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Yogyakarta is an enchanting medium-sized city offering cosmopolitan comforts such as five star hotels, fine dining, and shopping malls. But at its core are time-honored traditions and philosophies that have lasted for generations thanks to its respected sultan and his royal family. While gamelan, classical Javanese dance and shadow puppetry remain as they have been for centuries, the paintings, fashions and handicrafts produced by Jogja artists are visual examples of the effortless blending of the old and the new.

Although the formal spelling of the city's name is "Yogyakarta", for many years it has been fondly called "Yogya". In recent years the spellings have been modernized to reflect the true pronunciations "Jogjakarta" and "Jogja". Nowadays, most people use "Jogja" when talking about the city and reserve "Yogyakarta" for formal occasions or when referring to Yogyakarta Special Province.

Offering so much more than the famous tourist attractions covered by guidebooks, Jogja meets the needs of all, from luxury travelers, adventure-seekers, and religious pilgrims to low-budget backpackers.

We invite you to read on to get a glimpse of the most complete picture of Jogja ever published.

There are over 75,000 handicraft makers in Yogyakarta producing everything from key chains to work of art furniture.

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Experience genuine Javanese hospitality and friendliness in settings that have changed very little over generations will be delighted.

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Whatever draws you to the sea or mountain, a day traveling through the countryside and breathing healing fresh unpolluted air are worth to try.

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Find out more the latest information about art exhibition, theater & dance,
cultural performances, music & concert, movie screenings and others events
on JULY 2010.

Special art event on JULY:

ART|JOG|10
featuring 158 artists with more than 170 artworks at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta.

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Jogja Art 2010 showcases diversity on visual arts

Now in its third year, Art Jogja 2010 — “Indonesian Art Now: The Strategies of Being” represents Indonesian contemporary art and accommodates many different trends and themes in today’s visual art scene.
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Javanese Macaque

A Mask of a Monkey Man educate his Macaque, and teach it a lot of tricks and funny gags, until animal will be smart enough to go out with his teacher to earn some money. you can meet those couples (as hawkers) every day and everywhere walking our streets.
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Priceless Loyalty to the Sultan

About 3,000 abdi dalem — which loosely translates as royal servants — serve the sultan and his extended family. In return, they receive a minimal monthly salary ranging from Rp 8,000 to Rp 62,500 (90 cents to $7).
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Tourists Provide Bountiful Harvest for Villages

The community-based program, which began two years ago, provides direct grants to villages to help them develop their tourism sector through the National Program for Community Development (PNPM). There have been may successes. Candirejo village, near Borobudur Temple in Central Java, hosted 3,000 visitors last year, most of them foreigners, and banked about Rp 200 million.
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Armada Racun: Yogyakarta's punk

Armada Racun offers quirky music for the local musical scene. The punk rock outfit doesn’t have a lead guitar but instead opt for two bass guitars, drums and a keyboard.
It took four years for the trio to get their first official release. Their first album was in limbo for years.
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Thousands join bicycle carnival in Yogyakarta

No less than 3,000 cyclists from across the country joined the Jogja Onthel Carnival in Yogyakarta on Sunday morning as part of an effort to revive the culture of cycling once characterized the sultanate city.
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Female Drivers Make History, And Money, at Islamic Caucus

Indonesia’s second-largest Islamic organization has given its endorsement to female motorcycle taxi drivers during its ongoing national congress in Yogyakarta, rebuffing a fatwa issued by East Java clerics in January that banned women from riding motorcycles. Read More ...

Art Exhibition Coloring a Century of Muhammadiyah

Commemorating ‘1 Abad Muktamar Muhammadiyah 2010 – A Century of Muhammadiyah Organization Congress’, a group of artists will held an Islamic visual art exhibition titled ‘Seni Rupa Islam – Islamic Visual Arts’. This exhibition will take place at two venues, the Student Center of Jogjakarta Muhammadiyah University (July 2 - 9) and at Posnya Seni Godod (July 1 - 16).
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