Tembi Village

Learn Culture with Attractive Ways in Tembi

Each village usually has its unique culture. Those are such as: way of life, arts, and customs. Here, in Tembi tourism village you will be able to learn some rare Javanese tradition.

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Tembi is a tourism village that is located in south part of Yogyakarta City. It is located in Timbulharjo Village, Bantul District, Yogyakarta Special Region. This tourism village is located around eight kilometres south from Yogyakarta City and it can be reached by car for around 20 minutes. Tembi village is easily accessible since it is located near main road between Yogyakarta City and Parangtritis Beach 

There are many activities that are offered in Tembi. Those are such as: learning how to make traditional meals, village sightseeing, learning traditional art and shopping some merchandise that is sold by villagers. Those activities can help you understand local people's way of life while enjoying the peaceful atmosphere there.

There are several traditional culinary making courses that are offered in Tembi Village. First, there is course about how to make Sagon. It is a rare traditional snack that is made from coconut, sugar and corn flour.  Second, there is course about how to make tempe dele. It is a popular side dish that made from soybean. Both of them are typical meal which still produced with traditional way. At the end of the course, after it has been produced, it can be together consumed. 

In Tembi you also can see unique music performance. One of the unique music performances that are shown for visitor is Bang Bung performance, which is a unique traditional music performance from Tembi Village. It's played by using several music instruments such as: kencrung, bass, gong and kendhang. The sound of this music performance is like the sound of bamboo. In the performance, visitor is invited to actively participate by playing some of music instruments.   

For art learning, there are several courses that are offered. First of all, there are batik learning courses. There are two choices that are offered, learning batik on fabric or on wooden mask. Secondly, there are art production courses about making simple handicraft. There are also courses about wayang and ceramics making process. With those various art courses, it makes Tembi known as one of the cultural centre in southern Yogyakarta.  

Others activities that are offered by Tembi tourism village are: outbound activities and village sightseeing. In outbound activities, visitor will be doing some activities such as: exploring rice field, catching duck in rice field, bakiak race, and many others traditional games Visitors can enjoy the scenery of Tembi village by using dokar or sepeda onthel. Dokar is a horse carriage while sepeda onthel is antique bike. With those vehicles visitor will be able to enjoy exploring the village in interesting ways.