Saturday, June 27, 2009

Bandung Lautan Api

One day in March 1946, within seven days, around 200,000 people with a history of sculpture and burning the house of their harts, leaving the city to the mountains in the south. Several years to ¬ mudian, the song "Halo Halo Bandung" was written to symbolize their emotions, as a promise to return to the beloved city, which is now a lake of fire.
After the Proclamation
Independence August 17, 1945, Indonesia has not fully independent. Independence must be achieved little by little through the struggle of the people who willingly give up everything. After the Japanese defeat, the army came to strip English of Japan. They conspire with the Netherlands and Japan smth to colonize Indonesia again. Impressions Struggle "Bandung Lautan Api" take us back through the various events on the night having peak at a mencekam, when people flee, flee, in the midst of the fire ablaze and shot musuh.Sebuah a story about hope, courage and affection. A story of the combatants we ...

News reading text Kemerde Proclamation ¬ kaan received from Jakarta in Bandung through DOMEI News Office on Friday morning, 17 August 1945. Esoknya, 18 August 1945, printing the text has been spread. Printed with red ink by Printing Siliwangi. Building on the DENIS, Jalan Braga (now Jabar Bank Building), the incident occurred perobekan blue Netherlands flag, so that the color red and white live a flag of Indonesia. Perobekan are done with the bayonet by a young man named Mohammad Indonesia Endang Karmas, assisted by Moeljono.

On 27 August 1945, established the People's Security (BKR), followed by Indonesia terbentuknya Laskar Women (LASWI) on 12 October 1945. Number of members 300 people, consisting of the combat troops, the Red Cross, the investigation and supplies.
Current aggravate the situation occurred on 25 November 1945. In addition to the attack the enemy, ¬ face of the people to flood large meluapnya Cikapundung River. Hundreds of victims and brought out thousands of people lost a place to stay. This enemy is used to me ¬ nyerang people who face the natural.

Various pressures and attacks continue to be done by the UK and the Netherlands. Date 5 December 1945, several British aircraft bomb areas Lengkong Great. On 21 December 1945, the British throw bombs and bark in the storm Cicadas. More and more victims fall.

So that the ultimatum of the Republic of Indonesia (TRI) to leave the city and the people, political birth "bumihangus". People not willing Bandung diman ¬ faatkan by the enemy. They flee to the south along with the combatants. The decision to return ¬ hanguskan Bandung taken through consensus the Assembly Priangan Struggle (MP3) before all the power struggle, on 24 March 1946.

blaKolonel Abdul Haris Nasution, the commander Division III, announced the results of deliberation, and ordered to leave the city of Bandung. The day is also host of Bandung city flows the length of leave. That night burning of the city held a large-scale. Fire up from each house of the burning houses and property bendanya, and the longer the wave into a big fire. After midnight the city was empty and only leave the debris-debris still on the house.

Bandung BLAPembumihangusan after-action that is appropriate, because the strength of TRI will not be able to fight the enemy of great strength. TRI next to the guerrilla resistance from outside Bandung. This event is the birth song "Halo-Halo Bandung" a vibrant burning power struggle of the people of Indonesia.
Read more about Current Lautan Api Bandung, you can read the book, "I Choose flee", this book can get you in Bandung Heritage secretariat.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tangkuban Perahu

Mount or Mount Tangkuban Parahu Tangkuban Perahu is one of the mountain which is located in the province of West Java, Indonesia. About 20 km to the north of Bandung, with lush pine trees and carpet the surrounding tea gardens, mountain Tangkuban Parahu have a height of up to 2084 meters. The form of this mountain is Stratovulcano center erupsi with the move from east to west. Type of rock that was issued through most of the lava eruption and sulfur, a mineral sulfur sulfur is removed, the mineral is removed when the mountain is not active sulfur fumes. Tangkuban Perahu Mountain area is managed by Perum forestry. An average temperature of 17oC is daily at noon and 2 on the night of the OC.

Mount Tangkuban Parahu have Dipterokarp Hill forest area, forest Dipterokarp Top, Montane forest, and forest Ericaceous mountain or forest.

[edit] Legend local people

Main article for this section are: Legend Sangkuriang

Origins of Mt Tangkuban Parahu Sangkuriang is associated with the legend, the dikisahkan love to his mother, Dayang Sumbi. To counteract his son intention engaged women, Dayang Sumbi submit Sangkuriang create conditions so that the boat in the night. When businesses fail, Sangkuriang angry and kick the boat, so it landed upside down in the circumstances. This boat, which then formed the Mount Tangkuban Parahu.

Mount Tangkuban Parahu this active volcano, including the status monitored continuously by the Directorate Vulkanologi Indonesia. Some kawahnya still shows signs marked this active mountain. Among the signs volcano is the emergence of gas and sulfur sources of hot water at the foot of these mountains it is in kasawan Ciater, Subang.

And the existence of this form of mountain topography in the form of Bandung basin with hills and mountains on each side strengthen the theory of the existence of a lake (crater) is now a large area of Bandung. Believed by the geologist that the Bandung area with high altitude of approximately 709 m above the sea surface is a remnant of the ancient volcano eruption known as Mount Sunda, and Mount Tangkuban Parahu is a remnant of the ancient Mount Sunda still active. Phenomena such as this can be seen on Mount Krakatau in the Sunda region and Ngorongoro in Tanzania, Africa. Sangkuriang so the legend is a story that people believed the area was the documentation is a community area of the ancient Mount sunda events at the time.

