Kampong Prawirotaman

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A. Overview

Prawirotaman is a village known since the 19th century when a noble of Kraton called Prawirotomo achieved a piece of land from the Kraton. From the beginning, the village played an important role for Yogyakarta. During the wartime, it was the concentration camp for the soldiers. After the wartime, it is renowned is the center of batik cap industry managed by Prawirotomo’s offspring. In seventies during which era the batik cap industry was declining, the Prawirotomo’s offspring turned their business to the lodging services and since then on Prawirotaman has been well-known as the tourists’ village. Although some has changed their managers, most are still managed by the Prawirotomo’s offspring that consist of three big families, namely Werdoyoprawiro, Suroprawiro, and Mangunprawiro.

Entering the area of Prawirotaman, you will feel the atmosphere of a village in the middle the city. There are a hustle bustle of vehicles and greetings by the local people who generally can speak English. There are also lines of uniquely designed lodgings available in the area, either traditional or modern.

The area of Prawirotaman I, known as simply Prawirotaman, is the most famous zone. On the southern side is Prawirotaman II which is right next to the traditional market. Although the original names of the southern part of Prawirotaman are Prawirotaman II and Prawirotaman III, they are more known as Gerilya Street. According to the story, the zone was the headquarters of Prajurit Hantu Maut (the troops at the wartime of independence). On one corner of the street, you can find an epigraph to commemorate the struggle of the heroes. Besides Pasukan Hantu Maut, the troops whose headquarters was here was Prajurit Prawirotomo.

B. Features

Prawirotaman is an alternative place if you worry about lodging. The area not only provides unique and affordable lodgings, but also it has a line of art shops, cafés, bookshops, a traditional market, and an epigraph that can also be the alternative tourism object.

Prawirotaman Village has a nickname the Tourists’ Village or the Backpackers’ Village for almost every time there are foreign tourists staying there.

In the Prawirotaman zone, there are also many art shops selling unique art stuffs. One of the most wanted antiques is the batik stamp. Usually the batik stamp is used as the ornament of table, the wooden wind-way, or simply as a collection for it is assumed to contain artistic value in the form of interesting details of the motif with high historical value of batik art.

You can watch not only the hurly burly of the local people and the tourists shopping, but also you can try and taste the traditional foods sold around the area. If you go more south, you will get to Prawirotaman III that is not less crowded.

Another feature of Prawirotaman Village is that the cab drivers there mostly can speak English, even there are some who use the social network Facebook to offer his service to the foreigners who care to go around the city.

C. Location

Prawirotaman is situated around 5 kilometers from the center of Yogyakarta City.

D. Access

If you care to visit Prawirotaman Village, you can go there either by personal or public transportation. You can take either a bus of Yogyakarta-Parangtritis route or route-12 bus. If you want to go there by your own vehicle, from the point of West Fort Corner, you go south to Parangtritis Street until you find a market on the east side of the street and there you come to the area where Prawirotaman Village is.

E. Ticket

In Prawirotaman Village, there spread out many lodgings with various costs, ranging from Rp 50,000 to Rp 300,000 a night. As for you the imported book hunter, you can get one with the cheaper price than usual. Ones that are generally priced hundred-thousand at other places only costs around Rp 35,000 to Rp 60,000.

F. Accommodations and Other Facilities

Besides lodgings, there are also numerous other facilities like tour and travel agents public phone, public internet service, café, restaurant, money changer, and bookshop. Cafés and restaurants are everywhere along Prawirotaman Street and its surroundings. You can even taste the traditional foods of Java, Europe, or the combination of the two. The cafés and the restaurants have the European atmosphere, either classic or modern.

Text: Andreas Eko Wahyu
Photos: Collection of Jogjatrip.com
Translation: Al-Amri Arif Sandy
(Primary data and various sources)

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please contact:

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Jl. Sisingamangaraja No. 27 Yogyakarta.
Telp. +62 274 8373005. Fax. +62 274 379250
Email : maharatu@maharatu.com -maharatu257@yahoo.com
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