East Java Tourism News

The Formal Beginnings of Sampoerna

to his line of specialist products,he produced low-priced cigarettes,
such as Djangan Lawan, made fromless expensive tobacco and containing
more artificial flavours and fragrances.

He often observed that farmers had plenty of money for cigarettes after the
harvest, but as their savings dwindled during the year, they had to buy less
expensive products and he too wanted to supply that market.
 

Despite creating lower priced cigarettes for the masses, Seeng Tee’s true business
focus was the manufacture and sale of higher priced cigarettes made from the finest
tobacco and natural spices. The core of the family’s production would continue to be
the white cigarettes that were rolled in white or cream coloured paper while the clove
cigarettes were rolled in myriad of colours, including black, red, green, and orange.
The use of coloured cigarette paper was the fashion of the day, adopted by all the
central Java kretek factories. However, the practice of using coloured paper may have
been more driven by the lack of proper imported cigarette paper than by the desire of
the kretek manufacturers to differentiate their products from the white tobacco brands.

  Seeng Tee’s responsibilities gradually shifted from selling
with his wife in the stall to sourcing the raw materials for
the cigarettes, including the packaging, tobacco and spices,
particularly cloves. Initially, the tobacco was sourced from
Madura with the cloves coming from Zanzibar, sourced through
the local spice traders. While the Indonesian Manado cloves were
less expensive, Seeng Tee felt that they did not provide the same
smooth taste as the more expensive Zanzibar cloves. His blend
formula for Dji Sam Soe allowed only Zanzibar cloves in the original Dji Sam Soe blend. However, as the quality of Indonesian
cloves harvesting improved, the use of Indonesian cloves was
allowed to be used in the family’s blend specifications.
 

The white machine-made cigarette brands Seeng Tee and Tjiang Nio made included the
brands Sampoerna Star, Summer Palace, and Statue of Liberty. Sampoerna Star was a filtered
product, one of the first filtered cigarettes in Indonesia. The clove or kretek product names
were simply the blend numbers of the product,such as “123”, “720”, and “678”.

source : www.houseofsampoerna.com

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Tremendous Opportunity

 
up to the highest section of the bamboo poles. With a small knife she pried
open a section in the side of the bamboo and exposed a cache of thriftily hoarded
Ringgit more than sufficient to buy the tobacco. Tjiang Nio had been saving from
her cake sales and the proceeds of the shop. With the financing in place for the
purchase of the large store of tobacco, the family’s mercantile direction was now
firmly set. From now on, Seeng Tee and Tjiang Nio would dedicate all their joint
resources and energy to developing their tobacco business.

In addition to tobacco products, they could also request that spices such as chocolate,
vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves be added to the tobacco blend. This blend was
then hand-rolled at the stall into a cigarette on a small manual machine. Seeng Tee
and his wife soon realised that the time-consuming practice of cigarette rolling was detracting from their ability to sell higher-margin processed food products and
cigarettes. Once, they discussed about closing the tobacco portion of the business
and dedicating more shop space to the other products. Tjiang Nio, however, felt
that customers might prefer to buy pre-rolled products in the most popular blend
combinations. This hunch proved correct and the business expanded quickly with the
availability of pre-rolled conventional white and clove or “kretek” cigarettes at the
family stall.

The new products provided good returns for the meagre working capital available at
the time. However, it was necessary for both Seeng Tee and Tjiang Nio to work late
into the night rolling the cigarettes by kerosene lantern in their small house under the
bridge. The blending and rolling process eventually occupied completely the first floor of
the bamboo-walled house. In fact, the tobacco and rolling equipment had to be pushed
to the sides of the room at night to provide space for the family’s sleeping mats.

source : www.houseofsampoerna.com

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The Beginnings of the Business and the Family

 
Time working in Surabaya, Seeng Tee had also begun to court a 16-year-old
Hokkien girl named Siem Tjiang Nio who lived with her parents near the centre
of the city. Her parents advised her not to marry a man four years her senior
with neither schooling nor stable family background. The couple was able to
marry quietly in the spring of 1912.

