East Java Tourism News

Internatio Building

Internatio Building (Internationale Crediten Handelvereeniging) is located in angle of Heerenstraat and Willemsplein (now called Jayengrono Street). Border on precise Jembatan Merah station and Jembatan Merah Plaza so that is point of bustle. This building had built in 1929 by Biro Aristech AIA (Algemeen Ingenieurs en Architecten Bureau) that address in Sumatrastraat 59 Soerabaia.
 

It is a famous Soerabaia architect; birth in Tulungagung, East Java, named Ir. Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels who bear in 1882 to realize this building. The other masterpiece is:
- NV Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank in 1926
- Eye Hospital Oendaanstraat, Aniem building in Embong Woengoe.

After Brigadier General Mallaby team has successfully land in Tanjung Perak Harbour on 25 Octobers 1945, this building mastered by Sekutu team. On 28-30 Octobers 1945 buildings is in besieging by Indonesia combatants.

This tan building with two floors is still seen steady. At this one’s post is felt cold because it has good ventilation system with door and window is height design. This building is face easterly toward Jembatan Merah Against Monument (Mayangkara Monument).
source : www.surabaya.eastjava.com

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Widodaren Fruit Market

Initially, Widodaren Fruit Market more knowledgeable as special market that sell durian fruit, but because its crop depend on season, usually dry season end. While the merchants must always sell, hence they think to sell all kinds of fruits types.

Beginning around 1980-an this market start multitude. Along with the development of Blauran market area, Tidar Street and Kedungdoro Street, hence its influence is very real to the development of Widodaren market. When the night has arrived, through Kedungdoro Street that is crowded of motor vehicle spare part commerce turn into cookery aroma that come from food merchant tents.

This market is located in Widodaren Street, which can be reached easily with various public transport vehicles. Here, are obtainable assorted tropics fruits, which is scrumptious likely, such as: jackfruit, apple, durian, jambu, langsep, orange, duku, rambutan, papaya, mango, and others. Despitefully it also obtainable assorted import fruits with its relative cheap price.

In the day time of course not too seen the transaction of fruit sales, but as free evening, the buyers that is most employee after office return use opportunity intentionally self to stop by going shopping. This market nearby hotels is having star. This area of course accurate becomes area culinary tourism. After satisfying to dine Chinese cookery and seafood or ‘rawon setan’ in Embong Malang Street, we can continuing long night by walking to Widodaren Fruit Market to enjoy beloved of fruits.

source : www.surabaya.eastjava.com

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Genteng Market: The Center of Souvenirs, Electronics and Fruits.

Wish present typical of Surabaya? Stop to Genteng market Surabaya. In this traditional market is available of typical food of Surabaya like krupuk, saline fish, flaky or krinting fish and food types from crop growing on the sea. For example: flaky lorjuk, prawn, eggplant, and tripang.

All snacks or light food and the complement eat that have been be tidy is good in plastic and also box. Not only crisply smell and felt fish and just prawn being marketed in Genteng Market. Fruits taste crisply like salak, mango, banana, jackfruit and pineapple is around the special shop and kiosk that seller typical snack of Surabaya.

The tradesman give amenity to the consumer with pack all order, include accompanying to place of even send to the town outside of Surabaya. The shops that market the snacks, crisply and bandeng smoke and presto generally reside in roadside through Genteng Baru street. All the shops average to give the amenity to consumer especially in order not to disturb consumer. Product that sold also have been tidy and something have ready to be dined.

Some tradesmen even consider to marketing through the Internet. For the shake of consumer, everything is watered down including payment of poison bank transfer and ordering of telephonic goods. Product that sold between 400-700 types of snacks, include bandeng presto, bandeng smoke, terasi, petis and otak-otak. Almost 70 % snacks the food complement at the shop, and produced by its factory in Sidoarjo and Pasuruan.

While bandeng smoke, presto, and petis is made self without using preservative material. Special petis, besides its various raw material, its process is also complicated. For bandeng presto and smoke even without preserver, can be holding up four to seven days.

While terasi is come from Sidoarjo, briny fish from Tuban, the snacks in the form of plant and sea animal like lorjuk, eggplant, and tripang come from Kenjeran, Gresik, and Sidoarjo. The supplier that generally is women, has trained and constructed in expectation of tilling its product is suitable with the consumer appetite, both international and also local. Construction to the goods supplier is always done because the consumers seldom ask more crisply snack or more saline. In principle all products is match with the consumer tongue.

