7 Most Famous Jogjakarta Cultures

7 Most Famous Jogjakarta Cultures

Jogja as the City of Culture offers a wide variety of cultures. This is one of the reasons why many foreign tourists feel at home in Jogja, and some of them even settle there. There are 7 Jogjakarta cultures that are most famous both at home and abroad. These cultures characterize Jogja, are unique and antique so that anyone who sees one of these cultural products, will always remember Jogja.Well, for those of you who want to know more about Jogja, it's good to know the variety of local cultures. Especially, for those of you who want to vacation there, this culture can be one of your vacation agenda either alone, or with family.

1. BATIK

October 2 is designated as National Batik Day. This proves that batik truly characterizes Indonesia, especially in Jogja. Batik has become a culture passed down from our ancestors. Batik is a work of art that is not just canting strokes that look beautiful to the eye, but also rich in meaning.

A batik that is quite old and can be a cultural tourism in Jogja is Giriloyo batik. Due to the popularity of this batik, this village in Jogja even has foreign guests from various parts of the world, such as Asia, America, Africa and Europe. It has been proven that this batik has gone international.

For tourism purposes, you can take the opportunity to learn batik there. There is a batik short course package, specifically for tourists who want to learn batik together. This batik is written batik so you will learn how to scratch the canting on the mori cloth.

Some other batik that is no less famous include ceplok, kawung, parang kusumo, and slope motif batik.

2. SEKATEN

Sekatenan is one of Jogja's cultural customs that has been practiced for years. Probably since Islam entered Java because Sekatenan is an annual public feast held at the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Palace to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad on the 5th of Rabiul Awal of the Islamic Calendar.

The most famous traditional tour of Sekatenan is the night market. You can visit the North Square of the Jogjakarta Palace. This night market takes place for a month before the 5th of Rabiul Awal. The highlight of Sekatenan is Grebeg Maulud.

At Grebeg Maulud, there will be a procession carrying various crops on their shoulders. The highlight is the scramble for these produce. Whoever can get the fruit, or other crops, is believed to bring fortune. This Jogja cultural event is so unique that many foreign tourists come to see it firsthand.

3. RAMAYANA BALLET

Every foreign tourist who comes to Jogja will almost certainly take the time to see the Ramayana Ballet, a dance and drama combined into one neat performance without dialog with the Ramayana story. In brief, the story is about Sri Rama who tries hard to save his favorite wife, Dewi Shinta, who has been kidnapped by Rahwana. So famous is this native culture of Jogja that Ramayana Ballet is also performed in several neighboring countries such as Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand to India and Sri Lanka.

If you want to watch this performance, you can come to Tri Murti Prambanan Theater every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In this building, you make reservations for performances on set dates throughout the year. However, in certain months, you can also see it in an open-air building with Prambanan Temple as the background. However, at Pura Wisata and Ndalem Pujokusuman, the show is also played.

Lanyard Printing

You can find lanyard printing factory in one of yogyakarta region. it is located at jl imogiri bakulan. You can Name it Lanyard Jogja. In this factory, you can print custom lanyard