Kecak (pronounced [ˈketʃak], alternate spellings: Ketjak and Ketjack) is a form of Balinese music drama, originated in the 1930s and is performed primarily by men, although a few women's kecak groups exist as of 2006.
Also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, the piece, performed by a circle of 100 or more performers wearing checked cloth around their waists, percussively chanting "cak" and throwing up their arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana where the monkey-like Vanara helped Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. However, Kecak has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducing exorcism dance.
Sep 29, 2010
Kecak Dance
Sep 25, 2010
Foll0w
~I Love HIM I Love HIM
I Love HIM And Wheren He Goes
I'll Follow I'll Follow I'll Follow
I Will Follow HIM
Follow HIM Wherever HE May Go
There Isn't An Ocean Too Deep
A Mountain So High It Can Keep Me Away
I Will Follow HIM
Ever Since HE Touched My Hand I Know
That Near HIM Always I Must Be
And Nothing Can Keep HIM From Me
HE Is My Destiny~
You Are My Everything
~When i kiss your lips
i fell the roaring thunder to my fingertips
and all the while my head is in a spin
deep within i'd in love
you are my everything
and nothing really matters
you are my everything
to see you in the morning
with those big brown eyes
you are my everything
forever and the day i need you close to me
you are my everything~
Sep 24, 2010
Gamelan
A gamelan is a musical ensemble from Indonesia, typically from the islands of Bali or Java, featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones,xylophones,drums and gongs: bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings.
Vocalists may also be included.
The term refers more to the set of instruments than to the players of those instruments. A gamelan is a set of instruments as a distinct entity, built and tuned to stay together instruments from different gamelan are generally not interchangeable.
The word "gamelan" comes from the Javanese word "gamels", meaning to strike or hammer, and the suffix "an",which makes the root a collective noun. Real hammers are not used to play these instruments as heavy iron hammers would break the delicate instruments.
Prambanan
Prambanan is the ninth century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, dedicated to Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Sustainer (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva). The temple compound located approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta city on the boundary between Yogyakarta and Central Java province.
The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, currently is the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia, and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the towering 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples.
Kuta
Kuta is administratively a district (kecamatan) and subdistrict/village (kelurahan) in southern Bali, Indonesia. A former fishing village, it was one of the first towns on Bali to see substantial tourist development, and as a beach resort remains one of Indonesia's major tourist destinations. It is known internationally for its long sandy beach, varied accommodation, many restaurants and bars, and many renowned surfers who visit from Australia. It is located near Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport.
Kuta was the site of the October 12, 2002 1st Bali bombing (202 killed) and the October 1, 2005 2nd Bali bombing (26 killed).
The Balinese Provincial Government have taken the view that the preservation of the Balinese culture, natural resources and wildlife are of primary importance in the development of the island. To this end they have limited tourist development to the peninsula on the extreme southern aspect of the island; Kuta beach is on the western side of this peninsula and Sanur is on the east. To the north of the peninsula no new tourist development is supposedly permitted.
To the south, Kuta Beach extends beyond the airport into Jimbaran. Other nearby towns and villages include Seseh (6.4 nm), Denpasar (4.5 nm), Ujung (1.8 nm), Pesanggaran (2.0 nm), Kedonganan (2.9 nm) and Tuban (1.0 nm).
Borobudur
Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa.
The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path circumambulating the monument while ascending to the top through the three levels of Buddhist cosmology, namely Kāmadhātu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). During the journey the monument guides the pilgrims through a system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the wall and the balustrades.
Evidence suggests Borobudur was abandoned following the 14th-century decline of Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms in Java, and the Javanese conversion to Islam. Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, then the British ruler of Java, who was advised of its location by native Indonesians. Borobudur has since been preserved through several restorations. The largest restoration project was undertaken between 1975 and 1982 by the Indonesian government and UNESCO, following which the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Borobudur is still used for pilgrimage; once a year Buddhists in Indonesia celebrate Vesak at the monument, and Borobudur is Indonesia's single most visited tourist attraction.
Sep 18, 2010
Friendship
Friendship is a rare diamond that shines,
Only when you give it a sunny smile.
Friendship is a door that opens,
Only when you unlock yourself to it.
Friendship is a hand that holds you,
Only when you welcome everyone else.
Friendship is a lantern which glows your way,
Only when you know you are lost.
Friendship is a language which you speak,
Only when you know the meaning of it.
Friendship is a dream, which comes true,
Only when you have a true friend.
SOMEONE SPECIAL
Love is.. Thicker than water
Stronger than any bridge, fragile as
A flower, tender as the evening shade
The wonderful times we
Share together shall always
Remain in my heart
Thanks for all the fun, I never
Would have found without you
How am I supposed to live without you
I don't like being alone without you
But it's these lonely nights that make me
Realize how much you mean to me
Thank you for bringing back the sunshine..
Into my life!
Roses are red. Violets are blue
I love someone, and that someone is..
YOU.