In principle innovation is always dug that product don’t be leaved consumer. Other effort is ask the consumer opinion directly especially the customers who concerning it aroma and product taste. The step is also fulfills the desire of consumer to new product.

This flaky lorjuk and tripang is special snacks from Surabaya, because there are have not other its producing area. Flaky melinjo or chips emping from Kediri with various tastes now is in so many that is hot, prawn and cockle, the price can be reach Rp 30000 per kg. Melinjo usually tidy in box and plastic as heavy 250 grams and heaviest 500 grams.

More than anything else the market also become the center commerce of electronic and the complete cake raw material and bread in Surabaya. Its titled as the center cake raw material, electronic, and souvenirs from Surabaya have been very stick, so that this market is more crowded visited. So, it’s time to correct, that its status as tourism object expense can defend.

Now Genteng Market that built in 1973 equipped with 1142 stand broadly building 7043 square meters. The condition of this three floors traditional market’s building is around 75 %. Floor I is allocation for merchant fruit and requirement of household, Floor II for electronics component merchant, Floor III is not many applied besides market office.

This market location is enough strategic and encircled with big shopping centre like Tunjungan Plaza, Surabaya Plaza and white collars. This strategic location has make Genteng market as Shopping Tourism Object.
Wish to bring some gifts from Surabaya, stop in Genteng market.

source : www.surabaya.eastjava.com

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Karet Street (Chinesevorstraat) Surabaya

       
Walk alongside of Karet Street area has seen the line of tens of building with ancient and unique architecture. Its paint is mostly matt closed dirt. Mostly is impressed uninhabited house. Since morning until evening, this street is very stirring traffic because it is the access towards Kembang Jepun Street. There are many stripper buildings that functioned as warehouse so that many large size trucks parked through this street.

When the day is start to get evening and the merchants have return, the road become quiescent and dark. There is no workload remaining except some cloister food merchants, which are already to prepare the merchandise. It seems not the famous commerce area anymore since the forming of Surabaya city. Since Deandels epoch in 1811, the government center in Surabaya City is located in Jembatan Merah (the Red Bridge) area.

There are office resident and other government activity spaces like tax and police office dealing with Jembatan Merah (if run from direction Kembang Jepun). All merged into one building. Until in 1905 permanent Surabaya downtowns location is still in around Jembatan Merah area. Tanjung Perak Port of that moment had not exist yet, so the ships that come from Madura Strait can sail follow Kali Mas, which towards to Jembatan Merah.

Temporary, the eastside area occupied by Asia people like Chinese, East Asia especially Yemen, Arab and Malay. The subdividing is not separate of the existence of regional code or Wijkenstelsel that specified by the Dutch. The Street that occupied by the Chinese people such as; Chinesevorstraat, which now become Karet Street and Handelstraat or Kembang Jepun.

source : www.surabaya.eastjava.com

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Short Films Delve into Difficulties of Communication

Nelden Djakababa, Contributor, Jakarta, nelden.djakababa(at)gmail.com
How do we communicate with each other, and why? What do we reveal to others we relate with by what we say, or not?
These seem to be the basic questions posed by some of the Indonesian short film entries to this year’s Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest), under the flagship S-Express.

