Salak Suwaru (Salaca Indica )

Salak Suwaru (Salaca Indica )
This Salaca, a special kind of tropical fruit produced at the village of SUWARU for the first time, and then popularized around the village, now has been well-known all over Indonesia.
We can find this fruit not only in Malang, but also in Surabaya, Mojokerto, Kediri, Jember, Gresik, Banyuwangi, and many other cities in East Java.
This fruit has a special taste, good aroma and very nice. The location of Agribusiness "SALAKA" Group is at Suwaru village, belonging to Gondanglegi Sub District (+ 25 kms away to the south of Malang). Phone. (0341) 879451.



The qualification
- AA Class 10 to 12 fruits / kg
- AB Class 13 to 15 fruits / kg
- C Class 16 to 20 fruits / kg.

CUCAK IJO BIRD

CUCAK IJO BIRD
Cucak Ijo Bird is the mascot of Malang Regency. It belongs to the chloropsis sonnerati group. The bird has a beautiful voice. It lives in the foresh with small river in south Malang and another areas in Malang Regency.

THE DESCRIPTION OF CUCAK IJO BIRD IS:
· The father has a green colour.
· The male bird has a black colour from the face to the neck and black bill,
· The male bird has a black colour from the face to the neck and black bill, but the female one has a yellow colour and brown bill.
· A part of the wing has a blue colour.
· It has a long neck and black eyes ?
· It eats fruits and insects.

APPLE, FLORA IDENTITY OF MALANG REGENCY

pple tree in Indonesia (especially in Malang) began to be known about the year 1908 before Indonesia proclaimed the independence. The Ducth was the first people who broughtit, and rearched good areas for apple growing. Batu is one of them, and above all it is the most suitable. The first apple variety grown in Batu was Rome Beauty.
About 1969, after Indonesia got its independence, the "Banaran Garden Institution" found a new apple variety,namely Manalagi Apple. The man who found it is Mr. Surahmat Kusumo, a senior fruittracker from "Balai Penelitian Hortikultura Pasar Minggu" (Horticultural Research Institution Pasar Minggu) Jakarta. This new variety was from Gandon village, because this variety was not found in Holand and other parts of the world; so this variety was finally considered as an Indonesian Apple. And, because of its nice taste, this apple is called "Manalagi" (Javanese, means: give me more)

THE RECREATION PARK OF SENGKALING

Provided with facilities such as: paddle-boat, swimming pools (local and international standard), special hot swimming pool, playground, tennis court, etc. can be found here. The recreational site of Sengkaling is intended to suit every age: children, teenagers and elders.
Situated at Malang - Batu mainroad which is always crowded with any kind of vehicles. there would be no transportation problem. It lies at the village of Sengkaling, a village belonging to Dau Sub District (9 kms away to the west from Malang).

RADEN SOERJO CONSERVATION FOREST PARK
Taman Hutan Raya, that is more well-known as Cangar Tourist Object, is located at Tulungrejo village, the one belonging to Bumiaji Sub District - Batu, about one hour's drive to the northwest of Malang ( + 38 kms ). This tourist object, situated at the area among the mountains Welirang, Arjuna and Anjasmoro, has specially unique and fantastic panorama as well as fresh air. It also has special hot sulphuric springs that is never dry in all seasons. Every tourist who comes to visit this place can take a bath to remain the body fresh and healthy.

KIDAL TEMPLE

KIDAL TEMPLE
It is located in Kidal village. Tumpang Sub District, 24 kms away to the east from Malang. The height is 17m. but now it just 12 1/2 m. The temple base has a square shape. The door is on the west side.
Above the door. there is 'Kepala Kala" ( Head of Giant ) and lions. The temple was decorated with ornaments which depict Mahabharata story not in sequence

KARANGKATES DAM RECREATIONAL PARK

KARANGKATES DAM RECREATIONAL PARK
(Taman Rekreasi Bendungan Karangkates)

The tourist object is not quite different from Selorejo recreational park. In this place, the visitors can also get good and peaceful impression from fishing, boating, skiing or just enjoying the beautiful panorama around the lake. The facilities: golf court, tennis court, camping ground, and many others. The access is easily reachable, 40 kms away to the south from Malang ( 1 hour's drive to the south from Malang )

SELECTA BATHING RESORD.

