Senin, 15 Februari 2010

Pecel (food)

Is the typical food Pecel Madiun East Java Indonesia made of vegetable stew of spinach, bean sprouts, long beans, basil, leaves turi, krai (a type of cucumber) or other vegetables are served with a sauce poured pecel. The concept is similar pecel dish with a salad for the Europeans, namely the flushing fresh vegetables mayonnaise topping. Just to pecel pecel toppingnya sauce. The main ingredient of chilli pecel is peanuts and cayenne pepper mixed with other ingredients such as lime leaves, onion, sour Java, pepper and salt. Pecel often served with peanut peanut brittle, peanut brittle plates of shrimp or rice. Also pecel also usually served with warm white rice plus chicken or jerohan. Ways could serve in a plate or in a folded leaf called pincuk. These dishes like gado-gado, although there are differences in the materials used. Pecel the spicy taste characteristic sting of this dish.

Lombok Island (resort)

Lombok Island (total population in 2001: 2,722,123 inhabitants) [1] is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara are separated by the Lombok Strait from Bali in the west and sebelat Alas Strait to the east of Sumbawa. The island is roughly spherical with a kind of "tail" on the southwest side of a length less than 70 km. Extensive island reaches 5435 km ², placing it on the ranking list of 108 of the island based on the extent of the world. The main town on the island is Mataram.

Tawangmangu (resort)

Tawangmangu is a district in Karanganyar regency, Central Java. Sub is renowned as a tourist area is very cool.
Tawangmangu known as a tourist attraction on the slopes of the mountains west of Mount Lawu can be reached by land vehicles for about an hour from the city of Surakarta (Solo). This place since the Dutch colonial period had become a tour. The main tourist destination object is Grojogan Sewu Waterfall (height 81 m). In this resort is a variety of tourist supporting facilities such as swimming pools and various forms of lodging. From Tawangmangu can begin the climb to the top of Mount Lawu (Pos Cemorokandang). Also, from here there is the pass that led to the Telaga Sarangan in Magetan through Cemorosewu.
Besides the cool air, the surrounding natural beauty is not less interesting to other areas in Indonesia, moreover, this area is famous for producing the agricultural production of vegetables other than the presence of attractions Grojokan Sewu Waterfall. Tawangmangu itself has become the choice for urban people to build villas, as well as invest in establishing hotels & inns.

Empek - Empek (food)

Empek or Empek-Empek Palembang specialty foods are made from fish and sago. Actually it's hard to say that the center is Palembang pempek because almost in all areas in South Sumatra produce.
Serving pempek sauce accompanied by black-brown called vinegar or Cuko (in Palembang). Cuko made from boiled water, then add brown sugar, ebi shrimp and crushed chili, garlic, and salt. For indigenous communities Palembang, Cuko always made spicy to increase appetite. But with the entry of migrants from outside the island of Sumatra is now common sweetness Cuko with those who do not like spicy. One meal supplement in this unique taste is the fresh cucumber slices and dice the yellow noodles.
Type pempek is the famous "submarine pempek", ie chicken eggs wrapped in batter and fried pempek in hot oil. There are also others such as pempek lenjer, pempek round (or known by the name "ada'an"), pempek fish skin, pempek pistel (young papaya slices it's spiced stew), pempek small eggs, and pempek curly.
Pempek can be found easily throughout the city of Palembang. There are sold in restaurants, there are in the cart, and there is also a bear. Also every school cafeteria there that sell pempek. In the 1980s, the seller usually carry pempek pempek 1 basket full of her around town on foot peddle Palembang food. Pempek now there are two types of regular and Parempek Pempek, a mixture of Pare and Pempek.

Jumat, 12 Februari 2010

Jaipongan Dance (dance)

Jaipongan is a genre of dance that was born from the creativity of an artist from Bandung, gugum Gumbira. Attention to folk art one of them is making Tap Tilu really know and recognize the patterns of traditional dance that is at Kliningan / or Tap Tilu Bajidoran. Opening movements, pencugan, nibakeun and several varieties of motion of several arts mincid above have enough inspiration to develop the art of dance or now known as Jaipongan.

Prior to this performance art form emerged, there are several influences behind this social dance form. In West Java, for example, social dance is the influence of the Ball Room, which is usually in a dance-dance association could not be separated from the existence and pamogoran ronggeng. Ronggeng in social dance is no longer functioning for ceremonial activities, but for entertainment or slang way. Existence ronggeng in the performing arts attraction that invites sympathy for the pamogoran. For example in Tilu Tap dance is so well known by the Sundanese people, is expected this art popular around the year 1916. As a folk performance art, art is only supported by simple elements, such as covering waditra fiddle, drums, kulanter two, three beats, and gongs. Similarly with tarinya gestures that do not have a standard pattern of motion, simple costumes dancer as a reflection of democracy.

