in Indonesia in a variety of sizes and shapes of ensembles. In Bali and Lombok today, and in Java through the 18th century, the term gong is more considered synonymous with gamelan.
Emergence of gamelan preceded by Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in the early days of recording history, ... [readmore]
Interesting Places in Yogyakarta
Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace
The palace court with its grand and elegant Javanese architecture lies in the centre of the city. It was founded Prince Mangkubumi in 1755. The Prince was then called Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I. He chose the right location of the compound between the Winongo River and the Code River. The ... [readmore]
Kraton Yogyakarta
Ngayogyakarta Keraton or Kraton Yogyakarta Sultanate in general known by the public as one of?building the royal palace of the archipelago. Sultan Palace is the official palace of Yogyakarta Sultanate until 1950 when the State government of the Republic of Indonesia to make the Sultanate of Yogyakarta (Duchy together Paku Alaman) as a special autonomous region with a provincial level DIY.
Yogyakarta Palace was founded by the Sultan began Hamengkubuwono I post a few months Giyanti Agreement in 1755. The location of this palace is the former allegedly a pesanggarahan who called Garjitawati. This rest house used to rest funeral procession of kings of Mataram (Kartasura and Surakarta) which will be buried in Imogiri. Another version says the palace is the location of a spring, Pacethokan ... [readmore]