Seeng Tee and Tjiang Nio began their marriage living in squatter quarters on Jalan
Gang Gembong, a residence built under the protection of a bridge. The house, as
was the custom of the time, was constructed some two metres off the ground. The
two-story structure consisted of bamboo poles with walls of woven bamboo panels
with the family living on the floor above the ground with their livestock enclosed
below at ground level.

Soon after his marriage, Seeng Tee found a more regular job in the city of Lamongan,
45km west of Surabaya, blending and rolling cigarettes for a small cigarette manu-
facturer. It was here that he had his first introduction to the cigarette business in
East Java, it was at this job that the owner of the factory recognised and commented
on Seeng Tee’s apparent natural ability to blend Indonesian tobacco and it was here
also that Seeng Tee’s first entrepreneurial dreams began to materialise…

Within six months of their marriage, Seeng Tee and his wife had saved enough to
rent a small stall in the old city of Surabaya on Jalan Cantian Pojok from which they
sold basic food stuffs and tobacco products. In addition to the shop sales, Seeng Tee
peddled tobacco products from the back of his bicycle through the streets of Surabaya
to both retailers and wholesalers. As a result the construction of a new bridge, Jalan Cantian Pojok became a crowded detour for traffic most of the day and night with the
business prospering as the volume of customers grew.

Never idle herself, Tjiang Nio continued to contribute to the family finances by making
cakes and selling them in front of their home each evening. It was in this house that
the family began to grow as the first children, two sons, Swie Hwa and Swie Ling, were
born in 1914 and 1915 respectively.
 
source : www.houseofsampoerna.com

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The Journey Begins House Of Sampoerna

British colony of Malaya where the father, probably for economic reasons,
allowed his daughter to be adopted informally by a Chinese family in Singapore.
Liem Tioe and his young son, Liem Seeng Tee, then boarded a second, less
hospitable boat travelling east to the port city of Surabaya in East Java.

Like so many Chinese immigrants to Indonesia, Liem Tioe fell victim to either
malaria or cholera within six months of his arrival in East Java. Aware of his
imminent death, one of Liem Tioe’s final acts was to give his son up for adoption
to a Chinese family living in Bojonegoro, East Java.

This modest family raised the young boy as best as they could despite the harsh
colonial conditions of the time. Although no formal schooling was available, Seeng
Tee’s adopted father, who worked in some form of trade, was able to provide him
with his first formative exposure to the Chinese mercantile system. This knowledge
would serve him well in the future. During this time with his adoptive family, Seeng
Tee also learned to speak both Mandarin and the Hokkien dialect.

At the age of 11, Seeng Tee began working on the railroad. Effectively homeless,
he started out hawking food carried in a sarong to travellers in the lower class
compartments journeying between Jakarta and Surabaya. Eventually he progressed
to waiting on tables in the first class lounges occupied by the then Dutch colonial
patrons. In later years, his family would listen spellbound as he recounted his
“adventures” of those early years, jumping onto moving rail cars in the middle of the
night with a sarong full of biscuits in one hand and all his possessions strapped to his
back in a canvas bedroll.

source: www.houseofsampoerna.com

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Memaknai Popularitas Anekdot Bahasa Madura

Oleh: M. Mas’ud Adnan
TIGA orang asal Madura ditangkap polisi Malaysia. Mereka dianggap bersalah karena menangkap ikan di perairan Negeri Jiran tersebut. Para nelayan itu kemudian disel.

Ketika KH Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) berkunjung ke Malaysia, dia nyambangi mereka di tahanan. Maka, terjadilah dialog.

“Gimana, sampean kok sampai melanggar peraturan. Kan nggak boleh menangkap ikan milik pemerintah Malaysia. Itu kan sama dengan mencuri,” kata Gus Dur yang mantan ketua umum PB NU tiga periode itu.

Lalu apa jawab si Madura?
“Lho, Gus, saya tak mencuri ikan milik pemerintah Malaysia. Ikan yang saya tangkap itu saya kejar dari perairan Madura,” katanya.

