KRATON YOGYAKARTA

KRATON YOGYAKARTA
Living Museum of Culture of Java and Yogyakarta Shelter King

Kyai Brajanala bells tolled a few times, his voice not only meet but came up Regol Keben Siti Hinggil and Ward Kraton performances. While in Sri Manganti heard chanting songs in the Old Javanese language is sung by a court servant. An old book, offerings, lanterns, and gamelan lay in front of him. Some tourists seem to listen to songs macapat solemn, sometimes they are seen pressing the shutter button to take pictures. Although it does not know the meaning of the song, I also sat in the front row. Songs sound Java which floated slowly mixes with the fragrance of flowers and incense smoke, creating a magic atmosphere that melenakan. 4 appears on the right side of the other courtiers are ready to turn nembang. Outside the pavilion, the birds chirping noisily as he flew from the top of the sapodilla tree is widely grown in kecik compound Kraton then landed on the grass.

Kraton Sultanate Ngayogyakarta or now better known by the name of the Sultan's Palace is the center of Javanese culture living museum in Yogyakarta Special Region. Not only home to the king and his family alone, the Palace is also a mecca for the cultural development of Java, as well as guard the flame of culture. In this place, tourists can learn and see firsthand how the Javanese culture continues to live and preserved. Sultan's Palace was built by Prince Mangkubumi in 1755, several months after the signing of the Treaty Giyanti. Forest was chosen as the founding of the palace Banyan because the land is flanked by two rivers that are considered good and protect it from being flooded. Despite hundreds of years old and was damaged by the massive earthquake in 1867, the building remained standing with the Sultan's Palace sturdy and well maintained.

Visit Kraton Yogyakarta will provide valuable experience as well as impressive. Kraton is the center of an imaginary line menghubungakn Parangtritis and Mount Merapi has 2 counter inside, the first in Tepas soldiering (in front of the North Square) and in Tepas Tourism (Regol Keben). If the entry of the military Tepas tourists can only enter events and Siti Hinggil ward and see a collection of some of the train if the entrance of the palace while the Tourism Tepas then you can enter Sri Manganti and Kedhaton Complex where there are Ward Kencono the main hall of the kingdom. The distance between the first and second booth door was not far, just down the road Rotowijayan tourists to walk or ride a rickshaw.

There are many things that can be witnessed in the Sultan's Palace, from the activities of the courtiers who are doing the job or view the collection of the Palace. Collections are kept in glass boxes that are scattered in various rooms ranging from ceramics and glassware, weapons, photographs, miniatures and replicas, to various kinds of batik and its deorama the manufacturing process. In addition, tourists can also enjoy the performing arts with different schedules each day. The show starts from the puppet people, macapat, puppet show, puppet show, and dance. Tourists to enjoy the performing arts do not need to incur additional costs. If it comes on Tuesday wage, you can watch the race or archery style jemparingan Mataraman in South Kemandhungan. Jemparingan is implemented in the framework of the remains of Sri Sultan HB X palace The uniqueness of each participant jemparingan are required to wear traditional Javanese clothes and archery in a sitting position.

After enjoying the show macapat, YogYES too complex to move around the court and into the Batik Museum which was inaugurated by Sri Sultan HB X in 2005. Museum collection is quite diverse ranging from a variety of equipment to make batik batik cloth from the HB HB VIII to X. Also in the museum is also recorded several collections of gifts from a number of batik entrepreneurs in Yogyakarta and other areas. While we were enjoying the museum's collection, view YogYES fixed on one of the old well that was built by the lane VIII. In the wells that have been closed using the aluminum screen it says that banning visitors put money. Intrigued with the intention of the sentence is YogYES any closer and looked into the well, turned out at the bottom of the wells contained coin and paper money are scattered.

Satisfied walked around the Kraton Yogyakarta, YogYES Regol also stepped out with a cheerful heart. On the way to the parking lot, seen a sign offering a class to learn nembang / macapat, write and read letters of Java, classical dance, and learn a performer. Apparently in the Kraton Complex there are places where learning courses or Javanese culture and art. YogYES also promised to myself, someday will come back to learn to spell and write letters hanacaraka and learn to dance.

Hours: 8:00 to 14:00 pm

Admission:

Tepas Kaprajuritan: Rp. 3000

Tepas Tourism: Rp. 5000

Permits camera / video: Rp. 1000

Daily performances on the court schedule

Monday - Tuesday: gamelan music (starting at 10.00 am)

Wednesday: Wayang puppet marvelous (starting at 10.00 am)

Thursday: Performances of dance (starting at 10.00 am)

Friday: Macapat (starting at 09.00 am)

Saturday: Wayang (starting at 09.30 pm)

Sunday: people & Puppet dance (starting at 09.30 pm)

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