in an atmosphere that is still warm with this hero day. The Culture Office (Kundha Kabudayan) Bantul Regency held a historical visit with the theme of the history of the struggle of Prince Diponegoro. The activity carried out at the Selarong Cave was held on November 25, 2021 which began at 08.00-finished.
Participant gathering point is in the parking area of the Selarong Goa and followed by Selarong blusukan on foot to the Banjaran Tourism Area. After arriving at the pavilion the participants registered and continued with the opening delivered by the Head of Guwosari and remarks by the Head of Office (Kundha Kabudayan) Bantul Regency.
After the remarks were completed with the discussion and presentation of the material concerning the history of the Selarong cave and Prince Diponegoro with the resource person, Mr. Indra Fibiona who explained about Guosari: Witness is the biggest war in & nbsp; Java Island because of the large number of victims and losses caused by this war, discussing the role of Prince Diponegoro for Indonesian independence and raising the spirit of heroes of national independence.
The discussion continued with the next resource person, Mr. Nur Iswantara who explained the general picture of Prince Diponegoro and he explained that Prince Diponegoro was also called a culturalist, meaning not only heroes in war but also cultural heroes. And the event continued with the performance of the work in the form of dances, poetry, reading chronicles and Diponegoro multicutics.
From the activity of historical visits it can be concluded that it is true that the Diponegoro War did not take place but with this war greatly influenced the history of Indonesia. This historical visit aims to emulate the spirit of character from Prince Diponegoro so that it can be continued to the younger generation.
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