Musi River

Musi River is a river located in South Sumatra province, Indonesia. With a length of 750 km, this river is the longest on the island of Sumatra and Palembang split into two parts. The bridge shall become the icon of Palembang was passed over this river. Since the era of Sriwijaya until now, the river is famous as the main transportation means for the community. On the banks of the Musi River are New Boom Port and Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Museum.
Until now the Musi river was still the alternative transportation routes to certain areas and for certain purposes. Several existing industries along the Musi river Musi river also take advantage of this presence.
The main water sources originating from the area of the river Musi Kepahiang, Bengkulu, and empties into the 9 (nine) major tributaries, namely the River Komering, Rawas, Batanghari, Leko, Lakitan, Kelingi, Lematang, Semangus, and Ogan. Nine Batanghari itself is an expression for the nine major rivers of this.
Musi River split Palembang into two regions, namely Seberang Ilir area in the north and in the southern part of Seberang Ulu. Musi River, along with other rivers, forming a delta near the town of Breech. The existence of Musi River divides the city of Palembang is still giving the image of its own for its citizens.



Source : http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Musi

Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo (from Sanskrit / Old Javanese: Brahma, one of the main Hindu gods), is still an active volcano and most famous as a tourist attraction in East Java. As a tourist attraction, Mount Bromo become attractive because of its status as a still active volcano.

Bromo has a height of 2392 meters above sea level is located in four regions, namely, Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, and Malang. Mount Bromo mesh body shape between valleys and canyons with a caldera or sea sand covering approximately 10 square kilometers.

Mount Bromo crater has a diameter of ± 800 m (north-south) and ± 600 meters (east-west). While the danger area of a circle with a radius of 4 km from the central crater of Bromo.

For residents of Mount Bromo, Tengger tribe, Mount Brahma (Bromo), believed to be the sacred mountain. Once a year the community held a ceremony Yadnya Tengger Kasada or Kasodo. This ceremony is held at a temple which is under the northern foot of Mount Bromo and Mount Bromo was continued to the summit. The ceremony was held at midnight to early morning every full moon around the 14th or 15th in the month Kasodo (tenth) according to the Javanese calendar.



Source : http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Bromo

Danau Toba (Toba Lake)

Lake Toba is a volcanic lake with a length of 100 kilometers and 30 kilometers wide, located in North Sumatra province, Indonesia. In the middle of this lake there is a volcanic island called Samosir Island.

Lake Toba has long been an important tourist destination in addition to Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra and Nias, attracting domestic and foreign tourists.

Lake Toba has its own legend. The following is the legend of lake Toba:

Once upon a time, there was a fisherman lived in a North Sumatra. Don’t ask me the year, all I know it was a very long time before you were born. When he was fishing in a river, a big fish was nailed. This fish had gold color all over its body. It was beautiful. The fisherman was very excited. He imagined a delicious dinner in his head. He put the fish in his basket and went home happily.

When he got home, he put the fish in a sink. He grabbed a knife to kill the fish. But when he almost killed it, he saw the fish eyes and felt pity. He took the knife away and put the fish in washbasin and added water in it. “Don’t worry, I wouldn’t kill you” the fisherman said.

The fisherman went fishing again. But this time he couldn’t get any fish. He went home with nothing in his hand. His stomach started to sing. He walked home slouching. He was surprised when he saw smoke came out from his kitchen.

“Who cooked in my kitchen?” he confused.

He took a peep and surprised when he saw a beautiful girl cooked in his house. “Why there’s a girl in my kitchen?” he confused.

The fisherman entered the room. “Who are you?” he asked the girl.

“I’m the fish.” The girl said.

The fisherman looked the washbasin and saw nothing in it. “The fish?” he asked incredulous.

“Yes. You didn’t kill me and I’m very thankful. I will return your kindness.” The girl said.

“That’s ok. I didn’t ask any return” the fisherman said.

“But I have to.”The girl insisted.

“Well, I lived alone. I don’t have family. If you want to be my wife, I will be very happy.” The fisherman asked the girl.

The girl smiled and said “I’d love to but you have to promise me that if we have kid you can’t tell him about me.”

And so, the fisherman and the fish girl were married. And then they had a child called Samo. Samo was very naughty. He couldn’t be advisable. He always played and never helped his parents.

