Watu Ulo

Watu Ulo beach is a beach located on the south coast of East Java, tepatnyua Sumberejo village, subdistrict Ambulu, Jember, about 40 km south of the city of Jember.

"Watu Ulo" means "stone serpent" in Javanese. The name refers to a series of rocks that extends from the coast to the sea.

Every 1st to 10th Shawwal, after Lebaran, held with entertainment events fairs and the sales of local fishing craft.

Ceremonial offerings float or "Hari Raya Ketupat" held every 7th of Shawwal. In this ceremony the local fishermen throwing offerings into the sea.

Orang Utan

The orangutans are the two exclusively Asian species of extant great apes. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are currently found in only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans were considered to be one species. 

However, since 1996, they have been divided into two species: the Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus) and the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii). In addition, the Bornean species is divided into three subspecies. The orangutans are also the only surviving species of the subfamily Ponginae, which also included several other species, such as Gigantopithecus, the largest known primate. 

Both species had their genomes sequenced and they appear to have diverged around 400,000 years ago. Orangutans diverged from the rest of the great apes 15.7 to 19.3 million years ago (mya).

Borneo

Borneo (Indonesian: Kalimantan) is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia.

The island is divided among three countries: Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory. The Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak in the north occupy about 26% of the island. The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo's land area. Borneo is home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world.

Keris

Keris is a dagger stabbing weapon class (pointy and sharp on both sides) with many cultural functions are known in the western and central archipelago. The shape is distinctive and easily distinguished from other sharp weapons because it is not symmetrical at the base of the dilated, often winding blade, and many of them have the prestige (Damascene), namely visible fibers of a bright metallic finish on slats strands. Type of stabbing weapon that has a resemblance to the dagger is the dagger. Another stabbing weapon is kerambit original archipelago.


In the past kris serves as a weapon in a duel / battle, as well as complementary offerings objects. On the use of the present, is more of a dagger accessory items (ageman) in dressing, has a number of cultural symbols, or a collection of objects is assessed in terms of aesthetics.

Lompat Batu Nias

Jump stone (stone Hombo) is a very popular tradition in the community in South Nias Nias. This tradition has been done long ago and passed down from generation to generation by the people in the village Bawo Mataluo (Mount of the Sun).

Traditional stone jumping has been done since the days of the ancestors, where in the old days they were often at war among tribes so they train themselves to be strong and able to pierce the armor of an opponent who is said to jump high enough.


Nowadays the tradition of jumping the stone used for rituals and also as a symbol of the culture of Nias. Traditional stone jumping is a rite of culture to determine whether a young man in the village Bawo Mataluo be recognized as youth who have grown up or not.
The young man will be recognized as a brave man if it can jump over a pile of rocks that made ​​such a height of more than two meters. There is a special ritual before the youth hurdled. While wearing traditional clothes, they ran with the support of a small stepping stone in advance to be able to pass through the tall stone buildings.

Bunaken

Bunaken is an island of 8 km², part of the Bunaken National Marine Park. Bunaken is located at the northern tip of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs administratively to the municipality of Manado. Scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island.

Bunaken National Park extends over an area of 890.65 km² of which only 3% is terrestrial, including Bunaken Island, as well as the islands of Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain and Siladen.

The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are up to 1,566 m deep in Manado Bay, with temperatures ranging between 27 to 29 °C. It has a high diversity of - corals, fish, echinoderms or sponges. Notably, 7 of the 8 species of giant clams that occur in the world, occur in Bunaken. It also claims to have seven times more genera of coral than Hawaii, and has more than 70% of all the known fish species of the Indo-Western Pacific.

Oceanic currents may explain, in part, why Bunaken National Marine Park has such a high level of 
biodiversity. Northeasternly currents generally sweep through the park but abundant counter currents and gyros related to lunar cycles are believed to be a trap for free swimming larvae. This is particularly true on the south side of the crescent-shaped Bunaken Island, lying in the heart of the park. A snorkeler or diver in the vicinity of Lekuan or Fukui may spot over 33 species of butterfly fish and numerous types of groupers, damsels, wrasses and gobies. The gobies, smallish fish with bulging eyes and modified fins that allow them to attach to hard surfaces, are the most diverse but least known group of fish in the park.

Tana Toraja

Tana Toraja Regency (Torajaland, Land of the Toraja or Tator) is a regency (kabupaten) of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, home of Toraja ethnic group people. The local government seat is in Makale, where the center of Toraja culture is in Rantepao. But now, Tana Toraja has been divided to two regencies that consist of Tana Toraja with capital is Makale and Toraja Utara with capital is Rantepao.

