Jogjakarta

KARAWITAN FOR CHILDREN “PUJO LARAS”

2007-06-01T11:01:00.000-07:00

SOME STUDENTS COME FROM GROGOL 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BANTUL CAPABLE TO PLAY TRADITIONAL MUSIC KNOWN AS KARAWITAN. THAT KARAWITAN ART BECOME ONE SUBJECT THAT MUST BE LEARNT BY SOME STUDENTS UNTIL THEY CAN PERFORM IN AN OCCASION.

SOME KARAWITAN MUSIC INSTRUMENTS LIKE SARON, BONANG, KENONG, DEMUNG, KETIPUNG, KENDANG, SLENTHENM AND GONG SOUND BEAUTIFUL PLAYED BY SOME STUDENTS FROM GROGOL 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY SEEM CAPABLE TO LEARN KARAWITAN ART. ALTHOUGH THEY LEARN THAT ART AS ONE OF SUBJECT THAT MUST BE LEARNT IN SCHOOL, BUT THE RESULT WAS AMAZING BECAUSE THEY COULD PRESERVE THAT TRADITIONAL ART EARLY.

MUJIASIH AS THE HEADMASTER OF GROGOL 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BANTUL SAID THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF KARAWITAN ART TOWARD HIS STUDENT/ AS A EFFORT TO DEVELOP CHILDREN’S HOBBY. BESIDE THAT MUJIASIH VALUE THAT THE LEARNING PROCESS IN SCHOOL ONLY TOLD ABOUT intelligence, BUT RARE TO BALANCE THE FUNCTION BETWEEN LEFT BRAIN AND RIGHT BRAIN OF CHILDREN THEREFORE BY TEACHING KARAWITAN TO CHILDREN IT CAN BALANCE BETWEEN THE INTELLIGENCE AND CAPABILITY OF CHILDREN. THESE CHILDREN COULD BE THE DEVELOPER OF TRADITIONAL ART ESPECIALLY KARAWITAN THROUGH LEARNING PROCESS IN SCHOOL. SOME STUDENTS LIVE IN ENVIRONMENT THAT HAVE THE SOUL OF ART THEREFORE IT WILL BE NO FORCE FOR THEM.

THE ART ATTRACTION OF CULTURAL TOURISM

2007-05-31T12:18:00.000-07:00

THE ART ATTRACTION OF YOGYAKARTA CULTURAL TOURISM TWO THOUSAND SEVEN SUCCEED ALTHOUGH THERE WAS HARD RAIN. THE ATTRACTION THAT TAKE THE START IN FRONT OF LOCAL TOURISM DEPARTEMENT IN DIY AMAZED THE VISITORS THAT HAVE VACATION IN YOGYAKARTA.

THE LONG VACATION HAS THE BENEFIT FOR LOCAL TOURISM DEPARTMENT IN DIY COOPERATED WITH ART WORKER COMMUNITY IN YOGYAKARTA/ TO HELD THE ART TOURISM CULTURAL ATTRACTION TWO THOUSAND SEVEN ALONG MALIOBORO STREET, THIS ATTRACTION AMAZE TOURISM THAT HAVE THE VACATION IN YOGYAKARTA. THERE WERE MANY ART GROUPS PRESENTED IN THAT ATTRACTION THERE WERE NATYA LAKSITA DIDIK NINI THOWOK DANCE ASSOCIATION CULTURAL ART REWE- REWE TRADTION AND LIONG SAMSI ART GROUP.

THE ATTRACTION OF CULTURAL TOURISM ART PERFOMED AS THE MEDIA TO RISE YOGYAKARTA TOURISM. THIS ATTRACTION WILL PERFORMED EVERY SATURDAY START FROM FOUR IN THE EVENING ALONG MALIOBORO STREET.

