Travel Indonesia by Mirdan

(Courtesy of YouTube)   Imagine enjoying serene music whilw looking at the stunning natural beauty of Dieng high land. It's like being in the heaven, right? good news come around as Dieng Jazz Festival is back in 2024. The Dieng Jazz Festival, also known as Jazz Above the Clouds, always manages to captivate the hearts of its visitors. By holding a concert at an altitude of more than 2000 meters above sea level, the resulting atmosphere is trully unique and unforgetable, The cool air, beautiful natural vews, coupled with soothing jazz music, will make you feel at home here for good.   Apart from enoying jazz music, you can also take part in various other interesting activities at Dieng Culture Festival. There is a unique tradition of ruwatan dreadlocks, romantic lantern flights, and much more. This year, the Dieng Jazz Festival has prepared a line-up of top musicians to perform there.    Dieng Culture Festival 2024 will be held on 23,24 and 25 August in the Dieng Plateau, Central Ja

  A nuance in the Minang Traditional Wedding. (Youtube). Marriage is a sacred  phase of life. Sometimes, many people who want to get married use certain customs.In Indonesia itself, each region has its own wedding customs. Some areas even have wedding fees which can be considered fantastic because the nominal can be up to hundreds of millions. Here are five most expensive traditional weddings in Indonesia. Nias Tribe Marriage. The Nias tribe is a tribe in North Sumatra. This tribe also has thick customs. This is because the dowry in Nias tribal marriages is quite expensive.Mahar during the application process had to bring 25 pigs. If the price of pigs, for example, is around IDR 1 million, then 25 pigs have reached IDR 25 million. Bugis Traditional Weddings . Bugis traditional weddings have a long preparation process and quite a lot of people are involved.In order for the marriage to take place, it was necessary to disseminate information to everyone in the village. It aims to get pray

  The Palace of Traditional Kingdom, Skala Brak, West Lampung. The kingdoms of the archipelago left historical records such as inscriptions and other objects. Even some kingdoms still have palaces that still exist today.Of the many kingdoms in the archipelago, the kingdoms on the tip of Sumatra to Sulawesi seem to have left imposing imprints that are still solid, namely palace buildings. The following are some of the archipelago's royal palaces that still exist today, quoted from the respective official websites of the regional and provincial governments. 1. Palace of the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate The building which is often referred to as the palace was founded by Prince Mangkubumi or Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono I in 1775. The palace is the place where the queens live, derived from the words ka + queen + an = palace. Sometimes it is also called a kadaton, namely ke + datu + an = kedaton, where the datu or queens are. If in Indonesian it means palace. So a palace is a pala

 (Courtesy of Youtube) Saung Angklung Udjo (SAU) is back on its feet after being hit hard by the pandemic. The moment of revival was marked by the Udjo Reborn performance on Saturday, 30 July 2022 evening. In fact, one of the mainstays of educational tours in West Java, this was quite adrift during the pandemic. Even though they had been selling show tickets virtually, the threat of permanent closing of SAU had become a hot issue. In his remarks, the leader of SAU, Taufik Hidayat Udjo also stated the downturn he had experienced during the pandemic. Prapandemi, SAU used to receive nearly 2,000 guests and perform more than 3 shows per day. "We were before Covid (receiving) nearly two thousand people per day. But during Covid, two people a day were also difficult. So, we really had to fast. We thought about how this would be the fate of our friends (SAU employees)," said Taufik at Saung Angklung Udjo, Jalan Padasuka 118, Kec. Cibeunying Kidul, Bandung City on Saturday (30/7/202

Besides Keraton Ngayogyakarta, Puro Pakualaman is another culture attractions worth visiting in Jogjakarta. Both Palaces are dedicated as the central of the Javanese fine art and culture which are sacred and high culture. You will learn Javanese culture in the form of the cultural and historical heritages of the ex Islamic Mataram  kingdom. When visit Puro Pakualaman, one of the attractions in Puro Pakualaman is Museum Puro Pakualaman. Inside museum there are three rooms. The first room contains the genealogy of Paku Alam, photographs, agreement documents, symbols of greatness and several heirloom collections including the throne of KGPA Paku Alam I, the royal umbrella "Songsong Bharad", then "Songsong Tunggul Naga".  Various types of ancient weapons such the royal umbrella "Songsong Bharad", then "Songsong Tunggul Naga" are contained in the second room. Meanwhile, in the third room, visitors will findthen there is a horse carriage which is a

