PANCASILA (The Five Principle)
Indonesia consists of more than 300 ethnic groups. They speak more than 500 regional languages. Each group has its specific culture, which is related to the birth, traditional dance, sacred ceremony, traditional house, etc. But though there re so many tribes with different cultures and regional languages, they are united in one nation and have motherland (Tanah air Indonesia), and one national language that is Indonesia languages (Bahasa Indonesia)। They also united because they have only one way of life that is Pancasila (panca=5, sila=principle):
1. Belief in the one and only God
2. Just and civilized humanity
3. The unity of Indonesia
4. Democracy led by wise guidance through consultation/ representation (representative democracy)
5. Social justice for the whole Indonesian people
”Sang Saka Merah Putih is the name of the Indonesian flag (Merah=red , putih=White). So, the colors of the flag are red and white. Jakarta is the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia also has many kinds of cultures. One of them is traditional dance. If you are interested in dancing you will find three hundreds kinds of dance.
Kecak dance
Kecak dance is one of traditional dances which come from Bali. This dance usually performs in the evening. This is danced by more than a hundred people. They sit in a circle with a big torch in the middle. They move together, sway their bodies back and forth while movement their hands and produce a variety of sounds. The kecak describes when King Rama fought against King Rahwana who kidnapped Shinta, Rama’s wife. Finally King Rama wins the battle.
Bedhaya Ketawang
Bedhaya Ketawang is also one of the traditional dances which come from Solo and Jogja (Central Java). We often see this dance in some activities such as in a certain ceremony or ceremony enthronement of king, festival or form of entertainments. Bedhaya Ketawang played by 9 dancers. Each dancer has their specific name and duty. Their names are Batak (first dancer), Endhel ajeg, Endhel Weton, Apit ngarep, Apit Mburi, Apit Meneg, Gulu, Dhada, and Boncit.
This dance usually accompanied by Javanese music orchestra called Gamelan. This gamelan name is Gamelan Kyai Kaduk Manis. It consists of many music instruments such as kendhang Ageng (big kendhang), Kendhang ketipung, kenong, and kethuk
Barong Dance
Barong is a Balinese dance performed on occasion of a temple feast or other religious ceremonies. Two male dancers always perform this dance. The barong looks like an animal, but to the Balinese its appearance means far more. To them the Barong represents all that is good, protecting man against the evil, personified, by Rangda. The struggle between these two is performed in the story of Calon Arang. In Its climax, a few spectators participate in the fight to help the Barong. However, neither Barong nor Rangda is defeated. Good and evil continue to exist side by side. The one can not exist without the other.
The Balinese think of both Rangda and the Barong as very secred. In the temple, their masks are kept in a special holy place., and the Balinese worship them with sacrifices.
Traditional Javanese dances such as Serimpi and Merak are usually smooth. The dances move their hand or legs smoothly. They are different from Balinese dances. Balinese dancers move quickly and dynamically. They are also good at moving their eyes when they dance.
There are still many other dances:
AcehProvince has seudati dance and Saman Meuseukat dance
In NorthSumatraProvince we have Serampang Dua Belas dance and Tor-tor dance
WestSumatraProvince has Lilin dance, Piring dance, and Payung dance
Riau province has Tandak dance, Joget Lambak dance
JambiProvince has Selampit Delapan dance, Sekapur Sirih dance
SouthSumatraProvince has Tanggai dance, Putri Bekhusek dance
LampungProvince has Jangget dance, Melinting dance
BengkuluProvince has Andun dance, Bidadei Teminang dance
JakartaProvince has Topeng dance, Yapong dance
WestJavaProvince has Topeng dance, Kuncaran dance, Jaipong dance, Merak dance
CentralJavaProvince has Serimpi dance, Bambang cakil dance
Yogyakarta (Jogja) Province has Serimpi Sangupati dance, Bedhoyo dance
EastJavaProvince has Remong dance, Reog Ponorogo dance, and Ngremo dance
BaliProvince has Legong dance, Kecak dance, and Janger dance
WestNusaTenggaraProvince has Mpaa Lenggo dance, Batunganga dance
EastNusaTenggaraProvince has Perang dance, Gareng Lameng dance
WestKalimantanProvince (Borneo) has Monong dance, Zapin Tembung dance
CentralKalimantanProvince (Borneo) has Balean Dadas dance, Tambun & Bungai dance
SouthKalimantanProvince (Borneo) has Baksa Kembang dance, Radap Rahayu dance
EastKalimantanProvince (Borneo) has Perang dance, Gong dance
NortSulawesiProvince has Maengket dance, Polo-palo dance
Central Sulawesi Province has Lumense dance, Pule Cinde dance
SouthEastSulawesiProvince has Dinggu dance, Balumba dance
SouthSulawesiProvince has Bosara dance, Kipas dance
Maluku has Province Lenso dance, Cakalele dance
IrianJayaProvince has Musyoh dance, Selamat Datang dance
Some of those dances are very popular in Indonesia. We often see those performances in opening ceremonies, festival and any other forms of entertainment Sometimes we have to spend our money to see such dances performance in the entertainment center. It will be more expensive if the dances are popular.
