Travel Indonesia by Mirdan

Musi River flows through Palembang City. South Sumatra is a province in Indonesia located in the southern part of the island of Sumatra. the capital city of South Sumatra is the city of Palembang, and in 2021 the population of this province is 8,550,849 people. After independence, in the first meeting of the Regional National Committee (KND), Sumatra Island administratively was then divided into three provinces namely: North Sumatra, Central Sumatra and South Sumatra.  Subsequently, South Sumatera then were divided into three provinces namely South Sumatera, Lampung, and Bengkulu. South Sumatera occupied the region of Palembang Residency under the Dutch Administration. Under the Autonomy Act 1999, Bangka Belitung Islands then became a province separated from South Sumatera. South Sumatera is known as a rich province in Sumatera Island.Natural resources like coal, natural gas, and oil are found abundant in this province. It is not surprising that Palembang, the provincial capital of Sou

Palembang City has shown its readiness to welcome tourists by launching the Calendar of Charming Events Palembang, which will target 2.2 million tourists or tourists visiting Palembang City in 2023. This will be supported by 107 events in Palembang's Calendar of Charming Events which will be held.Whether it's local, national, or scale events to achieve this target.The Head of the Palembang City Tourism Office, Kgs Sulaiman Amin, confirmed this. He said, after the Covid-19 pandemic, the tourism industry and creative economy sector in 2023 would become the momentum for tourism to rise.Last year, the music industry sector and the creative economy of Palembang City have experienced improvements. Namely, the level of tourist arrivals last year was 1.5 million.But tourists coming to Metropolis are only limited to domestic tourists, and there are no foreign tourists yet. This year, with a target of 2.2 million tourist arrivals, apart from domestic tourists who visit Palembang on avera

  Balaputradewa Museum in Palembang, South Sumtra. About 35 percent of the 8.9 million hectares of land area in South Sumatra is lowland or wetlands. Both peat swamps, rivers and mangroves. In the wetland landscape live hundreds of species of freshwater fish. For dozens of centuries, various types of fish have been the main food of the community. However, changes in the wetland landscape have made most types of freshwater fish extinct or rare. What efforts should be made? "Apart from saving or maintaining the remaining wetlands, it is also necessary to create a fish museum," said Dr. Yenrizal, FISIP environmental communication expert, UIN Raden Fatah Palembang. "It is hoped that the presence of the fish museum can become a source of knowledge, so that it will help motivate the community to continue to protect or protect the wetlands in South Sumatra," he said recently. Chandra Amprayadi, Head of the Balaputra Dewa Palembang State Museum said, “It is an idea that mus

Bukit Telunjuk with Lematang river in the foreground. South Sumatra is one of provinces on Sumatra Island Bukit Barisan passes through. Geographically, Lahat regency is covered by Bukit Barisan that no wander its topography has  quite many hills including Bukit Jempol. Its unique shape like someone who is giving a thumbs up makes it often called the thumb hill. Besides, this hill is also known as Bukit Tunjuk, because on the other hand it is shaped like a finger pointing upwards. In fact, originally the hill was named Bukit Serelo located in the village of Ulak Pandan kec. Merapi Barat Lahat .  Located aroung 260 km from Palembang, Bukit Telunjuk has unique attraction to visit Lahat. The charm of the hill is so amazing that many climbers from outside the area are curious to see its original form up close.During holiday, local climbers often make Bukit Jempol as a climbing target. Bukit Jempol is quite challenging for its contours and terrain. To reach to the peak of  900 mdpl, cli

