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Tahun ini seabad Kebangkitan Bangsa. Namun, apa yang tersisa dari peradaban sejarah bangsa kita? Itulah yang mencuat dalam benak budayawan dan sejarawan yang bergabung dalam Surabaya Heritage dan Komunitas Pekerja Seni dan Pencinta Sejarah (KPSPS) Surabaya. Mereka pun meluncurkan penghargaan 100 Pusaka Surabaya.
TITIK ANDRIYANI
COK tangio, kebunmu diisingi, ojo bideg ae. Jika diterjemahkan bebas, kalimat ala Suroboyoan yang cenderung kasar itu berarti: Ayo segera bangun. Ada orang berak di kebunmu. Jangan diam saja.
Kalimat bernada agitatif (memengaruhi orang) tersebut ada pada salah satu frame lukisan Haji Oemar Said (HOS) Cokroaminoto karya Dukan Wahyudi. Kemarin (9/3), lukisan itu ditempatkan di rumah yang pernah ditempati pahlawan nasional tersebut, di Jalan Peneleh VII.
Pada bagian lain lukisan, tertera lukisan De Onge Kroonde van Java yang berarti Raja Jawa tanpa Mahkota. “Ini buah penghargaan kami terhadap HOS Cokroaminoto,” kata Jansen Jasien, ketua KPSPS.
“Lukisan itu menggambarkan titik nadir dalam seratus tahun peringatan Hari Kebangkitan Bangsa. Mau dibawa ke mana negara ini?” ujar Freddy H. Istanto, ketua Surabaya Heritage.
Memang, pada peringatan seratus tahun Hari Kebangkitan Nasional tersebut, dua lembaga pencinta sejarah itu merayakan dengan cara berbeda. Mereka memilih program penghargaan 100 Pusaka Surabaya. Upaya itu mereka anggap sebagai bentuk kepedulian terhadap objek bersejarah. Mulai bangunan rumah tinggal, gedung bersejarah, jembatan, maupun terhadap perseorangan yang dinilai memiliki konstribusi dalam menjaga warisan budaya.
Freddy mengungkapkan, ada beberapa kriteria penghargaan yang diberikan kepada institusi atau individu. Yakni, memiliki kepedulian tinggi terhadap pusaka Surabaya. Termasuk, dengan konsisten menjaga, merawat, serta melestarikan pusaka Surabaya.
Menurut Freddy, pusaka Surabaya adalah bangunan yang memiliki nilai kesejarahan terhadap kota ini, memiliki keunikan dan khas Surabaya, serta mempunyai sumbangan terhadap sektor pariwisata. “Bentuk pusaka itu bisa gedung, jembatan, kuliner, seni, dan budaya. Misalnya, ludruk, reog Suroboyo, lukisan, dan musik,” jelasnya.
Program peluncuran penghargaan itu diawali bulan ini. Tiap bulan bakal dipilih sepuluh pusaka yang diberi penghargaan. “Dengan demikian, akhir tahun ini diharapkan kita sudah memberikan penghargaan terhadap seratus pusaka,” ujarnya.
Launching program tersebut kemarin dilakukan di kediaman HOS Cokroaminoto, pahlawan nasional yang juga kakek buyut Maya Estianty (Maia Ahmad). Selain rumah HOS Cokroaminoto, sembilan pusaka lain yang terpilih bulan ini adalah gedung PTPN (PT Perkebunan Nusantara) X, PTPN XI, PTPN XII, PTPG (PT Pabrik Gula) Rajawali Nusantara, House of Sampoerna, Zangrandi, Gedung Wismilak, Gedung Bakormas, dan Pusat Kebudayaan Prancis (CCCL).
Kediaman HOS Cokroaminoto, kata Freddy, dinilai memiliki kontribusi besar terhadap kebangkitan bangsa ini. “Beliau termasuk salah seorang pelopor kebangkitan bangsa ini,” tegasnya.
Peninggalan rumah itu tidak terlihat terlalu kuno. Bahan kayu masih mendominasi rumah bercat gading tersebut.
Wiwiek Ghani, salah seorang kerabat keturunan HOS Cokroaminoto, mengisahkan bahwa rumah tersebut pernah dihuni Bung Karno selama menyelesaikan studi sekolah menengah tingkat pertama. “Di rumah itu pula Bung Karno menimba ilmu dari eyang Cokro,” jelasnya.
