Describing My Hometown

Hello friend, now I'm going to tell you about my hometown. I come from a city that is commonly called a student city, a city of education, a city of culture, namely Yogyakarta. 

DIY has a variety of potential cultures, both tangible (physical) and intangible (non-physical) cultures. Tangible cultural potentials include cultural heritage areas and cultural heritage objects while cultural potentials such as ideas, value systems or norms, artworks, social systems or social behaviors in society. DIY has no less than 515 Cultural Heritage Buildings spread across 13 Cultural Heritage Areas. The existence of cultural assets inherited from these high civilizations of the past, with the Kraton as an institution of great heritage that is still in existence

Yogyakarta is very famous for its shopping spots, Malioboro. Malioboro is a major shopping street in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Malioboro is the centre of Yogyakarta's largest tourist district surrounded with many hotels, restaurants, and shops nearby. 

Sidewalks on both sides of the street are crowded with small stalls selling a variety of goods. In the evening several open-air street side restaurants, called "lesehan", operate along the street. This is the street of the artists. Street musicians, painters, and other artists exhibit their creations on this road. 

And in my opinion the best natural attractions in Yogyakarta is Dlingo, Mangunan is a village in Bantul, this Regency has a million charms and amazing panaromas and many are still hidden, so there are still many people who do not know the beauty and cool places that exist in Dlingo, Mangunan. Dlingo, Mangunan has many cool tourist spots, ranging from cultural sites, historic sites, current photo spots, to waterfalls that really spoil your eyes and you need to explore immediately.

And local food in Yogyakarta, is gudeg, krecek, bakpia, yangko, cenil, geplak, coffe joss,and the most i loved is satay klathak. Klathak is a unique goat satay dish, originally from Pleret District, Bantul Regency in Yogyakarta. In Javanese, the act of roasting satay in an open fire is called "klathak".

This satay is quite different than other varian of satay, that it uses mainly salt and a pinch of pepper as its main marinating seasoning. Unlike other satays which use bamboo skewers. The skewers used to grill or roast the satay are made of iron, The iron skewers as heat conductors will make the meat cooked evenly from the inside. 

For a price of IDR 20.000, you can enjoy one portion of klathak satay containing 2 sticks with a plate of gulai sauce and white rice. It could be that among you think that 2 satay at this price are expensive. 

And then coffe traditional in Yogyakarta is Coffe joss. Coffe joss is hot brewed coffee with charcoal. Once the charcoal is put in, the coffee will emit a loud joss sound so that the name of the coffee is created. Price of coffe joss is Rp.3000 - Rp.5000. This It's a very affordable price right? This drink can be found in all Angringan in the city of Jogja, or can be found in many places in the corner of the city of Yogyakarta. That's why Yogyakarta is called the city of 99% Angkringan and 1% of memories, even though the most popular is only Angkringan Tugu. According to King Sultan's decree, Coffe Joss has been declared an official beverage among the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate.

And the tradition in Jogja is the use Blangkon for men or boy. Blangkon is a headgear made from batik and used by men as part of traditional Javanese clothing. For some types of blangkon there are those that use bumps on the back of the blangkon. This protrusion signifies that the male hairstyle of the time often binds their long hair on the back of the head, so that the part pops up at the back of the blangkon.

Buying batik cloth and clothes is incomplete if you don't buy blangkon as a traditional Jogja souvenir. Even though blangkon is commonly used in beskap or sorjan suits, you can also look stylish by combining modern clothes with blangkon emblazoned on your head. The price of Blangkon Jogja is Rp.20,000 - Rp.200,000 depending on the material and quality. Blangkon is quite easy to get, usually in shops that sell typical Jogja souvenirs near tourist attractions or along Malioboro street.