Ethics You Must Obey When Visiting Borobudur And Prambanan

Ethics You Must Obey When Visiting Borobudur & Prambanan

Yogyakarta is one of the most famous and popular tourist destinations in Indonesia. This city is suitable for you who prefer to spend a holiday in a place full of histories and cultures. In Yogyakarta, you can find many cultural tourist attractions, such as Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple.

These two cultural tourist attractions are always crowded with tourists and visitors. However, there are some ethics and rules that you have to obey when you are visiting Yogyakarta Borobudur Prambanan temples.

Vandalism is A Big No

A temple, including Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple, is a valuable and precious heritage. So, the presence of the heritage should be kept well by both managers and visitors and tourists. The stones of the temples which are hundreds of years old are really fragile to chemicals. Even cleaning the temples cannot use chemicals such as detergents or soaps. This is why vandalism is obviously forbidden in Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple. So, you must not draw or write anything on the temple stones. Besides damaging the temple and the view, it also means that you do not appreciate or respect the culture and even the presence of the temples at all.

Politely Pose in Taking Pictures

Social media is hype in this digital era. So, it is not surprising that most people always capture their traveling moments and upload them on their social media, such as Instagram. And a temple can be an interesting photo background because of its unique and decorative architecture. But, doing impolite and improper poses in a temple is a big no. For example, climbing stupas in the temple to take some pictures is not allowed because it can damage the temple. The construction of a hundred years old temple is surely different from the construction of a modern building. So, it is obvious that the durability and strength are also different.

If the stupas are damaged, fixing it or restore it just like the way it was before is impossible. The only thing that can be done by the authorities is creating the replica. Even though the replica looks similar, there is no historical value in it.

Respect People Who Worship in the Temples

Besides being a tourist spot, some temples, including Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple, are still being used as a worship place. Borobudur Temple is a worship place of Buddhist while Prambanan Temple is a worship place of Hindus. The worship activities are often held along with the tourism activities. But the worship activities should be held first and tourists should be tolerant about this even though their religions are different. In addition, visitors and tourists should not disturb the worship activities. As a visitor or tourist, you are required to remain silent and quiet when the worshipping is being held.

Those are the rules and ethics that you must obey when you are visiting Borobudur Temple and Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta. Moreover, do not forget to watch your words and attitudes in those holy places.