As professional dances they are seriously. Most of them have a dancing studio. Some who want to be a dancer, can learn dances in a dancing studio. This studio is for practicing and creating new dances. They are held by professional dancers.
Sea World Indonesia in Jaya Ancol dreamlandJaya Ancol dreamland is a popular dreamland in Indonesia especially in Jakarta capital city. It is also the biggest dreamland in South East Asia. It located in NorthJakartaProvince. You can choose many kinds of sea experience. One of them is Sea Word Indonesia. Sea World is a place where many kinds of fish are kept in captivity. Thousand kinds of fist from around the world are kept there. There are big and small fishes, and beautiful corals. Some people are not only visit to see the fishes, but also study them. It is the reason why Sea World provide library. There are still many other facilities such as Antasena Tunnel, Touch Screen, Gift Shop, and Food Court.
One matter which makes this place more special, you can see feeding Attractions such as feeding attraction of thousands Indonesian colorful sea animals in main aquarium. It has a giant aquarium through which we can see the underwater life with out diving into the sea. Nevertheless, you can try to dive in here and feed the fishes. Beside Main Aquarium, there are still other parts: Freshwater Area,Dugong, Marine Area, Touch Pool area, Shark Aquarium, Baby Crocodile area, Piranha Area, Moray Eel area. There are many domestic tourists and foreign ones visit Sea World. It opens every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. On Sunday and holidays it opens at 9 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Prambanan temple is a Hindu temple. This temple is a holly place for the hinduists to pray. It is located in Klaten-Surakarta. It is about 5 Km from Adi Sutjipto International Airport of Yogyakarta. There are many domestic tourists and foreign ones visit the Temple. You can look a wonderful statue in here. The temple seems more beautiful because we can see the temple with beautiful scenery of MerapiMountain in the west of this temple. We can also buy many interest handicraft from Jogja and Solo because there many shops which sell it on around this place.
Prambanan temple has a specific shape. It is high and sharp at the top. Javanese people call prambananTemple as a RoroJonggrongTemple as its famous legend in Indonesia especially in Java. Roro Jonggrang was a daughter of a great King Baka. So.. She was a princess.
One day, King Baka and his kingdom was rebelled by his enemy called Bandung Bandawasa. Unfortunately he was defeated. He was killed by Bandung Bandawasa. Bandung Bandawasa conqured the Baka’s Kingdom. When Bandung Bandawasa knew that Baka had a beautifull princess, he felt in love and asked her to marry him. Roro jonggrang accepted with one condition. She asked Bandung Bandawasa to built a thousands statues in one night. Bandung Bandawasa was a powerful man. He accepts her condition. With the help of evils, he almost fulfilled the Roro Jonggrang’s proposal. Roro Jonggrang started to worry about that. Her servants advised her to do something. She ordered her people to hit the wooden rice grinders signed that the morning came. Bandung was annoyed. He knew that Roro Jonggrang was cheating. Angrily, he cursed her to become his thousands statue.
Indonesia has some of the richest forests in the world. The total area of forested land is approximately 120 million hectares. IndonesiaThe leaves of the forests trees fall to the ground and become humus (fertilizer for soil). The forests are also important for preventing erosion and flood. Their function also can be as places for recreation, hiking, sightseeing, fishing, hunting, camping, and other outdoor activities. You can look many wonderful scenery and many kinds of green trees. forests are fertile. They are good for plants to grow. It produces, rice, tea, coffee, maize, cassava, copra, sugar, cloves, and pepper. The forest so provide us with wood houses, ships, furniture and raw material to make paper and cloth. The other products are rattan, timber and resin. They also provide food for a large population of animals.
