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Batik from Giriloyo After UNESCO officially announced batik as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity on October 2 2009 in Abu Dhabi, its image rise significantly as one of Indonesian heritages. All elements of Indonesian society are really proud of it and thus their appreciation upon batik rises. They show their pride and appreciation by wearing batik...

Komodo is an Indonesian island home to approximately 2,000 people who are mostly descendants of former convicts once exiled here. The island is part of Komodo National Park and is especially known for its native Komodo Dragon the world's largest living lizard !!! In 1908, a unit of Netherlands army reported that they saw a dragon looking like a monster in...

Borobudur Temple Borobudur Temple is one of the most prestigious historical properties that can be found in Indonesia. It is noted as one of the World Wonder Heritage by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]. The existence of Borobudur was discovered by General Governor Sir Thomas Raffles around 800 A.D., after being buried...

Merapi Volcano Museum Indonesian lies on the junction of the earth plate. Consequently, Indonesia becomes a seismic zone. Morover, Indonesia is included the ring og fire of 500 volcanoes among which 129 are active. The number covers 13 percent of total active volcanoes in the world. It reaffirms that Indonesia is located in a disater-potential area. Therefore,...

Monument of National The monument of National, which is known better as Monas [Monumen Nasional], is one of many monuments that the Indonesians built to remind them of the struggle of Indonesian soldiers to fight the Dutch for the independence of Indonesia. Monas was built to inspire the people of Indonesia and arouse patriotism to the coming generations....

Traditional Market Beringharjo In the city with outstanding historical and cultural heritage and and the center of Mataram Dynasty from 1575-1640, the local government will continue to improve the concept and management of traditional markets to back the tourists who visit the place for pleasure. With several thousand-year-old temples of the ninth century...

Prambanan Temple Prambanan Temple is the biggest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia and South East Asia. Prambanan is also known as Rara Jonggrang Temple. It was built at around 850 BC by Sanjaya Dynasty. Prambanan occupies as wide 39,8 acres of land. In 1991 it was contended by the UNESCO world Wonder Heritage. Soaring to 47 meters or 5 meters higher...

Mount Bromo The word Bromo is derived from ancient Javanese language brahma, the name of a Hindu deity. Accoeding to Tengger [the original trible inhabiting Mount Bromo] people, Mount Bromo is a holy mount, so it requires an annual ceremony called Yadnya Kasada or Kasado. It is a local ritual of throwing natural wealth into the crater of the mount. The...

Malioboro In Yogyakarta, the city of memories as people name it, there is a legendary shopping area called Malioboro. The name is adopted from British colonial who occupied Yogyakarta in 1811-1816 named Marlborough. Malioboro was deliberately built at the of Yogyakarta by the Indies government at early 19th century as the center of economic and administrative...

Ciberang River The Ciberang River is one of tourism destinations, in Lebak Distric, Banten Province, that was officially launched for public visit on Desember 1st, 2007, by Hj. Ratu Atut Chosiyah,S.E. the governor of Banten Province. This 40-50 meters wide and around 1-20 meters deep river flows from Halimun Mountain to Sunda Strait. People, who live around...

Ujung Kulon National Park is situated in the province of Banten, formerly under the pronincial government of West Java. This site lies exactly in the westernmost of Java Island; thus people call it "Ujung Kolon" that literally means the westernmost. The site has been developed into a nature preserve upon suggestion from Dutch academics who arrived in Java Island...

Penyengat Island During the golden era of Riau-Lingga Sultanate, Penyengat Island held significant roles in governmental and educational sectors. The island was likewise the hearth of Islamic teaching and Malay cultural civilization in the past. For that reason, the provincial government of Riau Island fixed the island as the highly recommended historical...

Bali has a diversity of wonderful tourist attraction. No wonder, if this beautiful island can attract millions of foreign and domestic tourists every years. Almost all international media that relate to the world tourism, put Bali on the top spot tourism tropical destinations are the most popular and interesting. Bali is famous for its cultural charm and traditions,...

Horse Renggong is a traditional performing arts are very popular in the district Sumedang.This attraction is a show a horse that has been trained to perform dance moves and running following the beat of traditional music Sunda, the so-called "Kendang Pencak".A horse trained well to make a movement, like dancing or sometimes also a movement such as a fight against...

Battles sheep is one of the folk art typical from West Java, which preferred by many people, especially among traditional. Art this an ancestral heritage that still survive its existence until today. Basically, This show aims to showcase the strength of their sheep. which in finally will be increase the degree of an association of certain cattle. The participants...

Art Kuda Lumping is dance by using tool or property in the form of a toy horse. The dancers usually will dance with very lively, In Kuda Lumping will show a fairly extreme attraction.such as eating broken glass, open a coconut husk with the teeth, Immune to sharp objects such as machetes. No wonder if performing arts 'Kuda Lumping' are often associated with...

Bali Province has its own unique characteristics and different. In his also, Bali Province is also famous for its customs and traditions. Besides, there are 276 historic sites that are still well maintained. The numbers of dance groups in Bali reached 3738, and 7944 art music group. Social life of the Balinese culture is based on the philosophy of "Tri Hita...

In general, the condition of religious life in East Java, according to the expectations of all parties, religious life marked by beauty and harmony between religious mutual respect in carrying out their respective religious teachings. The development of places of worship indicates that the splendor of life varied more stable so that the expected able to fortify...

There's only one language and one tribal area in Central Java, namely Java. To foster local culture have been held Javanese language congress IV on October 10 to 14, 2006. The congress was attended by delegates from all over Indonesia as well as foreign envoys.One follow up the recommendations of this congress is the application of Java language curriculum as...