Indonesian studies
Letter to a friend
Hey
Emir,
How’s it going bro, I heard that you said that
you’re going to have a vacation on Indonesia for 3 days and visit my house at
Bengkulu……… That is just Awesome Bro! I heard that your going to Indonesia this
morning and I recommended you to stay in Pasir putih Resort guesthouse, it’s a
pretty nice place and it’s not that expensive. Then I’ll show you my house.
Oh right here are some list
to do and to see in Bengkulu:
Day 1
1. Alright first thing in the first day, Were
going to see the culture about Bengkulu’s culture and the culture called Tabot
it’s a ritual that was made
by artisans from Madras in India
for the construction of Fort Marlborough, its celebrate the martyrdom of Imam
Shiite Hussein's death at the Battle of karbala
Here is the picture
of the situation in the tabot ritual (the
situation of the Tabot ritual)
2. Then in the afternoon to evening were going
to some places where they have cross culture, Bengkulu have 3 different kinds
of tribes and those are Rejang, Serawai & Melayu, and we will teach you a
traditional dance in Bengkulu and the name of the dance is tari ganau, this is a
dance accompanied by music. Dominated by the accompaniment of mandolin, fiddle
and drum rhythms and songs with wither.
3. And for dinner, we go around the city and
eat some traditional Bengkulu foods and the foods are gulai iga kemba'ang and
pendap, gulai kemba’ang is made of beef ribs and mixing several kinds of spices
and savory taste it’s a very tasty and famous food, and Pendap is one of the
traditional foods known to most people almost every district in the province of
Bengkulu, because the food is so tasty and famous and pendap made from spices diverse, such as
garlic, kencur, and minced chili.
Then, the materials
were mixed evenly with the grated coconut. Seasonings are mixed with grated
coconut wrapped subsequent
taro leaves, put a
piece of fish, then boiled for 8 hours.
By mixing the
ingredients and finally pendap has a spicy and savory, so it is fitting to eat
rice side dish that can increase a person's appetite.
Day 2
1
1.We wake up early in the
morning then we go to the long beach (pantai panjang) pantai
panjang is the longest beach in Indonesia its about 7 km long, where the
distance between the tide line about 500 m. here is the picture of the long beach view
(Long beach morning to
afternoon view)
.2. For lunch we go to eat some
traditional food and the food is acar ikan mas it’s a great traditional food
that’s already known from a long time a go its made from a normal ikan mas and
mix it with the ingredients
3. In the evening we go to the
fort marlborought to see the history of Bengkulu in the world war 2. It’s an
identity for Bengkulu because it’s a place where they have many history and
ruins. Fort
Marlborough building is a fortress located on the coast of Tread Padri - The
city of Bengkulu. The fort was built by the colonial British in 1914 - 1719
under the leadership of Governor-General Josef Colin during their occupation in
the area of Bengkulu. Fort Marlborough is the greatest fortress ever built by
the United Nations during colonialism in Southeast Asia.
Here
is the picture of the front entance in fort marlborought
(the front entrance of fort marlborought)
4.4. Then In the night we go to
a place to play and see some traditional games like gasing, it’s a traditional
game that its already been there for a long time ago. Then after that we also
see some traditional clothes that all the true villagers in Bengkulu wears.
Such as kain besurek, it’s a traditional batik that made by Bengkulu and it’s
one of the identity that bengulu have and made
5.5. After that when its almost
midnight we go to your guesthouse and eat some foods.
Third day;
1. In the morning we eat
breakfast then we go to the rat island where there are some amazing corals in
the sea and some great views
2.
After
that we go to the traditional village in Bengkulu to see the life of the
traditional people in bengkulu Then we go to see a raflesian arnoldy flower,
its another identity flower for Bengkulu
3. The next is when its
evening we go to my house play have fun eat some traditional its bagar udang
and ikan pais.
Well, maybe That’s all for the tour but it
doesn’t matter at least were all gonna have fun and we will still be friend
whenever your already got home.
From
your awesome friend,
Ichan
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengkulu_(city)
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here are some other things that i have:
(here is the Bengkulu brain storm that i make)
More about Bengkulu:
(here is the video of the ceremony and the condition of bengkulu)
Link of the video:
"Tabot Ceremony Video." Youtube. N.p., n.d. Web.(citation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMW2VjgROLo (link)
(kain besurek)
This is one of Bengkulu traditional clothes and its a batik. its called kain besurek, the batik have an arabic words which makes it unique for the buyers or the citizen of Bengkulu.
This is the video of the long beach in Bengkulu, its a pretty long beach but its a great resort.
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1ocSVlq--M (link)
Koestoer, Raldi Artono. "Bengkulu Pantai Panjang." YouTube. YouTube, 30 May 2010. Web. 04 Dec. 2012. (citation)
