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SPECIAL DISTRICT OF YOGYAKARTA

Some great sightseeing in the district of Yogyakarta are presented as follows:
Airport Transfer Service
Borobudur Temple Tour
Yogyakarta City Tour
Dieng Temple Tour
Yogyakarta Package Tour
Prambanan Temple Tour
Yogyakarta Bali Package Tour
Yogyakarta Bali Lombok Package Tour

Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta is one of the foremost cultural center of Java island located on the slope of active Merapi Volcano. in 16th and 17th century Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta was the seat of the mighty Javanese empire of Mataram. Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta is one of densely populated area of Indonesia and often called Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta is main gateway to the center of Java. There is daily air service to Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta from Jakarta, Surabaya and Bali as well as regular train service and car as easy accessibility by road. As the heritage of Mataram kingdom, Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta have a lot of tourist site such as NgaYogyakarta or Jogjakarta Hadiningrat Palace is the palace court with its ground and elegant Javanese architecture, the Water Castle located in the older part of the city within walking distance from the bird market, Imogiri is the official cemetery of the Royal descendent from Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta and Surakarta and only 17km Southeast of Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta, Prambanan Temple locally known as the Loro Jongrang Temple or The Slender Virgin Temple is the biggest and most beautiful Hindu Temple in Java built by King Balitung Maha Sambu in the middle of 9th century, Museum Sonobudoyo designed by Dutch architecture Kersten built in traditional Javanese architecture, Kotagede is around 5 km southeast of Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta as the center of silverware industry. For your accommodation in Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta, there are many recommended hotels such as Ibis Malioboro Hotel, Melia Purosani Hotel, Hyatt regency Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta Hotel, Santika Hotel Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta, Puri Artha Hotel, Jogya Village Inn, Phoenix Hotel Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta and others.

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BATIK CLOTHING ART

Batik is one aspect of Yogyakarta's arts that make Yogyakarta knwon world wide. Batik art has been one of tourism object in Yogyakarta, both Yogyakarta special district and Surakarta or Solo. Today Batik is known world wide as a unique ethnic crafts and art and is popular for various fashionable materials. Batik cloths are on display at many galleries in Yogyakarta City and the surrounding. It's quality and designs are unique and having a great deal of pattern, which is probably to much or profusely made, but local likes it very much. By the continuing life of Batik art means the preservation of Javanese culture, especially Javanese clothing art. Danar Hadi Batik Collection, is one of the most complete gallery with Batik even from the oldest trace of crafts. Preservation, development on Batik art is continuing not only for local need, but has been introduced to many countries and nations. One can visit the workshop of Danar Hadi to see the whole process of painting, and pattering the cloth. Everyone will beadmired by the fact that Java has a very special product for souvenir to their guests. A typical Batik Galleries in Yogyakarta, staffed with hospitable and full etiquette of Javanese women, with slow speaking tone, and and learnt body movement during receiving guests. This is a specific attitude of Javanese women performance due to their cultural background, which is much in contrast to those Batak of North Sumatran women. Batik Clothing, after being finished in a form of Batik pieces, is not just as it is, but a material for various ladies or men's fashion. From short sleeved, long sleeved, and even for pans, short and skirts, and various fashion arts. This type of daily wearing can be found among semi-informal meeting, receptions, wedding, and many other occasions within the family or wider group gathering. In Yogyakarta, or Central Java in wider sense, various traditional dances will use batik as the main dress and accessories for the dancer and the general effects of the theatre. In Yogyakarta and Surakarta the formal attire of the Sultan and his dignitaries is batik, both for head dress, shirts, and down the waist wares. Based on the techniques of making, batik can be grouped into three types. One is the production by hand painting which quality is believed as the best. Second batik making by ikat-technique, when the threads as the basic pattern-former are tied together to give coloring and discoloring parts when it is died. Those parts of threads that are tied will not get color, while those being not tied will get color. To get various color the tying will be done repeatedly until preferred number and type of color are all with the thread. This technique is widely used both in Yogyakarta, Surakarata and Bali. The result of this technique the pattern that appear on the surface of the cloth will not ave consistent shapes, but will varies from one to another. The third techniques is by stamp. The stamp technique is also can be grouped into 2 method, one is by real stamp, where a pattern is made on a block of hard rubber or wood or metal in negative order. Secondly is by pressed screen printing. Both techniques resulting in a degree of high consistency of pattern and color. This techniques is widely used in Bali and other areas of Java, since by this technique the work will be much more faster, and the cost can be put down as low as possible Yogyakarta Special Province Batik Cloting Arts Batik is one aspect of Yogyakarta's arts that make Yogyakarta knwon world wide. Batik art has been one of tourism object in Yogyakarta, both Yogyakarta special district and Surakarta or Solo. Today Batik is known world wide as a unique ethnic crafts and art and is popuar for various fashionable materials. Batik cloths are on display at many galleries in Yogyakarta City and the surrounding. It's quality and designs are unique and having a great deal of pattern, which is probably to much or profusely made, but local likes it very much. By the continuing life of Batik art means the preservation of Javanese culture, especially Javanese clothing art. Danar Hadi Batik Collection, is one of the most complete gallery with Batik even from the oldest trace of crafts. Preservation, development on Batik art is continuing not only for local need, but has been introduced to many countries and nations. One can visit the workshop of Danar Hadi to see the whole process of painting, and pattering the cloth. Everyone will be admired by the fact that Java has a very special product for souvenir to their guests. A typical Batik Galleries in Yogyakarta, staffed with hospitable and full etiquette of Javanese women, with slow speaking tone, and and learnt body movement during receiving guests. This is a specific attitude of Javanese women performance due to their cultural background, which is much in contrast to those Batak of North Sumatran women. Batik Clothing, after being finished in a form of Batik pieces, is not just as it is, but a material for various ladies or men's fashion. From short sleeved, long sleeved, and even for pans, short and skirts, and various fashion arts. This type of daily wearing can be found among semi-informal meeting, receptions, wedding, and many other occasions within the family or wider group gathering. In Yogyakarta, or Central Java in wider sense, various traditional dances will use batik as the main dress and accessories for the dancer and the general effects of the theatre. In Yogyakarta and Surakarta the formal attire of the ultan and his dignitaries is batik, both for head dress, shirts, and down the waist wares. Based on the techniques of making, batik can be grouped into three types. One is the production by hand painting which quality is believed as the best. Second batik making by ikat-technique, when the threads as the basic pattern-former are tied together to give coloring and discoloring parts when it is died.Those parts of threads that are tied will not get color, while those being not tied will get color. To get various color the tying will be done repeatedly until preferred number and type of color are all with the thread. This technique is widely used both in Yogyakarta, Surakarata and Bali. The result of this technique the pattern that appear on the surface of the cloth will not have consistent shapes, but will varies from one to another. The third techniques is by stamp. The stamp technique is also can be grouped into 2 method, one is by real stamp, where a pattern is made on a block of hard rubber or wood or metal in negative order. Secondly is by pressed screen printing. Both techniques resulting in a degree of high consistency of pattern and color. This techniques is widely used in Bali and other areas of Java, since by this technique the work will be much more faster, and the cost can be put down as low as possible.