In this year’s JiFFest, S-Express is presenting selected short flicks from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and China.
S-Express is an active Southeast Asian network for short film exchange. Initiated in 2001 by programmers Yuni Hadi (Substation, Singapore), Chalida Uabumrungjit (Thai Film Foundation), and Amir Muhammad (Malaysian Shorts), the group has expanded to involve Indonesia (Minikino) since 2004, plus the Philippines (Alexis Tioseco), and China (Maggie Lee) since 2005.
Here are some takes on a selection of the S-Express Indonesian shorts:
Iqra (Read On, Ari Satria Darma, 2005, two minutes) is set in Central Jakarta’s bustling Jl. Bendungan Hilir. An unnamed man witnesses how letters and the words they form detach themselves from where they had formerly been positioned, and fly away into an unknown destination.
The main message of this eye-pleasing, technically effective animation is the question: What if letters ceased to exist? How empty would our world be, or perhaps, how more meaningful would it be without words?
Sebuah Percakapan yang Sangat Membosankan (A Very Boring Conversation, Edwin, 2006, nine minutes) tells the story of a conversation that goes on between a young man and the mother of his friend.
At first they discuss a musical piece composed by her daughter, and then about how to set up an e-mail account. The conversation carries on until the electricity fails.
Indeed, what they are talking about can fairly be labeled “boring”. However, it is the unspoken exchange between the two that is most telling, successfully carrying the subliminal sexual tension between the generations.
This tension shows up in nonverbal communication, like how the woman absently chews noodles, strand by strand, and the expression the young man has on his face while she reenacts her role as a stewardess back in the 1980s.
On the other hand, the conversation in Kulihat Tamanku (I see my garden, Renas Makki, 2005, four minutes) is far from boring. It shows a grief-stricken father speaking with (the spirit of?) his very sick baby child.
We do not hear the child’s voice, only knowing what he is saying through the subtitles. His voice is only audible to his father, who responds accordingly between sobs.
This story is probably based on a belief held in several regions in Indonesia, in which the spirit of a very sick person roams out of his or her body, and might try to communicate with loved ones.
But instead of attempting to scare the juices out of people by showing a digital image of the baby’s ghost, it effectively gives the audience a gripping awareness of what is absent.
Another interesting idea put forward in this film is the portrayal of an aspect of Indonesian men rarely seen in public: the man is crying his eyes out.
Here we see the correct assertion that expressing strong emotions is definitely not the sole preserve of women.
Indeed, communication is an indispensable need, even when you are restricted. Bongseng’s (Armando, Patrick, Triyono, and Andre, 2006, five minutes) filmmakers are inmates of the state-run Juvenile Prison in Tangerang. Here they introduce us to bongseng, a sign-language that has developed within the prison’s walls.
Behind the bars, young inmates communicate with each other through specific hand-and-finger gestures, spelling out letters that form words.
“We don’t want to yell (to each other) from our cells all the time. Besides, we also want to keep some secrets among ourselves,” says one of the inmates. The need to communicate has urged them to come up with this innovative means.
(S-Express Indonesia will be screened together with S-Express The Philippines, at eX Plaza XXI Studio 4, on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m., Dec. 15 at 4:30 p.m., and Dec. 17 at 9:30 p.m.)

Source: The Jakarta Post

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Travel Notes

We were awoken by the cold at about 4 a.m., after a few hours of half sleep. We had come ill prepared, not expecting such a dramatic drop in the temperature, and were suffering the consequences. The drive up on the previous day had taken some 5 hours from Bondowoso and we had arrived in Jampit at around 10 p.m.. From here, a sulphur collector had guided us up to our sleeping quarters in the old vulcanology station, which lay a further hour’s climb up the mountain.

 
       

 The silence was magnificent. The only sound heard at these heights was the soughing of the wind in the cemara trees. Audible for several kilometers, the wind could be heard whistling around the rim of the caldera, sometimes taking a full minute to reach us.

As dawn approached we set up cameras overlooking the plateau to the west. Immediately in front of us stood the monstrous crater of Mt. Raung, which at 3,332m is the highest peak in the vicinity and among the tallest in Java. Raung is an active and dangerous volcano, which is known to erupt regularly*.Prior to 1838 the crater probably contained a lake, which would havecaused extensive flood damage during eruptions. Nowadays, however, the crater floor is dry. From the air, the gaping summit of Raung presents an awesome spectacle, the sheer crater walls plunging half a kilometer into the heart of the mountain.

After photographing the changing colours of the early morning sky, from deep purple/blue/grey to golden yellow, we focused on the mountain peaks. Raung, Pendil, Suket and, far to the west, the faint outline of Mt.Argopura and the Iyang plateau, lay like so many islands floating on a sea of cloud. As the first rays of the sun lit up the peaks, we set off on the last stage of the journey, a 45 minute climb to the crater rim of Ijen.

“If you lose your way, just look out for the sulphur trail”, someone had advised us the day before. Now the meaning was clear. A continuous flow of two way traffic, carrying the sulphur down the mountainside from the lake and trudging up again to re-load, had left a yellow trail on the well worn path. Work obviously started early, since already at first light the men who had shared our accommodation had left for the lake shore to load up their baskets.

The Ijen crater lies at approximately 2,300 meters above sea level. It forms a twin volcano with the now extinct Mt. Merapi. The enormous crater lake, which is 200 metres deep and covers an area of more than half a million square meters, contains about 36 million cubic meters of steaming, acid water. A walk around the lake takes a full day.

