Introduction to Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta is one of province based on sultananate palace but still a part of Indonesia republic. Historic said that Hamengkubuwono IX, king of Yogyakarta in 1945 declared that Yogyakarta agreed to join the Indonesian republic. At that time, the yogyakarta sultanate had six regency.   Yogyakarta, sleman, bantul, gunungkidul, adikarto and kulonprogo regency. But now, it left only five regency which adikarto regency are unite with kulonprogo regency.

The philosophy slogan that they followed are Hamemayu Hayuning Bawana, it is as the deep desire to complete the society rules of life based on valeur local culture which is need to develop. The other slogan Hamangku-Hamengku-Hamengkoni, means that  the throne for people and for social – culture prosperity.

The Gouverment

Yogyakarta in 2009 has ten party which is accepted in Assembly at Provincial. The parties are consist of,

Economic Life

Most of  Yogyakarta people are farmers, sellers and artisans ( silver, puppet and plaited materials ) and tourisme. But there are also people who live by renting a house or a chamber for students, maybe like apartment but there’s only one room.

Transportation

We can find two kinds of  transportation in this city, traditional and modern. For traditional we can ride andong ( vehicle pulled by horse ) and pedicab. The modern are bus, train, boat and plane. There’s only one airport, national and international called Adisucipto. Located in Solo street.

Education

Yogya ( short name for Yogyakarta ) has many names. Beside as a Gudeg city ( traditional food from jack fruits ), it called also motorcycle city, culture city and education city. In Yogya, we can find the oldest university in Indonesia. UGM ( University of Gadjah Mada ) and many more famous university like UNY ( University State of Yogyakarta ), Islamic State University, etc.

Culture

Yogyakarta much influenced by Javanese culture. Art and culture are the part of people life. Since they were kids, they were usually watched, joined or organized the artistic and cultural program. Tradition is the most important step to reach better life. That’s why, the tradition looks like never die in this city. The organization of tradition can’t be separated from art and culture. Those arts are combined and presented in to beautiful sacred ceremony. The exclusive art we can find are kethoprak ( traditional teater), jathilan ( dance traditional with horses  imitation ) and the puppet show.

Site Touristique

We can visite some site touristique area. For cultural tourisme there are watercastle of tamansari, Parangtritis and Parangkusumo beach, Prambanan, Kalasan, ratu Boko, banyunibo, Ijo and barong temple. ( this three temple located in hidden area ). Historical tourisme like museum sonobudoyo, monumen jogja kembali, Museum Yogyakarta palace, etc. Masse tourisme like the zoo of gembira loka, Malioboro ( famous as champs elyssé de Jogja ), bird market Ngasem, and many more. About  40 km from Yogyakarta there are, Borobudur temple as Unesco heritage.

Yogyakarta are famous with traditional food which is very cheap and healthy. We can find tradistional kiosque selle traditional food called angkringan.  And so many traditional food in every regency of Yogyakarta. You need a month to taste all this variety food in this city.

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