Joglo Semar
Along with the national development of Indonesia, the island of paradise on the equator, the regions of JOGLOSEMAR acronym of Jogyakarta, Solo and Semarang, "The golden triangle" of Jogyakarta and Central Java shall be developed economically whilst preserving its precious culture and nature, avoiding environmental damages.
For Indonesian especially Javanese, people who value highly the symbols of live, as seen in their old age culture and tradition, "name is important". It is symbolizing something. It is contrary to the western opinion "What is in a name".
JOGLO is a traditional Javanese mansion, it is a big house with a large garden. Usually owned by royal families or richer people. It is a square house with four principal pillars in the middle of the pendopo. The mansion consists of three main parts, namely :
1. The front part is pendopo, a place to receive guests. It is spacious, usually a set of gamelan (traditional musical instruments) placed here.
2. The middle part is pringgitan. Ringgit means wayang, so the wayang performance is held here.
3. The back part is ndalem, a family quarter consists of three sentong (rooms) - the left, the middle (petanen) and the right sentong. In front of the middle room, two wooden statues (male and female) by name of Loro Blonyo are standing as the symbols of prosperity and harmony. In the wedding ceremony, the bride and bridegroom are seated here. The selected heirlooms (pusaka) of family are kept also in dalem. The keris (daggers) are arranged in a special cupboard, the tumbak (spears) stand vertically on the wooden-stand. The GANDOK (pavillions) and PAWON (kitchen) are on the right and left side of the dalem and well connected.