Karena itu, Surabaya Heritage dan KPSPS berharap penghargaan yang mereka berikan tersebut bisa menggugah semua orang untuk peduli serta bangkit dalam seabad kebangkitan bangsa ini. (dos)
Source: Jawa Pos Online
March 10th, 2008
SURABAYA - Budaya Jepang dengan segala keunikannya bisa menjadi inspirasi dalam berbusana. Sabtu malam (8/3), peragaan busana ala Jepang digelar di gedung Gita Tamtama Jalan Genteng Kali. Gaun-gaun malam modifikasi Japanese Style rancangan Elizabeth Nyo May Fen ini tampil simple nan glamour, meski tanpa sentuhan kilau ornamen-ornamen payet.
Mengusung tema Le Japon Artistique, Elizabeth yang akrab disapa Afen itu mencoba memadukan kesan glamour gaun malam dengan sentuhan artistik negeri matahari terbit tersebut. Warna-warna gold, krem, dan dark brown mendominasi gaun-gaun malam sepanjang mata kaki yang dipadu dengan kimono-kimono modifikasi. Seperti salah satu gaun panjang berwarna dark brown yang dipadu dengan kimono pendek berwarna keemasan yang didesain menyerupai blazer. Untuk mempermanis tampilan gaun, ujung kimono dibuat miring dilengkapi dengan seutas obi, ikat pinggang lebar yang melekat di bagian pinggang.ÂÂ
Meski terkesan glamour, gaun-gaun berbahan tafetta dan kain lame ini minim ornamen borci dan payet. Tapi, nuansa polos yang melekat pada tiap gaun ini tetap tampak cantik. “Saya memang ingin berkreasi dengan kain bahan dari pada dengan ornamen payet dan borci yang berkesan berat,” terang Afen. Wanita berambut panjang itu menambahkan bahwa tren busana plain atau polos sudah mulai digemari wanita di berbagai belahan dunia
Tapi bukan berarti tanpa hiasan. Gaun-gaun tersebut dipercantik dengan ornamen -ornamen yang lebih menyerupai sulaman-sulaman halus dan lipatan-lipatan pada bagian ujung atau lengan gaun. Seperti gaun dengan motif loreng misalnya. Pada bagian lengan, lipatan-lipatan besar tampak menimbulkan efek menggelembung. Sedangkan pada bagian upper body hingga pinggul, motif loreng kotak-kotak mendominasi. Gaun berbahan kombinasi tafetta dan kain lame ini semakin menawan dengan bagian bawah gaun yang ditenun Jacquard, berupa sulaman-sulaman halus bernuansa bunga-bunga putih. Selain sulaman, bagian ujung gaun juga dipercantik dengan 20 lipatan.
Nuansa Jepang yang ditampilkan gaun-gaun yang diperagakan enam model ini semakin kental dengan riasan ala wanita Jepang. Yakni, sudut mata yang dibuat naik berbaur dengan warna-warna silver dan gold di bagian mata. Warna merah darah juga ikut mendominasi warna bibir untuk mempertegas kesan glamour.
Tidak hanya itu, di bagian kepala, terpasang hiasan cantik berupa kipas mungil yang dipasang menyamping hingga payung kertas kecil yang dipadu dengan sanggul Jepang. (ken/nw)
Source: Jawa Pos Online
March 10th, 2008
FESTIVAL Seni Surabaya (FSS) 2008 siap digelar. Sebagai pembuka, hari ini (6/3) diadakan launching berbentuk pergelaran gamelan bertajuk G.M Sidharta in Concert.
Menurut Riadi Ngasiran, ketua panitia FSS, acara tersebut merupakan barikan, yakni ancang-ancang sebelum memasuki hajat yang lebih besar. “Itu merupakan spirit,” katanya. Hajat besar yang dimaksud adalah FSS yang dilaksanakan pada 1-15 Juni mendatang.
Kelompok gamelan dan wiridan Laras Madyo Al Muqorobbun, Klaten, Jawa Tengah, siap tampil di Gedung Cak Durasim nanti malam. Dalam pergelaran tersebut, rencananya G.M Sidharta, pemimpin kelompok, membacakan geguritan (puisi Jawa). Akan tampil pula Budi Palopo dan Widodo Basuki. Keduanya akan membacakan geguritan.
Menurut Riadi, pihaknya akan mengoptimalkan seniman lokal di Jawa Timur. Diharapkan, festival tahun ini bisa menjadi etalase bagi seniman untuk memasuki kancah yang lebih luas. “Ada sharing antara seniman muda dengan yang senior,” jelas pria berkacamata tersebut.
Karena itu, pihaknya sedang menelusuri para seniman yang ada di pelosok Jawa Timur.
