Tapurarang Archaeological Sites

Painting which is the site of ancient cliff in Andamata Coke, Kokas District, Fak-Fak, West Papua. This painting is a legacy from prehistoric times. One of the famous ancient sites in Coke is a painting on the steep rocky cliffs. By local people, climbing the steep rocks is usually called Tapurarang. Coke property in the District since prehistoric relics can be found in Andamata, Fior, Forir, Darembang, and Goras.

For local communities, the location of the cliff painting is a sacred place. They believe this painting is a form of people who are cursed by the ghost of a grandmother who turned into a demon or ghost kaborbor are believed to be the ruler of the ocean's most fearsome. This

Sedudo Waterfall

This tourist attraction not only offers beautiful scenery and the cool splash of water. But also the traditional rituals at the full moon. From a ritual that is experienced as the source of the river of life.

Situated in a panoramic area of ​​Mount Wilis beautiful and cool air, sights sedudo waterfall can be selected as a pleasant tourist destination. Although there's only waterfall, but visitors will soon find out, that is waterfall that gives blessing economically and bring prosperity to the surrounding community. At least the water flowing from the waterfall was able to provide adequate water supply throughout the

year for hundreds of hectares of rice fields and gardens.

 

Along the drive 30 km to the southwest of the city Nganjuk, you will indeed find a typical village scene with the activity of its people are mostly farmers. About 30 minutes before you find a paved road that starts uphill. Gusts of wind that flows slowly was also changed cooler and the sun was no longer bright as it is covered in fog.

As Princess

With an atmosphere of quiet, cool and comfortable and natural stretch of green trees, waterfalls sedudo looks like a royal princess who was standing majestically in the middle of the park beautiful nan. So anyone, it feels like to walk over to enjoy the beauty and linger sitting nearby.

After the eye and mind satisfied by the natural beauty around and momentarily stepped foot in the parking lot, you can instantly enjoy the charm of sedudo waterfall from above. No more than five minutes down the stairs, you've arrived at the court of the official Waterfall sedudo commercialized ten years ago. At the beginning it neat yard with all the amenities such as rest area visitors and other supporting buildings not yet exist. Even the swimming pool or bathing place for visitors to accommodate the new waterfall is built around five years ago.

Thankfully with all the facilities that exist today such as changing rooms, toilets, rest areas and a variety of restaurants and souvenir shops, make visitors more comfortable and at ease to enjoy the beauty of a high waterfall about 100 meters. The sound of insects mingled with the roar of water pouring over the rocks to create the music of nature that makes us feel free from the burden of everyday life.

For visitors who can not stand the cold but want to soak advised to choose the time when sun bathing. At such times even though the water remains cold, but not too much bite as the bones in the morning or late afternoon.

They believe, the water that flows ceaselessly flowing in sedudo, sourced from the shrine, the place where the gods dwell. No wonder, when New Year's Eve 1 Muharram AH, or commonly known as night 1 Suro by the Java community, thousands of visitors are always crowded sedudo. In the cold waterfall sedudo, they bathe in the pond abuzz.

Another historical aspect, particularly on the use of sedudo by the king and clergy at the time of the Majapahit kingdom and glory of Islam, greatly affects people's confidence about the efficacy of the waterfall. At the time of Majapahit sedudo often used to wash the heirloom weapons owned by the king and the duke in Pratista Prana. While at the time of the Islamic empire, sedudo is known as the monastery of Ki Ageng Ngaliman region.

To achieve the object of this sedudo Waterfall tour, you can use all sorts of means of transportation. Although no direct public transport to attractions, but many rental cars are available to take you. So make sure you pay a visit to the waterfall sedudo, if by chance Nganjuk across town with family. 

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I wish you enjoy with this place : Sedudo Waterfall ^^

Lawang Sewu : The Beauty Arts Behind the Mystical Story

Vacant buildings and tens and even hundreds of years old, tends to leave the mystical and eerie stories. Usually the stories, history and condition of the building as the originator of awesomeness and mysticism atmosphere in the building. Indonesia itself has many old buildings somewhat mystical but historic and worth visiting. One is the Lawang Sewu located in Semarang, Central Java, which is a relic of the building Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij atau NIS-Nederlands. Built in 1904 completed in 1907

and serves as an office. Located on the first roundabout monument Young called Wilhelmina Plein.

Lawang Sewu in the Indonesian language means "a thousand doors". The fact that this two-story building does not have a thousand doors. This building has many windows high and wide on both wings, so people often think of it as the door. Inside the building itself there are several rooms spread over two floors.

According to historical records, old building was once the site of bloody battles between youths AMKA (Railway Young Generation) against Kempeitai and Kidobutai Japan. This battle is known as the Battle of Five Days in Semarang which took place on 14 to 19 October 1945. Because of this historical value, then the government makes Lawang Sewu Semarang city as ancient buildings that should be protected.

 Currently, the building was occasionally used as a page of a great show, and according to the news will never be used as a hotel. Because the location is haunted, filmmakers make films of this building as a shooting location with the same title and the theme of horror films.