SELECTA BATHING RESORD.
It is located in Tulungrejo village. Batu Administrative town. It is a beautiful place for swimming, jogging, playing tennis or just spending the weekend with the whole family. It has a wonderful scenery and fresh air.

MARGOSUKO PLANTATION TOURISM

This tourist object gives the visitors a special and beautiful panorama of cocoa coffee or rubber plantation. This object is located on the western slope of Mount Semeru the highest mountain in Java. at Dampit Sub District ( 60 kms away to the southeast from Malang ) founded in 1942 before the independence of Indonesia was proclaimed. The access is reachable.

WONOSARI TEA PLANTATION TOURIST

This tourist object gives a special and peaceful impression, beautiful panorama of tea plantation. This plantation is situated at the area on the slope of Lawang Sub District. In this object, the visitors can watch the Mount Arjuna, belonging to prossesing of tea, from the leaves to the tea ready to drink. The location is reachable, 30 kms away to the north from Malang.

Batu Malang Tourism

Batu tourist resort and the vicinity, offering a breathtaking view and a breezy atmosphere, is said to be the hill resort where tourists can take a' rest to regain freshness and new spirit.
In the vicinity of Batu, scattering places of interest have so far attracted many visitors due to the distinctive features found in every tourist resort in the area such as: Songgoriti which is famous for its curative thermal spring, while Selecta is naturally famous for its swimming pool, impressive view of fruit market and fresh vegetables as well as flowerkiosts along the street - side leading to the bathingside.

Dancing Horse”

People of Jember have long had a traditional art known as the “Dancing Horse”. It is used to entertain people when holding a feast. People are taken around the village to meet their families by riding a dancing horse. Nowadays, dancing horse art is used not only for feasts but also for carnivals and festivals. In other words, dancing horse art has become a tourist attraction

The Lahbako dance

The Lahbako dance is one of the unique traditional dances that describes the farmer’s process of planting and cultivating tobacco. Tobacco is one of the main export commodities of Jember besides coffee, rubber, terpentin and cocoa. Jember is not only famous for tobacco, but is also rich with its own unique traditional culture and the famous Lahbako dance. It is a typical welcome dance.

Gunung Gambir Tea Plantation, l

Gunung Gambir Tea Plantation, located at 48 km northeast of Jember, is a site remaining from the Dutch period. At 900 m above sea level, the Argopuro slope area has great potential for European exported beer tea. Tourists can see tea trees that were planted in 1918, 1923,and 1927 and can watch beer tea processing from picking to packaging. All visitors can all have a taste of tea and a walk through the plantation in the morning. To give more services, the company provides accommodation, tennis courts and a children’s swimming pool. Visitors can travel for 15 minutes from downtown Jember to reach Gunung Gambir Tea Plantation by public transportation, rental car or tax

Tancak waterfal

Tancak waterfall is located 16 km southwest of Jember. This is one of the highest waterfalls in the Jember Regency. Its height is 82 m and it produces water at the rate of 150 cubic meters per second. That makes this waterfall one of the most reliable and spectacular natural tourist objects. Around the waterfall area, the visitors can enjoy coffee agro tourism on Pasang Mountain. This place is often visited by foreign tourists. The visitors can get there by rental car in 30 minutes from downtown Jember.

Oleng Sibutong Swimming pool

Oleng Sibutong Swimming pool, 10 km northwest of Jember, is suitable for family recreation. According to local folk legend, there was once an eel without tail. The natives called this BUTONG (Madurese). This eel can be seen by people on certain days and it is said that bathing in the water and drinking it can keep one young. The visitors can get from downtown to Oleng Sibutong swimming pool by rental car or public transportation in about 20 minutes.

Bedadung Hill Panorama

This tourism object lies at the side of Bedadung River, a river in Jember. At this site, visitors and their family can ride water cycling boat, enjoy the swimming pool and other facilities for kids. Moreover, the destination is only a five minute ride from downtown. Another recreational activity that is available is fishing. To serve visitors, this tourist location has a small conference hall. Visitors can go reach this area by rental car or public transportation from the center of town.