Tana Toraja boundary was determined by the Dutch East Indies government in 1909. In 1926, Tana Toraja was under the administration of Bugis state, Luwu. The regentschap (or regency) status was given on October 8, 1946, the last regency given by the Dutch. Since 1984, Tana Toraja has been named as the second tourist destination after Bali by the Ministry of Tourism, Indonesia. Since then, hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors have visited this regency. In addition, numerous Western anthropologists have come to Tana Toraja to study the indigenous culture and people of Toraja.

Komodo

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Padar.A member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae), it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of 3 metres (10 ft) in rare cases and weighing up to around 70 kilograms (150 lb).Their unusual size has been attributed to island gigantism, since no other carnivorous animals fill the niche on the islands where they live.

However, recent research suggests the large size of Komodo dragons may be better understood as representative of a relict population of very large varanid lizards that once lived across Indonesia and Australia, most of which, along with other megafauna,[8] died out after the Pleistocene. Fossils very similar to V. komodoensis have been found in Australia dating to greater than 3.8 million years ago, and its body size remained stable on Flores, one of the handful of Indonesian islands where it is currently found, over the last 900,000 years, "a time marked by major faunal turnovers, extinction of the island's megafauna, and the arrival of early hominids by 880 ka.

Wayang

Wayang is a Javanese word for particular kinds of theatre. When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theatre, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang. Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java, and by gender wayang in Bali.

UNESCO designated wayang kulit, a shadow puppet theatre and the best known of the Indonesian wayang, as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on 7 November 2003. In return for the acknowledgment, UNESCO required Indonesians to preserve their heritage.

Source : wikipedia.org

Reyog

Reog is one of the cultural arts that originated from East Java and the northwest Reog Ponorogo regarded as the true home town.

The origin of Reog and Warok is the story of the rebellion Ki Ageng lice, a royal servant during Bhre Kertabhumi, last ruling King of Majapahit in the 15th century. Ki Ageng lice will anger the powerful influence of the Majapahit king's wife who came from China, but it is also the king's wrath in a corrupt government, he also saw that the power of the Majapahit kingdom will end.

He then left the king and established the college where he taught martial arts to young children, science self immunity, and the science of perfection in the hope that these young children will be the seed of the resurrection of the Majapahit kingdom back. Aware that his army is too small to fight the royal troops Ki Ageng political message is conveyed through the performing arts Lice Reog, which is a "satire" to King Kertabhumi and his kingdom. Performances Reog become Ki Ageng Fleas way to build local community resistance using Reog popularity.

In the show Reog displayed mask lion-shaped head, known as "Singa Barong", king of the jungle, which became a symbol for Kertabhumi, and above it is plugged in peacock feathers to resemble a giant fan that symbolize the strong influence of his Chinese colleagues who manage the over all motion-geriknya. Jatilan, played by a group of dancers gemblak a piggyback ride became a symbol of the power of the Majapahit Empire troops into comparison contrasts with Warok force, behind the red clown mask that became the symbol for Ki Ageng Fleas, alone and sustain weight that reached more masks Singabarong of 50 kg using only his teeth.

Borobudur

Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the 9th century with size 123 x 123 meters.

Borobudur is a Buddhist temple has 1460 relief panels and 504 Buddha effigies.

Borobudur was built by King Samaratungga, one of the king of the ancient Mataram kingdom, descendant of Sailendra dynasty. Based on the inscriptions Kayumwungan, an Indonesian named Hudaya Kandahjaya revealed that Borobudur is a place of worship that was completed on 26 May 824, almost one hundred years since the beginning of construction. The name of Borobudur, as some people means a mountain having terraces (budhara), while the other says that Borobudur means monastery on the high place.

Wonderful Indonesia Logo

(new logo)

Wonderful Indonesia logo style that emphasizes flexibility through meaningful images without corner balance, harmony humans on Earth, as well as symbolizing sustainable tourism. Eagle emblem itself is a symbol of the state emblem.

Five colors in bird feathers Garuda maintained with each color. The blue color symbolizes the universality, green as creativity and friendly in nature, orange symbol of innovation and renewal of spirit, purple symbol of the power of imagination and faith, and magenta is a symbol of the balance of common sense and practical nature. Garuda wing span on the logo has a meaning strong desire to fly away at once the symbol of peace.

(old logo)

"Wonderful Indonesia" that put forward by highlighting the more graphic elements. "Wonderful Indonesia" is enlarged in size and position of the bird Garuda is placed over the top. Graphic elements will find Indonesia is to reinforce writing with black and reduce the black level on the "Wonderful" becomes more gray.

Source : www.budpar.go.id