One day Samo was asked to deliver lunch to his father. On his way, he met his friends and forgot to deliver his father’s lunch. Samo played with his friends. When he was tired and hungry, he was resting under a tree and ate his father lunch. Meanwhile his father waited him in starve and tired. His father went home and saw Samo played. “Where is my lunch?” he asked.

“Mmm…mm.. I ate it” Samo said afraid.

“Why you ate it?” his father asked.

“Mmm..mm.. I was hungry after playing with my friend” Samo said.

“You were told to deliver my lunch but you didn’t listen.” his father was very furious. “I can’t handle you anymore. You are very naughty. Go away from me. Don’t come home anymore.” His father yelled and evicted Samo from his house.

And this what happened if you can’t control your mouth when you angry. His father said the words that he wouldn’t suppose to say. “You… fish’s son.”

Suddenly, the sky was getting dark. The storm was breaking the ears. The rain felt from the sky like giant hose sprayed water all over the place. And then the water came out from the land and getting harder.

Sumo’s mother was very sad. “I told you don’t tell him about me” she said to her husband. “Now I’m going back to be fish again. Good by” the mother was transformed magically to be gold fish again and disappear through the water. The water was getting higher and drown the village and formed a lake.

Meanwhile, sumo run to the hill and stayed there. The hill then was surrounded by the lake.

Now the lake was known as Toba Lake. Toba came from Tuba word means no mercy. And the hill in the middle called Samosir Island. Samosir means ‘Samo di usir’ or in English : Samo have been evicted.
This is just a legend, there were so many versions of the name’s story. You can’t tell which one is really true. But I heard this version since I was a little boy.


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Senggigi Beach

Senggigi Beach is a famous tourist spot in Lombok. It is located on the west coast of Lombok Island. Senggigi Beach is not as big as Kuta Beach in Bali, but once we were here will feel like staying in Kuta Beach, Bali. Coastal beaches are still beautiful, although there are still littered with garbage leaves because rarely cleaned. Very beautiful underwater scenery, and tourists can do snorkling much as you like because the wave is not too large. Coral reefs cause waves towered into the middle of the break in the middle. It is also available hotels with prices ranging from expensive until the hotel economically valuable.

In this Senggigi beach we can see a perfect sunset. truly unforgettable experience when you see it.

Kampung Naga (Dragon Village)

Kampung Naga is a traditional village with a total area of approximately 4 hectares. Kampung Naga is situated on the edge of the highway that connects Tarlac - Bandung via Garut, which is approximately 30 kilometers to the west toward the town of Tasikmalaya.
Kampung Naga inhabited by a group of very strong community in holding the relics of the customs of his ancestors. This will be obvious differences when compared with other communities outside of Kampung Naga. Kampung Naga community living on an order of the conditioned in an atmosphere of simplicity and traditional wisdom bonding environment. Administratively, including the village of Kampung Naga Village Neglasari Legok Dage, Kecamatan Salawu, Tasikmalaya. For directions to Kampung Naga from Garut, Tasikmalaya road to go down the stairs that have been walled (Sunda sengked) up to the riverbank Ciwulan with a slope of about 45 degrees with a distance of approximately 500 meters. Then, through a path along the river Ciwulan up into Kampung Naga. According to data from the Village Neglasari, the shape of the land surface in the form of Kampung Naga.

The appeal of Kampung Naga tourist attraction located on the unique life of the community is located in Kampung Naga. Their lives can blend in with modern society, a Moslem, but still maintain a strong ancestral Customs. Like many traditional ceremonies, rites of Islamic holy days such as Ceremony months Mulud or reading History Ancestors. This process begins with a bath in the Rivers Ciwulan and Travellers should follow the event must comply with the requirements of the rule there.

Kampung Naga history according to one version begins at the time of his status as guardian Sheikh Sharif Hidayatullah or Sunan Gunung Jati, a servant named Singaparana assigned to spread Islam to the West. Then he got to the area which is now a village Neglasari Neglasari, District Salawu, Tasikmalaya regency. In these places, by the people of Kampung Naga Singaparana called Sembah Dalem Singaparana. One day he got ilapat or instructions must meditate. When meditated Singaparana aright, that he should dwell in a place now called Kampung Naga.