Jember tourism

Jember is one of the regencies located in the eastern part of the province of East Java which has great tourism potential. Geographically it borders the Indonesian ocean in the south. Jember has beautiful views along the beach. In the northern and eastern part of Jember there are mountain ranges where spectacular waterfalls can be found. Jember is also famous for its plantations. Therefore many foreign tourists are interested in the agro tourism available in Jember.

rembangan Tourism jember

Rembangan, 12 km to the north of Jember, is a mountainous tourist object complete with swimming pool, hotel and the coffee agro tourism of the Rayap plantation. Because of the fresh air and beautiful scenery, this tourism object is called a resort destination. Upon swimming in the pool early in the morning, visitors can enjoy the sunrise. Visitors are surrounded by blue skies, green plants, and singing birds as far as the eye can see. The specialty of Rembangan is ginger tea and cheese bananas. There are readily served at seminars, workshops and conferences held at Rembangan. As they complete their visit, visitors should participate in the coffee tasting at Rayap plantation. Visitors can reach Rembangan in 15 minutes from central Jember by public transportation, rental car or taxi.

papua beach jember

Beside Watu Ulo beach, there is a Papuma beach with its white sands that make it more interesting. The beautiful white sand is a pleasure to see and to walk on. The beach is always used as the place for sunbathing by foreign tourists. Besides the natural scenic beauty, it is also rich with creatures such as the lizard, forest cock, various birds, wild pig, deer porcupine, scaly anteater and many others. The scenery and atmosphere can be enjoyed more completely at a restaurant which provides Indonesian and Papuma food, a variety of baked fish. Visitors can reach the location by public transportation or via a rental car. The journey takes approximately 30 minutes from downtown Jember.

bandealit beach jember

Bandealit is a beach resort situated in the forest area 35 km south of Jember. Nearby Bandealit, there is Sukamade Beach which is the place of breeding sea turtles. This beach is famous for the calm waves and the beauty of the flora. Bandealit is very suitable for the visitors who like off-road activities because the road to Bandealit is difficult to travel. In Bandealit the visitors can hike, fish and windsurf. The visitors can reach Bandealit by truck or rental car in 90 minutes from central town.

Wayang Gedog

The term " gedog " in wayang gedog hs provoked several point of views, among others

* Gedong means the limiting barrier between " wayang purwa " and " wayang Klitik . " Gedug "
( " nggedung" in javanese means : up to the limit )
* Gedong was taken form tehe word " Gedhongan " which means a stable since there are many
characters of the story who arae called " kuda " ( horse ), among others : " kuda waningpati"
or " Panji " .
* Gedog is from the word " gog " like the sound of " kepark " . " Wayang Gedog " performance
at the beginning is not accompained by the sound of " kecrek " so that the " keprak " sound
" dog " is very dominant.

"Wayang Gedog " aws invented by Sunan Giri when the cult of islam penetrated java. The performance of " Wayang gedog " is accompanied by the sound of ' Gamelan Pelog ' . The story
is taken from " panji " stories which appeared at the reign og Jenggala ang Kediri Kingdom.
The term " Panji " at that time was used as a title of Honor for knights and kings since in the epic is given to Inukertapati the prince of jenggala who is onbollved in a love affair with the Empress og Kediri Dewi Sekartaji. The love story is popular in East Java as the story of " Ande
- Ande Lumut ".

The characters perforned

1.Arya Jayasasana
2.Arya Jayanegara
3.Prabu Lembu Amiluhur
4.Panji Kertopati
5.Panji Simon Pradapa
6.Bancak
7.Doyok

wayang Krucil

This Kind of " Wayang " is made of wood, held on the back. its hands are made of leather and
the profile is similiar to "wayang Purwo " .
The color is mostyl red, brown , black, and white modified with gold color. Since it is called " Krucil " in Javanessa language its means small.

According to Sinuhun Pakubuwono II, the " Wayang " is called Klitik Because it is made of wood in a teo dimensional form and when it is perfomed, it produces the sound like " klitik, Klitik ".

it usually present the strory of Damarwulan , the source of the strory is ancient sripts " Serat
Damarwulan " , but it can also present the story of " Mahabarata " .

The Characters perfomed :

1. Narada 6.Joyo Mendem
2.Dewi Srana 7.Cantrik
3.Priest 8.Kala Gelap Ngampar
4.Samba 9.Nakula
5.Pandu 10.Abimayu