Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, today known as Keraton Yogyakarta or Yogyakarta Sultan's Palace is the center of
Javanese culture living museum in Yogyakarta special province. The palace is
not just a place to live for king and
his family, but also a center of Javanese cultural development, as well as the
spirit of the culture. In this place tourists can learn and see how Javanese
culture continues to live and preserved. This Keraton has been built by Prince of
Mangkubumi in 1755, a few months after the signing of the Treaty Giyanti.
Despite hundreds of years old and was damaged in the earthquake a few years
ago, the building remained standing with sturdy and well maintained.
Visiting the Sultan's Palace will provide valuable
experience as well as impressive. There are two entrances to the keratin, the
first in Tepas Keprajuritan g (front North Square) and in Tepas Pariwisata /Tourism
(Regol Keben). There are many things that can be seen in the Sultan's Palace,
from the activities of the servants of keraton who are doing the job or see the
collection of Keraton. Collections are stored in glass boxes that are scattered
in various rooms ranging from ceramics and glassware, weapons, photographs,
miniatures and replicas, to various types of batik and the diorama of the manufacturing process. In addition, tourists
can also enjoy the performing arts with a different schedule each day. The show
was started of people puppet (wayang wong) , macapat, leather puppet (wayang kulit)show, and java traditional dances.
To enjoy art performances travelers do not need to spend additional costs. If you
are lucky, coming on Tuesday, you can watch the festival of "jemparingan" or archery style of the
south Kemandhungan Mataraman. The uniqueness of this festival is that all
participant is required to wear traditional Javanese clothes and shooting their
archery in a sitting position
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