Ratna Riantiarno dipastikan bermonolog dalam FSS tahun ini. Selain itu, panitia berencana mempertemukan kembali musisi Surabaya yang sudah menyebar. “Itung-itung reuni,” katanya.
Misalnya, Wisnu Padma yang berkonsentrasi di jazz dan Franky Sahilatua yang menyeriusi musik country. (dee/dos)
Source: Jawa Pos Online
March 6th, 2008
PORONG, Indonesia, March 5 (Reuters) - Gas seeping from the ground in a village hit by a mud volcano in Indonesia’s East Java province is triggering safety concerns and calls for an evacuation, residents said on Wednesday.
The gas is in an area where thousands of homes and factories have been submerged by hot mud since a mud volcano first started to erupt in May 2006, forcing about 15,000 people to abandon their homes.
“Every two or three days, people find gas flares, big and small,” said Rahmat Sudirman, a resident in Mindi village, where a canal of mud passes on its way to the Porong river.
“In this village you could be burnt anytime unless we are relocated,” added Sudirman. Another villager demonstrated the gas was inflammable by setting alight a leak causing a 20 cm (8 inch) high flame.
Some scientists say the mudflow in Sidoarjo regency, near the country’s second biggest city, Surabaya, was caused by a gas drilling operation by PT Lapindo Brantas
Lapindo and PT Energi Mega Persada Tbk ENRG.JK, which has a stake in Lapindo, dispute that the disaster, which started two days after a massive earthquake in Central Java, was caused by drilling.
Sudirman said that villagers marked the spot of new gas leaks by planting a piece of pipe to try and prevent people from setting the flares alight.
Ahmad Zulkarnaen, a spokesman for the government body managing the mudflow, said he was aware of the flaring gas, but that Mindi was not a village eligible under a government decree for compensation to pay for an evacuation.
“There are small scale gas eruptions, while the bigger ones have been marked by a police line,” said the official, who said that the gas had been examined by FERGACO, a company contracted by Lapindo to monitor the air quality in the area.
The government ordered energy group Lapindo, which many people blame for the mud disaster, to pay 3.8 trillion rupiah ($418.5 million) in compensation to the victims and to cover the damage.
Authorities also said last week that an additional 700 billion rupiah would be set aside to compensate 10,000 more people in three more villages threatened by the mud volcano. (Reporting by Retno Heriwati; Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Alex Richardson)
Source: http://www.reuters.com/
March 6th, 2008
Surabaya, East Java (ANTARA News) - Surabaya`s Rungkut Environmental Forum (FPLR) is planning to plant 10,000 mangrove trees in 5,000 square meters of deforested mangrove forest located in eastern coastal area of Surabaya next Sunday.
“We buy the plants at our own expense and the seedlings are the selected ones,” head of the Rungkut sub district Irvan Widyanto said on Tuesday.
He said the sub district would also invite the local office of the fishery, forestry and animal husbandry, PT Surabaya Industrial Estate of Rungkut as well as a private cigarette company PT HM Sampoerna Tbk to make the project a success.
He expressed his hope that the project would be a model for other regions to launch a similar action. (*)
Source: ANTARA News
March 5th, 2008
Sidoarjo (ANTARA News)- Hundreds of Besuki Timur residents in Jabon subdistrict, Sidoarjo district, East Java, staged a rally on Saturday on the bridge of Gempol Porong road, asking the government to include their village in the mudflow affected areas.
The Besuki Timur (Eastern Besuki) residents staged their protest because the government will only include Besuki Barat (Western Besuki) as the mudflow affected area, some demonstrators said.
Three villages, Besuki, Kedungcangkring and Pejarakan would receive the compensation from the government.
The government decided to stick to Presidential Regulation No.14/2007 regarding the Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigating Agency (BPLS) stipulating that compensation for the victims whose areas have been mapped as the mudflow affected locations will be tackled by PT Lapindo Brantas Inc, but compensation for those living outside the locations will be the government`s responsibility.
“The government should not conduct discriminative measure, we also have the right to receive financial compensation,” Ajip Rosadi, representative of the Besuki Timur residents said during the rally.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said in Jakarta on Thursday (Feb 28) that only 20 percent of the Rp700 billion government budget will be paid to vacate mudflow affected villages by using the revised 2008 state budget.
Another 80 percent will be paid by the government through the next two year-budget, she said, adding that the amount to be paid this year reached only Rp170 billion.
According to her the compensation will be paid after the House of Representatives approved the government`s proposal through the revised 2008 state budget.
Sri Mulyani said the settlement mechanism is in line with the compensation regulation as stipulated in presidential regulation no.14/2007.
