Monument of Queen Boko

Ratu Boko is the ancient site which is a complex number of the remaining buildings that are approximately 3 km to the south of the Prambanan complex, 18km east of Yogyakarta city, or 50km southwest city of Surakarta. Area around the entire complex is 25ha.
This site is estimated to have been used in the 8th century on the Sailendra francisco (Rakai Panangkaran) from the Kingdom of Medang (Hindu Mataram). Seen from the pattern of laying remnants of the building, suspected of strong sites is a former palace (the king of the palace).
The name "Queen Boko" itself based on the legend of the local community. Ratu Boko (harafiah means "king stork") is the father of Loro Jonggrang (the name given to be the main temple complex at Prambanan Temple).
Administratively, this temple is located in the District of Bokoharjo, Sleman, Yogyakarta. Located at a height of nearly 200 m above sea level.

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Baturaden

Baturaden is a tourist destination in Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia. Baturaden is located in the northern city of Pusan on the southern slopes of Mount Slamet. Baturaden because of the location on the slopes has made this area the weather is very mild and tend to be cold, especially at night. Baturaden is also a regional tour that visited by many local tourists, especially on week days and national holidays. These conditions cause many hotels and villas built here.
Baturaden can be reached by using private vehicles and public. Distance from the city of Pusan about 20 km and can be reached in 15 minutes with traffic that is not too dense. If you want to use the vehicles of tourists can ride public transportation terminals in the cities of Pusan and down in the terminal lokawisata Baturaden. If you want more practical travelers can use a taxi. If you decide to use private vehicles, should be careful because the road that uphill with the slope about 30 degrees.

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Gender

instrument consists of laths metal menegangkan with string above roofs resonator.
gender this perfominged with tabuh globular (is surrounded cloth layer) with short stalk.
as according to song function, tone area, and the size, there two kinds gender:
- gender barung and
- gender panerus.

gender barung
gender king sized, beroktaf low until middle. one of the instrument beginning, gender barung perfoming pattern
song pattern intonation steady (cengkok) that can creat texture sonoritas thick and strengthen taste pathet gendhing.
several gendhing has opener that perfominged gender barung; gendhing this called gendhing gender.
in the theatre of leather puppet, player gender has principal character must perfoming the instrument only just pemah stop during all night long in game gendhing, sulu, and grimingan.

gender panerus
gender measure little, beroktaf middle until tall. although noodle instrument there shouldn't be no in ensemble, texture wealth increase the presence gamelan.
gender this perfoming the song in steady knock song pattern and hurry.

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