You will find two attractive things when you are walking in Jagalan. First, you will find many shops that sell silver crafts, second you will look ancient buildings. It is not surprisingly, because in past time Jagalan was a city of kingdom and Islam Mataram Palace. Seemingly, Bantul government realizes much of the region potency and builds Jagalan as silver craft center and tourism village then.


Jagalan is a region, which is located in Banguntapan district, Bantul. Most people work as silver crafters. The beauty of its silver craft has been known well either internal or external country. It is proved by a lot of orders from internal country, such as Bali, Jakarta and Yogyakarta. While from external country, those orders are from America, Italy, Singapore, Thailand and Japan. “We always have orders, either internal or external country”, Samsudin, one of success crafters in silver craft world says.


There are more 40 silver crafters who use 5 kilograms of silver bars every month at that area. Most of silver crafters at Jagalan never get formal education of silver craft knowledge. According to Mulyati Hartowiyono, who is also silver crafter, they got their expertise hereditarily and from experience of reading silver craft book.

The products are various such as rings, bracelet, necklace, pendant, earrings, brooch, wall decorations, miniatures such as kereta kencana (golden cart), becak (pedicab), dokar (cart pulled by horse), kapal (ship), animal, etc. The product price is vary, start from Rp 3.000 for a ring, to Rp 1.600.000 for big wall decoration.

It is uncompleted, yet if you are walking in Jagalan without tasting traditional food from that area which is known well as Kipo. Besides, you should try to take a walk around Jagalan. You will look traditional house or building, which is still kept original, and one of those is old mosque, ancient cemetery, mantup temple and siluman (demon) cave.