Travelers fond of unique cultural heritage, will find Jogja (variably spelled as Jogjakarta, Yogya, Yogyakarta) an exotic city with a mix of attractions. Jogja is the center of Javanese culture famous for dance, as well as painting, silverwork, and woodcarving. Javanese gamelan music is highly developed and varied. Some of the dances portray stories adapted from Hindu epics such as Ramayana. Notable Javanese dances include Gambyong, Serimpi, Bedoyo and Petilan.
As a cultural city, Jogja offers an endless list of attractions. Visitors can enjoy a wide variety of tourisms: historical, cultural, mountains, beaches, villages, and culinary. Different places in the city is eminent with various highly developed arts including ceramic (locally known as gerabah), natural stone, metalworking, sculpture, painting and leather. One of distinct leather art is manifested in wayang, a beautifully hand carved leather puppet. Each wayang uniquely represents a character in the epics Mahabharata or Ramayana.
In the city, visitors can indulged herself with an enriching cultural experience while enjoying the surrounding natural beauties. The local cuisines are also famous for its deliciousness all at a very affordable price. All in all, as a tourist destination, Jogja's enchantment is only rivaled by Bali.
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