Indonesia Country
Indonesia is a beautiful island country with billion of scenic inspiration
House of Sampoerna
Situated in old Surabaya‚ this stately Dutch colonial-style compound was built in 1862 and is now a preserved historical site. Previously used as an orphanage managed by the Dutch‚ it was purchased in 1932 by Liem Seeng Tee‚ the founder of Sampoerna‚ with the intent of it being used as Sampoerna’s first major cigarette production facility.
The compound consisted of a large central auditorium‚ two smaller buildings on the east and west sides and numerous large‚ single story‚ open-space structures behind the central auditorium. The side buildings were converted to family residences and the large warehouse-like structures were used to accommodate facilities for tobacco and clove processing‚ blending‚ hand-rolling and packaging‚ printing and finished goods processing.
Today‚ the compound is still functioning as a production plant for Indonesia’s most prestigious cigarette‚ Dji Sam Soe. In commemoration of Sampoerna’s 90th anniversary in 2003‚ the central complex has been painstakingly restored and is now open to public.
The original central auditorium is now a museum and a shop. The east side has been transformed into a unique structure containing a café and an art gallery. ...
12 Jan 2012 | Leave comment | by Iwan Ketch
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INDONESIA consists of a group of islands on the equator. All the islands have a natural beauty unsurpassed, varied and inspiring. Culturally rich and diverse types, which offers entertainment and relaxation in the adventure. Welcome to the beautiful INDONESIA.
Enggano island …. one of the most beautiful island in Indonesia
Enggano Island is the outermost island of Indonesia which is located in the Indian Ocean and is bordered by the Indian state. Enggano Island is part of the government area of North Bengkulu, Bengkulu Province, and represents one district. The island is located in the southwest of Bengkulu city with coordinates 5 ° 31 '13 "latitude, 102 ° 16' 0" East.
The first report on the island, according to records Cornelis de Houtman who visited the island is dated June 5, 1596. It is not known where de Houtman know the name of this island, which in Portuguese, engano, meaning "disappointed".
Indigenous ...
30 Sep 2010 | Leave comment | by bcbolee
Jakarta Cathedral History
Jakarta Cathedral Building is now located at No. Jl.Katedral. 2, are the work of the architect of the church pastor Father Anthony Dijkmans, SJ. A Dutch priest who served in Indonesia at that time.
Jakarta Cathedral building this magnificent start was founded in 1891 to replace the old church building that collapsed on 9 April 1890 pulul 10:45 pm just 3 days after the celebration of Passover.
Development of this new church had to face many obstacles, in the year 1892 sepat even halted due to financial shortage.
Jakarta Cathedral building was also to ...
10 Aug 2010 | Leave comment | by bcbolee
Candi Cetho (Temple) in Central Java
Temple Cetho (Javanese spelling: cethå) is a Hindu temple relics patterned end of the Majapahit period (15th century). The first scientific report about it was made by Van de Vlies in 1842. A.J. Bernet Kempers also doing research about it. Excavation (digging) for the purposes of reconstruction was first performed in 1928 by the Archeological Department of the Dutch East Indies. Based on the situation when the debris started to study, this temple has not aged a lot with Sukuh Temple. Location in the village temple Ceto, Gumeng Village, Sub Jenawi, Karanganyar ...
8 Aug 2010 | Leave comment | by bcbolee
Social&Cultural West Java Province
Silih Asah
Silih Asih
Silih Asuh
This poetic word is not random poet, but rather as life philosophy, but rather as life philosophy which is followed by majority of west java citizen. This philosophy teach human to take care each other, based on love and share the knowledge and experience each other. The truth is a life Democritus's concept which is rooted in awareness and nobleness of intelligence and this philosophies root is stab for to the earth in literal meaning. Different with other civilization's people in Indonesia archipelago, West Java's civilization's people which has original citizen and speaks Sudanese is influenced by ...
5 Aug 2010 | Leave comment | by bcbolee
Candi Pari
Candi Pari, in the village of Candi Pari, Porong district, is the most majestic temples and beautiful than the other temples in the district of Sidoarjo. Candi Pari best-kept one. The temple was built around 1371 in the era of King Hayam Wuruk (Majapahit) is able to give a picture of how the complexity of economic issues, political, cultural, and social aspects of the other at that time.
Candi Pari, ...
3 Aug 2010 | Leave comment | by bcbolee
Maluku
Maluku is the only Indonesian province in which land makes up just 10 percent of the area's total surface. In many places the surrounding seas could be thousands of meters deep. Maluku is a transition zone between the Asian and Australian fauna and flora, and also between the Malay-based cultures of western Indonesia and those of Melanesia.
Its approximately 1000 islands support a population of less than 1.7 million people. The average population density figure is ...
1 Aug 2010 | Leave comment | by bcbolee
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Some electronic books in the Indonesian tourist guide you can
[A] Arek Surabaya
[B] Bangjo Tours
[G] Gotlinks
[I] Iwan Ketch's Site
[L] Lima Dimensi Advertising
[M] Monkasel
[R] Renovasi Bangunan