Cikuray identical with a giant cone is one of the mountain located in the southern city of Garut in West Java. Mount is included in this group of young mountain categorized as non-active. Although the mountain is beautiful, but rarely touched, including climb and had to admit the popularity and other mountains like Mount Gede and Mount Pangrango Ciremay. To reach the location of climbing, climbers can start from CILAWU, in addition to Manggung Dayeuh plantation, before starting to climb this mountain. From the climbers can find a tower high enough (TVRI) which later can be a way (guidelines) on the way to the summit. to achieve high peak Reached 2.821 meters above sea level, ... [
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Written on 23 Jul 2010 | Posted in
Nature,
Tourism
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. Gamelan orchestra are mostly in Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok in Indonesia in a variety of sizes and shapes of ensembles. In Bali and Lombok today, and in Java through the 18th century, the term gong is more considered synonymous with gamelan.
Emergence of gamelan preceded by Hindu-Buddhist culture that dominated Indonesia in the early days of recording history, ... [
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Written on 23 Feb 2010 | Posted in
Culture,
Musics
Of the 17,000 islands that make up the archipelago of the Republic of Indonesia, Java has historically been considered the heartland. Where Java has led-culturally, economically and politically down through the centuries, other regions have followed. On Java, still the most densely populated island of Indonesia, there are five Provinces. ... [
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Written on 8 Feb 2010 | Posted in
Tourism
Banten is one of the young provinces in Republic of Indonesia. This region is situated in west Java. It can be reached about an hour from Jakarta. It's feel unbelievable, after the busy toll-way and hectic Jakarta as metropolitan city, we enter small and charming Banten. This city has a lot of treasure to ... [
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Written on 6 Feb 2010 | Posted in
Tourism
Some electronic books in the Indonesian tourist guide you can