We will talk about one of the most famous forest that is Sumatra forests in SumatraIsland. Sumatra is located between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. There are eight provinces in Sumatra. It has a lot of forest. Sumatra’s land is fertile. It is produces coconut, pepper, tobacco, fiber cacao and oil palm. Sumatra’s forest is famous for its animals. Its wild life is more varied than any other forest in Indonesia. The forest in SumatraIsland contains 176 different mammals, 194 reptiles, 62 amphibians and 150 different birds. Orang utan, rhinos and wild pigs are found only on the north of the island. The Tapir and certain species of Monkey are found only in the south of the island.
In this page I want to show my photos collection to you. I will give some photo for you if you want to get it but you must leave a comment before. You can comment anything about my photos collection. The photos are simple but it has meaning in my life memories. At something nice, I always express moment to every day. How about you? You can also share with me about your photo in your special moment.
Most of my photos are scenery and my journey around my country with my beloved family and friends.
Most of the land in Indonesia is mountainous with some active volcanoes. The mountains are still beneficial because of the craters, lakes, and sulfates. These places usually become the objects of tourism. Volcanoes rock is used in the manufacture of building materials and volcanic heat is capable of generating electricity. In west Sumatra we have KerinciMountain, in west java there are Tangkuban Perahu and GunturMountain, Central java has Merbabu; Slamet and MerapiMountain, Jogjakarta has MerapiMountain, East java has Kelud, Bali has Agung and BaturMountain. West Nusa Tenggara has RinjaniMountain and there are still many other Mountains.
1. Tangkuban Perahu mountain of West Java
Mount Tangkuban Perahu lies about 29 kilometers from Bandung (West Java). It is very beautiful mountain. The scenery is very wonderful with many kinds of green trees. Many domestic tourists and foreign tourists visit there in their holidays. They can go there by car or motor-cycle.
The mountain has ten craters and most famous ones are “Ratu Crater, Upas crater, and Domes crater”. We will be happy if we get there. When we get to the top of the mountain we can see the craters. The craters look dangerous but they are not. We can enjoy good scenery there. The weather is also very cold but we are happy enjoy it. The sky is always cloudy every time.
Some times ago my sister went to the mountain with her school friends. she said that she was surprised when she reached the craters. She did many activities in there, such as walking around the area, watching the beautiful scenery, sitting under the trees and watching many kinds of flowers.
I am promise to my self that I will go to this place on my vacation.
*We wait for your visit in Indonesia
2. Merbabu Mountain of Solo the Spirit of Java
Gebyok is the name of village in Selo-Boyolali ( part of Solo area). It lies on the slope of MountMerbabu. It has fresh air and water. The water comes from the water source (spring water) on the slope of the mountain. The people call it Tuk Babon. The villagers don’t pay bill for using the water.
Most of the people are farmers and the soil is very fertile. Only a few of them are bricklayers, carpenters, mechanics, merchants, and driver. As farmers they grow many kinds of vegetables such as cabbage, carrot, potato, bean, etc. Beside that they also plant corn and tobacco. They can’t grow rice because there is no water for it. They are traditional farmers, they don’t use tractors or ploughs to cultivate their farms, but they use hoes to do it.
Besides cultivating their soil, they also breed cows for their cattle to get milk. It is one reason why Boyolali called MilkCity. They milk their cows every day and sell it to the Village Unit Cooperative (Koperasi Unit Desa). They can use their money to fulfill their daily needs and also for paying their children school fee.
Other Famous mount exist in Indonesia among others
1. leuser mount and Bandahara mount in NangroeAchehDarusalamProvince
2. Sihabu-habu mount, Sibayak mount in NorthSumatraProvince
3. Merapi mount and Singgalang mount in WestSumatraProvince
4. Kerinci mount And Masurai mount in JambiProvince
5. Seblat mount And Hali Palik mount in BengkuluProvince
6. Dempo mount and Patuh mount in SumatraSouthProvince
7. Hulumayus mount And pesagi mount in LampungProvince
8. Pangrango mount And Gede mount in WestJavaProvince
9. Panggung mount And nglanggran mount in YogyakartaProvince
10. Slamet mount and merapi mount [in CentralJavaProvince
11. Semeru mount And Lawu mount in EastJavaProvince
12. Raya mount in KalimantanWestProvince
13. Harun mount in KalimantanEastProvince
14. Agung mount And Batur mount in BaliProvince
15. Rinjani mount And sangkareang mount in WestNusaTenggaraProvince
16. Kekneno mount And Mutis mount in EastNusaTenggaraProvince
17. Bolliahutu mount And Tentolomatinan mount in north SulawesiProvince
18. Malino mount And Sonjol mount in MiddleSulawesiProvince
19. Kambuno mount And Latimojong mount in SulawesiSouthProvince
20. Mengkoka mount And Tangkelemboke mount in SulawesiSouth-EastProvince
21. Batusibela mount And Binaiya mount in MalukuProvince
22. Jayawijaya mount And trikora mount in Irian Jaya or PapuaProvince
23. and others *We wait for your visit in Indonesia
1. Gembira Loka Zoo in Yogyakarta Never Ending Asia
Gembira Loka is the name of a popular zoo in Yogyakarta (Jogja). There are many domestic tourists and foreign ones visit the zoo. It has many kinds of animals. You can see many kids of birth with their varieties of beautiful feathers, beaks and voice. For example, wonderful feathers of peacock from IrianIsland. There are also many kinds of mammals such as lions, beautiful stripped tiger from Sumatra island, etc. There are also reptiles such as crocodiles, komodo and poisonous snakes.
