Tag Archives: Yogyakarta
Processions behind Sekaten
Sekaten is a religious and cultural event, and a fair to be held at Kasultanan Ngayogyakarta (Yogyakarta) and Kasunanan Surakarta (Sala). This event is held to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad, the foundedr of Islam. As we know Islam is the majority religion in Indonesia. In Yogyakarta, this event is full of spiritual ceremonies that should be done in a series. What are the processions from the start until the end?
Gasingan, the Legendary Javanese Toy
At the past, when the civilization was not as modern as now, the Javanese made their own toys. Toys were made from materials that they found in their surrounding. Materials like coconut fiber, wood and bamboo were most used. With those materials, the people were able to make toys like car, boat, and gasingan.
Well, here I want to tell about a legendary toy that has name Gasingan or Gasing. Today, this toy is rare; it is not played by the children anymore. Kids prefer to play video games, watch TV or RC car than play gasingan. Moreover, many kids do not know if this toy exists. The only place that we can find this toy is at tourism place around Yogyakarta. I found it at Kraton and at Gembira Loka zoo. The price for this toy is cheap, it is about IDR4, 000. It will be cheaper when we can bid well.
Devotional Visit to Sendang Jatiningsih
Religious people often visit a place for contemplating their life and communicating with the God. In Yogyakarta, there are several devotional places for the Catholics such as Sendang Sono, Goa Tritis and Sendang Jatiningsih. Here, I want to write my devotional visit to Sendang Jatiningsih.
Sendang Jatiningsih is a devotional place for Saint Mary. The location is at Jitar village, Sumberarum, Moyudan, Sleman Yogyakarta. It is beside the Progo River. As the road is well built, it can be achieved by bus, motorcycle and private car.
Fried Duck for Lunch or Dinner
Indonesia is rich of tourism places and delicious food. The place and food is a unity, as every place offer its own menu. Here, I want to talk about duck meat not in the restaurant but on the street food stall. It is a guide for backpackers to find a place to eat in Yogyakarta.
Some place offer different way in cooking duck such as fried, roasted as setae or curried. A few days ago, I have the opportunity to taste fried duck at two different places: Bebek cak Koting and Bebek Mbah Wongso. Those two-food stalls are specialized in cooking duck that is called ‘bebek’ in Bahasa Indonesia.
Borobudur Pick Season
Photo credit: Deka ~ Discover-Indonesia.com
This late September to early October is the pick season for every tourism places in Indonesia. During that time, the Moslems celebrate Idul Fitri, the day after 30 days fasting. Borobudur, the largest temple which was built at the 8th century is also visited by thousands visitors. The visitors came from all around Indonesia from Aceh to Papua. It was really crowded there.
Visiting Borobudur at that time was not comfy, I unable to deeply observing the relief or take good shot of the stupas. The crowd was really annoying me who seek quietness. However, it was all my fault, I came at the wrong time.
