Tugu Yogyakarta
Tugu Jogja or the Jogja Monument turns into the historic point that is firmly connected to Yogyakarta. There is a custom to embrace and kiss this landmark subsequent to completing the study in a college.
Tugu Jogja is the most prevalent historic point of Yogyakarta. This landmark is found right in the focal point of the junction between the Mangkubumi, Soedirman, A.M. Sangaji and Diponegoro streets. The Tugu Jogja that is just about 3 centuries old has a profound importance and it keeps some history records of Yogyakarta.
Tugu Jogja was worked around one year after the development of Yogyakarta Kingdom. At the early time of its development, it unmistakably portrayed the theory of the solidarity of God's animals that implies the soul of harmony of laypeople and powers to battle colonials. In Javanese term, the soul of harmony is called golong gilig that is obviously depicted in the development of the landmark: the shaft is of gilig (barrel) frame and the top part is golong (adjusted). This landmark was known as Tugu Golong-Gilig.
In points of interest, the landmark was initially built as a barrel shaped post with conelike frame upwards. The base is a circling wall while the top is adjusted. The preparatory stature of the landmark was 25 meters.
Everything changed when on Monday, 10 June 1867, a major quake in Yogyakarta demolished the landmark. The crumple of the landmark was the move time when the solidarity was not by any stretch of the imagination thought about the landmark.
The circumstance changed absolutely when in 1889 the Dutch government remodeled the landmark. The landmark was developed as a square with every side being improved with a sort of engraving containing the names of individuals who were included in the remodel. The top bit is did not round anymore yet a pointed cone. The stature of the landmark is additionally lower, to be specific 15 meters. From that point forward, this landmark was likewise called as De Witt Paal or Tugu Pal Putih (white post landmark).
The remodel of the landmark was really the strategy utilized by the Dutch provincial to eradicate the theory of harmony between laypeople and the ruler. Gaining from the consequence of the battle a while later, notwithstanding, the exertion did not appear to be effective.
On the off chance that we need to take a gander at the landmark tastefully while recalling its philosophical importance, there are seats confronting the landmark at the intersection of Mangkubumi Street. At 05:00 a.m. - 06:00 a.m. is the perfect time since the air is still new and very little bystander yet. Once in a while, the daily paper kid will welcome us obligingly while riding his bike to go to the circulation office of the greatest neighborhood daily paper, the Kedaulatan Rakyat.
Being so indistinguishable of the Tugu Jogja to Yogyakarta makes numerous college understudies from outside of Yogyakarta to express their joy after the graduation day by embracing and kissing the Tugu Jogja. That may likewise express their adoration to Yogyakarta that they will going to leave soon and in the meantime say their guarantee to come back to this city.
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