Bunaken Park, The Most Beautiful Sea life (resort)

Bunaken island is an area of 8.08 km ² in the Bay of Manado, which is located in the northern island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This island is part of the city of Manado, the provincial capital of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken by boat at cruising speed (speed boat) or a ship chartered by travel about 30 minutes from the port city of Manado. Around Bunaken Bunaken marine park there which is part of the Bunaken National Park. This marine park has one of the marine biodiversity of the highest in the world. A scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island. Overall Bunaken marine park covers an area of 75,265 hectares with five islands in it, namely the island of Manado Tua, Bunaken Island, Siladen Island, Island follows several children Mantehage island, and Naen Island. Although the area covers 75,265 hectares, the location of the dive (diving) is limited in each of the five beaches that surround the island.
Bunaken marine park has a 20 point dive (dive spot) with a depth varies up to 1344 meters. Of the 20 point dive, dive 12 points of which are located around Bunaken Island. Twelve dive spot is the most frequently visited by divers and lovers of the beauty of underwater scenery.
Most of the 12 point dive in Bunaken Island lined up from the southeast to the northwest of the island. In this region there are great underwater walls, also called hanging walls, or walls of the giant rock that stood vertically and curved upward. This rock wall is also a source of food for fish in the waters around Bunaken Island.

Kamis, 11 Februari 2010

Bedugul Lake (resort)

is one of the places / tourist attraction that offers Balinese mountains and natural beauty of the lake. High place this region is always shrouded in mist and cold berhawa. Bedugul area is part of the district of Tabanan and is approximately 70 km or 2.5 hours from the International Airport (Airport) Ngurah Rai

You will be able to enjoy the incredible beauty that is a fusion of the natural beauty of the lake and the mountains ... I've been there and the view was incredible ...

Rawon Rice (food)

Rawon or rice Rawon (because it is always served with rice) is a form of stew meat menu with unique flavor because it contains kluwek. Rawon, although known as the East Javanese cuisine, known also by the community east of Central Java (Surakarta).
 
Generally Rawon meat for beef that is diced. Very typical soup seasoning Indonesia, which is a mixture of onion, garlic, galangal (laos), coriander, lemon grass, turmeric, chilli, kluwek, salt, and vegetable oil. All of these ingredients (except lemon grass and galangal) refined, and saute until fragrant. This spice mixture then put in the stew broth with meat. Typical dark color comes from kluwek Rawon.
 
Rawon served with rice, equipped with a small bean sprouts, spring onion, crackers, and salsa.

Minggu, 07 Februari 2010

Kebaya (clothes)

Kebaya is a traditional blouse worn by Indonesian women made from thin material worn with a sarong, batik, or other traditional knitted garments such as songket with a colorful motif. Kebaya believed came from China [citation needed] hundreds of years ago. Then spread to Malacca, Java, Bali, Sumatra, and Sulawesi. After acculturation that took place hundreds of years, the clothes received in the local culture and norms.
Prior to 1600, on the island of Java, kebaya is worn clothes that only the royal family there. During the period of Dutch control of the island, European women began wearing kebaya as formal dress. During this period, kebaya changed from only using mori fabric using silk with colorful embroidery.
Similar clothing called "mistress Kebaya" was first invented by the Peranakan people of Malacca. They wear gloves and shoes with beautiful beaded called "sandals Manek". Now, the lady kebaya undergoing renewal, and is also popular among non-Asian women.Separate from the traditional kebaya, fashion designers are looking for ways to modify the design and making kebaya became more modern clothing. The modified kebaya can even wear it with jeans or a skirt.

Batik (clothes)

Batik is one way of making fabrics. Besides batik can refer to two things. The first is the technique of coloring cloth using the night to prevent the coloring part of the fabric. In the international literature, this technique is known as a wax-resist dyeing. The second notion is a cloth or clothing made with these techniques, including the use of certain motifs that have specificity. Batik Indonesia, as the overall engineering, technology, and development and cultural motives related, defined by UNESCO as a Cultural Heritage for Humanity Oral and Nonbendawi (Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity) since October 2, 2009.

