Cultural Sight

Kampung Taman

Kampung taman yang terletak di sebelah selatan Pasar Ngasem selama ini dikenal sebagai salah satu kampung pengrajin batik di Yogyakarta. Berbagai macam koleksi batik baik berupa lukisan maupun pakaian dapat dijumpai di tempat tersebut.
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Cultural Performances and Rituals
Jogjakarta is an excellent place to see the traditional Javaneses performing art. The tourist information office can advice you of what's on or check on tourist bulletins or website (www.gudeg.net, www.yogyes.com and www.dijogja.com, www.jogjatogo.com, www.taste of jogja).

Daily rehearsals of gamelan, dance, and wayang are performed at Sultan Palace. Performances also take place in hotels, restaurant and art centre. Various ritual arranged in relation with Sultan Palace's activities and local traditional. The famous and spectacular dance performance is Ramayana Ballet held in the open theatre of Prambanan temple. It is performed in full episode and periodic episode in between May to October.
The closed theatre, trimurti also gives performance in Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. Those all performance start from 7.30 p.m. 9.30 p.m. Purawisata Ramayana ballet shows an excellent short version with small number of dancer. Daily performance start from 8 p.m. 10 p.m. at Purawisata, jalan Brigjen Katamso. Macapatan (Javanese Chants) is performed in every Wednesday Wage of Javanese calendar, starting from 7 p.m. to 10

Leather Pupet Show in a short duration, every Sunday to Saturday, starting from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Museum Sono BudoyLo. The longer version are performance every Sunday on the second week of every month, starting from 9 p.m. to 04 a.m. at Sasana Hinggil Dwi Abad, Sultan Palace's South Square.

A scheduled traditional performance also presented at Srimanganti Pavilion, the inside Sultan Palace everyday by 10 a.m. 12 a.m.
Classical Dance performance every Sunday by 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Clasical Wayang Orang on Sunday starting from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Karawitan on Monday & Tuesday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Golek Menak Puppet on Wednesday 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Javanese Clasical Dance on Thursday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Macapatan on Friday 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Leather Puppet on Sunday 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

Grebeg or royal offering to people held by Sultan Palace three time a year, i.e. Grebeg Syawalan, Grebeg Besar, and Grebeg Maulud. Grebeg Maulud is the biggest event to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad held on 12 Syawal according to lunar calendar, closing the full month of Sekaten night fair.
In every celebration of the grebeg is always completed with a Gunungan (food offering in cone shape), symbolizing the sultan’s magnanimity to his people.