We arrived at the crater rim just as the sun appeared over the summit of Merapi. The sight was breathtaking. From the still, deep blue surface of the lake, heavily fissured white rock walls rose about 200 meters, enclosing the crater. To the north east we could see the distant peak of Mt. Baluran. Below, at the lake’s edge, was a scene from Dante’s inferno. Small figures could be seen labouring amidst billowing clouds of smoke in the sulphur quarry. As we descended towards the mine, the rising sun began to warm the surface of the lake, which soon changed to a sinister milky turquoise colour. Ripples appeared in the water, disturbing the bright yellow, amoeba-like streaks of sulphur, which until that moment had rested motionless. Half an hour later, when we arrived at the lake shore, the water had begun steaming.

The sulphur, we learned, is transported entirely on foot. In the past, horses were used but they were found to be less practical on the hazardous terrain. Today, the mine yields nine to twelve tons of sulphur per day. Individual loads of up to 70 kgs are carried by men, often barefooted, up to the rim of the crater and then 17 km down the mountainside to a factory near Banyuwangi. The porters are paid by weight. After arrival at the factory, the sulphur is treated before being used in the production of medicines and as an important element in the processing of sugar

sources : www.petra.ic.id

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PENATARAN TEMPLE

PENATARAN, is the largest and most important Hindu temple complex in East Java. It lies just 10 Kilometers north of Blitar on the lower slopes of Mt. Kelud. Dedicated to the god Siva. the temple was in use for at least three hundred years, from the 12th to 15th centuries.Most of the buildings which can be seen today, however, were constructed during Majapahit’s golden century.

       

The layout of the temple is similar to that  found in the Balinese pura today. A number of small buildings are scattered within a sacred, walled enclosure, with the largest and most important temple at the rear of the complex, Hindu legends, among them the Ramayana epic, are carved in relief on the temple walls and terrace foundations.

source :  www.petra.ac.id

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Trisula Monument

The Trisula operation in the year of 1968 was done to destroy the remainder of the Communist party in South Blitar. This operation was so successful because of the good cooperation between the Indonesian Armed Force and the Indonesian citizens.

       

The spirit to destroy the communism in Indonesia has to be inherited to the coming generation, and this is the reason of the building of a monument, that is the “TRISULA MONUMENT”.

souces : www.petra.ac.id

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TOMB OF BUNG KARNO

The architectural “Joglo” dominates the tomb. It is in East Javanesse style and combined with Gateway of Bentar. The impression is as great as the first president himself when he was still alive. Located at Bendogerit village, Blitar. The tomb is visited by many pilgrims and opened for public.

       

The tourist attraction in Blitar municipality is the tomb of IR. SUKARNO, an Indonesian proclamator and the first President of the Republic of Indonesia. The average of the visitors amount to 150,000 per year including both domestic and foreign visitors.

source : www.petra.ac.id

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Tak Muat, Penonton Rela Duduk di lantai

SURABAYA - Antusiasme masyarakat Surabaya terhadap kejuaraan dunia Barongsai dan Naga bertajuk 3rd Dragon and Lion Dance World Championship sungguh luar biasa. Penonton yang datang pada hari terakhir even bertaraf internasional ini mencapai sekitar 20 ribu orang.

       
Praktis Multifunction Hall Kenjeran Park yang kapasitas tempat duduknya hanya 15 ribu, tak muat menampung semua penonton. Akibatnya, sebagian penonton rela duduk di lantai. Tempat duduk di tribun atas pun tidak mampu menampung seluruh penonton. Alhasil, penonton yang tidak kebagian tempat duduk harus rela berdiri bersandar di tiang pembatas.

Menurut Zhang Fab Qiang, wakil menteri olahraga Tiongkok yang juga menjabat sebagai Vice Minister International Dragon & Lin Dance Federation, hal ini menunjukkan bahwa Barongsai sudah menjadi milik semua masyarakat. “Barongsai kini tidak hanya dimonopoli oleh Tiongkok, tetapi sudah menjadi milik dunia,” katanya

Hari terakhir yang merupakan babak final itu, menampilkan semua peserta dari 12 negara. Mereka berusaha menunjukkan siapa yang terbaik dalam ajang ini. Tim Indonesia sendiri yang tadi malam turun di semua kategori mendapat tepuk tangan paling meriah.

Apalagi ketika tim Indonesia yang diwakili dari Tarakan beraksi di kategori Barongsai Selatan. Tim ini benar-benar memukau penonton. Gerakan yang ditunjukkan mempunyai tingkat kesulitan yang sangat tinggi. Tak ayal, tim ini memperoleh nilai tertinggi, sama dengan nilai raihan tim Malaysia. Setiap kategori di ajang ini akan diambil tim terbaik. (ode)

sumber : www.jawapos.com

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