LOV3
The greatest happiness in this Life
is a certainty feeling of being Love
especially by someone we care
Love is like a Mistery
We couldn't know what will happen
tommorow and so on
Love can makes joy
also makes sorrow
but be happy
people who ever love or be loved
don't forget the beautiful memories that
have happened
this heart is happy
even not a perfect joy
but one thing we should keep in mind
if I know what love is
it is because of You
to make the love we have harder to vanish
to be the one that we loved
Sep 17, 2010
Love Is As You Grow Old
All my happiness goes out to you
Pride and pleasure, joy, sweet tears, and love !
Reason, hope, and faith together move
In harmony to bless all that you do.
Let this beginning be the golden dawn
at which all dew-drenched nature sings its glory !
Nor should the darkness shrouding every story
Dim the blue eyed beauty of this morn.
More of life will come than you can hold
A flood no mortal witness can withstand.
Rest, then, within a quiet, gentle hand,
knowing where love is as you grow old.
Relicy Animal
Strong animals that still survive are called relicy animal.
Several relicy animals are as follows :
> Scleropages fish : a line of pocket fish that first lived in the world , found in Sumatera, Bangka, Kalimantan, and Papua.
> Heterobranchus tapei nopteru fish : a kind of primitive that is only found in Kalimantan, Bangka and Africa.
> Corateus fish : a kind of fish that breaths by lung, only found in Papua.
> Tarsius : live since tertiary era, the anatomy of its body is similar to an ape and human, found in Sulawesi.
> Lemur : a kind of animal that is half ape.
> Deer-hog : a kind of pig with fang penetrating the upper part of lip, found in Sulawesi.
> Anoa : a kind of buffalo found in Sulawesi.
> Cassowary bird : a kind of very tall bird, but cannot fly, found in Papua and Seram.
> Megapodeus bird : does not brood, but the eggs kept in sand or rotten leaves, then crack by themselves found in Wallace region and North Kalimantan.
> Cuscus : animal like an ape but has pouch, found in Sulawesi, Maluku, Timor, Sangihe and Talaud.
> Comodo : a kind of giant reptile, its length is until 4 m, found in Komodo Island.
> One horned rhinoceros is found in Ujung Kulon.
The Relation Between Hindu-Buddhist Traditions and Social Structure, Education, Arts and Technology.
The coming of Hinduism-Buddhism to Indonesia brought about some changes in different fields, in addition to the changes of Indonesian people's system of belief.
Social Structure of the Society
Period of Hindu Kingdoms
The change in the social structure of Indonesian people was the implementation of caste system in which the society was divided into four groups based on their position, economic status, and occupation.
The system consisted of:
1. Brahmin caste, was the highest caste in the social structure of Hindu people. The caste consisted of priests whose duties were to lead religious services or ceremonies and give advice to all levels of the society, including kings, aristocrats, merchants, and common people.
2. Kshatrya caste, was the caste whose duties were to take care of the country's security and improve the people's welfare. This caste was made up of kings and soldiers. A king was regarded as a descendant of gods, and he ruled his country under the order of gods.
3. Vaisya caste, was the caste for merchants and farmers. This group was a very important component of the society because the farmers were responsible for producing foodstuff while the merchants were responsible for marketing the products. Without this group, the people's needs for food would not be fulfilled.
4. Sudra caste, was the caste with the lowest position. This was because the people constituting this caste did not have enough wealth or belongings except physical power to support their lives. These people generally worked for the higher castes as maids or skilled labourers.
Apart from the four castes above, there was still another caste which no accepted by the society because the members were unable to adapt to the society's norms and customs, this caste was called Pariah.
This grouping of peopld was estimated to take place during the Veda period (1500-500BC). The groups of people were commonly referred to as four-colours, and the term caste was introduced by the Portuguese.
Sep 15, 2010
Lake Toba
Lake Toba (Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a lake and supervolcano, 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide, and 505 metres (1,666 ft) at its deepest point. Located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a surface elevation of about 900 metres (2,953 ft), the lake stretches from 2°53′N 98°31′E / 2.88°N 98.52°E to 2°21′N 99°06′E / 2.35°N 99.1°E. It is the largest volcanic lake in the world.
Lake Toba is the site of a supervolcanic eruption that occurred 69,000-77,000 years ago,a massive climate-changing event. The eruption is believed to have had a VEI intensity of 8. It is believed to be the largest explosive eruption anywhere on Earth in the last 25 million years. According to the Toba catastrophe theory to which some anthropologists and archeologists subscribe, it had global consequences, killing most humans then alive and creating a population bottleneck in Central Eastern Africa and India that affected the genetic inheritance of all humans today. This theory however, has been largely debated as there is no evidence for any other animal decline or extinction, even in environmentally sensitive species.However, it has been accepted that the eruption of Toba lead to a volcanic winter with a worldwide decline in temperatures between 3-5 degrees C, and up to 15 degrees C in higher latitudes.
