CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
One famous city
for tourism in Indonesia is Yogyakarta. It is one of interesting destination
for local and international tourists after Bali. It is the capital city of the
Center of Java. Yogyakarta has known as the central of Javanese culture. But beside of that, one
famous destination to visit Yogyakarta is Malioboro. It is the name of the street
that is located in the middle of the city of Yogyakarta. This road is so famous
because it has special attraction for tourist purpose and it can give
unforgettable experience to visit Yogya.
There
are various kinds of souvenir in malioboro street. Like clothing about
Yogyakarta, batik t-shirt,and Javanese or Yogya food street restaurant which
called angkringan. Additionally, there are traditional vehicle like rickshaws
(becak) and horse cart (andong) as a transportation for the tourist when
visited malioboro because it parked along the malioboro street.
Because
of that great experience, some people forget about the history of malioboro in
the past which have a function as a philosophy symbol of Kesultanan Yogyakarta
and Javanese culture. But now, it has a function as an economic center for
yogya’s people which sell many kinds of souvenirs along malioboro street. So it
makes the writer want to write about the problem which happened in malioboro.
1.2 Problem of the study
1. What
yogya people do to make malioboro a symbol of Kesultanan Yogya as in the past?
2. What
is a good way to keep the Javanese culture in Yogyakarta or malioboro ?
CHAPTER II
RESULT OF THE STUDY
For
the city which is well known as the center of Javanese culture, Yogyakarta
especially yogya people has to keep their natural thing in yogya like culture,
place, and the past history which ever happened in yogya. Like in malioboro street
is the philosophy symbol of Kesultanan Yogyakarta and unforgettable memory
which is happened in the past. As a people who lived in yogya or near
malioboro, they have to keep the culture with anything they can do, for
example, wearing batik and another attribute to show that they are Javanese
people which have a good attitude and soft sound when they are talking with
other people. And about the crowd which always happened in malioboro is
absolutely difficult because this situation has happened since a long time ago
as a center of business or economic. Many people who work in malioboro has sell
various kinds of souvenir for more than ten years. And malioboro street has
known as the center of souvenirs which there is symbolic of Javanese culture in
every souvenir.
CHAPTER
III
CONCLUSION
So,
the originality of malioboro or Javanese culture is the most important thing
for the people to keep. It is not the responsibility of the head of government in
yogya, but it is the responsibility for the whole civilian to make malioboro as
the most interest thing in yogya to visit. The crowd is an evidence that yogya is
beautiful city and malioboro is an unforgettable street than the others. Unique
culture can be show from batik and attitude that we are an Indonesian or we are
Javanese or Yogya people who loved our culture.
