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Sriwedari
Amusement Park: JI. Slamet Riyadi. Open 9-12 each day but Saturday;
Rp60 to enter. Uncrowded park-like pleasant atmosphere. Good cheap
warungs and drink stalls. Lie on the grass. At night, a number
of music trips going on: rock groups, female vocalists, string
quartets, etc. Also the celebrated Sriwedari Dance Company's home
base. Wayang orang tickets range from Rp100-350. Buy the 2nd cheapest
seats, Rp200, or stand for free at the side of the building and
look through the wire mesh. Starts at 7 pm but takes them time
to warm up. Over by 12 am. They use realistically painted stage
props such as a palace hall, a dense wild forest, ricefields or
mountains. Besides the Ramayana and Bharatayuda epics, Sriwedari
also stages more popularized productions. The style of its dancers
is sometimes learned 2nd and even 3rd hand from the court dancing
masters down the lane at the kraton dance schools.
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