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Bunaken National Park
The Bunaken National Park is a marine park in the north of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. The park is located near the centre of the Coral Triangle, providing habitat to 390 species of coral as well as many fish, mollusc, reptile and marine mammal species. The Park is representative of Indonesian tropical water ecosystems, consisting of seagrass plain, coral reef, and coastal ecosystems. It was established as a national park in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's growing system of marine parks. It covers a total area of 890.65 km², 97% of which is marine habitat. The remaining 3% of the park is terrestrial, including the five islands of Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain and Siladen. The southern part of the Park covers part of the Tanjung Kelapa coast.
Flora and fauna
A very rich coral ecosystem covers most of Bunaken National Park, dominated by fringing reef and barrier reef corals. There are about 390 species of coral recorded in the waters of the Park. A distinct feature is a 25-50 metre vertical coral wall which is inhabited by 13 coral genus. The seaweeds that can be found here include Caulerpa, Halimeda, and Padina species, while the dominant seagrasses, in particular in the islands of Montehage and Nain, are Thalassia hemprichii, Enhallus acoroides, and Thalassodendron ciliatum. The park is also abundant in different species of fish, marine mammals and reptiles, birds, molluscs and mangrove species.About 90 species of fish live in the waters of the park, among them being the Emperor Angelfish, Almaco Jack, Spotted Seahorse, Bluestripe Snapper, Pinkish Basslet and Two-lined monocle bream. The species of mollusc include the Giant Clam, Horned Helmet Shells, Chambered Nautilus, and ascidians.
On land, the islands are rich in species of palm, sago, woka, silar and coconut. Among the animal species that live on the land and the beaches are Celebes Crested Macaque, Timor Deer, and Sulawesi Bear Cuscus. The mangrove forest of the Park contains, among others Rhizophora and Sonneratiaspecies. This forest is also rich in species of crab, lobster, mollusc, and sea birds such as gulls, herons, sea doves, and storks.
Human habitation and tourism
The area is densely populated, with 22 villages inside the park comprising about 35,000 people. Most locals work as fishermen or farmers cultivating coconut, sweet potato, banana or seaweed for export, while a small number are employed in tourism as dive guides, boat operators and cottage staff. Tourism is strongly developed, with accommodation ranging from backpacker cottages to 5 star resorts. Between 2003 and 2006 the number of visitors ranged from 32,000 to 39,000 of which 8-10,000 were international visitors.Conservation and threats
Bunaken National Park was formally established in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's marine parks. In 2005 Indonesia submitted an application to UNESCO for including the park on the World Heritage List.Despite its national park status and significant funding, the park has suffered a slow, continuous degradation due to a number of threats including coral mining, anchor damage, blast fishing, cyanide fishing, diving, and trash. The World Wildlife Fund provides conservation support in the National Park as part of the Sulu Sulawesi Marine Eco-region Action Plan. This includes participatory enforcement and patrol, which resulted in significant reduction of blast fishing.
Sep 12, 2010
The Relation Between Hindu-Buddhist Traditions and Social Structure, Education, Arts and Technology.(part II)
Social Structure of the Society
Period of Buddhist Kingdoms
The social structure of the people influenced by Buddhism was different from that of Hindu society, in that they did not recognize caste system. In this society, the position of a person was determined by his/her own efforts, even anyone could have the position he/she wanted.
However, the people could be divided into two groups as follows:
1. Bhiksu and Bhiksuni group, consisted of people who had managed to abandon worldly desires. They lived in viharas, and everyone could become a member of this group.
2. Group of common people, was constituted of members of the society who were still affected by worldly things.
Sep 9, 2010
The Spread of Flora and Fauna In Indonesia
Flora in the region of Indonesian archipelago is influenced by condition of climate and geological condition.
Geologically, Indonesian archipelago was once united with Asia and Australia continents, so Indonesia functions as a bridge spread of Asian and Australian flora.
Specifically, flora in Indonesia is divided into 3 that is : the west part is included into Asian flora, east part is included in Australian region while flora in central Indonesia is included into transitional flora.
According to FAO, in Indonesia there are many kinds of flowwering plants, for example : Papua has 12 genera, Kalimantan has 59 genera, Sumatera has 17 genera, Java has 10 genera.
Astronomically, Indonesia lies between 6'NL-11'SL and 95'WM-141'WM. It means Indonesia lies in tropical climate region. Characteristics of tropical region are : high enough temperature, high enough rain fall, and its sois is fertile that is caused by fast corrosion of rock.
Abiotic environments vary a lot making Indonesia rich is animals and plants. In Indonesia there are 10% of plant species, 12% of mammal species, 16% of reptile and amphibian species, and 17% of bird species existing in the world. Some species have endemic property, that is only found in Indonesia and not found in other places. Examples are as follows :
> Cendrawasih bird in Papua.
> Male Bird in Sulawesi.
> Comodo in Komodo Island.
> Anoa in Sulawesi.
> Rafflesia arnoldi is found in Sumatera Island and its spread is along Bukit Barisan fron Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam until Lampung.
> Amorphophallus titanium is specific flora of Indonesia that found in Sumatera Island.
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