Archive for July 18th, 2006
DURIAN BIDO
There is no another contesting than Durian Bido Wonosalam, for anyone who likes to eat durian. Durian with length form, greenness epidermis and thick kernel had confessed its delicacy with its typical taste.
This Bido Durian would be more enjoy, if we go to the location and pluck the fruit by ourselves, walk and enjoy the beauty of Wonosalam.
Hence, this Bido type is one of Jombang asset, because it is delicious and if we buy it from the farmer itself, we will get cheap price. This Bido durian can found along the road toward the plantation.
The natural beauty of Wonosalam, yield fruit of durian with typical taste and become a pre-eminent ‘icon’ of product in Jombang.
This fruit has proved the product marketing until to all of Indonesia area, even as fruit with a high quality of exports.
GINGER COFFEE
Many ginger coffee types, but we can meet with the delicious ginger coffee in Wonosalam. Ginger coffee as a beverage is more scrumptious if we have drunk in cool area because our body will become warmness and motivated again.
Hence, Wonosalam become a correct area to produce ginger coffee. The beautiful situation and fresh air is become the reason to produce ginger coffee, because the top area of Wonosalam is more cold.
Hence, Wonosalam besides yielding of Bido that delicious fruit, it is also produced a delicious beverage with maximum quality for health.
The Jombang government is considers about Wonosalam, because it has great prospect. This Wonosalam farmer is the member of KOPRABUN Kopersi Dinas Perindustrian and DispardaTK. 11 Jombang, because they produce the ginger coffee.
That of course with a big hope it will become a competent product and can to be export then everybody will like it.
GLASSES SOUVENIRS
Jombang is safe various idiosyncrasies, because its area fulfilled by tour places and become the place of beautiful accessories producer. It is glasses accessories producer area, which has its beautiful colors.
This creative product had produced in so many forms, such as Choker, Bangle, Prayer beads, earrings, etc.
The center of this accessories product is located at Plumbon Gambang, Jombang.
According to the observation below, its marketing has reached to various areas such as Bali, Surabaya, and Kalimantan. Even, it also reaches to abroad such as Malaysia and France.
Hence, Jombang would be proud for having this production, because these products have become high quality to be export. Therefore, the Plumbon countryside has become a wanted place for tourists and always tries to get a better result of its product.
THE BRASS CAST CRAFTO
ne more a proud of Jombang beside its accessories of glasses there is also products of brass cast.
Historic statues, animal statue that create by the brass cast, are the products of this production.
The center of this production is located at Mojoagung, Jombang.
From the observation below, the products have been sending to the other area and had become an export quality to the other country. The income of these products can reach for Rp. 2.000.000 per month. An amazing number, isn’t?.
Then, Jombang is become a special area with its brass cast products. As a tour place, Mojoagung Jombang has its own interesting to make the tourist feel enjoy visiting those place, beside has pilgrimages to ‘Mbah Sayid Sulaiman’ the visitor can also get various impressing brass cast products.
sources : www.eastjava.com
July 18th, 2006
REOG
Reog Art has become the identity for the Ponorogo regency.
Because of this, Ponorogo was also known as the Reog city.
This theatre has been known to be wide in Indonesian even foreign.
Each year was spread out by the Festival Reog National along with the anniversary warning of the Ponorogo regency and Grebeg Suro celebration.
Reog art was also staged nightly the full moon in paseban, the Ponorogo Town Square.
Reog art told about the struggle for a prince who will propose to a pretty daughter lovely.
This art was staged by about 25 - 40 dancers and the musician.
The interesting of this art was his main leading figure who was named Singo Barong.
The dancer of Singo Barong bear the mask weighing 30 - 40 kg and being supported with the strength of his teeth.
The other leading figure in this Reog art including Kelono Sewandono, Bujang Anaom, Jatil and Warok.
GREBEG SURO
Is the biggest culture event in the Ponorogo regency that was held on the occasion of welcomed the Islam New Year or the Saka New Year that often was known as the date one suro.This agenda entered the East Java tourism calendar (Calendar of event). Grebeg Suro was the ritual culture incident and became the party site of the Ponorogo people. Usually it begun a week before the date 1 Suro.
It is the series of the Grebeg Suro agenda was the festival Reog National, various good activity sorts the race and the exhibition and was ended with the Larungan agenda in the Ngebel lake. The parade of the elephant statue Consisting of the musical procession and the elephant statue that in this statue were received by humankind and were climbed onto by two children. This art was often influenced by the Islam culture.
Odrot
musical Art that is influenced by Islam performance art, usually was staged at the wedding reception or circumcision.
Kongkil
Art that combined the element of the dance and traditional music.
This art is usually staged by less than 10 people of the gamelan beater and the dancer, the interesting one from this art was his musical instrument that took the form of big bamboo that was blown.
sources : www.eastjava.com
July 18th, 2006
The Grave of Bathoro Katong
was located in the Sentono village the Jenangan subdistrict ± 2 km to the east from the centre of the city. Bathoro Katong was the founder and the first Regent of Ponorogo and also the leading figure of the disseminator of the Islam religion in Ponorogo.
He was the descendants of Brawijaya King from Majapahit and the Raden Patah Brother from the Demak kingdom that was the first Islam kingdom in Java. In this funeral complex also was buried the other leading figure of the founder Ponorogo, that is Patih Seliaji and Kyai (the religious teacher) Ageng Mirah.
In certain time especially the Suro month and Ruwah (the Javanese calendar), in the Bathoro Katong funeral complex was often visited by the pilgrims who wanted to pray for the soul who was buried.
This funeral complex was also believed by many people as the effective place to pray because of that, this place was always busy by the visitors that want to pilgrim.
The grave of Astana Srindil
The location was in a foot of hill in the Badengan district ± 15 km to the west from the centre of the city. That was buried there was the Regent Sumoroto and his descendants. It Often visited by the pilgrim on the Tuesday Kliwon.
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The grave of Raden Jayengrono Pulung
Jayengrono grave was the son from Haryo Mataundari Kasunanan Surakarta.
Whereas his mother was the descendants from Bathoro Katong. Narrated when he opened the forest, he found ‘pesing’ (smelly that spread) flavoured citrus fruit, so as the area named the Jeruksing. Further he moving to the east that now named Pulung. This area became the perdikan village. The grave of Merto Hadinegoro Tajung was located in the Tajug village. Here in buried R. Adipati Mertohatinegoro. The first Ponorogo regent in the Middle city, he is Jayengrono and Bathoro Katong descendants.
The Tegal Sari mosque
was the old mosque the legacy of Kyai (the religious teacher) Muhammad Besari that it seems was the descendants from the Prophet Muhammad SAW. In the mosque had studied a person named Mas Burhan that in the future was known as Raden Ronggo Warsito, of a big poet from the Surokarto kingdom. This mosque was located in the Jetis district.
The Gontor modern islamic boarding school
was located in the Mlarak district, was the first modern hut and the biggest in Indonesia.
Known nationally in fact to be international.
His student came from various neighbouring countries
sources : www.eastjava.com
July 18th, 2006