Leather carved crafting especially leather puppet may be called as a crafting which combining arts with the history of leather puppet. How could be so? Because, to make leather puppet, one needs long education process, assiduity, hard will learning and have a sense of puppet story.


Leather puppet as one of great ancestor’s heritage especially from Yogyakarta palace is expected to become a sample of heritage which is kept and maintained for the existence of leather puppet specially, and as Yogyakarta identity, generally.


Gendeng is name of leather carved crafting center village that still maintain the existence of leather puppet, specially leather puppet of Yogyakarta style. There are well skilled workers who create leather puppet. Almost 50 active workers in tatah sungging field gather in 10 galleries.

Because the location of leather carved of Gendeng is near, about 8 kilometers south of Yogyakarta and the street pass through main line of Bantul and tourism village of Kasongan, it makes a simple for tourist to achieve the location. Tourist can find leather puppet in every model and measurements. And they can also watch the process of making puppet, which is still simple, and trying to keep its traditional in process, pattern making, carving and sungging or coloring.

Leather puppet, which is made in Gendeng, has been known as the good quality leather puppet and become collection in many fields such as museum, arts shop, puppeteer and domestic or foreign collector. The ex-President of Republic of Indonesia, Soeharto, Gus Dur and President Megawati has known as one of leather puppet of Yogyakarta style collector, which the leather puppet is made in Gendeng."r"

From the visitors who want to continue their journey, they can also visit wood crafting center in Krebet sub village, Guwosari sub district, Pajangan district, which is known of their product, likes mask, sandal, etc. tourist can also go to the ceramic crafting center in Kasongan tourism village and primitive statue crafting center in Pucung sub village, Pendowoharjo village, Sewon district. Gendeng sub village is located on Bangunjiwo village, Kasihan district, about 8 kilometers south of Yogyakarta City.