Anekdot itu diungkapkan Dirjen Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Masyarakat Kawasan Transmigrasi Depnakertrans Djoko Sidik Pramono di depan ribuan orang di Pesantren Nurussalam asuhan Prof Dr KH KRMHT Noer Nasroh Hadiningrat Gomang, Laju Lor Singgahan, Tuban, belum lama ini.

Bisa jadi anekdot tersebut diadaptasi dari konflik nelayan Sumenep dan Pamekasan, Madura, yang kasusnya pernah dilimpahkan ke pengadilan.

Namun, dari mana pun sumbernya, anekdot itu tampak lugu, konyol, lugas, tapi cerdas. Memang itulah ciri khas kebanyakan anekdot Madura.

Yang menarik, belakangan ini anekdot-anekdot asal Madura tersebut makin populer di kota-kota besar, termasuk Surabaya. Perusahaan-perusahaan besar seperti bank dan teknologi informasi kini banyak yang memanfaatkan bahasa dan anekdot Madura sebagai materi iklan.

Para tokoh politik, budayawan, dan ulama juga sering mengutip anekdot-anekdot dan bahasa Madura, tentu dengan logat dan intonasi khas Madura yang medok.

Budayawan sampai Presiden

Fenomena bahasa dan anekdot Madura makin populer tidak hanya di kota besar seperti Surabaya, tapi merambah secara nasional. Budayawan seperti Emha Ainun Nadjib atau tokoh sekelas mantan presiden B.J. Habibie dan Gus Dur kadang mengutip anekdot dan bahasa Madura. Belum lagi para menteri dan pejabat tinggi yang sering melontarkan joke-joke kultural Madura seperti saya kutip pada awal tulisan ini.

Yang paling banyak tentu para pelawak, baik tingkat nasional maupun regional. Mereka memanfaatkan bahasa dan anekdot Madura sebagai komoditas lawakan, meski terkesan dipaksakan. Malah, banyak pelawak yang kemudian ber-trademark Madura, seperti Kadir dan Marlena. Mereka populer karena berkah (untuk tak menyebut mengeksploitasi) bahasa dan anekdot Madura. Padahal, mereka bukan asli orang Madura.

Fenomena bahasa dan anekdot Madura yang makin populer itu tentu positif. Sebab, tak semua bahasa daerah bisa ngetop secara nasional seperti bahasa Madura. Tapi, kadang kesan konyolnya yang lebih ditonjolkan. Padahal, di balik kekonyolan itu, tersimpan kecerdasan logika, terutama secara kultural.

Seperti kita pahami, sesuai watak kulturalnya, orang Madura tak gampang menyerah, meski sudah terpojok dan kalah. Kasus Gus Dur dan nelayan di atas adalah contoh nyata. Meski bersalah, mereka masih berkilah.

Iklan Merusak Pakem

Selain kekonyolan yang sering ditonjolkan, banyak bahasa Madura yang tak sesuai dengan kaidah dan realitas bahasa Madura. Itu banyak kita temui terutama pada materi iklan dan bahan lawakan. Salah satu contohnya iklan sebuah bank di radio. Dalam iklan tersebut, seorang wanita bilang, “Yang ti - pasti…..” Padahal, dalam bahasa Madura, tak ada pengulangan satu kata tanpa penguatan makna. Yang lazim justru pengulangan tak sempurna terhadap kata ulang. Misalnya, gado-gado dalam bahasa Madura jadi do-gado, kanak-kanak jadi nak-kanak dan seterusnya. Jadi, terjadi proses reduksi terhadap kata ulang.

Para pelawak dan aktor iklan berbahasa Madura juga sering melafalkan istilah-istilah Madura secara tak pas. Misalnya, tak iyah dilafalkan tak iya (tanpa h). Konsekuensinya, terdengar hambar, selain cenderung merusak pakem bahasa Madura.

Yang juga perlu dipahami, tak semua kata diakhiri tak iyah. Sebab, istilah tak iyah merupakan penguatan dalam aksentuasi yang secara tak langsung meminta persetujuan lawan bicara. Tapi, dalam dialog materi iklan atau lawakan, hampir setiap akhir pembicaraan ditambahi tak iyah. Akibatnya, baik secara logika maupun leksikal jadi rancu.

