Posted by make up on 9:36 AM
Kesenian wayang dalam bentuknya yang asli timbul sebelum kebudayaan Hindu masuk di Indonesia dan mulaiberkembang pada jaman Hindu Jawa. Pertunjukan Kesenian wayang adalah merupakan sisa-sisa upacara keagamaanorang Jawa yaitu sisa-sisa dari kepercayaan animisme dan dynamisme. Menurut Kitab Centini, tentang asal-usulwayang Purwa disebutkan bahwa kesenian wayang, mula-mula sekali diciptakan oleh Raja Jayabaya dari KerajaanMamenang / Kediri.Sektar abad ke 10 Raja Jayabaya berusaha menciptakan gambaran dari roh leluhurnya dan digoreskan di atas daunlontar....
Posted by make up on 8:56 AM
Salah satu ciri khas seni budaya Kabupaten Ponorogo Jawa Timur adalah kesenian Reog Ponorogo. Reog, sering diidentikkan dengan dunia hitam, preman atau jagoan serta tak lepas pula dari dunia mistis dan kekuatan supranatural. Reog mempertontonkan keperkasaan pembarong dalam mengangkat dadak merak seberat sekitar 50 kilogram dengan kekuatan gigitan gigi sepanjang pertunjukan berlangsung. Instrumen pengiringnya, kempul, ketuk, kenong, genggam, ketipung, angklung dan terutama salompret, menyuarakan nada slendro dan pelog yang memunculkan atmosfir mistis,...
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Kuta has traveled from slave port to stardom. This is where modern tourism in Bali all started and it’s still the most happening place of all.With the building of the airport in Bali, Kuta became a firmly established part of the “Hippy Trail” and the Balinese responded with smiles, homestays and other simple accommodation, and eateries. From this small sleepy village with a white sand beach and good surf grew the Kuta of today which extends 8-10 km northeast of the airport and includes the villages of Tuban, the three villages of Legian, Seminyak,...
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Bledug Kuwu is one of tourist attractions in Wirosari area in Grobogan Region, Purwodadi, Central Java. Bledug Kuwu is a local name for something that burst in pool. This is rather strange pool that far from volcano. The vapor burst came from carbon dioxide release. The temperature is mild. Visitors might experience a stunning natural occurrence of small, frequent bursts from mud crate with a sound resembling a mount eruption. This natural phenomenon is resulted from geothermal motion inside the earth bed. Witness said that a big burst could even...
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Dieng Volcanic Complex (also called the Dieng Plateau) is a complex volcano. A complex volcano is an extensive assemblage of spatially, temporally, and genetically related major and minor volcanic centers with the associated lava flows and pyroclastic rocks. This is another place worth visiting in Central Java, situated around 2000 m above sea level and 100 km from Borobudur. This area northwest of Yogyakarta is in the volcanic mountains and over 2,000 meters elevation. The name "Dieng" means "abode of the gods." There the visitor can find restarted...
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This is a resort on the slope of mount Ungaran, about 900 meters above sea level. Gedong Songo (nine buildings), a group of small 8th century Hindu Javanese temples, can be reached either by car or on horseback from the town. Built at about the same time as the temples of the Dieng complex, Gedong Songo is one of the most beautifully sited temple complexes in Central Java and the views alone are worth the trip. Gedung Songo ('Nine Buildings') belong to the earliest antiquities of Java, they follow up the temples on the Dieng Plateau directly, for...
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This longest river in Java flows along the eastern edge of the town from its source in the lime stones hill of the south, near East Java border to its mouth nearby Surabaya, on the Java sea. Regretfully, the river is now shallow it is not navigable anymore. But in the past it was an important link between Solo and the north cost of East Java. It length is 600 km flowing in 2 provinces which are Central Java Province and East Java Province with the irrigation width 16.000 km2, was the biggest and the main river basin area. It rises on the slope...
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Buddhist marvel of stone standing in the garden of Java, IndonesiaThe Borobodur Temple complex is one of the greatest monuments in the world. It is of uncertain age, but thought to have been built between the end of the seventh and beginning of the eighth century A.D. For about a century and a half it was the spiritual centre of Buddhism in Java, then it was lost until its rediscovery in the eighteenth century.The structure, composed of 55,000 square meters of lava-rock is erected on a hill in the form of a stepped-pyramid of six rectangular storeys,...
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Prambanan TemplePrambanan Temple is located some 17 km from Yogyakarta. Tourists can't miss the temple because it is only a hundred meters off the main street. The Sanjaya Dynasty built this 47 meters high Hindu temple in the 9th century. It consists of three courtyards. The main temple is located in the inner courtyard and surrounded by several small temples called "perwara" temples. Local chieftains, as a token of their acquiescence to the king, contributed some of these.As a Hindu temple the main temple has three shrines, dedicated to the Hindu...
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Candi Mendut (Mendut Temple) is 3 kilometers eastward from Borobudur Temple. It is a Buddhist temple, built in 824 A.D. by King Indera of Cailendra dynasty.There are three big statues inside, they are:Cakyamuni sitting in cross legged pose with dharma cakra mudra (= turning the wheel of dharma hand pose)Awalokiteswara, a bodhi satwa as human being helper.Awalokiteswara is a statue with Amitabha on her crown, Vajrapani. She is holding a red lotus and put on her palm.Maitreya, a savior of human beings in the future.There are stories for children...
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Waduk Gajah Mungkur located in 35 km to south from Solo direction, precisely in wonogiri regency. Territorial water of this artificial lake finish region for the width of 7 subdistrict. Start builded in end of 1970 and start to operate on 1978. Ex of Resident which their palce used for this lake removing with transmigration " Bedhol Deso " to Sitiung, regional of bengkulu Provinsi . Representing one tourism object pledge of Wonogiri. Waduk Gajah Mungkur width is 83 km2 and used to accomodate overflowing water of the rain every year, as well as...
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In a concrete effort to finally do something to improve the country’s tourism fortunes, the government is set to stage a “Visit Indonesia Year” in 2008.As part of the drive to improve visitor numbers, improvements will also be made to basic infrastructure in some of the country’s top tourist destinations.The official announcement of the campaign, the second that will be held by the country after an earlier one in 1992, will be made next month, and will kick off a months’ long promotion campaign, the Culture and Tourism Ministry’s director general...