The government decided to provide Rp700 billion in compensation for mudflow victims living in the affected areas outside the mapped mudflow affected locations as well as to vacate the three villages.
On Wednesday (Feb 27) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked East Java governor Imam Utomo, Sidoarjo district head Win Hendarso and the Sidoarjo Mudflow Tackling Body (BPLS) to prepare an action plan soon following a government`s decision on compensation for mud-flow affected villages. (*)
Source: ANTARA News
March 4th, 2008
SURABAYA - Ada saja varietas baru yang dimunculkan para penggemar tanaman hias. Setelah adenium, anthurium, kemudian sansivera, kini muncul lagi tanaman aneh bernama yukauban. Tanaman mirip anthurium itu berupa julur-julur hijau yang dihiasi serabut-serabut putih menyerupai rambut beruban.ÂÂ
Tanaman tersebut sekarang dipajang dalam pameran Semarak Surabaya di halaman AJBS hingga 9 Maret nanti. Kumpulan serabut putih yang menyebar dan bercabang di bagian pinggir julur-julur itulah yang disebut uban. “Karena itu, diberi nama yukauban,” ujar Andi, pemilik stan.
Perawatan tanaman cantik itu juga tidak rumit. “Cukup disiram setiap hari dan diberi pupuk sebulan sekali,” terang Andi.
Masalah penyinaran juga tidak merepotkan. Menurut dia, tanaman itu bisa diletakkan di mana saja, termasuk di dalam rumah. Uniknya, serabut putih yang bertaburan di tanaman tersebut akan bergoyang-goyang layaknya rambut yang tertiup angin.(ken/ari)ÂÂ
Source: Jawa Pos Online
March 4th, 2008
Ki Bonokeling, Ki Setroketipo and Kanjeng Jimat probably never imagined their lives in Pacitan would continue to be remembered by their descendants until today.
But it was at their graves that Pacitan residents recently held a series of celebrations to mark the East Java town’s 623rd anniversary.
Unlike most cemeteries, the graveyard complex of Giri Sampoerno in Tanjung Asri village of Pacitan subdistrict is located on the top of a hill.
The graves there cover most parts of the hill, which is located one kilometer away from the heart of the town where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono grew up.
The grave of Joyoniman, also known as Kanjeng Jimat, the 12th Pacitan regent who is remembered as the great leader who developed the town, can be found there.
He was also considered a holy man because it was through him that Islam began to spread through Pacitan.
“After Kanjeng Jimat gained power, Pacitan grew to become an advanced region,” Imam Koesno, a senior citizen who is also the juru kunci (caretaker) of Kanjeng Jimat’s grave, told The Jakarta Post.
Pacitan is known as the place where Javanese kings went to meditate and the place where the great Sudirman, a national hero, chose to hide when he was being pursued by the Dutch.
“I heard there’s one cave where kings meditated and which was also used by the late former president Soeharto,” Fathoni, head of the Pacitan Tourism Office, told the Post.
The history of Pacitan started with the arrival of Ki Bonokeling — one of the messengers of King Brawijaya who was sent to the area bordering East Java and Central Java in the 12th century. Ki Bonokeling’s descendants remained as significant figures for four generations.
When Islam arrived, the fourth Ki Bonokeling, the area’s ruler, objected when Kyai Ageng Petung, who was also spreading Islam in Java, brought his religion to Pacitan. The two clashed and waged war.
It was believed the fourth Ki Bonokeling held divine powers which rendered him immortal.
However, Kyai Ageng Petung killed him by cutting his body into three; each body part was then buried in a different location and separated by a river. From then on, Islam began to grow in Pacitan.
The name Pacitan itself is believed to come from the word pace — the fruit of the small bengkudu tree; the roots of which are used to produce dyes.
King Mangkubumi, who recovered from paralysis by drinking the juice of the fruit, was believed to be the first to mention the name. Setroetipo, a fifth-generation descendant of Bonokeling and who was a Muslim, was the person who gave the juice to Mangubumi.
“The story continued until Pacitan was controlled by Joyoniman or Kanjeng Jimat, the descendant of the tenth Bonokeling who held authority from 1840,” said Koesno quoting the Babad Pacitan (the story told in Javanese and the languages of Sunda, Bali and Madura, which recounts the history of Pacitan).
Kanjeng Jimat himself was a simple man and a dutiful follower of Islam. One of his ambitions was to turn Pacitan into an Islamic city, so when he passed away, his wish was to be buried on top of a hill facing Pacitan city.
