Details of Kraton - Yogyakarta,Indonesia
11 January 2013
Categories : Culture and Heritage
Kraton, or the Sultan's Palace, is a working royal palace of Sultan the 10th. The guards are still working full-time with their swords that have been passed in the family, although they are more the symbolic figures nowadays. For the people of Yogyakarta, the Kraton has been at the heart of their...
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Kraton's in the details: Sultan's Kraton in Yogyakarta
11 January 2013
Categories : Culture and Heritage
Yogyakarta is considered to be a cultural center of Indonesia. It is here we visited the Sultan’s Palace, also known as Kraton Ngayogyakarta.
It is the primary royal palace of the Yogyakarta Sultanate where the sultan and the royal court have their traditional seat.
The complex...
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Visiting the Palaces of Yogyakarta
11 January 2013
Categories : Culture and Heritage
In formal terms, it's called, "Kraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat." Less formally, the Keraton. It's the royal palace, and home, of the ruling sultan in the province of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He is technically a governor but is able to retain the title of sultan.The Keraton is open to the public in...
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Wayang Orang Bharata: A Javanese Theater Surviving in Jakarta
13 March 2013
Categories : Culture and Heritage
I remembered, a few years ago, when visiting Solo City, I saw a wayang orang show at a local theater. Wayang orang is Javanese classical theater performance with themes taken from Mahabharata or Ramayana epics. Seeing the locals, adults or even children, came to watch and enjoy the show till midnight was actually awesome for me. That was a place where people come to appreciate traditional cultures… their own heritage. That day, I believed that such...