THE CENTENNIAL OF AFFANDI

2007-05-27T10:58:00.000-07:00

THE JOURNEY OF FINE ART IN INDONESIA REPRESENT SPECIFIC HISTORICAL NARRATION/ AND IT CANNOT SEPARATED FROM THE MAESTRO AFFANDI. THE COMMEMORATION OF AFFANDI TITLED “THE CENTENNIAL OF AFFANDI IN TWO THOUSAND SEVEN” ANNOUNCED BY CULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF DI Yogyakarta CONDROYONO. THE TOP COMMEMORATION OF CENTENNIAL OF AFFANDI PRESENTED WITH MANY ACTIVITIES. THE OPENING OF THIS COMMEMORATION COMPLETES BY THE SONG OF 100 TAHUN 100 MATAHARI SANG BY SAWUNG JABO AND AFFANDI’S GRANDCHILDREN. AFTER THE PERFORMANCE OF SAWUNG JABO, AYIP ROSYIDI THAT WROTE BIOGRAPHY OF AFFANDI TITLED CORAT CORET AFFANDI ANNOUNCE THE CULTURAL ORATION ABOUT LIFE JOURNEY AND THE OTHER SIDE OF AFFANDI. THE YEAR OF TWO THOUSAND SEVEN AS THE YEAR OF AFFANDI WILL BE THE LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO BE BIG NATION. THE MOMENTUM OF CENTENNIAL WAS THE CHANCE TO APPRECIATE AFFANDI IN HISTORICAL OF INDONESIA. THE HEAD OF CULTURAL DEPARTEMENT IN DI Yogyakarta CONDROYONO PAINTED OVER CANVAS. THEREFORE THE ONE DAUGHTER OF AFFANDI KARTIKA AFFANDI PRESENT SUKRASANA AFFANDI AS ONE WAYANG FIGURE TO KI MANTEB SUDHARSONO THAT PERFORM WAYANG KULIT TITLED BANJARAN SUKRASANA.

“AFFANDI FOR CHILD” PAINTING CONTEST

2007-05-27T10:54:00.001-07:00

INTRODUCE THE PAINTER MAESTRO AFFANDI TO CHILD CAN BE DONE BY MANY WAYS. ONE WAY WAS THE PAINTING CONTEST THAT HAS THE THEME OF “AFFANDI FOR CHILD" THERE WERE FOUR HUNDRED CHILDREN FOLLOW PAINTING CONTEST “AFFANDI FOR CHILD” INFRONT OF SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY. THE PAINTING CONTEST WAS HELD AS TCENTENNIAL OF AFFANDI ACTIVIT HAS THE PURPOSE TO INTRODUCE AFFANDI TO CHILDREN. ACCORDING TO THE COORDINATOR OF PAINTING CONTEST AFFANDI FOR CHILD SUDARNINGSIH, THE PAINTING CONTEST DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES THE CHILD UNDER NINE YEARS AND THE AGE OF NINE TO TWELVE YEARS OLD LEARNING TO LOVE PAINTING ART HAS TO TEACH TO CHILDREN FROM THE EARLY AGE/ SAID KARTIKA AFFANDI- THE DAUGHTER OF AFFANDI THAT CONCERN TO PAINTING.

CHILD CREATIVITY

2007-05-26T06:58:00.000-07:00

CHILDREN OF EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS IN BANTUL. TRY TO RECOVER FROM THEIR TRAUMA CHILDREN THAT FOLLOW THE PROGRAM OF MOBILE CHILD SERVICE. M-S-C PERFORM CAPABILITY THAT THEY GET IN CHILD CREATIVITY. THERE WERE THREE HUNDRED CHILDREN OF EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS FOLLOW THIS CHILD CREATIVITY IN TEMBI BANTUL. IN THE PREVIOUS THOSE CHILDREN TRAINED BY TAKING PART IN MOBILE CHILD SERVICE PROGRAM CHILDREN THAT SUFFERED FROM EARTH QUAKE TRAUMA WERE RECOVERED THOSE CHILDREN SUCCEED TO RETURN THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THE PROGRAM OF MOBILE CHILD SERVICE CHILDREN WILL GET THE BASIC EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT PLAYING CHANCES AND ACTUALIZE THEMSELVES AND ALSO INTERACTED WITH THE OTHER CHILDREN.

CHILDREN OF EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS PERFORM WAYANG KANCIL AND MANY GAMES OF SONG AND HAVING DIALOG THEY ENTHUSE FOLLOW EVERY ACTIVITIES.

