The Australian Student Join Traditional Feast

Yogyakarta well known as the city of students, as Yogya is one of Indonesia’s most foremost centers of education and learning and has a great number of students from all over the country among it’s population.

According to official statistic, about 30 percent of the city’s inhabitants. Gajah Mada University is Indonesia ‘s oldest state-owned universities and also one of it’s most prestigious.

Besides centre of education, Yogya is famous as center of Javanese culture. So many important heritage could be visited in this area. Here, you can learn the cultural activities as the root of the culture. The visitors can learn how to play the Gamelan music, how to make a batik, how to dance and so many other things can be done in Yogya.

All student Package are designed for group tour only, the hotel we selected on these package all are in budget hotels (3 jasmine – 2 star). However, if you need higher class for the accommodation, please inform us right away as we will be very happy to assist you in anyway possibilities.

THE AUSTRALIAN STUDENT JOIN THE TRADITIONAL FEAST (KENDURI)

To understand better about the culture and living of Indonesian people, it’s not enough by seeking information from news paper, TV or listen from the other experience. Of course, will be much better if you come directly and get involved on their daily life.

This also done by 15 students of MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL (MHS) Australia. Through wonderful packaged arranged by GRAND JAVA TOURS cooperate with Australian Tour Operators, 15 MHS students accompanied by 2 teacher , along 9 days learn about the culture and as well the way of live of the people in Yogyakarta. They even take a shower, has their meals and as well sleep at the village community. These 15 students stay with new family at Maguwoharjo village.

“Within 9 days they stay here in Yogya, 5 days they stayed at hotel and the rest they stay with local people here. They have their new family here. They involved directly, learn directly the way of life of these villager.“

The fact, within short period get mingle with the local people here, they find that Indonesian people are friendly, polite, and tolerant. Not as they read on their news paper or as they seen on their Television “said Anny the Director of Grand Java Tours among the process of The traditional feast (Kenduri) which is attended by 15 students and 2 teacher at Sanggar Tari SEKAR RINONCE Maguwoharjo, Tuesday Sept 24, 2002.

At this village they also enjoyed Jathilan, The Trance Dance which performed local Jathilan group. After the Jathilan, in the evening they join with the local people of Traditional Feast (Kenduri) for the successful of the local people for winning the championship commemorate the Indonesian Independence. The feast filled by open and gathering pray, then cut of the Conical Shape Rice (called Tumpeng in Javanese language). Uniquely, The Australian students wear the traditional clothes during the feast, complete Javanese clothes.

Pip Capon, on of the teacher of MHS who accompanied the students said to Bernas “the student as well as her self are very happy to get along with the villagers. The Indonesian is very friendly, very polite and tolerant. This fact is very different as what we know from the media. We the conclude that what we got on the news paper and as well TV was not completely right “ said PIP CAPON.“

“Before stayed with the people at Maguwoharjo, these student also get along for join the local school here“ said Anny. They join the class at SMK Nitikan Umbulharjo, then they going home with the student to their house. They stay with the family of the student.

Join their daily activity, going to school with the local bus, serried in the bus, as well stay with them. Doing that way, Anny said, these students know how they take a study, go to school one serried bus, until their activity at home.

By learning the culture, language, education and living of Indonesian people, these foreign student know more deeply about Indonesia. And their impression, Indonesian people are very polite, soft, friendly and tolerant, said Anny Yulijanti.

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