  Historically and politically, DI Jogyakarta is the amalgamation of Jogyakarta Sultanate and the Dutchy Paku Alaman. Since the proclamation of Indonesia Independence, both the former Mataram Sultanate declared as part of Republic Indonesia and given a status of Special Territory (Daerah Istimewa,DI) of Jogyakarta with Jogjakarta Sultan as the Governor and the Duke Sri Paku Alam as the Vice Governor. Thus in Jogyakarta, besides Keraton Ngayogyakarta as the center of governance for Jogyakarta Sultanate ,  the Dutchy Paku Alaman has Puro Pakualaman.     Along with Surakarta, Jogjakarta is the center of Javanese culture. So when you are in Jogjakarta, you will not have a complete picture by visiting only  the palace of Javanese Sultanate, Keraton Ngayogyakarta. In fact, you need to attend also Puro Pakualaman to learn Javanese culture. Both Palaces are dedicated as the central of the Javanese fine art and culture which are sacred and high culture.   The view of Sewatama Ward.   Comp

Museum Al Qur'an Al Akbar in Palembang. Palembang as the capital of South Sumatra Province is not only known for its culinary tourism. In the city that was once the center of civilization of the Sriwijaya Kingdom, there are also many high-value tourist objects. One of them is the Giant Al Quran Museum which is located at Jalan M Amin Fauzi, Soak Bujang, RT 03, RW 01, Kelurahan Gandus, Gandus District, Palembang, South Sumatra. The Akbar Al-Quran Museum is a giant Koran in the form of a wooden sheet mounted like a window in a five-story building. 30 juz of the Koran are carved beautifully on Iron wood measuring 1.77 × 1.4 meters and 2.5 centimeters thick. The museum has become the pride of South Sumatra Province and is not only an alternative tourist destination for local residents.Even tourists from abroad, especially from Arab countries, have come to visit to prove for themselves the work of art that is second to none. For those of you who come from outside the city of Palembang,

                                                                 (Courtesy of Youtube) Yesterday I received an email from a friend of mine, Aisyah Mulyawati, a Journalist living in Kota Bekasi. She sent me a draft of an article to upload in my blog. The Article was on the activity of Quilt works initiated by women organization in Kota Bekasi. Her writings  reminded me of my father background originating West Lampung where traditional quilting works also has taken places for probably hundred years. I recalled also in my father' house a number of handicrafts, called Celugam cloths from Kampong where my late father coming from, Liwa.  From economy perspective, the writing was acceptable but I preferred to develop the idea into my own view introducing Celugam as a culture heritage in my own blog.The Celugam cloth typical of West Lampung is becoming known at the national and even international levels. Traditional cloth with celugam motifs has become an icon of the Sekala Beghak Land whi

Sewu Temple seen from East Entrace. When visiting Prambanan Temple, you will a number of temple close by one of those is Sewu Temple. You can reach the temples using electric vehicles availabe once you exit Prambanan Temple.Situated in Bugisan village, Prambanan sub-district, Klaten Regency, Central Java Province. Sewu Temple is a Buddist temple and the second biggest Buddhist Temple after Borobudur in Indonesia. The temple is also listed a s a World heritage. Sewu Temple seen from North Entrance. This temple complex consists of 249 temples namely 1 main temple, 4 pair of Apit temples, and 240 perwara temples. Located in the center of the complex, the main temple is surrounded by Perwara and Apit Temples. Sewu Temple Complex has 4 entraces ( east, north and south) and each if them is guarded by two Dwaraoala statues. Source : Department of Tourism and Culture, Central Java Province.

Jakarta is not only a destination of business but also leisure by visiting museums for example. As the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta has more museums than other cities Indonesia. You can learn an extensive aspects of Indonesia by attending museums of your choice while in Jakarta. These museums are scattered around in its five administrative areas : West Jakarta ( Jakarta Barat) , East jakarta ( Jakarta Timur) , North jakarta ( Jakarta Utara) , South Jakarta ( Jakarta Selatan , and Central Jakarta ( Jakarta Pusat) .  West Jakarta MUSEUM SEJARAH JAKARTA Museum Fatahillah (Jakarta History Museum). In the era of VOC in Batavia, Jakarta History Museum was originally used as City Hall (Stadhuis). On 27 April 1626, the Governor-General Pieter de Carpentier (1623-1627) to build a new city hall building which was then renovated on January 25, 1707 in the reign of Governor-General Joan van Hoorn and was only completed on 10 July 1710, in the reign of Governor General Abraha