VICE PRESIDENT CORPORATE OF AFFAIRS DIRECT VISION COMPANY HALIM MAHFUDZ SAID HE PROUD OF THE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM TO RETURN CHILDREN OF EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS BECAUSE CHILDREN REPRESENT THE NEXT GENERATION THAT SHOULD GET THE KNOWLEDGE EARLIER

Dayak Traditionally

2007-04-29T17:27:00.000-07:00

Traditionally, Dayak agriculture was based on swidden rice cultivation. Agricultural Land in this sense was used and defined primarily in terms of hill rice farming, ladang (garden), and hutan (forest). Dayaks organised their labour in terms of traditionally based land holding groups which determined who owned rights to land and how it was to be used. The "green revolution" in the 1950s, spurred on the planting of new varieties of wetland rice amongst Dayak tribes.
The main dependence on subsistence and mid-scale agriculture by the Dayak has made this group active in this industry. The modern day rise in large scale monocrop plantations such as palm oil and bananas proposed for vast swathes of Dayak land held under customary rights, titles and claims in Malaysia and Indonesia, threaten the local political landscape in various regions in Borneo. Further problems continue to arise in part due to the shaping of the modern Malaysian and Indonesian nation state on the back of previous British and Dutch colonial political systems and western laws on land tenure. The conflict between the state and the Dayak natives on land laws and native customary rights will continue as long as the colonial model on land tenure is used to define relationships between the Dayak citizenry and the central authority of the state. Dayak cultivated land, interpreted by local customary law, is considered to be owned and held in right by the natives, and the concept of land ownership as thus, flows out of this central belief. This understanding of adat is based on the idea that land is used and held under native domain. Invariably, when European colonial rule was established in the Kalimantan Kingdoms, conflict over the subjugation of territory by a foreign authority erupted several times between the Dayaks and the respective colonial authorities.

Arts and culture

2007-04-15T17:40:00.000-07:00

Yogyakarta is known for its silver work, leather puppets used for shadow plays (wayang kulit), and a unique style of making batik dyed fabric. It is also known for its vivid contemporary art scene. Yogyakarta is also known for its gamelan music, including the unique style Gamelan Yogyakarta, which developed in the courts.

Recreation

The City contains an extensive aquarium, containing one of the largest shark tanks in the world, with a walk-through tunnel. It is situated in a recreational complex which also contains athletic, games-playing and aquatic facilities, and a fun-fair. The rides therein are not as complex, and do not contain as many loops and inversions as some rides in the United Kingdom and in the United States of America, but are nevertheless well patronised.

Museums

Due to the importance of Yogyakarta during the war of independence from the Dutch, there are numerous memorials and museums. Yogya Kembali, and Fort Vredeburg are two major museums of about 11 named in the city.To the east of the town centre is a large air-force museum; as Indonesia was for a period in the Soviet sphere of influence this museum contains a number of vintage Russian aircraft not widely available for inspection in the NATO sphere of influence. The collection includes examples of the Mig 15 trainer (NATO designation Mongol), MiG 17 (Fresco), MiG 19 (Farmer), Mig 21 (Fishbed) and Tu16 (Badger), together with an assortment of American and British aircraft.

Transportation

Yogyakarta is served by Adisucipto International Airport.The city is located on one of the two major railway lines across Java between Jakarta / Bandung and Surabaya. It has two passenger railway stations, Tugu is the major intercity station. The other is Lempuyangan.The city has an extensive system of public city buses, and is a major destination for inter-city buses to elsewhere on Java or Bali, as well as taxis, andong, and becak. Motorbikes are by far the most commonly-used personal transportation, but an increasing number of residents own automobiles.

Education

The site of several major universities, Yogyakarta is widely recognized as an educational city. The north of the province is home to Gadjah Mada University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Indonesia. Other famous universities in Yogyakarta are Institut Sains dan Teknologi AKPRIND - Yogyakarta, Indonesian Institute of the Arts - Yogyakarta, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Yogyakarta, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, and Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana.

Health facilities

The major hospitals in Yogyakarta include Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat (RSUP) Dr Sardjito Yogyakarta - Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Bethesda Hospital Yogyakarta, and Panti Rapih Hospital.

