Parangtritis

Parangtritis is a tourist beach and village area on the southern coast of Java in the Bantul Regency within the province of the Yogyakarta Special Region. There is a road to the area which is about 30 km south of the city of Yogyakarta, located just on the border between Bantul and Gunung Kidul regencies.

Sunset at Parangtritis
Parangtritis, circa 1925.

Quite large crowds of mainly local tourists visit Parangtritis over weekends and at holidays. Larger tourist buses as well as various types of cheaper minibuses ply the route to the beach from Yogyakarta. There are local tourist facilities at Parangtritis including parking arrangements, modest hotels which provide visitors with places to change and shower, and small restaurants. Often small ponies or horse-drawn carts can be hired for rides along the beach. Tourists also visit some of the various caves and springs in the cliffs and hills near Parangtritis, such as the Gua Tapan cave and the Beji spring, which are quite close to the beach,[1]

Parangtritis is sometimes said to be a place to meet the legendary Nyai Loro Kidul (also known as Ratu Kidul) or 'Queen of the South'.[2] Local folklore warns visitors not to wear green clothes or the queen is likely to try to entice the wearer into the ocean to drown.[3] The beach is not really a good swimming beach. Drownings are not uncommon at Parangtritis,[4] partly because many Indonesians have never had the opportunity to learn proper swimming technique at beach and partly because channels, strong rips and sizable waves often occur off the beach.[5]

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References
  1. Dalil Sembiring, 'A Girijati Getaway: Hidden Allures in South Yogyakarta', The Jakarta Globe, 25 October 2010.
  2. 'Frolicking on Parangtritis Beach', The Jakarta Post, 6 August 2008.
  3. Troll, Valentin R.; Deegan, Frances M.; Jolis, Ester M.; Budd, David A.; Dahren, Börje; Schwarzkopf, Lothar M. (2015-03-01). "Ancient oral tradition describes volcano–earthquake interaction at merapi volcano, indonesia". Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography. 97 (1): 137–166. doi:10.1111/geoa.12099. ISSN 0435-3676.
  4. 'Islands in Focus: Boy missing off Parangtritis beach', The Jakarta Post, 27 December 2012. Also 'Two visitors found dead in Parangtritis', The Jakarta Post, 9 March 2011.
  5. 'Huge waves continue to pound coast' Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Jakarta Post, 20 May 2007.

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