Museums

Sonobudoyo Museum.

The Sonobudoyo Museum is located on the northern side of the north square of Sultan's Palace. It was built in 1935 with Javanese architecture. The architecture of the gateway resembles to the entrance of the mosque in Kudus Town especially in the construction of pathway to the auditorium. Sonobudoyo is the second most complete collection of cultural artefacts. Visitors can observe ceramics from the Neolithic Age,original statues and bronze-articles collected from temple in Central Java, various kinds of puppets, masks, and wayang, to heirlooms and artefacts from Bali. Sonobudoyo Museum also has an interesting library that keeps various collections of ancient books related to Javanese culture.

Perjuangan Museum.
This museum is located in Colonel Sugiyono Street. It is a cylindrical building, uniquely roofed in the shape of a crown with its outer walls portray relief anout the history of Indonesian's struggle for independence before and after the Declaration of Independence in August 17th 1945. The collection consists of historical articles during the time of the revolution for independence.

Dirgantara Mandala Museum.
This museum is located in Adisucipto Air Force Base complex. This museum keeps pictures and models of aeroplanes left by Japanese army which were used by the Indonesian Air Force during struggle for independence. The models including fighting, transportation, and excercise aeroplanes. Besides that, this museum keeps any weapons that used by Indonesian Special Air Force.

Royal Ceremonies

Garebeg.
There are 3 kinds of gerebeg : Garebeg Maulud, Garebeg Syawal and Garebeg Besar.

Garebeg Maulud . Hold on the 12 th of Maulud - the third month in Javanese calendar - to commemorate the birth of Mohammed the Holy Prophet. For about a week, the people of Yogyakarta celebrate this event with a festival called Sekaten. At the end of this festival the Kraton's soldiers in their traditional and colourful uniforms will be on marching - squad escort the gunungan (mountain-shaped cones, containing rice and ornamented with vegetables, fruits and other foodstuffs) carried from quarter of the Sultan's Palace to the Great Mosque. After the praying ceremony in the mosque, some of the gunungan will be distributed among those attending the ceremoni.
Garebeg Syawal. Held on 1 th of Syawal - the tenth of Javanese calendar- after the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan.
Garebeg Maulud. Held on the 10 th of the last month of Javanese calendar to celebrate the religious festival based on the Abraham's faith-test whether he intended to sacrifice one of his sons as a taken absolute loyalty to God or not.

Labuhan.
Labuhan is hold to celebrate the birth of Sultan Hamengku Buwono. Labuh in Javanese means throw something to the river or to the sea.
The offering from the Yogyakarta Sultanate Palace consist of food, and cuttings of fingernails and hair of Sultan that will be thrown to the South Sea (Hindia Ocean). The offering is intends to be presented to the Goddes of the South Sea, Ratu Kidul. It is believed that by performing the ceremony, the King and the people of Yogyakarta will get their welfare. The same ceremony is also hold on the top of Mount Merapi and Lawu.

Traditional Transportations

Gerobag.

Known as traditional village transport, this carriage pulled byone or two cows is found mostly on rural roads. Usually, the villagers use gerobag to carry the crops and available for hire to other special occasions.

Becak.
The becak is popular form of local transport and Yogya has more becaks than anywhere else in Indonesia. A forl of rickshaw with the driver pedalling you from the back, the becak are cheap and delightful form of transport and carry anything from people to serious amounts of goods. Each becak usually has its own style, decked out with personal touches and has a folding roof that can be raised to protect passengers from the strong tropical sun or rain. Fares should be bargained for and fixed before the ride commenses and becaks can be rented by the trip or by the hour.

Andhong.
These horse drawn carriages can still be found playing their trade in the city and most often seen on rural roads in and around Yogya. They are popular for larger groups and often hired out for special occasions such as wedding. Slow but sure, andhongs are a highly enjoyable way to enjoy the peaceful rise-fields and rural views of the area at a leisure pace. As with becaks, fares should be bargained and fixed before the ride commences.