Demikianlah, baik para pelawak maupun perancang materi iklan sering memanfaatkan bahasa Madura secara tak benar. Orientasi mereka -baik iklan maupun lawak- bersifat ekonomi, bukan kultural. Akibatnya, bahasa dan anekdot Madura berkembang secara tak wajar.

Nah, bertolak dari realitas di atas, tampaknya para budayawan dan tokoh Madura perlu punya apresiasi lebih tinggi terhadap kultur dan bahasa Madura. Artinya, perlu kemampuan public relations simpatik untuk menyosialisasikan bahasa dan kultur Madura secara benar dan cerdas. Dengan demikian, kultur Madura yang mengandung nilai-nilai luhur -terutama dalam konteks kepemimpinan, hubungan sosial, dan kebangsaan-teraktualisasi secara proporsional. Misal, falsafah Madura yang menekankan pentingnya menghormati orang tua, guru, dan pemimpin. Nilai-nilai luhur itu perlu diinternalisasi dan disosialisasikan secara maksimal agar substansi kultural Madura bisa dipahami secara benar oleh masyarakat luas. Itu penting. Sebab, jika kecenderungan negatif yang justru berkembang -pemanfaatan bahasa Madura secara tak benar- tak mustahil orang Madura akan terus-menerus jadi bahan tertawaan konyol. Wallahu a’lam bisshawab. (mmasudadnan@yahoo.com)
M. Mas’ud Adnan
Wakil Ketua DPW PKB Jawa Timur dan penulis buku Anehdot-Anehdot Gus Dur

sumber : www.jawapos.com

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Paranormals called into stop eco-disaster in Java

Indonesia is a Muslim country, but the old animist traditions, worshipping mountains, giving offerings to ward of evil spirits, etc. is still practiced. Over the weekend in East Java, paranormals came from all over Indonesia to Sidoarjo, site of the toxic mudflow. Local people have become increasingly angry after mud threatened their housing and livelihoods, blaming the government and the mining company, whose drilling started the mudflow.

Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.

Paranormals called in to end mudflow Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Sidoarjo

After midnight, a site near the center of Sidoarjo’s mudflows remains busy — not with workers trying to stop the constant gray streams, but with mystics attempting to use their supernatural powers to end the disaster for a Rp 100 million (US$10,869) prize.

“Stop filming please, I can’t concentrate on calling the spirit at the source of the mudflow,” Maisaroh, a psychic from the East Java town of Ngawi, said in Javanese to a photographer from a foreign news service and to The Jakarta Post on Saturday.

The photographer looked confused and apologized. Maisaroh started to move away from his camera.

“I could have called the spirit around (Lapindo Brantas Inc.’s) Banjar Panji-1 well, but the spirit left upon learning you would take a picture,” she said. “I’ll try calling it again so I can communicate with it.”

Nearby, another psychic, Hobir, 50, was crouched over busily chanting, then threw sand and stone into ponds built to contain the mudflow.

“The sand and stone were taken … with God’s guidance from the cemetery of Sunan Ampel in Surabaya and of Sunan Giri in Gresik,” he told the Post, referring to two of the nine legendary clerics who spread Islam in Java.

Hobir, who works days on a tobacco farm, said he hoped he had adequate powers to stop the mess from spreading.

“I’ve had a blessing from Gus Dur (former president Abdurrahman Wahid)… If I win, I and my family will live in a house,” he said.

Maisaroh and Hobir are two of 50 psychics taking part in the contest, organized by the Kedung Bendo village head, a wealthy businessman named Hasan.

The competition has attracted psychics from many cities in East Java and from further afield, including Jakarta and Medan. All are trying their luck to stop the hot mud, which has been gushing out of Lapindo’s exploration well since May 29.

The organizer has not collected any registration fees for the contestants nor provided them with accommodation; they only get free water, and are required to bring their own equipment.

“Some of the psychics are scary-looking, but there are also those who are gentle and polite. But none of them have stopped the mud,” said Titus, the contest’s coordinator.

