JEMPARINGAN – Royal Traditional Archery
Jemparingan is a distinctive traditional archery sport at the Mataram Kingdom.
The difference from the common archery is general is done while standing, but Jemparingan is done by sitting cross-legged.
Back to the early existence of the Yogyakarta Sultanate.
Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I (1755 – 1792), the first king of Yogyakarta, encouraged all people his people to posses archery skill as a form to governing the nature of knighthood and knightly character.
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