Village Tourism

Learn Farming in Kebon Agung

Tourist village situated in the district of Kebon Agung Imogiri, 17 km on the southeastern city of Yogyakarta. This village is already pioneered a village tour since 2002 and became one of the pilot rural tourism in Indonesia. Kebon Agung offers the charm-charm his village from the agricultural area where visitors can take part to try to involve themselves in farming, to a variety of home industry such as the process of making tempe dent or craft that is processed in the traditional way.

 
In the village was also the citizens of friendship with the technology used for processing of animal manure to create an environmentally friendly biogas. Even near Tegal Kebon Agung there Weir River which divides Opak and used to water with dragon boat tours available. In this dam national dragon boat races ever held.

However Kebon Agung also a world of friendly folk art. Art is Jathilan, Sholawatan, Javanese gamelan macapat also be enjoyed at once studied with familiar, even with the sincerity of the actors art people who are not far-fetched in the association without the distance, as is well known in Javanese culture.

Java Farm Museum 

Heritage Property Farmers

Who says the past is not valuable. There is a farm museum that made a large contribution to guide the public to know the wealth of farmers and their tracks are very valuable. Property that is equipment and farm equipment as a way and the main tools for their livelihood. When our country is an agricultural country, farming museum became an important window to see the traces of life of farmers.

 

Museum farm is one of the many museums that are owned by the Special Region of Yogyakarta, located in the village Candran, Imogiri, Bantul, 22 km southeast of the city's culture. Made the museum is not separated from its role to support the development of the village of Kebon Agung Tour. There is hundreds of agricultural equipment that was never used until now. Joglo shaped building is simple but sublime save a lot of knowledge about agriculture and its history.

Until the cultural aspect, even this farm museum was also showing "Nini Thowong" doll-headed ghost fields of coconut shell husks. It is said to be possessed by spirits when accompanied by gamelan, Javanese songs and dances as played on the home pages.

Peasant Museum is apparently able to reconstruct our introduction on our agricultural land, including the use of traditional technology for this amazing way. Excellence ancestor that is what is displayed in the museum is not far from the tourist village of Kebon Agung.

Sumber: 03 / 2010. Belajar Bertani Di Kebon Agung.Exploring Jogja
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