Kampung Naga ancestors of the most powerful and influential for the community of Kampung Naga "Sa Naga" or Sembah Dalem Singaparana called again with Eyang Galunggung, buried in the west of Kampung Naga. This tomb is regarded by the community of Kampung Naga who always visit the shrine during ceremonies held for all offspring.



source : www.tasikmalayakab.go.id

Borobudur Temple

Borobudur is name a candi Buddha located at Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java. Location temple is approximately 100 km southwest of Semarang and 40 km northwest of Yogyakarta. This temple was founded by the Mahayana Buddhists around the year 800 AD the dynasty during the reign of Syailendra. In ethnic Tionghoa, this temple is also called 婆罗 浮屠 (Hanyu Pinyin: po luo fu tu) in Mandarin.
Meaning of Borobudur

Many theories attempt to explain the name of this temple. One of them states that the name is probably derived from the word Sambharabhudhara, which means "mountain" (bhudara) where the slopes situated terraces. In addition there are some other folk etymology. Suppose that the word comes from the greeting Borobudur "the Buddha" who due to sound shifts to Borobudur. Another explanation is that the name derives from two words "coal" and "beduhur". The word supposedly comes from the embers of the monastery, while there is also another explanation where the coal comes from Sanskrit which means temple or monastery complex and beduhur meaning is "high", or to remind the Balinese language means "above". So the point is a monastery or hostel located on high ground.

In sequence, the story is short on meaningful temple reliefs as follows:

1. Karmawibhangga
In accordance with the symbolic meaning of the foot of the temple, reliefs which decorate the walls of a hidden shelf that illustrate the law of karma. Rows of these reliefs is not a story of the series (the series), but in every picture illustrates a story that has a causal correlation. Relief will not only give an illustration of the human moral turpitude accompanied by a penalty that will get, but also human and reward good deeds. Overall, the portrayal of human life in the circle of birth - life - death (samsara) which never ends, and by the Buddhist religion, the chain is the end to reach perfection.

2. Lalitawistara
Is a depiction of a history of the Buddha in a row of reliefs (but not a complete history) that began the decline of the Buddha from heaven Tusita, and ends with the first sermon in the Deer Park near the city of Banaras. These reliefs lined the stairs on the south side, after a row of reliefs exceed a total of 27 frames starting from the east side of the stairs. The activity illustrates the frame 27, either in heaven or on earth, in preparation to welcome the presence of the last incarnation of Buddha Bodhisattvas as the candidate. The reliefs depict the birth of Buddha on this arcapada as Prince Siddhartha, son of King and Queen Maya of Suddhodana Kapilavastu Affairs. Relief amounting to 120 frames, which ended with the first discourse, which is symbolically expressed as Screening Dharma Wheel, the Buddha's teaching on the call of dharma which also means "law", while the dharma is symbolized as a wheel.

3. Jataka and Awadana
Jataka is the story of the Buddha before he was born as Prince Siddhartha. Protrusion of the contents is the subject of good works, which distinguishes the Bodhisattvas from any other creature. Indeed, the collection service / good deed is a step towards the level of preparation in an attempt to Buddhahood.
While Awadana, basically similar to the Jataka but the culprit is not the Bodhisattvas, but others and the stories collected in the book which means noble deeds Diwyawadana saintliness, and the book Awadana Awadanasataka or a hundred stories. In the reliefs of Borobudur temple and awadana Jataka, treated equally, meaning that both are contained in the same row without a distinguishable. The set of the most famous of the life of the Bodhisattvas is Jatakamala or string of Jataka stories, Aryasura and poet who lived in the 4th century AD.

4. Gandawyuha
Is a row of reliefs decorate the walls of the second aisle, is the story of a wandering Sudhana tirelessly in his quest for knowledge about the Supreme Truth by Sudhana. Depiction in the frame 460 based on Mahayana Buddhist scripture entitled Gandawyuha, and for the closing credits on the basis of another story that is Bhadracari.

Source http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur

Kuta Beach

Kuta Beach is a tourist spot located in the south of Denpasar, the capital of Bali, Indonesia. Kuta is located in Badung Regency. This area is a tourist destination abroad, and has been a mainstay of Bali as a tourist attraction since the early 70s. Kuta Beach is often referred to as sunset beach (sunset beach) as opposed to the Sanur beach.

In Kuta there are many shops, restaurants and washing and drying themselves. Besides the beauty of its beach, Kuta beach also offers various other types of entertainment such as bars and restaurants along the beach to Legian beach. Rosovivo, Ocean Beach Club, Kamasutra, are some of the most crowded clubs along the beach of Kuta.

This beach also has a pretty good waves for surfing sports (surfing), especially for beginner surfers. Field I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport is located not far from Kuta.