Dakon game is one of the traditional game of Javanese society. Outside Java, the game is better known by the name congklak. In Lampung this game is better known as slow bang. While in Sulawesi this game is better known by the name Mokaotan, Maggaleceng, Aggalacang, and Nogarata.
Games dakon done by two people. In [...]

Baron, Krakal, Kukup, Drini and Sundak Beach are a line of beaches located in Gunung Kidul regency. Baron is the closest beach from Jogja at around 40 km while Sundak is the farthest at around 60 km room Jogja. At Baron beach you will find a fisherman’s village, there are descent inns, and restaurants that [...]

Samas is a beach pleasant beach around 25 km south from Jogia. it is also a fish, prawn and scaly turtle breeding ground. Along the beaches of Bantul and Kulonprogo from May to September, you can see turtles coming a shore to lay eggs, if you are lucky enough. The turtles are rare and protected [...]

The tradition of residents around the volcano, especially in responding to disasters lava. One of them can be seen in Hamlet tambakan, Sindumartani Village, District Cangkringan, Sleman regency, as one of the villages that are often impassable lava disaster (cold or hot) from Mount Merapi. The ceremony is a prayer to ask the safety [...]

Angklung is a tool or instrument made of bamboo art special, which was discovered by Mr. Daeng Sutigna about 1938. When the initial use is still limited to the interests angklung local or traditional arts. However, due to the resulting sounds very sweet and also has local and international content such as sounds that have [...]

Ngasem market is a traditional market that specialized in selling pets, especially birds. But in addition to birds there are also other pets for sale, including rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, cats, raccoons, monkeys, chickens, turtles, lizards, geckos, iguanas, mice, crickets and even snakes. This market is located in Kampung Ngasem and Village Park, District Palace, [...]

Wayang kulit, also called wayang purba, has existed in Java from before thr Hindu era (around 8th Century). A wayang show is part of a series of traditional ceremonies. It shows the heroism of ancestors in Javanese mythology. The puppets are played behind a screen by a “dalang” (puppeteer). The wayang play is also called [...]

Stone carvings in the ancient temples of Borobudur and Prambanan give us a view of life more than one thousand years ago where water, bath, massage, and herbal medicine are involved. Serat Centhini, an old Javanese manuscript, recorded that the people of Majapahit and Medang, two kingdoms that existed and rule large parts of South [...]