GENERAL INFORMATION About Indonesia Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago with over 17,000 islands. The country stretches 5,100 km along the equator between Australia and Asia and is bordered by the Pacific and Indian Oceans at the Equator. Few countries in the world could match Indonesia’s diversity of population with some 490 different ethnics…
10 MOST ATRACTIONS 1. SHAMAN VISIT MENTAWAI ISLANDS (YEAR-ROUND) Just hours away from the mainland and gateway of Padang, isolated by strong winds and rough seas, sikerei shamans (pictured) in the remote interior of the islands continue to practice old animistic ways. In the Sibulungan religion, fetish poles placed around the open-air, stilt-raised houses…
Sangiran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sangiran Early Man Site UNESCO World Heritage Site Replica of fossil from Sangiran (“Sangiran 17”) Location Indonesia Criteria Cultural: iii, vi Reference 593 Inscription 1996 (20th Session) Area 5,600 ha Coordinates 7°27′S 110°50′ECoordinates: 7°27′S 110°50′E Location of Sangiran in Indonesia Homo sapiens Ngrejeng (40 kya) Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia.[1] According to a UNESCO report (1995)…
Dari Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas Pasar Gede Harjonagoro Pasar Gede Hardjonagoro pada tahun 2005. Alamat Jalan Urip Sumoharjo, Sudiroprajan, Jebres, Surakarta Tanggal diresmikan 1923 Arsitek Thomas Karsten Pasar Gede Hardjonagoro (bahasa Jawa: ꦥꦱꦂꦒꦼꦝꦺꦲꦂꦢ꧀ꦗꦤꦒꦫ, translit. Pasar Gedhé Hardjanagara) adalah pasar terbesar di Kota Surakarta. Pasar Gede secara harafiah berarti “Pasar Besar” dalam bahasa Jawa. Sejarah Pada zaman kolonial Belanda, Pasar Gede…
Ceto (Indonesian: Candi Ceto) is a fifteenth-century Javanese–Hindu temple that is located on the western slope of Mount Lawu (elev. 1495 m above sea level) on the border between Central and East Java provinces. Cetho is one of several temples built on the northwest slopes of Mount Lawu in the fifteenth century. By this time, Javanese religion and art had diverged from Indian precepts that had been so…
Sukuh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The main monument of Sukuh temple. Sukuh (Indonesian: Candi Sukuh, Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈtʃandi ˈsukʊh]) is a 15th-century Javanese–Hindu temple (candi) that is located in Berjo, Ngargoyoso district, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Indonesia on the western slope of Mount Lawu (elevation 910 metres (2,990 ft)). This temple has a height of 87 meters. Sukuh temple has a distinctive thematic reliefs from other…
Thousands of keris fill four-story buildings on Jl. Bhayangkara No, 2, Sriwedari, Solo. Thousands of keris that displayed is a collection of Keris Nusantara Museum which inaugurated the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi). Moving into the room on the first floor of the museum, visitors can fill the guest list as an administration. In…
H. Santosa Doellah’s wishes (an entrepreneur in Solo) to preserve batik, trigger the idea of building a batik museum. Its name is Batik Museum of Danar Hadi, located on main street, Slamet Riyadi street. Batik Museum of Danar Hadi that was built in 1967 presents collection of the best batiks from many areas such as…
Beside Kasunanan Palace, Solo City also has a beautiful and majestic palace, it’s Mangkunegaran Palace (Pura Mangkunegaran). The name of Pura came from Javanese language which means palace. Mangkunegaran Palace becomes the center of culture and art in Solo City. There are many valueable collections and it’s believed to come from Majapahit and Mataram Palace….