Tuesday, January 16, 2007

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.


Wednesday, January 10, 2007

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