2010 February | Indonesia Country

National Park-Land Manupeu Daru

Posted on Feb 27, 2010 in Nature, Tourism | 0 comments

Waterfall Matayangu Most of the tourists who come to this national park is generally associated with leisure travel remains of cultural tourism on the island of Sumba. Location was interesting to visit: Matayangu and Lapopu. The waterfall is located in the Village Waimanu and Katikutana. Some cultural attractions on the island of Sumba, among ...

BINTAN Island

Posted on Feb 25, 2010 in Nature, Tourism | 0 comments

BINTAN ISLAND a beautiful island of Riau archipelago. Bintan Island first became politically important when Sultan Mahmud of the fallen Sultanate of Malacca fled to Bintan and created a resistance base there after Malacca was taken by the Portuguese forces in 1511. The Portuguese eventually destroyed the stronghold in 1526, and after a few years...

The INDONESIAN island of FLORES

Posted on Feb 24, 2010 in Culture, Tourism | 0 comments

Mount Kelimutu Flores island is one of the island on East Nusa Tenggara province. It stretches between the east longitudes of 118° and 125°, and between the latitudes of 8° and 11° south. The east Nusa Tenggara cover the area 49,880 sq km and it has a population of 3,500,000. Flores becomes one of the biggest island on the territory of...

Gamelan

Posted on Feb 23, 2010 in Culture, Musics | 0 comments

Gamelan is a musical ensemble that usually highlight metallophone, xylophone, drums, and gongs. The term gamelan refers to the instrument / tool, which is a unified whole that is realized and pounded together. The word gamelan comes from the Javanese language, which means gamel hitting / beating, followed by a suffix that makes the noun....

Mount Rinjani

Posted on Feb 22, 2010 in Tourism | 0 comments

Mount Rinjani is a mountain located on the island of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Mountain which is the second highest volcano in Indonesia with a height of 3726 m above sea level and located at latitude 8 º 25 ‘S and 116 º 28′ E was a favorite for mountain climbers because of the beauty of the scenery Indonesia. This mountain is...

Ngaben ceremony in Bali

Posted on Feb 21, 2010 in Culture, Religion | 0 comments

Ngaben, is a purification ceremony atma (spirit) as the first phase of a sacred obligation Balinese Hindus to his ancestors by burning the bodies procession. human body consists of a rough body, subtle body and karma. Human gross bodies formed from elements of 5-called Panca Maha Bhuta, the earth (solid), apah (liquid), sratumarga (hot...

ALOR Island

Posted on Feb 19, 2010 in Nature, Tourism | 0 comments

Your land base is laying on the north of Kepa Island, in the heart of Alor-Pantar strait, just 5 min to 1h30 from the dive sites. There, you also will enjoy the quietness of this tiny island, and be spelled by the panoramic view on the strait with the sunset from your terrace. Between the dives, just by walking down your bungalow you will...

The Toraja in Sulawesi

Posted on Feb 17, 2010 in Culture, Tourism | 0 comments

The island of Sulawesi contains a great variety of exotic peoples, landscapes and natural wonders. Tucked away amid the rugged peaks and fertile plateaus of South-Central Sulawesi live many isolated tribes, who share a common ancestry with the seafaring Bugis, Mandar and Makassar peoples of the coasts, conservatively maintaining many ancient...

The Interest in Mataram (NTB)

Posted on Feb 15, 2010 in Tourism | 0 comments

Pura Meru Pura Meru, a great and wonderful works of the Balinese, is located across from the Garden of Mayura and built concurrently on the same year (1720), the location of this temple in downtown Cakranegara, easily accessible, many public transport and close to hotels, both star hotels and Budget hotels. Pura Meru, situated in the middle...

MASIH ADA BULAN (There was the moon)

Posted on Feb 14, 2010 in Film | 0 comments

a film by Bc Bolee, Production MNC. Films that had a social theme, written by Alex Soeprapto Yoedo. a prisoner escaped from custody, because not stand to hear her daughter was raped and was not comfortable in custody. Tohari name, Tohari convicted of robbery with violence, Tohari forced to behave abominably because of economic pressure. So...