“Malioboro as a Center of Javanese Culture and Economic Life”

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.