History of Braga

Jalan Braga is the name of a main road in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. The street was known since the Dutch-Indies government. To date, the name of the road is still maintained as one of the maskot tourism and the city formerly known as Parijs van Java.

Environment

On the right side of Jalan Braga left there with a shopping complex architecture and governance of the city that still retains the characteristics of architecture in the old Dutch East Indies. The layout of shops in the existing models in Europe in accordance with the development of the city at that time (1920 to 1940-an) as a significant mode of the city as well as the famed city of Paris at the time. Among the shops that still maintain the characteristic architecture is a long shopping Sarinah, Apotek Kimia Farma and Gedung Merdeka (Africa, Asia House is the building that used to Societeit Concordia). Model layout of buildings and road building shops and offices located in Jalan Braga is also visible on the model of other roads in the vicinity of Jalan Braga as Suniaraja Road (formerly known as Parapatan Pump Road) and Jalan Pos Besar (Postweg), which was built by the Governor General Herman Willem Daendels in the year 1811, in front of Gedung Merdeka.

History

Jalan Braga is originally a small road in front of the settlement is deserted road, so called because it is quite prone Culik, also known as Jalan Pedati (Pedatiweg) in the year 1900-an. Jalan Braga became crowded because so many business-business, especially berkebangsaan Netherlands established shops, bars and entertainment venues in the area such as shops Onderling Belang. Then in the decade from 1920 to 1930-an appear shops and boutiques (boutique) model clothes that take in the city of Paris, France at that time the direction is the model clothes in the world. Concordia Societeit Dibangunnya building that is used for meeting the residents Bandung, especially among wealthy master-master, the Hotel Savoy Homann, office buildings and others in several blocks around the streets this also increase the notoriety and the way this crowd.

But the worst is the emergence of entertainment-nightlife and red light area (area of poor-poor) in this area that make Braga Street is known tourist attraction. Where the term of the city as the city began to flower known. So that the community organization of Bandung at that time to make leaflets and announcements that "The Tuan-tuan Tourists should not visit Bandung when the wife does not take or leave the wife at home."

In some regions and cities that stand as well as developing the Dutch East Indies, also known the name of the street known as Jalan Braga Bandung as Kayoetangan Road in the city of Malang is also a famed be the Tourists mainly from the Netherlands also Jalan Malioboro in Yogyakarta and several road in Jakarta. But unfortunately the original name of this street is not maintained or changed from previous name which is considered as a popular road in the city of Malang Kayoetangan changed to Jalan Basuki Rahmat.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

History of Bandung

We realize it or not, in the Bandung area is evidence of nature terbentuknya Bandung ancient land that is very valuable. Among Kars (limestone) in Citatah, Padalarang, Kab. Bandung, as proof it was at the time of initial miosen (23 - 17 million years ago) North Shore (Pantura) there. Now the area was known, among others, with Karangpanganten, Karanghawu, Sands (Hill Pabeasan), etc.. "The proof of the ancient western part of Bandung is quite complete, including the Lake of Bandung ancient heritage," said T. Bachtiar, a member of Society Geography Indonesia (MGI), which together with his wife Dewi Syariani, Saturday (20 / 3), launched the book Ancient Bandung (Bandung Protect Pusaka Earth), the Secretariat Research Group Bandung basin (KRCB), Jln. Pajajaran 128, Bandung. In addition to members of MGI, also attended the invitation of many academics, tourism, environment and observers of the press. Participated, among others, provide welcome the Chairman of West Java PWI Us Tiarsa. Meanwhile, envoys from the government only from Bandung and Cimahi. He also explained, the area around the western part of Bandung, there is also intrusif rock (lava layers of the earth and urged the surface) and is now known as the name Paseban Mountain and Mt Lagadar. Bachtiar akan but regret, the condition of the geological formation that is now threatened middle. The emergence of industrial and mining lime stone mining continues to undermine the evidence history terbentuknya area of Bandung. It was necessary immediately sought a sensible way of saving so that stones are not extinct at all. "Why is the local government did not immediately set a conservation area in order to keep the evidence that ancient Bandung? Better, if the area was dihutankan back, "said Bachtiar. According to Bachtiar, if you see evidence of Bandung terbentuknya land, should not merely as a local or regional assets, and even should be a national asset. Indeed very rare to find such evidence in the middle of a relatively not far from the urban areas. "Far from the reference that I read, in Europe there intrusif rock edge of the beach so proud. Stone is always on view to the tourists, although it forms a small, far form the pillars heksagonal on Mount Lagadar, "said Bachtiar. Touching a new book published MGI, said Bachtiar, is the result of the trip notes out with his wife entered the area. No less than three years, can form a new book. "The difficulty that I face, when creating the image. While there, suddenly the weather is not profitable, "said Bachtiar, graduate Geography IKIP Bandung. The Coordinator Brahmantyo KRCB Budi said, the book can dianalogikan with Bandung Tempo DOELOE written Haryoto Kunto. Only, if I write Haryoto rescuing architecture Bandung first period, while Bachtiar arouse and bring to light how to save the natural formation of architecture is much older. On the book can be read how the unique nature of the geological and geographical around Bandung. "In Japan, almost every major city and has a small museum of nature. Despite the small museum of Japanese citizens remain proud of the museum of natural debris. Hence, people should be proud of the Bandung, said here 25 million years ago there have been shallow sea with a sea of beautiful plants, lho! "Said Budi, who is also lecturer in the Department of Geology Engineering, ITB.
 

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