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KKN UMY 2013 Team and Kalakijo Tourism Village
present:
Kalakijo Village, as a tourism village, has some local craft potencies which can be used as the icon of Kalakijo Village.
One of them is bird cage which is made from coconut wood.
With the production tools which are quiet modern,
The making process can be done in a shorter time,
and the result will also be neater. So, the price can be higher.
The bird cage is originally made in Kalakijo village
and it has been sold to large market until outside Java.
The employees are also from Kalakijo itself.
So it open jobs among Kalakijo residents.
This culinary, is a typical snack of Kalakijo village.
This "EMPING MELINJO", has also been developed from having only one taste, now it has various choices of flavors.
Nowadays, Emping Melinjo is not only consumed by villagers as traditional food.
It is also been sold in the stores in the city as souvenir for tourists.
With this Emping Melinjo production in Kalakijo Village,
Emping Melinjo is expected to be one of special souvenirs of Kalakijo Village for the tourists who visit the village.
Batik will also be one attraction that will be offered for the visitors who visit Kalakijo Village.
Here, there are some Batik Producers and Showroom to show the result of batik produced by the people of Kalakijo.
Batik production in Kalakijo, has also been using natural materials for coloring the batik.
Batik Kalakijo is no less attractive than other kind of batik.
Batik Kalakijo has already been well known by many people.
It is proven by the profit that is earned by batik producer each month.
This Batik production also hires local people as its employees to empower local communities by teaching them how to make batik.
In one corner of the Kalakijo Village there is also Bamboo Clothesline Maker.
The clothesline is made from bamboo because bamboo is very easy to be found in Kalakijo, and one of the resources owned by Kalakijo Village.
In the hand of the craftsmen, bamboo that grows wildly in Kalakijo, can be used and be processed to be clotheslines.
Beside all the crafts mentioned before, there is one famous Sareh Workshop that makes noken as and racing sparepart.
This workshop has been famous among local racer for customizing their motor race.
This workshop has also been one of the most famous workshops in Bantul as noken art racing specialist workshop.
Another crafts that is produced in Kalakijo is wardrobe that is made from the teakwood.
This is also one potency that can elevate the fame of Kalakijo Village.
The most famous culinary in Kalakijo that will become the ultimate potency of Kalakijo is Ingkung Kuali.
This Ingkung Kwali in Kalakijo is so special compared to other Ingkung because this Ingkung is cooked inside the crock.
The cooking process is still in traditional way.
This Ingkung Kwali is cooked on the stove using firewood to create the special aroma of it.
Besides that, Ingkung Kuali has become famous.
Proved by so many orders that comes to Kalakijo Village
This Ingkung kuali Kalakijo also has different size from the one that has existed before.
Ingkung Kalakijo has been presented as traditional cuisine to many different tourist group that came to this tourism village.
Other than art and culinary,
There is also Gejog Lesung that almost extinct.
This Gejog Lesung has been preserved as part of ancestor's inheritance.
Gejog Lesung played by experienced women in playing this traditional art and has performed in local competition.
Gejog lesung preservation meant to increase the attractiveness of this tourism village to tourists that come to enjoy gejog lesung.
As one of the Tourism village in Bantul, There is one Duwet Tree that has been hundred years old.
It is believed that this Duwet Tree is the oldest in Bantul Region.
The size of this tree is quite big since it needs two people to embrace its trunk.
If this potential could be developed, it will definitely attract more tourists to come to Kalakijo Village
Kalakijo still upholds cooperation among its villagers.
It was proven when they cooperated each other to build Village Tourism Center.
What is the definition of Tourism Village?
In my opinion,
Tourism Village is a potential village which has positive values and attractive,
so tourists are interested to come, feel, enjoy, and buy what we have here.
What is the most appropriate concept to be implemented at Kalakijo Village?
In my opinion, the best concept to make Kalakijo Village as a Tourism Village
is relying on what we have here. For example like batik, emping melinjo , cane works, etc.
There are still a lot of other potential things.
What step should be taken to increase the villagers’ abilities in order to maximize the local potentials?
In my opinion, Tourism Village should be regenerated and developed.
Head of this village should engage with local citizens to cooperate with him,
and also with important people and youngsters.
This should be implemented for the future.
What kind of culinary specialties that have the greatest potential of becoming a tourist attraction in the village of Kalakijo?