Kecak, The Worship Dance (dance)

Kecak (pronunciation: / 'ke.tʃak /, roughly "KEH-chahk", alternate spellings: Ketjak, Ketjack, and Axilla), is a typical Balinese performing arts that was created in 1930 and played mainly by men. This dance performed by many (tens or more) male dancers who sit in a circle and lined with a certain rhythm called "top" and raised both arms, depicting the Ramayana as Rama's line of apes help fight Ravana. However, Kecak sanghyang ritual comes from, namely that the dancers dance traditions will be in unconscious condition [1], to communicate with God or the spirits of the ancestors and then convey their expectations to the community.
The dancers in the circle is wearing a plaid cloth like a chessboard their waist. Besides the dancers, there were other dancers who portray the characters Ramayana as Rama, Shinta, Ravana, Hanuman, and Sugriva.
Kecak dance songs taken from the ritual dances sanghyang. Also, do not use musical instruments. Kincringan used only imposed on the feet of dancers who portray the characters Ramayana.
Around the 1930s Wayan modulus worked with German painter Walter Spies to create a tradition based Kecak Dance Trance and parts of the Ramayana story. Wayan modulus at popularizing this dance around the world in the entourage of his Balinese dancers.

Seudati, The War Dance (dance)

Seudati Dance is a dance that originated from the province of Aceh. Seudati derived from the word 'Creed, which means witness / testify / recognition of no god but Allah, and Muhammad the messenger of God.

This dance is also included in the category or Tribal War Dance War Dance, which the words are always inspiring young people of Aceh to rise up and fight colonialism. Therefore, this dance had banned the Dutch colonial era, but now is allowed to dance again and became the National Art Indonesia.

Sate Madura (food)

Sate Madura is a typical sate Madura. Sate Madura usually made of chicken. Madura, famous as the island other than salt, is also famous satay. Sate Madura was famous throughout the archipelago, Sate Madura can be found almost in all regions, especially in big cities like Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya. It is said that the sate Madura itself hard to find. But besides chicken satay as well as the main ingredient is the use of goats characterized by hanging the leg on the back of the goat satay rombong the seller. Marinade is a mixture of finely ground nuts and a little petis onion. Baked with fire from burning coconut shell called first with coconut shell charcoal. It was tasty but forbidden to those who are high in cholesterol and that people with acute gout.

Tanah Lot, The Holy Ground (Resort)

Tanah Lot 'is a tourist attraction in Bali, Indonesia. Here are two temples are located on on a large rock. One is located on the boulder and the other is located on the cliffs similar to Uluwatu Temple. Pura Tanah Lot is part of the temple Dang heaven. Pura Tanah Lot sea temple is a place of worship the gods of the sea guards.
According to legend, this temple was built by a Brahmin who wandered from Java. He is a successful Nirartha Danghyang strengthen the belief of the Balinese Hindus will be teaching and developing the heaven Sad in the 16th century. At that time the ruler Tanah Lot, Bendesa Beraben, jealous of him because his followers began to leave and follow Nirartha Danghyang. Beraben Bendesa Nirartha Danghyang told to leave the Tanah Lot. He agreed, and before he left the Tanah Lot with its power to move the boulder into the middle of the beach (not into the sea) and built temples there. He also changed into a snake scarf temple guards. This snake was still there until now and is scientifically snakes including sea snakes that have the characteristics of a flat tail like a fish, striped black and yellow and has a poison 3 times stronger than cobra snake. End of the legend has it that Bendesa Beraben 'finally' be a follower Danghyang Nirartha.
Sightseeing lot of land situated in the Village Beraban Kediri Tabanan district, about 13 km west of Tabanan. North Pura Tanah Lot is a temple located on the cliff that jutted into the sea. This cliff temple connect with the land and shaped like a bridge (arch). Tanah Lot, famous as a beautiful place to watch the sunset (sunset), the tourists are usually crowded in the afternoon to see the beauty of the sunset here.

Kuta Beach, The Sunset beach (resort)

Kuta beach is a tourist place located south of Denpasar, capital city of Bali, Indonesia. Kuta is located in Badung Regency. This area is a tourist destination abroad, and has become a mainstay tourist island of Bali since the early 70's. Kuta Beach is often referred to as sunset beach (sunset beach) as opposed to the beaches of Sanur.

In Kuta there are many shops, restaurants and washing and drying herself. Besides the beauty of the beach, Kuta beach also offers various other types of entertainment such as bars and restaurants along the coast to the Legian beach. Rosovivo, Ocean Beach Club, Kamasutra, are some of the most crowded clubs along Kuta Beach.

This beach also has a pretty good waves for surfing sports (surfing), especially for novice surfers. The air field I Gusti Ngurah Rai is situated not far from Kuta.

Sanur Beach, The Sunrise Beach (resort)

Sanur beach is a place famous tourist travel on the island of Bali. This place is located just east of Denpasar, the capital of Bali. Sanur was in Badung regency.
Sanur beach is the location primarily for surfing (surfing). Especially the waves of Sanur is famous among foreign tourists. Not far off Sanur Beach is also the location of diving and snorkeling tours. Therefore friendly conditions, this dive site can be used by the divers of all levels of expertise.
Sanur beach is also known as Sunrise beach (sunrise beach) as opposed to Kuta Beach.