Popular Culinary tourism in Palembang is not only Empe Empek or, known as Pempek. Have you ever heard of "Mie Celor" in Palembang? There are many other delicious foods that make Palembang proud of, one of which is Mie celor. A visit to Palembang is not complete without tasting the special noodle called Mie Celor. Mie Celor is the noodles that have a very delicious taste and delicious to eat. You will notice that the noodles used are usually larger than regular noodles, usually the same size as Aceh noodles. As traditional food, Mie Celor is noodles served in a mixture of coconut milk and  dried shrimp or "ebi" broth, mixed with bean sprouts and served with sliced eggs, sprinkled with sliced celery, spring onions and fried onions. Depending on consumer preference, chilly sauce and fish crackers are  added to give the best sensation of enjoying "Mie Celor".     Actually Mie Celor are quite easy to find in palembang. In fact, the well known  "Mie Cel

  Padang Bindu is a village in Semidang Aji District, Ogan Komering Ulu Regency, South Sumatra Province. It lies around 35 km from Baturaja, a capital city of Ogan Komering Ulu Regency. The village is a popular tourism destination among locals with its natural attractions of Goa Putra, or Putri Cave since 1989. Particularly, Goa Putri is linked to the local legend, Si Pahit Lidah.  This village has even gone global  in popularity since the discovery of prehistoric remains in Goa Harimau, Tiger Cave, close by the village in 2009 by National Archeological Center. Tiger Cave is located in Sialang Coral Hill, Padang Bindu Village, Semidang Aji District, Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU), South Sumatra. Goa Harimau is believed to be the dwelling place for ancient people in South Sumatra. This is proven, with the discovery of ancient tombs in the cave.  After traveling from Palembang for approximately five hours, visitors arrive at the complex of Goa Putri, or Putri Cave and  have to walk about half

  Belida Fish Monument in the night at BKB Plaza, Palembang. As the host of the Asian Games, Palembang has legendary culinary offerings such as pempek and on the tourist side, Palembang also has a tourist icon, the Ampera Bridge. However, apart from these two icons. Palembang also has another tourist icon, namely the Belido Fish Monument . This Belido Fish Monument is one of the newest landmarks in Palembang, South Sumatra. Belido, a type of freshwater belida fish, has a thick texture, therefore, this fish used to be used as an ingredient in making pempek. It is a genus of fish of  Notopteridae family. They are commonly known as the Asian knifefishes or featherback. Native to freshwater in Southeast Asia. In Indonesia, it can be found in Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Malay peninsula. The Belida name was taken from one of the river in South Sumatra. Once raw material for very popolair crackers of Palembang known as Kemplang and also Pempek but it has been  replaced by mackerel fish. Belida

  Posing with Zainal Songket (Center) in His Museum. A popular tourist attraction in Palembang you will regret to skip is  Songket , traditional woven fabric. The center of Songket handycrafts in Palembang are scattered along Jalan Kranggo Wirosantiko ( used to be Jalan Talang Keranggo) and Jalan Ki Gede Ing Suro. The most popular one is Museum Songket , owned by Zainal Songket.The Songket Museum is one of the highly recommended places to visit, especially for those of you who are looking for a typical Palembang songket here. The Songket Museum is one of the places selling Palembang's typical songket known as Zainal Songket. In this place you can see various types of songket and their history. This songket museum is suitable for those of you looking for original songket and quality that can be guaranteed the neatness and quality of the ingredients. here there are many variations of the typical woven songket. You can buy them in the form of rolls of cloth as well as ready-made cloth

  Posing with the Owner of Museum Songket , Zainal (Center) in Palembang (14/05/21). Traditional cloth or traditional Indonesian, Songket has been a part of the life of the people of the archipelago since prehistoric times, which is not only a set of clothing with functional values. Its presence has proven to be a socio-cultural instrument that is part of history, has the economy of society, ties inter-ethnic kinship and is the pride of the country, coloring Indonesia's cultural diversity as a whole.  Songket woven cloth is an artefact in culture that plays a role as one of the special ethnic identities for the Malay community, which is one of the largest ethnic groups in the world whose distribution covers the Asean region and is full of religious influences, Islam.Especially in Indonesia, these ethnic Malay people are spread from Sumatra (South Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, East Sumatra, Aceh), Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali to Lombok. The use of additional gold or silver threads orig

The Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam was an Islamic empire in Indonesia which was located in the vicinity of the present-day city of Palembang, South Sumatra. This sultanate was proclaimed by Sri Susuhunan Abdurrahman, a Palembang aristocrat in 1659, but its existence was abolished by the Dutch colonial government on 7 October 1823 and made it the Dutch colony since then(wikipedia.com). The Fall of the Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam had been brought about by a series of military attack by VOC (Vereenigden Oostindisce Compagnie), a Dutch trade Union in the East Indies.  The Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam was a prosperous Islamic kingdom with many  commodities including pepper,coconuts, rice and tin after the potential deposits found on the Bangka Islam.The economic potentials of the sultanate invited the VOC to dominate the trade by bringing the Sultanate under VOC control by using military attacks. In 1610 the kingdom of Palembang had firts contact with the VOC. During the reig

  (Courtesy YouTube) The Islamic Kingdom of Palembang The collape of Sriwijaya Kingdom brough about the area came under the control of Majapahit Kingdom in Java. After Majapahit Kingdom replacing Sriwijaya's position, the King Brawijaya V assigned his son Ario Damar (later renamed Aria Dillah) as  Adipati,the Duke of, Majapahit there. After that the position of Majapahit was replaced by Demak Islamic Kingdom under the leadership of Raden Fatah, but when there was a revolution in the Demak Kingdom, a group of  Trenggono descendants led by Ki Gede Sedo Ing Lautan moved to Palembang.    The forerunner of the Palembang Sultanate, the Islamic Kingdom of Palembang, was founded by Kiyai Gede Ing Lautan. He acted as if he were the 'Demak government in exile'.The government center was established in 1588 in the vicinity of Kelurahan 2-Ilir, in what is now the PT Pupuk Sriwijaya complex. Naturally, the location of the palace is quite strategic, and technically it is reinforced b

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,

One of the tourist destinations that is always crowded with visitors during the holiday season in Ogan Komering Ulu, South Sumatra is the Putri Cave, Goa Putri . Goa Putri is the largest of the five caves in the Bukit Barisan karst hills in Padang Bindu Village,. The depth of Goa Putri is estimated to be 150 meters, about 20 meters high and 20-30 meters wide.Semidang Aji District, Ogan Komering Ulu Regency. The cave which is located about one kilometer from Intra Sumatra road that connects Baturaja and Muara Enim has become one of the iconic tourist attractions that are of great interest to tourists from within and outside the country. Visitors will find interesting stalactite and stalagmite formations in Goa Putri. Stalactites are calcium carbonates that hang and freeze from the ceiling of Goa. While Stalagmites are ice cone-shaped rocks facing upwards can be found on the floor of Goa.When  the Sun light fall into the cave walls, it will appear beautiful colors. Visitors usually trac

  The early days of Palembang is linked to existence of the Srivijaya Kingdom.Based on the opinion I Tsing who came from China and several Sriwijaya inscriptions, namely Kedukan Bukit, Talang Tuo, Kota Kapur, Karang Brahi, and Palas Pasemah, the Srivijaya Kingdom was founded by Dapunta Hyang Jayanasa on Seguntang Hill in 671 AD. Dapunta Hyang, who was known as Sri Jayanasa, then became the first king of Sriwijaya from 671 AD to 728 AD.    The Collapse of the Srivijaya Empire has become the important moment for the rise of a number of  powerful kingdom in the South East Asia.  The Rise of Srivijaya Empire culminated under the reign of Bala Putra dewa. After the death of Raja Balaputra, there was no leader who could control the Srivijaya Kingdom properly. Economically, the Srivijaya Kingdom was getting weaker because of the reduction in stopover merchant ships. Palembang, as the capital of the Sriwijaya Kingdom, is further away from the sea and not strategic. This occurred due to si