He said the competition had received such a large response that the committee had to limit the number of participants and separate them into several groups. The committee has not set a deadline for contestants to end the flows.

In a screening process, each psychic had to pass a test: turn off a water faucet left on by the organizer with only their supernatural powers.

“With the test, many candidates had to go back home. How can they stop a mudflow if they can’t even shut off a faucet,” Titus said.

The contest is one of the more unusual attempts to end the disaster, which has left more than 9,000 people homeless and more than 1,800 people out of work.

“Many people may not accept that we have supernatural powers,” said Dony Harahap, a psychic from Jakarta.

“But (from my work) it is clear that the mudflow can only be stopped if the government and Lapindo end their sinful acts, which are affecting the people.”

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Preparation of Event Belt Pasuruan Tourism

Support from to success of even belt wisata with Pasuruan City of Mountain, not only focus at event of launching and festival Arjuno by 1 and 2 Julies. But also to festival Bromo by 8 and 9 Julies.

Even for successfulness of festival Bromo, 10 sub-regency chieves in Kabupaten Pasuruan have been collected and got instruction directly from Wabub Muzammil Syafi to succeed it. The ten sub-regency chieves cover Camat Puspo, Sub-Regency Chief Pasrepan, Camat Tutur, Sub-Regency Chief Purwodadi, Camat Pandaan, Sub-Regency Chief Prigen, Camat Gempol, Sub-Regency Chief Beji, Camat Bangil and Camat Tosari.

All the sub-regency chieves is asked to mobilize his(its potency to succeed having immeasurable event being performed in festival Bromo. Start out of a million fires in Bromo, until art festival culturalized.

Special for a million fires Bromo, each the sub-regency chief is asked to mobilize his(its public is to see action in it. They is at finite night morning by 8 and the 9 Julies turn on torch fire from Puspo to Bromo and Tutur to Bromo. So line to mount Bromo through?via region Kabupaten Pasuruan at night of finite light early morning benderang would with a million fires.

It is of course this will become a looking on mengasikkan. Line to pitch dark usual Bromo mount when nocturnus, light benderang would. Even this will become a kolaborasi to draw with sunrise from top Penanjakan.

” Mr. Wabup have given instruction 10 sub-regency chieves to support full of festival Bromo. Not left behind at other sub-regency chiefs in region Kabupaten Pasuruan to succeed festival Bromo,” say Lismudayat, commissions from Dinas Pariwisata Kabupaten Pasuruan.

Support from of the the sub-regency chieves, continuation he, also meant for launching Pasuruan City of Mountain and festival Arjuno. So even promotion wisata being performed spectacularly this can be succeed. Even purpose of being wanted from this even can be be reached. Namely, the many local tourists and or abroad come paying a visit various objects wisata in Kabupaten Pasuruan. So world wisata in this area increasingly enthusiastic. ( kab-pasuruan.go.id / 12 Junes 2006)

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Mount Bromo - monster Volcano

Mt Bromo - this is hard to describe as I’ve never seen a climb like it. Rising 2300 metres out of the sea, someone had hung a road straight up this monster Volcano. When I looked at Yakolev’s back wheel and saw a 32 sprocket on there (he had previously trained up Mt Bromo) I was more than happy that I was no longer in GC contention. If one took the hardest Tour de France pass and added another 700 metres of climbing at the end in just five kilometres it would be something like Mt Bromo.

Again we attacked from the start and again Oggi got away, this time getting a 12 minute lead which seemed pretty substantial with just 30 kilometres of a 136 kilometre stage to go. Behind him constant attacks saw another group with Eddy and Robin go, but also Yakolev and Ahat!
Behind them the peloton crawled along, everyone to scared to put an effort in as the lower slopes of the climb were beginning. For most riders it was now 2 hours of all-out suffering on the 23/25 and 27 sprockets if they had them. However, Mizbani showed his true talent, riding out of the peloton and past everyone in the race to win by minutes alone from Ahat and a surprising Paul Griffin, who finished third. Robin also did a great ride to finish fifth and Eddy was 10th to put them into third and seventh overall. With gaps of minutes between just about everyone the GC seemed over. There was one reward for the effort of getting up to the top - the torrid crowded atmosphere of the plains below had been replaced by clean mountain air and a surreal volcanic landscape above the clouds.

