Andong is one of the traditional means of transport in
Yogyakarta and surrounding areas, such as Solo and Klaten. The existence of
carriage as one of the cultural heritage of Java provides its own cultural
characteristics are still preserved today.
Although many motor vehicle that is faster and cheaper, but
users Andong in Yogyakarta is still quite a lot. Carriage-horse cart can be
found easily along the way Malioboro, Ngasem market, as well as in the town.
Delman is a traditional wheeled transportation vehicle two,
three or four that do not use the machine but using the horse as his successor.
Variations of transportation using horses include chariots, the carriage and
carriage horses.
Vehicle name is derived from the name of its founder, Charles
Theodore deeleman ie, a litografer and engineers in the Netherlands East
Indies. The Dutch themselves call this vehicle with the name of the dos-à-dos
(back to back, the literal meaning of the French language), a type of train
passengers seated back to back. The term dos-à-dos was later shortened by the
natives of Batavia longer a 'sado'.
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