Learning Know "Wayang"

Puppet Festival originated from the initiative (People who spread the religion of Islam) who spread Islam to Java, but the type of puppet that there now is not just based on that developed by the Sunan. Puppet klithik, for example, is a type of puppets made from wood that developed shortly after the time of Sunan Kudus.

Since the 1970s, Hamlet Krebet become one of the pioneers who developed the craft of wood by adopting a form of puppet klithik. Before long, more or less in 1992, new innovations emerge from the village that blends the puppet craft with classic batik motifs. Surface puppet no longer innocent, but Sultan Palace ornate style motif.

After more than a decade, traditional performance art of batik in Hamlet Krebet not simply be bought, but can also be studied. You can book travel packages to the village, then the packet will learn to make batik puppet is included. Of course only membatiknya process which will be studied, because in order to make the puppets take a long time.

The process of batik may have witnessed and learned a lot in other places, but batik puppet media will certainly provide a different sensation. The process of batik with the media will certainly need more accuracy because the pattern is automatically created manually, not print media such as batik fabric.

Other sensations, motives are learned during the learn to make batik puppet in this village is the palace of classical motifs, such as parangrusak, parangbarong, kawung, eagle, sidomukti, sidorahayu, and dozens of other motives. Because that's motives, puppet craft of batik in the hamlet is famous and in demand in foreign markets.

Indeed, learning facilities in the village of batik is quite simple and yet there is also an instructor who can speak a foreign language. However, by observing the activities of the craftsmen began to make puppets and batik, would have given enough capital to start making batik. You can also choose your own motif that would be made.

To enjoy the learning process of making batik puppet, you just need to spend approximately 200 thousand. At first glance seem expensive, but it will feel cheap for not only learning to make puppets that could be enjoyed. During the tour, you will also stay at home kind of people that made this village homestay at no extra cost.

Towards Krebet Hamlet, you can pass the path of Bantul and continues to the south. Some of the alternative path can be selected, for example through rural tourism Kasongan or turn right until after the Great Mosque of Bantul. You must set up a private vehicle or contact the tour agency that provides services to the village, because there is no public transportation to reach this village.

In addition to learning batik puppet, you can also practice climbing coconut trees and take sap used as a raw material of brown sugar. You'll also get a package tour with jeep teak forests. When tired, you can enjoy typical dishes of the village, in the form of vegetable lodeh, warm Manggar, tempeh garit, dent, as well as wedang legen.