Monday, January 18, 2010

Data Record for Media 10.1

Interesting Places in Yogyakarta:

1. Borobudur Temple
Borobudur Temple is a Buddhist temple from the ninth century, located in Magelang, Central Java which is only 1 hour from Yogyakarta. It is one of UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's decorated with 2,672 reliefs and 504 Buddha statues. It is completeed on year AD 800 by Syailendra Dynasty under Sriwijayan Empire (one of the biggest Buddhist empire). It has three main part, Kamadhatu is the first part (the lowest one). Its reliefs describe people's life in the world which is controlled by human desire. The second one is Rupadhatu. Its relief describe the world when it's free from lust. The last one is Arupadhatu and it's about nirvana or a perfect world.


2. Prambanan Temple
Prambanan temple or Lara Jonggrang is a Hindu temple and was built on the 10th century. Prambanan temple is one of the biggest Hindu temple in South East Asia. It has 3 main temples each one is dedicated to 3 main God in Hinduism which are Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu. There is also a ballet called Ramayana Ballet performed in Prambanan Temple complex regularly. It is about Ramayana and his faithful wife, Shinta.


3. Kraton Yogyakarta
Kraton Yogyakarta is a palace where the Sultan of Yogyakarta which is Sultan Hamengkubuwono and his family used to live and work until now. It was built on the 18th century. Some part of Kraton now has been a museum for public. The museum has collections of batik, Javanese instruments and other things that related to Javanese culture and the Yogyakarta Kingdom. Another part of Kraton also is used for gamelan or Javanese dance performances.


4.Affandi Museum
In Affandi Museum, we can see all the paintings and other creations that Affandi, which is the most-popular painter in Indonesia, made by himself from his early career to his late time. People can also see other paintings that made by other well-known painters both international or Indonesian painters. Affandi Museum is actually Affandi's house which has very unique construction because the roof looks like banana leaf. Visitors can see his properties annd his statue as well.


Data sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prambanan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogyakarta_Sultanate
http://asiaforvisitors.com/indonesia/java/central/yogya/kraton.html
http://www.yogyes.com/en/yogyakarta-tourism-object/museum-and-monument/affandi/

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Blogger MrNobody said...

Superb work and structure ;-)

February 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM  

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