From his grave, a visitor can view Pacitan city and its surrounds all the way to Teleng Ria beach in the south.
The grave itself is simple and has no special monuments, but has become a magnet drawing Pacitan residents who believe some graves are sacred and hold special powers.
“There are three graves in Pacitan which are often visited and where people pray — the graves of Kanjeng Jimat, Setroketipo and Buonokeling,” said Koesno.
The simplicity and sanctity of Kanjeng Jimat is the inspiration for the celebration of Pacitan’s anniversary in 2008.
Popular performances from the regency’s 12 subdistricts, such as the traditional kirab parade and puppet shows, were organized for residents.
“Our philosophy is to use the celebration of Pacitan’s birthday to improve the city and religious observance,” Fathoni said.
Source: The Jakarta Post
March 3rd, 2008
Suryatini N. Ganie, Contributor, Jakarta
Once, when watching the kerapan sapi, traditional bull racing in a small Madura village, I remember the bulls coming nearer and nearer, their steaming nostrils and reddish eyes promising impending doom. It seemed they were heading right for us. Thank goodness a matador interceded it and saved our skin.
I told a friend from Pamekasan this story. She advised me to cherish the memory of the racing bulls, but more so Madura’s food.
Madura deserves an honorable place on the archipelago’s culinary map. Soto Ayam Madura, for example, is already a common item on oversees Indonesian restaurant menus.
However, it was the charging bulls that truly aroused my curiosity.
I wondered how they were kept so fit and looked so strong given that they are relatively small compared to bulls in a Spanish corrida.
My Pamekasan friend told me how the bulls were treated like kings. They would be bathed two or three times a day to keep clean, fed one kilogram of hen’s eggs daily, increasing to two kilograms when races drew near.
The eggs are mixed with a glass of pure honey and a bottle of soda water and wine. The soda water serves to quench thirst, while the eggs, honey and wine give strength.
On the day of the races, the bulls are fed one kg of mashed cabai rawit, tiny chilies, which are also massaged onto their hind quarters to convince them to keep on running.
And all that is just for the racing bulls. For spectators and guests to the house of the champion bull owner, there is a typical Madurese rice plate called nasi jhajhan.
Nasi jhajhan consists of rice supported by an array of dishes, including fish or squid with curry, a soupy dish of local spinach, salted fish, eggs in fermented shrimp sauce and thinly sliced beef filetts.
Our hostess at the fight also served a blackish looking drink called cendol celeng, which was made from black colored rice flour balls in a cold, sweet, thin, coconut sauce.
“I forgot to tell you”, my friend said as we were presented with the cendol celeng, “we like black. In food it is fascinating and mysterious.”
The color is obtained by sifting finely stamped grilled dry rice straws, which are then added to the food by the teaspoon as required.
Recipes:
Soto ayam Madura Barat
West Madura Soto made with a chicken stock
Ingredients:
500 g chicken
2500 ml water, for stock
4 cloves garlic, 20 g
1/2 tsp trassi
1/2 tsp pepper
2 slices of fresh ginger, pounded
2 stalks of lemon grass, pounded
1 Tbs salt or to taste
2 Tbs cooking oil, for stir frying
Side dishes:
75 g soun (glass noodles)
600 ml tepid water, to soak the glass noodles
4 tsp chopped selederi (local celery), for topping
8 tsp crisply fried shallot slices, for topping
Method:
1. Boil full chicken in 2500 ml of water to form a stock. When half done, cube the meat and return to stock.
2. Press garlic, trassi and pepper into a paste and stir fry until aromatic and add to stock.
3. Add ginger, lemon grass and season with salt. Continue until chicken is tender.
4. Soak the glass noodles in tepid water until limp. Take out and sieve.
5. How to serve: Place glass noodles into a bowl and pour in stock including the cubed chicken. Top with 1 tsp of chopped selederi and 1 tsp of crisply fried shallot slices.
Makes 8 servings.
4. Janang Jhagung
A cornmeal sweet
Ingredients:
250 g cornflour, sifted
1200 ml thick coconut milk
200 g granulated sugar
2 tsp salt or to taste
1 tsp cooking oil (optional)
METHOD:
1. Mix cornflour, coconut milk, granulated sugar and salt.
2. Bring corn flour mixture to the boil over low flame until thick.
3. Take a suitable rectangular cookie tray, grease lightly with oil when needed and flatten the corn flour mixture into a 26 x 26 cm square, about 1 cm thick. Let cool completely and cut into diamond shapes or to your liking.
Makes 20 servings.
Source: The Jakarta Post
March 3rd, 2008
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