Want to understand Javanese culture? Just spend your holiday in Jogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. It’s the center of Javanese culture where people still hold the original Javanese culture strongly in all their life aspects. Malioboro Street is the famous place to start the holiday in Jogjakarta. Here is where the most foreign tourists stay. I have been there for a week. Besides providing a lot of cheap hotels, Malioboro Street is near Jogyakarta Palace. You just need to walk to go there. Moreover, this street provides a lot of the art works in sidewalk. My favorite view is the crossroad of Malioboro Street, in front of the post office and Bank Indonesia. This building was built by Netherlands colony. The crossroad has wide sidewalk. This view also becomes the popular target for foreign photographer.
Malioboro Street is identical with “Lesehan”, a sort of food court in sidewalk along Malioboro. They are called Lesehan because these places don’t provide chairs. When having meals, people sit on the carpet around the short table. Lesehan open only at the evening. After the sun goes down, the food sellers run the tents. They generally provide local food “Gudeg”.
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