We still had plans to attack on the last day but with an almost circular circuit and being only 34 kilometres long the final criterium was more a circus than a race, with a 48km/h average - Samai of Wismilak again won easily. It was a little disappointing for us all after the hard battles the days before but credit must go to the Giant guys who dominated us pretty much throughout. On our side it was also a very satisfactory performance as we are basically a road race team with no specialists either for the mountains or criteriums and this was very much a specialist’s race. Also we were practically the only ones who challenged the lead (although the Poloygon Kazaks did their best) which made it extra difficult, but left us with second in teams and third overall on individual GC.

As for Tour of East Java, they are already planning for next year and the dreaded Mt Bromo will be back!

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Blitar Tourism

Tourism potency Kota Blitar don’t get out of history values which still jelling tergurat in town which become one of place of dazing spirit of nation combatant warrior. Big names like Adipati Aryo Blitar, The Proklamator Bung Karno, Shodancho Supriyadi and others, is inspiration which colour dynamics, direction and progress of town being grow this.

In the effort building climate which kondusif as town Patriya being supported by commerce system of pre-eminent goods and service, government Kota Blitar choose tourism sector as primadona for mengemnbangkan area economics. Some the wisata locations in Blitar, from time is becoming corrected and enriched to increase potency in Blitar Tourism.
Tourism Location in Blitar city :

-  Fella Mausoleum Karno. Mausoleum Proklamator Bung Karno is mausoleum a big figure that is Presidan Pertama at the same time  Proklamator independence of this RImakam located in Kelurahan Bendogerit, District Sananwetan, around 2 kms to north from downtown. Hereunder is mausoleum photograph Bung Karno.

-  Library and Museum Bung Karno. This library besides containing all kind of memorabilia Bung Karno, also later will be developed dan center study. Some the existing collections picturesquely life Bung Karno which can tick medial precise the heart, money Bung Karno is earning selfwinding, and other

-  Palace Gebang. Palace Gebang or is Ndalem Gebang is old fellow residence house Bung Karno. This palace having place of in jl. Grand Sultan no. 69, Biltar. In this house in each crowded June is visited by visitor, either in network Haul Bung Karno and or event other Blitar town like Grebeg Pancasila. Following is photograph Istana Gebang.

-  Petilasan Arya Blitar. this Petilasan is in the form of mausoleum, that is mausoleum Adipati Arya Blitar which located in sub-district Blitar, Kecamatan Suborejo, Blitar. This crowded mausoleum is visited in Asyura also every Thursday night Legi. Many visitors visiting mausoleum of Aryan Blitar to get benediction.

-  Monument Supriyadi. In the year 1945, Town Blitar become center rebellion of army PETA, what led by Shodancho Supriyadi, fight against Japan army. In memory of his service, built [by] this monument which located in ex- station PETA

-  Garden Rojo that is amusement centre and recreation of family residing in house complex on duty Walikota Blitar being reserved for by public freely. In the garden there is various rareness crop types, looking after animal, facilitation play at chlid, place of relaxing, appreciation podium of actor reasoning of cenotaph Satu Abad Bung Karno, water fountain and various functioning rareness crop types as town lung.

-  Source Of Udel ( Bath Tirto Jati) Bath of Source Of Udel have national standard because having two swimming pool types, that is swimming pool for children and swimming pool for adult. Swimming pool ” Source Of Udel” this also have some inter alia facilitations:

-  Place of children toy

-  Happy podium with artistry appearance of typical of Blitar each month

-  Place of parking which representatif

-  Tourism Information Center and Bussines that is center information service to all economics perpetrator, especially commerce perpetrator, besides as information service about priwisata. Development of this information center is form of realization of development policy of economic sarana-prasarana in general, and sarana-prasarana commerce and tourism especially. This is formulation from development of commerce system of pre-eminent goods and service as being letter in vision formula Blitar city.

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