2. Wonokromo Zoo in Surabaya
Wonokromo is the name of a popular zoo in Surabaya. It is also the greatest zoo in East Java. It is not only visited by domestic tourists, but also foreign tourists from other countries. It has many kinds of animals. They are small to big animals and they are tame to wild animals. There are many kinds of birth with their varieties of beautiful feathers, beaks and voice. You can see many kinds of wild mammals such as lion, tiger, and many kinds of reptiles such as crocodiles, komodo, etc.
*Others Zoo in Indonesia: Jurug zoo in SoloCity (Central Java), Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta
* We wait for your visit to Jogja and Surabaya * We wait for your visit to Indonesia
Indonesian society consists of rural and urban society. Rural society lives in villages. They usually make their living by farming. Some make their living by working in home industries. Home industries usually have only small scales, so they don’t need many workers.
There are many kinds of job people can do in city. Cities are the center of industries in big scales. Most of government offices are also centered in cities. Therefore, most people in the village want to move to cities.
The villagers move to cities in great number to get jobs. Some get what they want, but most of them don’t. They who have skill or good education can become government civil servants or employees of private Enterprises. The unskilled and uneducated ones only work in informal sectors, such as, food sellers, porters and house servants.
(Adopted from: comprehensive English for SLTP, pg.51)
I Live in little village in Boyolali-Surakarta. The people in my village live peacefully. They always visit and help one another. If someone builds a house , his neighhbours will help him. They don’t get money from this work, but he will do same thing if his neighbours need him.
This web contain about my opinion about Indonesia. Indonesia has many kinds of cultures such as three hundreds kinds of traditional dances, 34 traditional costumes and 34 traditional houses. Indonesia also has many kinds of tourism object such as water falls, lakes, temples, mountain, beach, zoo, rivers, and other interest place. Large part of Indonesia is mountainous. So, it has fresh air and water. The people in here live peacefully. So, we wait for your visit to Indonesia..
Indonesia is located between two continents, Asia and Australia. It is also located between two oceans, the Indonesian and the pacific. It extends to the north until 60 degrees latitude and to the south until 110 degrees latitude. The sea it reaches until 90 degrees longitude and to west until 141 degrees. Indonesia is 5.120 kilometers wide from west to east, and 1770 kilometers from north to south. Indonesia border on Brunei Darussalam on the north, the Indian Ocean on the south, Papua New Guinea on the east and Nicobat Archipelago on the west. So it can say that Indonesia has a strategic position.
Indonesia is an archipelago country. It consists of 13.667 islands. Some of the islands are stretch on the equator line. They are Kalimantan (Borneo), Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Halmahera. The islands get a lot of sun shine. The five large islands are Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian.
The land area of Indonesia is 1.904.345 square kilometers. More than half of the land is forested. Is is about 120 hectares. The forests comprises low and high land, its because a large part of Indonesia are mountainous. It has many nature resources. It has a lot of forest, many seas and various mining locations. How about the season? Indonesia has two season, they are dry season and wet season. Dry season is from April to October, and wet season is from October to April. Indonesia is also rich in mining product. They are oil, tin, coal, gold, silver, and copper. What about Indonesia’s sea? It sea has a large number of kinds of fish. it produces pear, and salt. It also has beautiful panorama. Its beaches are nice to enjoy. So it is good for diving, surfing, skiing or fishing. Have you ever gone to Bali? Bali is part of Indonesia country. it is also known by its beautiful sea park. Its air is rich in kinds of birds and the sun shines all day. It is one reason why you must visit Indonesia as soon as possible.
PANCASILA (The Five Principle)
