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Sabtu, 23 November 2013

The similarity and the differences between Solo and Yogyakarta



Solo and Yogyakarta are similar in several ways. First Solo is located in Java island similarly Yogyakarta that is located in Java island . A second way both are speaking Javanese language. Third, in which these two towns are similar is that they both are big enough town because solo has a population about 503.421 people. Similarly Yogyakarta has a population about 488.088 people. In the same way Solo and Yogyakarta are similar in art and culture. For example Solo has batik the same as Yogyakarta. Another examples solo has a historical temple such Cetho temple and Sukuh temple likewise Yogyakarta has a historical temple such Borobudur temple and Prambanan temple. Solo is similar to Yogyakarta in that it also has lots of the celebration ceremony such sekaten, grebeg mulud, kirab pusaka 1 suro and many more. The last similarity is solo and Yogyakarta are having the same climate.
Solo and Yogyakarta are different in many ways. In contrast Yogyakarta has the special food called gudek unlike in solo, solo has the special food called nasi liwet. Other differences are Yogyakarta never has a history of floods but in Solo almost every year is flooded. The two towns also differ in the total of the university. Yogyakarta has about 137 universities, but Solo has only about 54 universities. On the other hand Yogyakarta has lots of tourist destination such parangtritis beach, baron beach, kukup beach and many more. Unlike Solo that has not tourist destination like a beach. But solo has segoro gunung waterfalls, parang ijo waterfalls and etc.