From the Old Malioboro into the New One

Dewi Sagita

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Creative Writing

            Indonesian people must know about Yogyakarta or commonly called Jogja, since it is a big city which is still in line with its traditional touch involving cultures and civilization. By seeing from the tourism sector, there are many beautiful and eye catching places to visit from beaches, buildings, mountain, and so on. One of the most commonly heard is Malioboro. Malioboro has become the icon in Yogyakarta as the place that has to be visit. As seen in its development, the old and new Malioboro is definitely different in every aspects. People nowadays might find the new Malioboro more attractive and modern that can be seen from the building that has been upgraded and public facilities that has been provided such as bench, pretty small trees planted along the road side completed with the lamp decoration placed surrounded, atm centre, public transportation and so on. Compared to the old one by Looking through old pictures of Malioboro, Jogja is considered has developed. We can say that the old Malioboro was more spacey, as we can see that lots of people walk rather than using any possible transportation. Nowadays, the new one is obviously more crowded. It might happen because of the increasing of population.

            Jogja also can be seen from different perspective towards the function possessed by the old and the new one. The old Malioboro could be usual for the daily activities among Sultan in the Palace and its people as well as celebration related to Sultan’s power and authority. Nowadays, Malioboro, turns into a tourism destination. When people or visitors see it as a place where they can spend time for vacation or taking pleasure, this makes the place grows rapidly and becomes a business area. It looked spacey and cleaner back then where we didn’t see many billboards or banners. Right now, we can see many and various billboards placed in front of the shops or along the road. There are lots of sellers selling their stuffs, like clothes, accessories, bags, food, tattoo, and so on that can be seen a long the road side when we as we walk in Malioboro. This might make the visitors or pedestrians feel a bit uncomfortable since the space for them to walk well is less provided because of many people coming there. The whole development affect more and more people to come, visit, and enjoy Jogja, especially Malioboro for shopping, visiting historical places, or even just for a little walk and sightseeing. Thus, since human beings experience evolution and so does the place—it develops naturally. Throughout times, people tend to change depending on its social and economic demands (might be from other aspects such as cultural, education, etc) which can be seen from this development of Malioboro from the old into the new one in this recent time.