The culture Yogyakarta state on its status as a particular area lies in southerly part of Central Java, in the heartland of Javanese culture. As the former capital and the center of several kingdoms in the past, this region and its people are very plentiful in a diversity of cultures. It’s widely known from to historical records that the civilization, art and culture had developed well in the center of those kingdoms severally in the Ancient Mataram Kingdom (8th – 10th Century) era, the second Mataram Kingdom (17th – 18th Century) and Sultanate Ngayogyokarto from the mid of 18th Century up today.

It should be noted that the cultural inheritance from the past includes the splendid temples, the ruins of palaces and monasteries, the assorted kinda traditions, cultural events, traditional folk and performing arts, architecture and other traditional activities. It’s important to note that this is all part of the living culture of Yogyakarta, color of daily activities of live and the local denizens behavior, especially the Javanese residential area with its traditional way of life and customs. Thus, because of its culture fertility and inheritance, Yogyakarta has long been called the cradle of Javanese culture.

The other legendary name for Yogyakarta City, among the elders as well as the youth generation that is the City of Art and Culture. Traditional and modern expo are held almost every twenty-four hours and night about the art of theater, pantomime, music, classic and contemporary dances, poems, etc. Those are flow in the heart of the city. Even more, there are abundant of cultural ceremonial, such Sekaten, Gunungan, Labuhan, Malioboro Fair, etc, which make the city has high appraise of tradition, art, and culture.