GebyokA complete Java traditional house will have a pendopo in the front yard. Pendopo is an open large house or hall without any wall or door that usually placed in the front of the main building. The opening building of pendopo reflected characters like wideopen, friendly and generously character, which always welcome to the guess everytime. Pendopo has four directions of carved pillars (soko guru) with 12 (twelve) second pillars (soko penanggap) on the right and left side and 20 (twenty) third pillars (soko penitih) on its sorrounding. Therefore, even the building looks not so high, but give the impression of "momot" which means capable to path everything, because of its wide roof also there is nothing inside the building hence represent the basic of opening
It match with the function of pendopo that always located in front yard as a place to held official meeting, art show, or traditional ceremony, also to accept honourable guess and official guess in the huge amount. It made pendopo fabulous and great. Beside that, pendopo can be used as a place to give courses of karawitan and dance.