Actually, In Kalakijo, there’s a bountiful traditional food, and other food making places, such as emping, places where cakes are made,
and our main reliance, Ingkung, the new one which will be produced by the people of Kalakijo themselves,
without leaving the possibilities for other types of food as well.
Is the environment in Kalakijo Village decent enough to be turned into a tourism area?
Well, for the matter of decency, Kalakijo Village, in my opinion, is not completely feasible enough,
because there are still so many things need to be worked on in Kalakijo’s environment
What is your hope, with the existence of Kalakijo Village Tourism Area?
Oh, yes, my hope is that in later time, Kalakijo Village can me more well known in other territories,
and later with the existence of the Tourism Area, it will increase the prosperity of the people living in here.
And in the study tour area, the children’s knowledge will grow.
Because there are many children these days,
who do not understand anymore about the games in the old days, and the problems of the trees,
uh… the names of tree, and many other things that they still do not know,
because of that, it is hoped that they will understand more about the cultures and traditions of Kalakijo Village.
We hope that it will be a successfulness. HORAS (VICTORIOUS)
What is the meaning of Tourism Village?
Tourism Village is the village that has potential in it, that can be developed, to make people outsite the village to visit because of the potencies and the nice environment.
What is the concept of tourism that is best suitable with Kalakijo Village?
In our opinion, Tourism village is the village that can show the local potencies that exist both nature potential and human resource potential.
In Kalakijo itself,
Natural potential can be shown by the location of Kalakijo that has natural beauty,
and still has many trees that is planted, processed, and developed here.
And for human resource potencies, our people have been able to develop their skill to support Kalakijo as Tourism Village.
For example, Batik Production, Emping Melinjo, and Bird Cage Production.
With the potencies that exist, hopefully, Kalakijo can be known by foreign tourists or local tourists as tourism village.
What is needed to improve society’s skill so they can maximize the use of Kalakijo Village’s local potential?
So we need to give more chance to societies to learn.
By giving them lecture about tourism village, I think they will understand from first when they did not even know what tourism village means
and then little by little by giving them socialization, later societies will understand about tourism village’s concept.
From there we can see that the first learning step has already taken.
The next learning step is hospitality.
For example, if we want a lot of tourist coming to our village then we should know how to welcoming them,
The environment should be clean or learn how their toilet’s standard is.
So there will be a lot of learning step and we have to facilitate societies by giving them chance to learn.
Which kind of culinary that have the biggest potential to become Kalakijo Village’s tourist attraction?
In my opinion for Kalakijo probably its INGKUNG is the most interesting thing especially Java’s INGKUNG.
Moreover, we also already have INGKUNG Restaurant, so that is two of them.
By opening one more INGKUNG here in our shelter, people will associate Kalakijo more with INGKUNG.
So, we can become INGKUNG’s central in Java or in Yogyakarta.
People will start to think that for example if they want to find SATE KLATAK they must be going to PLERET, but if they want to find Java INGKUNG then Kalakijo is the place
Maybe later, each person will build their own INGKUNG store.
So the taste will different one another depend on how they cook it.
It will be a really big tourist attraction.
Then later we can add other things also, for example before the tourists go home, they will get souvenir such as EMPING.
That also EMPING still can be innovated for example EMPING with sweet or spicy flavor or even other flavor such as BBQ or Balado flavor.
That will be an interesting innovation to be developed.
Is Kalakijo Village’s environment proper enough to become a tourism area?
Kalakijo is really fit to become tourism village.
Because of first, its nature is very supportive. .
On the west side we can see hills, on the east side a lot of rice fields and farming area.
Also on the west side and south side, we can find Batik center.
So Kalakijo can be relied/trusted as a tourism village.
What is your hope with the existence of Kalakijo Tourism Village Area?
As a Head of Kalakijo, I hope that as Kalakijo becomes a tourism village,
Kalakijo society’s prosperity will increase especially for those with low economic condition.
Then I also hope society will be more active, participative, and cooperative in taking care of environment hygiene.
So we can actualize Kalakijo village to become a clean, healthy, and beautiful area.
Let’s support!
Let’s make it successful!
Tourism Village, Kalakijo Village, Guwoari, Pajangan Bantul
We are KKN Team Kalakijo, Muhammadiyah University, Yogyakarta, year 2013,
will support to make Kalakijo as a tourism village Guwosari, Pajangan Bantul, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta.