Information About Yogyakarta - Solo

Solo or Surakarta is lying across in fertile plain terrain along legendary river of Bengawan Solo. Flanked by mountain volcanoes Merapi and Merbabu in the north, and mount Lawu in the southeast border, is famous as a stronghold and center of Javanese culture and tradition. Solo is the cradle of Javanese culture, with two royal houses in one single city: the Kraton of Solo and the Mangkunegaran, a principality. Solo is in habitted about 550000 people.

Solo today remains a distinctly Central Javanese with an elegance all its own. Solo is famous for it beautiful hand painted batik and other Javanese fabrics, and souvenir items in the local markets. There are nice inns and hotels in Selo for accommodation. This place was a famous holiday resort of Surakarta Royal Families.

Solo is Surakarta's commercial as well as its administrative center, and produce cigarettes, herbal medicines and many others. Batik with its traditional working process is probable the most interesting one, involving the use of wax to cover the cloth in patterns.

Many of the larger houses participate in the batik industry, with an area set aside for a covey of from 10 to 30 women and girls. Really skilled workers are generally old.

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