SPECIAL STATUS

2007-04-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

SULTAN AND YOGYA’S SPECIAL STATUS

THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF YOGYAKARTA DJUWARTO EXPRESSED HIS DETERMINATIONS IN FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN THE SPECIAL STATUS OF THE PROVINCEACCORDING TO DJUWARTO SRI SULTAN HAMENGKU BUWONO THE TENTH’S RELUCTANCE IN CONTINUING HIS POSITION AS THE GOVERNOR NEED TO BE RESPONDED WITH CARE IN THE MEANTIME ROMO TIRUN SAID THAT WHAT WAS CONVEYED BY SRI SULTAN IS HIS FINAL WORD AND HIS RIGHT...

ACCORDING TO DJUWARTO CLEAR DEFINITIONS ON THE SPECIAL STATUS OF THE PROVINCE OF YOGYAKARTA WILL BE UPHELD IN THE CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY EVENTHOUGH SULTAN IS RELUCTANT IN CONTINUING HIS POSITION AS THE GOVERNOR DJUWARTO SAID THE POSITION SHOULD STILL BE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE ROYAL FAMILY OF KRATON YOGYAKARTA THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE IN JOGJA IS UNIQUE WITH CONFLICTS REMEDIED BY THE GOVERNOR SRI SULTAN HIMSELF

ANOTHER FIGURE FATHER TIRUN SAID THAT SULTAN’S STATEMENT IS THE WORD OF A KING IN WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE TO ABIDE BY ROMO TIRUN WHO IS ALSO A FAMILY OF KRATON YOGYAKARTA/ EXPLICITLY SAID THAT SRI SULTAN’S RELUCTANCE WAS UNXPECTED BY THE ROYAL FAMILY HOWEVER IT IS SRI SULTAN’S RIGHTS WETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE POSITION

Prambanan Temple (Hindu Temple)

2007-04-08T11:29:00.000-07:00

The Prambanan temple is the biggest and a most beautiful Hindu temple about 20 minutes from Yogyakarta city. This magnificent Shivaite temple derives its name from the village where it is located. Locally known as the Loro Jongrang temple, or the temple of the "Slender Virgin" it is reputed to be the biggest and most beautiful Hindu Temple in Indonesia.17 kilometers east of Yogyakarta, the temple is believed to have been built by King Balitung Maha Sambu in the middle of the ninth century.Its parapets are adorned with a bas-reliefs depicting the famous Ramayana story. It has eight shrines, of which the three main ones are dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma (all are manifestations of God in Hindu). The main temple of Shiva rises to a high of 130 feet and houses the magnificent statue of Shiva's consort, Durga.Prambanan Temple is beautiful temple, in fact, it is a group of temples. The biggest temple dedicated to Shiva (one of manifestation of God) with two other smaller ones, on its right and on its left, dedicated to Brahma and Wisnhu (manifestation of God) respectively. Reliefs decorating the walls of the temple depict the story of Ramayana.

About Yogyakarta

2007-04-08T10:57:00.000-07:00

Yogyakarta is the name of a special province in Central Java, and is also the name of its ancient capital. It lies in the shadow of Merapi, the 2900 meter tall Fire Mountain.The City of Yogyakarta (also known simply as "Yogya" or "Jogya") is the most attractive of the historical cities in Java. It is the center of classical Javanese art and culture that includes Ramayana dances, shadow puppet shows (wayang kulit), traditional gamelan music, and world-famous batik.The Old City and the Sultan’s Palace lies in the heart of Yogyakarta, with its elegant pavillions and courtyards, museums and art galleries. For more than two-and-a-half centuries, the Sultan's Palace or Kraton remains the hub of the city's cultural heritage. HistoryThe sultanate of Yogyakarta was formed in 1755 when the Dutch East India Company divided the existing Sultanate of Mataram into the Sultanate of Surakarta Hadiningrat and the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, which gradually overtook the former in size.On September 5, 1945, in response to Indonesian independence, the Sultanates became part of the Republic of Indonesia. During the Indonesian war of independence against the Dutch after World War II (1945-1950), the capital of the newly-declared Indonesian republic was temporarily moved to Yogyakarta when the Dutch reoccupied Jakarta from January 1946 until August 1950. Yogyakarta was granted the status of Special Region Province. Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX of Yogyakarta was named governor for life while Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII of Surakarta became vice-governor. The current ruler of Yogyakarta is Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X.The capital of the province, also called Yogyakarta, became a municipality in 1947. In 1999, Yogyakarta Municipality officially became Yogyakarta City.